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Black Betty

skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
edited July 2012 in Strut Central
Ram Jam Band

Big 70s hit.
Extended metal workout of a Leadbelly tune.

Breaks! Breaks?
Racial under, over and every-way tones.

Metallic classic I say.
I prefer the 45 version.
One of the dudes later went on to a career in 'interpretive dance'. Orly?

Thoughts please.

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  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Oh, and no doubt Biz has a 12 with percapella b- side.
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    skel said:
    Ram Jam Band

    Big 70s hit.
    Extended metal workout of a Leadbelly tune.

    Breaks! Breaks?
    Racial under, over and every-way tones.

    Metallic classic I say.
    I prefer the 45 version.
    One of the dudes later went on to a career in 'interpretive dance'. Orly?

    Thoughts please.

    The lead singer Myke Scavone is from New Jersey and I saw him recently as the leadsinger for the Dough Boys.

    Didn't know he was in Ram Jam until he mentioned it.
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    Epic Orange Label, bitch
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    if i am stuck listening to a classic RAWK station in someone's car i am pleased to hear it
    cross generational hype music
  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,391 Posts
    The guitar solo just sucks all the momentum out of that mutha. Yes,the 45 is better.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Trash.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    HarveyCanal said:
    Trash.

    Crazy talk.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    It's a fist-pumper. You've got fringe on the sleeves of your jeans jacket. You reek of cigarettes. You're feeling edgy. Your girlfriend is pregnant and you are thinking of blowing the joint. But your motorcycle is half taken apart and you still owe your asshole boss a paycheck. Something's gotta give. But in the meantime you slurp down a sixer of PBR and realize that this beaststress of a song is your new best friend.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Okaaaay....

    I see where you're coming from.


    ::facemelting::
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    I can't stand the bam-a-lam part.
  • BurnsBurns 2,227 Posts
    HarveyCanal said:
    It's a fist-pumper. You've got fringe on the sleeves of your jeans jacket. You reek of cigarettes. You're feeling edgy. Your girlfriend is pregnant and you are thinking of blowing the joint. But your motorcycle is half taken apart and you still owe your asshole boss a paycheck. Something's gotta give. But in the meantime you slurp down a sixer of PBR and realize that this beaststress of a song is your new best friend.

    nice one!

    ..but Kidd fuk'n' rock covered this song,ugh, its a rare classic rock jam that didn't get played enough on the radio, also used on the "Blow" soundtrack before searchin' the internets for a copy.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    I have both of Ram Jam's albums and consider them masterpieces of meathead hard rock. Even own the 12-inch dance music remix of said song.

    The long version doesn't make me mad, but I'd go with the single edit if I had to choose.

    One member, Bill Bartlett, had previously played with the Lemon Pipers.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    I don't really know any true Rock fans that like it...it's kinda gross.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    bassie said:
    I can't stand the bam-a-lam part.

    B-b-b-but she's from Birmingham! And it rhymes!!1!

    Actually, this raises another point that always puzzles me.
    I never see dudes repping Alabama.

    Or Arkasas for that matter, or Missouri, or Kansas or Kentucky.
    What gives?
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    skel said:
    bassie said:
    I can't stand the bam-a-lam part.

    B-b-b-but she's from Birmingham! And it rhymes!!1!

    Actually, this raises another point that always puzzles me.
    I never see dudes repping Alabama.


    It's pronounced Lynard Skynard.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts


    skel said:
    bassie said:
    I can't stand the bam-a-lam part.

    B-b-b-but she's from Birmingham! And it rhymes!!1!


    And the bam-a-lam is 80 percent of the song!
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    pickwick33 said:


    skel said:
    bassie said:
    I can't stand the bam-a-lam part.

    B-b-b-but she's from Birmingham! And it rhymes!!1!


    And the bam-a-lam is 80 percent of the song!

    You see my point?
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    ^^^^^^^^
    LIKES ONLY ONE FIFTH OF THE SONG
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Oh that fancy Brit arithmetic!
  • jamesjames chicago 1,863 Posts
    DO YOU EVEN PARTY ABUSE RECREATIONAL INHALANTS?
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    I hardly think hairspray, nailpolish, spray-on tan and the leather conditioners that keep my pants soft and supple are recreational!
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Bow down, Black Betty...



  • YNOTYNOT in a studio apt mixing tuna with the ramen 417 Posts
    Do you even party?

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    YNOT said:
    Do you even party?


    ^^^Sent the dancefloor into Bachman Turner Overdrive.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    bassie said:
    pickwick33 said:


    skel said:
    bassie said:
    I can't stand the bam-a-lam part.

    B-b-b-but she's from Birmingham! And it rhymes!!1!


    And the bam-a-lam is 80 percent of the song!

    You see my point?

    Your breaking point was my selling point.
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Figured this was a good time to pull out this interweb chestnut.

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