coxyhog Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Speaking of Lenny Kravitz this lady has been his bassist,as she was for David Bowie. This is one of my all time favourite albums:https://www.discogs.com/release/1522582-Gail-Ann-Dorsey-The-Corporate-World 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChiFlyer Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) 17 hours ago, maipenrai said: Nope - read the real story of the song here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Woman I much prefer the original version of the song to Kravitz' cover of it. Interesting follow-up. I think you are correct about the original intent of the song, but I also think that Kravitz may have used it in the way that I described as well. Kravitz' version of the lyrics contain the following Don't come hangin' 'round my door Don't want to see your face no more I don't need your war machines I don't need your ghetto scenes Colored lights can hypnotize Sparkle someone else's eyes Edited September 24, 2023 by ChiFlyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiFlyer Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 hour ago, coxyhog said: Speaking of Lenny Kravitz this lady has been his bassist,as she was for David Bowie. This is one of my all time favourite albums:https://www.discogs.com/release/1522582-Gail-Ann-Dorsey-The-Corporate-World Thanks. I will give the album a listen. I suspect that there may be a further connection between Kravitz and Bowie. Bowie dated Slash's mother for a number of years. They were close friends. Bowie was one of the persons that reached out to the suddenly successful street kid (Slash) to start talking him away from the darkness of his heroine addiction and alcoholism. Anther person who reached out to Slash at that time was Lenny Kravitz. They were friends in high school despite coming from very different financial circumstances. Kravitz' family had SoCal level money. Slash's family did not. Still they remained friends over the years. All of this is from Slash's autobiography. It is an almost brutally honest statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Glasseye Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Love this song.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lemondropkid Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Just watched a Buddy Holly documentary. Knew every song word for word, yet all written before and performed I was born, not sure how I knew them though! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 21 minutes ago, Lemondropkid said: Just watched a Buddy Holly documentary. Knew every song word for word, yet all written before and performed I was born, not sure how I knew them though! I'm the same , seems like there was a lot of that music on radios and tv when we were growing up ... limited channels to choose from , things like "the Rock and Roll years" on , our parents music collections ... 🤷♂️ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Stillearly said: I'm the same , seems like there was a lot of that music on radios and tv when we were growing up ... limited channels to choose from , things like "the Rock and Roll years" on , our parents music collections ... 🤷♂️ Radio 1 in the UK, the very first thing to be switched on in our household when i was a youngster in the mornings and i carried on the tradition in my own gaffs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 6 minutes ago, Pumpuynarak said: Radio 1 in the UK, the very first thing to be switched on in our household when i was a youngster in the mornings and i carried on the tradition in my own gaffs. Dont you mean the home service? 😉 555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Stillearly said: I'm the same , seems like there was a lot of that music on radios and tv when we were growing up ... limited channels to choose from , things like "the Rock and Roll years" on , our parents music collections ... 🤷♂️ Buddy Holly was certainly one of the greatest music influencers in our lifetime. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maipenrai Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 On 9/24/2023 at 8:11 AM, ChiFlyer said: Interesting follow-up. I think you are correct about the original intent of the song, but I also think that Kravitz may have used it in the way that I described as well. Kravitz' version of the lyrics contain the following Don't come hangin' 'round my door Don't want to see your face no more I don't need your war machines I don't need your ghetto scenes Colored lights can hypnotize Sparkle someone else's eyes These are the original lyrics from the Guess Who - whatever Kravitz' intent with the song, i don't like what he did to the rhythm and beat of the original riff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 7 hours ago, Glasseye said: I always loved the Association - great songs and vocals; RIP to Terry Kirkman, one of the founders and the fellow in the middle here with the grey jacket, who passed away recently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kirkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiFlyer Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, maipenrai said: These are the original lyrics from the Guess Who - whatever Kravitz' intent with the song, i don't like what he did to the rhythm and beat of the original riff. no problems - in an interview Kravitz said that as much as liked the original song, he could not duplicate the lead in guitar riff - there seems to be no problems between Kravitz and "Guess Who" as they did a concert together later on - IMO art morphs over time. We all like what we like. Take care. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChiFlyer Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 One more Stones Song -> Dancing with Mr D from Goat's Head Soup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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