Originally Posted by Gotch
I'd heard Rosetta before but I'd never seen video of her in action. That's too awesome. An older black lady, in high heels, rocking an SG (electric of course), on a wet stage.
When you read that many of the early rock and rock greats were strongly influenced by gospel they really should have written that they were influenced by this lady. The one and only Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Please don't stop watching before she starts to play......this was recorded near the end of her life but it will answer the question, "how did gospel influence the early rock pioneers".
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I'd heard Rosetta before but I'd never seen video of her in action. That's too awesome. An older black lady, in high heels, rocking an SG (electric of course), on a wet stage.
"There he goes, one of Gods own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die"
Cab Calloway was the coolest dude that ever lived.....
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This is Ella Mae Morse and the legendary Freddie Slack from 1946 (titles says 1945, but I'm pretty sure it was '46). Freddie Slack was a big influence on guys like Jerry Lee Lewis. Check out some of the slang including the use of "homie".
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This was recorded in 1965 but "Big Mama" Thornton recorded the original version of this, sounds like a different song with Big mama blasting it out. That's the great Buddy Guy on guitar.
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I've probably listened to this song 150 times in the last month. I bought the Live At The Aragon cd at Best Buy that included a bonus live DVD. They play the entire Crack The Skye album in order with the movie they made for each song playing on a giant screen behind them while they play. If you've not heard the story behind the whole Crack The Skye album, it's crazy. You should look it up because it's too hard to explain; worm holes, other dimensions, Gregori Rasputin, quadriplegics time traveling. Another interesting thing I didn't know until I watched the live disk is that 3 different singers sing on this one song. Brent and Troy sing on most Mastodon songs but Brann the drummer sings the majority of this one and he might have the best voice.
Lyrics:
I flew beyond the sun before it was time
Burning all the gold that held me inside my shell
Waiting for you to pull me back in
I almost had the world in my sight
Lost love
Bright eyes fading
Faster than stars falling
How can I tell you that I've failed
Tell you I failed
Falling from grace cause I've been away too long
Leaving you behind with my lonesome song
Now I'm lost in oblivion
I tried to burrow a hole into the ground
Breaking all the fingers and the nails from my hand
The eyes of a child see no wrong
Ignorant bliss impending doom
Lost love
Bright eyes fading
Faster than stars falling
How can I tell you that I've failed
Tell you I failed
Falling from grace cause I've been away too long
Leaving you behind with my lonesome song
Now I'm lost in
Falling from grace cause I've been away too long
Leaving you behind with my lonesome song
Now I'm lost in oblivion
"There he goes, one of Gods own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die"
Springsteen did a really good job covering some of Woody Guthrie's songs in my opinion. Here is one of them:
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My favorite Danzig song.
"There he goes, one of Gods own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die"
The most famous impromptu jam session of all time. Dec 4 1956 at Sun Studios with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins.
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