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user-inactivated  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ram Jam is actually doing a cover of Black Betty themselves, as it's an old American folk song. If you ever get the chance, check out Lomax and the work he did. The man had a huge passion for preserving culture.

coffeesp00ns  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

wow, that's a new one for me! No idea that was a cover. I wonder if the original is as angular as their cover is - indeed, if it is it might explain its weird bar lengths and mood shifts.

user-inactivated  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You can find versions of Lomax's recordings in Youtube as well as Leadbelly's version. They're slower paced, but very good.

Since you're a music major, you might like this. There's a group that's digitizing Lomax's non-Library of Congress recordings and putting them online.

coffeesp00ns  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm subscribed to the Lomax youtube channel, actually! lots of great material.

that link is super interesting, thanks!

user-inactivated  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not surprised in the slightest. You're awesome like that.

bhrgunatha  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I didn't realise Ram Jam was a cover too! It's weird how many songs are actually covers. I only found out a few weeks ago that Hanging On The Telephone was a cover

user-inactivated  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's awesome. I had no idea that was a cover either. It reminds me a bit back when thenewgreen posted the original for "I Think We're Alone Now." I had no idea Tiffany's version was a cover.

Another one you might enjoy knowing is pretty old is House of the Rising Sun. Read the origins in that link, it's pretty interesting.

someguyfromcanada  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  
user-inactivated  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Fuck the Original

What's wrong with Metallica?

bhrgunatha  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I turned against them when they went on their suing rampage against Napster, universities and their own fans. After watching Some Kind of Monster I think some people find them more human or relatable but it just made me hate them more.

Also, in my petty mind they stole a lot of fans that Slayer really deserved but that's just me projecting my bad taste on others.

goobster  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I used to be friends with Kirk Hammett (via his first wife, who was a friend of mine), and knew the rest of the guys in the Dave Mustaine era. We used to hang at Kirk's first house over in the East Bay. That was long before the whole Napster thing.

Now, if I ran into him, and if he even remembered me, I don't even know what I would say to him. Those guys live so far away from any kind of reality... I think I'd just sadly shake my head and walk the other way. Napster was definitely the first big chasm that opened up between me and them.

bhrgunatha  ·  2778 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    the rest of the guys in the Dave Mustaine era

The press or media always portray Dave Mustaine as the untamable party animal the others tolerate (for the most part) until he takes it too far ... Knowing how they like to mould the truth to make a story I wonder how much truth there is to that.

    Those guys live so far away from any kind of reality

Being famous must seriously suck. Some manage not to surround themselves with fawning, servile drudges and yes-machines but many also seem to fall foul of the celebrity machine. I'd fall apart if people recognised me wherever I went.

goobster  ·  2778 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dude. We proles have absolutely NO IDEA what the life of a famous person is like.

The only place I would hang out with any of them was at Kirk's house. Anywhere else and it was impossible to even carry on a conversation. And this was BEFORE Ride The Lightning.

They can't do anything they want to do because they are constantly getting interrupted. Constantly. I just wanted to punch people after about 20 minutes, but they just smiled a tired smile for yet another picture, or another dude yelling from across the street, or car honking, or whatever.

I never wanna be famous.

user-inactivated  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Shame on them.

The track's still quite good.