Ok, so I am really, really pissed at this "no Mogging" phase into which my life has ensconced. Not only have I been unable to post, but more importantly, I've been unable to listen to others' music.
I even missed Funky Friday, which is unaccpetable.
Some may say this song is inappropriate to post on the American Sabbath, given its tone, content, and title. Today, I say "F 'em. F 'em all."
Once again, Madame Bartleby is somewhat responsible for this brief diatribe, as she posted an unrestrained number from Fugazy late last week. It was just the thing to get me in the mood.
Most know the Ohio Players as purveyors in the finest of primordial funk. Few know, however, that these cats also played raw dog, hardcore rock. Most of the big soul bands that came to prominence in the seventies (including Parliament, Funkadelic, The Isley Brothers, Zapp, Cameo, Fatback, even Earth, Wind & Fire) had rock chops that rivaled any of the so-called "arena rock" bands that topped the U.S. popular music charts during the same era. For a variety of reasons, though, these groups rarely got a chance to exhibit this part of their repertoire.
(I'll save for another time my whole spiel about black rock; I'm already ornery, and the weather sucks, too.)
So, no Armstrong-inspired words of love and happiness today. No clinking glasses full of Sunday brunch mimosa. Today, I'm more inclined to slam the glass against the nearest wall and challenge the police once they come to the door complaining about the noise.
I am going to play this loud and long today, and have the dogs howling to the gray sky.
(a little less) P&L (at least today), Soultronica
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Aw yeah...I just hit up the Players for FF.
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Good call Soultronica! You are so right. Most of the bands you mentioned could rock the balls off a buffalo! I saw Funkadelics about a dozen times in the seventies, from the stripped down quintet to the Mothership convention. Unquestionably without peer AS ROCKERS in their day. Eddie Hazel in particular could fry neurons with soul-scorching fretwork, and Bernie Worrell HAS to be one of the most underrated keyboard player in ROCK. Ohio Players I only saw twice. As I recall they didn't tour as frequently. I hope alot of Moggies discover (or rediscover and reassess) that whole era of rocknroll they may have overlooked.
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I try my best to put the Black Rock experience across...The children (and peers) of Hendrix all came from R & B, which is just Rock under another name..
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Thank you Mr Soultron for the name dropping and for the OP and also the meta-post referrals.
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deadmandeadman: A great call on Messrs. Hazel and Worrell. Both are sorely underappreciated as rock musicians. Thanks for contributing.
Cody: Mos def, you represent all good music quite well.
Bartleby: Excellent point Mr. ChestnuTT. Unfortunately, the list is endless. I just ran across my Terence Trent D'Arby albums. What a talent, but he got NO love from so-called "urban contemporary" radio here in the States, even though at his peak, his slow jams rivaled Prince's. I'm so sick of this; I'll probably write an entire post about it.