Slave make good times music, with some serious boogie potential. “Just A Touch Of Love” is the title track of the band’s 1979 album, which…
Tag: 70s
23/08/2019: “The Pill” by Loretta Lynn
When you think of country music in the Deep South from the 70s, you don’t tend to think of feminism. Yet, although it is very…
07/08/2019: “Turn Back The Hands Of Time Version” by Job Gibbs
Joe Gibbs is one of the studio owners who can take serious credit for the evolution for reggae music. For one, Lee “Scratch” Perry was…
06/08/2019: “Smash It Up Parts 1 & 2” by The Damned
As the name would seem to suggest, “Smash It Up” is composed of two very different songs. The first part is a slow and thoughtful…
03/08/2019: “Angie” by The Rolling Stones
Keith Richards and Mick Jagger differ on who or what this song is about. Richards wrote the song, and claims it is about nobody in…
02/08/2019: “Beautiful Dub” by Tappa Zukie
Although reggae has a reputation for being very slow and relaxing, it has usually tended to be dance music, played on huge soundsystems very loudly….
26/07/2019: “Frantic Moment” by Eddie Hazel
Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs was released in 1977, the only one of Eddie Hazel’s solo albums to be released while he was alive. Until its re-release in the…
24/07/2019: “Camarillo Brillo” by Frank Zappa
“Camarillo Brillo” is a typically crazy Frank Zappa. With his distinctively droll style of singing and vaguely dirty sounding lyrics, it doesn’t take itself too…
22/07/2019: “Doing It To Death” by Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s
This song has such an infectious bounce that it almost seems like it could just go on forever. It doesn’t though; the track lasts about…
21/07/2019: “Brother Father Mother Sister” by Tim Maia
This is such a joyful song. The lyrics are more about chastising his family (a stand in for society at large) for their transgressions, with…