Angry Scream Against Government Madness

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I've definitely featured the late (52 years old) Eddie Harris and Les McCann performing "Compared To What?" several times before. It is the thinking person's angry, frustrated scream against a government gone wild in a country which seems to have lost its way, forgotten The Constitution and completely forgotten about the wishes and hopes of its Founding Fathers.

In "Tryin' To Make it Real Compared To What?" Harris and McCann render a live performance that gets everyone's heart racing -- it is pure, unadulterated soul played with funky sponteneity. The dynamics and other live, in-concert effects will turn you on and make you angry, too. But it's so worthwhile. While your temperature rises, you will be grabbed by the urge to get up and dance. Listen to the lyrics as they ring clear and true. And listen to McCann's voice. He means it. He is the caged bird, screaming soulfully.

Al Jarreau's version follows. He isn't as fully spontaneous and funky, and he gives a slickly-polished performance, with some of his signature scatting, vocalese and new instruments created by his stunning voice. I particularly like this version (although not quite as much as the original) because of its upbeat tempo and wild sax riffs. You'll enjoy the ride.

I want to dedicate this article, and these songs with love to three wonderful friends, and exemplary Human Beings, each with amazing talents and Old-School integrity: Lidia Szczepanowski, Fran Petito and Paul Parsons. My message to them, aside from thanks for making my life so much richer? It's simple -- when we heal each other, we heal ourselves.

United We Stand!

Uncle Dazz for The RadioDAZZ Blog

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EDDIE AND LES

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzvlivbptXk


AL JARREAU

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zNo4pe55_8





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Gil Scott-Heron: THE BOTTLE - To My Lost Brothers And Sisters.

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I first heard this amazing song when I was an undergraduate in college. I loved the straight-4 disco beat, the signature bass line and the animated flute licks surrounding Gil Scott-Heron's soulful, slightly war-worn voice: The voice of experience from a visionary. It made me want to dance. It's a hand-clapping tune, and in the mid-seventies it was an underplayed, understated sensation. I used to listen to music, without digging deeply into the message embedded into the lyrics.

The song had haunted me for years. Every so often it burned at the corners of my mind. It keeps popping up every time I hear about, or walk onto the real-life set a tragedy fueled by alcohol and alcoholism. It is a snapdragon of a song. A bear-trap hidden in the lush woods. The rhythm pulls you in, but it is mantra about the bottle. The destruction of people's loves and lives because of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Too many wreaths and roadside crosses to count.

I dedicate this song to my brothers and sisters who have lived with alcoholism, or who have had their lives wrecked by it. If you can't moderate it -- Eliminate It.

This song is a sorrowful cry and a wake-up call for ethanol-fueled traffic accidents, fights, deaths, and people who have to live and serve their sentences for things that they cannot even remember doing, but regret every morning when they wake up.

This gemstone is a hustle in 12-steps. If you're there, or you've been touched by it, or gone to meetings to work at putting it all together, you'll know exactly what RadioDAZZ is saying.

The song is a classic. It is the best --- a mixture of Sly Stone, Bobby Caldwell, Curtis Mayfield, Brick, The Brothers Johnson and even Neil Young. The song goes on, as does the saga.

The message, again [dig, dudes]: "Don't get into the bottle. Don't Let the bottle get into you." RadioDAZZ loves you and the world needs you here. Only You can be who You are.

Click below to be moved in ways you'd never quite imagined before. The caged bird sings, and his beautiful song is about one of Humanity's greatest curses. Click and enjoy, but let the anger and the frustration get into you ....to put you back in touch with all people, in all walks of life, everywhere. Get help. Give help. There's hope.

Note: After you've enjoyed the video and the song, get back here and PLEASE forward and Re Tweet (RT) this article to everyone. Someone wants to hear it. And someone else might NEED to hear it. Thank you.

 

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FIRE! The Ohio Players - FunkaDAZZic

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What can I say about the Ohio Players? -- their funky, urban ghetto style was a cross between Earth Wind And Fire and The Brothers Johnson. Some of their best singles (in the late 1970's up until the middle 1980's) included "Love Rollercoaster, "Sweet Sticky Thing,"I Want To Be Free," and, of course "Skintight" -- their answer to Lionel Richie's "Brick House."

You've just got to love the feverish fire engines, alarms and other sound effects which gave this band a true street temperature.

Have a FunkaDaZZic day. Click and play. Enjoy.

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Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good To You - DAZZ

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The very best of The Brothers Johnson. Deeply funky, heart-pounding, distorted guitar riffs, chick-singer backup, lay-it-out-solid-bass line. E minor never sounded so funky. Great production. "I'll Be Good To You." It marches on.

Enjoy the rich instrumentation, tambourine, multi-track sideways overdubbed harmonies. Redundant? No. RadioActive! --RadioDAZZ

Just click on the link or on the video player to let this song put you into a head-bopping groove. Just between us, I hope she took him back.

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