tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post7146425352282062792..comments2024-03-18T16:12:39.740-07:00Comments on Music for Maniacs: BLACK MUSIC FOR WHITE PEOPLE pt2Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-61847314771042710862007-03-31T23:35:00.000-07:002007-03-31T23:35:00.000-07:00Well said! The covers I've heard (e.g. Brian Ritc...Well said! The covers I've heard (e.g. Brian Ritchie of Violent Femmes fame) seem to play up the camp/novelty aspect. But Ra was dead serious - he most certianly did not think of his philosophy and outlandish art as a goof.Mr Fabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-76118804506931990042007-03-31T07:05:00.000-07:002007-03-31T07:05:00.000-07:00My favourite part of Nuclear War is very oddly omi...My favourite part of Nuclear War is very oddly omitted by every cover I have ever heard, and I wonder if it is maybe because they feel that in these PC "Just Agree To The War" times it an avant garde shocker enough to say "Motherfucker" on stage.<BR/><BR/>Because for me the real meaning and force of the song isn't in the line "Kiss your ass, good-bye good-bye", it is in the impeccably precise way they render the following lines with unbelievable percussion discipline that truly evokes what you'd see and feel:<BR/><BR/>Ra sings "<I><B>first</B> comes the <B>HEAT</B></I>"<BR/>the band choruses "<I>first comes the heat</I>"<BR/>Ra: "<I>then comes tHE <B>BLAAAST!!!</B></I>"<BR/>Band: "<I>then comes the <B>BLAAAAAAASSSST!!!!!!</B></I>"<BR/><BR/>It is the Guernica of Jazz.mrGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582052332934960204noreply@blogger.com