An interesting article about Merry Clayton who provides the female vocal on this track, and who also features in 20 feet from stardom. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...r-left-a-dark-taste-in-my-mouth-merry-clayton
Interesting... and I note Billy Preston was also mentioned in the same article. Someone who gave just great vibe & quality to both Stones & Beatles tracks. In fact all of these old school singers & musicians with a childhood background in gospel gave that just great vibe to so much of not just rock but motown & funk.
The hook is lifted from a Jimi Hendrix song but I can’t remember the bloody name of it. Edit: the song is “Third Stone From the Sun”.
Generally I don't like UFO. But this... I think this is one of the great, hard rock performances - largely down to Michael Schenker. This relates to two posts I made today. Kim Kardashian's arse, inspiring my new sig. courtesy of Spinal Tap's obvious pastiche of this - 'Big Bottom'. And the fact I was introduced to this by a fellow student at Morden, who lent me the album, 'Phenomenon'. And I couldn't listen to it for the longest time, because it's what I was playing as the Stramonium came on, and thereafter, while not exactly a flashback, it brought it all back vividly enough; in the same way I couldn't drink vodka again after topping up a pint of brown and bitter with a quarter bottle, then going into town and downing several Southern Comforts. 'Doctor Doctor' was the other one.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mJbT2I0gIoKnwaxkmguu9k60p_57Wkmh0&si=iVi1Ri4Ia6gC60-e Sun Atoms. Let there be light. An album I bought a couple of years ago. Jsun Adams with dandy Warhols guitarist Pete Holstrom playing and producing. There’s a 2nd album on the way this year
Good to see you back on here 900streetfighter! - it's been so long i can't even remember your name. This belongs on this Forum, although also linked with tragedy again.
