Re: (TV) OT - Stiff Little Fingers -- "Johnny Was"

[Jay <piazzasanmarco@yahoo.com>]

its great and the studio version is greater
--- Joe Thornton <joe.thornton@gmx.net> wrote:

> Just came across this: Stiff Little Fingers live
> (about 1980, I guess), doing
> "Johnny Was":
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA1WZI58nkM
> 
> On the one hand you can say that they absolutely
> murder the song, but then you
> have to admit that it has... integrity. Or, you
> might well say, it's just
> bloody great.
> 
> I think it's a combination of the band's respect for
> the original song, "the
> times that were in it", and sheer commitment; so
> they pull it off. And you
> might detect the influence of Television there too.
> There are certainly
> similarities...
> 
> And here they are, SLF, revisiting the song in 2005:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSFHyVRBhmE
> 
> Another reason I point it out is that the song was
> one of Bob Marley & the
> Wailers' greatest recordings; his singing, the
> backing vocals, the
> arrangement, the sheer feeling they put into it --
> peerless. It's on Rastaman
> Vibration, an inconsistent album. The previous album
> Natty Dread had more
> great songs, such as "Lively Up Yourself", "No
> Woman, No Cry", "Rebel Music (3
> O'Clock Roadblock)", and the title track.
> 
> Here's the nugget of information: both "Johnny Was"
> and "Natty Dread" were
> written by Bob's wife Rita Marley.
> 
> --JoeT
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