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re: Black Betty

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rockfenris2005 08:08 am UTC 06/10/07
In reply to: Black Betty - Wilbury 08:04 am UTC 06/10/07



> AAGGGHHHH!!!! Did I not make my point clearly the first
> time?
>
> You think this song is recent? You think it's a new pop
> hit? NO!! It's not a "meat Loaf song", it's not a "tom
> jones song", it's not "a Spiderbait song", and the very
> reason it isn't any one of these, is because it's all of
> these.
>
> It's an old african american folk song fvrom centuries ago
> that was adapted by LeadBelly over 70 or 80 years ago.
> It's been around for years and years and decades and more
> and it's been performed by EVERYONE, including Tom Jones.
>
> And Meat. Et al.
>
> So sure, it's a Tom jones song. And sure, it's a
> Spiderbait song. but to hear someone singing it, and think
> "oh my god they're performing that song by Spiderbait!?!"
> is just plain STOOOOOOOOPID!!!
>
> -- OK, That's me done. :o)


Wow. Just wow.

Anyway, I always thought Ram Jam were the first to record it



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