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Re: Black Betty

Post by Animavore » Wed May 10, 2017 10:54 am

:lol: You guys.
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Re: Black Betty

Post by Brian Peacock » Wed May 10, 2017 10:57 am

;) Ram Jams version is just shit. But no cultural crime was committed.
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Re: Black Betty

Post by Hermit » Wed May 10, 2017 11:02 am

Brian Peacock wrote:;) Ram Jams version is just shit. But no cultural crime was committed.
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You said "cultural"... hehe hehe hehe...

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:lol:
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Post by pErvinalia » Wed May 10, 2017 12:05 pm

Just wait till 42 finds this thread... :?
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Re: Black Betty

Post by Forty Two » Wed May 10, 2017 12:16 pm

Animavore wrote:Ram Jam appropriated it. Clearly Lead Belly's comes from the heart and soul. White people, lacking both, can only do bad impressions.
White people. They lack both heart and soul.
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Re: Black Betty

Post by Forty Two » Wed May 10, 2017 12:19 pm

pErvin wrote:
Hermit wrote:
pErvin wrote:
Hermit wrote:and Spiderbait used it as an excuse to make a lot of noise.
You say that like it's a bad thing..
It is bad when it is no more than just noise.
You don't understand rock and roll. You're German.
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Re: Black Betty

Post by NineBerry » Wed May 10, 2017 12:25 pm

Elvis Presley learned Rock and Roll in Germany.

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Re: Black Betty

Post by Animavore » Wed May 10, 2017 12:27 pm

Germans understand rock better than anyone. That's why The Hoff had to go there to make it big. Ozzies just don't get it.



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Re: Black Betty

Post by Forty Two » Wed May 10, 2017 12:31 pm

pErvin wrote:Just wait till 42 finds this thread... :?
Indeed, 42 would never create thread like this.
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Re: Black Betty

Post by Forty Two » Wed May 10, 2017 12:36 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:;) Ram Jams version is just shit. But no cultural crime was committed.


Sounds pretty good to me. Very fun to listen to, and very evocative. Ram Jam adds a dose of 70s hard rock to the blues classic. It's up tempo and juiced, compared to Leadbelly. That's not taking anything away from Leadbelly, whose Delta Blues version is fantastic, but it's a different genre.


Leadbelly took the song from this bloke, by the way -
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Re: Black Betty

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“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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Re: Black Betty

Post by pErvinalia » Wed May 10, 2017 12:57 pm

Forty Two wrote:
pErvin wrote:Just wait till 42 finds this thread... :?
Indeed, 42 would never create thread like this.
I could claim that I was being funny there, but alas, the truth is I forgot it was actually you who created the thread in the first place. :doh:
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Re: Black Betty

Post by pErvinalia » Wed May 10, 2017 12:58 pm

NineBerry wrote:Elvis Presley learned Rock and Roll in Germany.
Off Hitler, no less! :prof:
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Re: Black Betty

Post by Forty Two » Wed May 10, 2017 1:47 pm

NineBerry wrote:Elvis Presley learned Rock and Roll in Germany.
LOL, there was no Rock 'n Roll in Germany before Elvis got there.
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