BetaFunk

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1417822734' post='2624441']
it was refreshing to see how prominent the bass was though... right at the front of the mix.
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Of course................It's F-U-N-K!!!!!!!

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1417822561' post='2624439']
to be honest I'm not sure I could identify with the whole ethos behind the music, not being a black american in the 70's myself... but it sounded good
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That would be the ethos behind the music according to the producers of the programme? I like thousands of others here in the UK at the time who weren't black, didn't live in the Bronx, Watts or 12th Street Detroit but still appreciated the music so much so that the UK record companies pressed thousands of funk LPs in the golden period of funk from the late 60s to early 80s. The programme did give the impression that you had to be a black American at the time to appreciate or indeed know anything about it. That's presumably because their research was based that side of the pond and the impact of funk only in the US which seems strange as the programme was aimed at a British audience many of who would have been well aware of the impact of funk in 70s Britain..

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1417821599' post='2624428']
That was the point where I realised both the narrator and the script writer both learned about funk from the internet about 2 weeks before the show was filmed.
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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1417821718' post='2624430']
True... I haven't got the slightest idea about funk and I loved it
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...but have you any idea about it now?

Great show for anyone who doesn't know their Funk from their Elbow but for anyone else forget it.

If anyone is old enough to remember The Story Of Pop then next time your in the loft just find the one with Funk & Soul on the cover and you won't have to watch the BBC programme as it's about as in-depth as that.

What went wrong Ron Bykowski?

Perhaps it has one of the legendary Selmer refins.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1417551223' post='2621679']
So easy on here to search for X bass and see what prices the are ACTUALLY selling at.
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I'm not sure how you would know what a bass ACTUALLY sold for here on BC.

Lots of people have made offers for basses that i've had for sale but no one apart from me and the buyer would ever know the actual price paid.

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1417455496' post='2620512']
Most of the covers I love, are of songs I like so much its hard to say they are better, just an awesome song to start with made different, in a fantastic way ..



Absolutely amazing cover ..

[media]http://youtu.be/RvdnMzQGbEQ[/media]

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That's another cover that was more well known than the original for many years. Certainly up to c1990 and the renewed interest in Gil Scott-Heron. Having heard both versions around the time they were released i still prefer the GSH original for it's more sparse production. Both great versions though and both sung by people who you believed they knew and meant every word they were singing.

Great album and Boz Scaggs first after leaving the Steve Miller Band. My brother bought this on it's release and we probably wore it out over the next few years in our house. Still have a copy in my collection though. A Muscle Shoals classic.

This is probably my favourite from that album......

[media]http://youtu.be/yINz_4PWx3o[/media]

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1417472713' post='2620846']
About 90seconds of James Brown vocals (copyright ex's?) - I'll give it a glance, but us old farts were around at the time, so I'm not expecting much that's gonna rock my world................

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As another old fart who was around at the time i tend to feel the same. Whenever i watch programmes that are about a part of my youth i now realise how my dear old Dad used to feel when we watched a TV programme about WW2.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1417444698' post='2620371']
Always thought the ELO vs of Roll Over Beethoven pisses all over Chuck's original but the purists would probably disagree
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Not only the purists i hope.

[quote name='Damonjames' timestamp='1417419889' post='2620046']
That is why there have been houses on the market in this country for over 18 months in this country, something that is just unheard of in aus.
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....and unheard of in London as well.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1417441889' post='2620335'] I think Ringo does a great job of "You're Sixteen". Johnny Burnette is a great singer and does sing technically better than Ringo, but I think his recording suffers from the rather boring arrangement. [/quote]
It's very much an age thing with a lot of covers. The Johnny Burnette arrangement is very much of it's time but at the time was anything but boring. I think it's a generation thing that we are never going to agree on and shouldn't agree as we are seeing them from a totally different angle and that's one of the reasons these sort of threads are interesting.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1417440053' post='2620315']
Original: Sorrow by The McCoys

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y9A7AVtAFE[/media]

Cover: Sorrow by David Bowie

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=292W2cF6_W4[/media]
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This is an interesting one because i would imagine most here on BC would not only be more familiar with the Bowie version but also heard his version first. I bought the McCoys 45 the week it was released so was used to years of hearing it before the Bowie version arrived and that makes a big difference on how we feel about cover versions.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1417440385' post='2620316']
Original: You're Sixteen by Johnny Burnette

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjy-OMIyXbg[/media]

Cover: You're Sixteen by Ringo Starr (with a little help by Harry Nilsson and Paul McCartney)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xroiz9ssBIU[/media]
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The singing of the great Johnny Burnette and Ringo both bring me close to tears for completely different reasons.

One of these is a classic and one should never have seen the light of day.

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1417350835' post='2619367']
We are seeing a rather silly price spike in second hand bass prices ?
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We're not.

My only concern is that Lionel might not be MOR enough for the Glasto hipsters.

The dentist i used to go to about 20 years ago was really into Ozric Tentacles and whenever i visited him we would discuss their latest LP. I think i was his only patient that had ever heard of them let alone seen them live and had their albums. Good band.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1417357600' post='2619494']
If we must ...

[media]http://youtu.be/poDjuRlaNAg[/media]
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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1417250341' post='2618506']
Two years before Rod Stewart was the Chris Farlowe version of Mike D'Abo's Handbags and Gladrags.
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They'll be saying next that Sailing isn't a Rod original. Is nothing sacred?

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1417355293' post='2619440']
I read somewhere that Harris had never heard the Led Zeppelin (or any other) version.
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I wish that i'd gone through most of my life not hearing it either.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1417338931' post='2619185']
I knew that Lieber & Stoller wrote a lot of hits, but just been to Wiki
and there are a few there I didn't realise were written by them, or at least
collaborations.
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For anyone with an interest in Leiber & Stoller this is a must have:

Joan Morris & William Bolcom "Other Songs By Leiber and Stoller'. Released in the 70s on the Nonesuch label it has some Leiber & Stoller classics sung by a Mezzo-Soprano with Piano accompaniment. Their version of 'Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots' is worth the price alone!

[quote name='plumbob' timestamp='1417251928' post='2618521']
If your gonna cover a song make it your own , fantastic arrangement this compared to Dion's version

Donald at his best

[media]http://youtu.be/G187v1HEjqs[/media]
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Yes great version but how does it compare to the original (which of course wasn't by Dion)?

[quote name='DunRockin' timestamp='1416607605' post='2611960']
And that muted UK 60s session players sound (eg 'Everlasting Love')
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Russ Stableford.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1417264058' post='2618666']
I've still got the Melvin Bragg Southbank Show and the Lernny Henry doc on The Funk on good ol VHS!
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Remember it well.

Let's hope this one is better.