― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Friday, 16 December 2005 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
i think its a case of you having no soul!
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost do you mean soul in the Motown sense or in the Grim Reaper sense? cause I'm with you on the latter.
― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 December 2005 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link
So when I hear it know it's like someone set the studio to "generic funk" and Fresh was cranked out
What strikes me is that despite the fact that hundreds of nominally similar-sounding albums have been made since, Fresh still sounds like the best jazz-funk album ever. It sounds like what the Headhunters were going for when Mike Clark was in the band, except more thought-out, darker and with amazing vocals instead of keyboard jams.
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link
sly's catalog desperately desperately needs some serious remastering/deluxe edition treatment. Riot is still in that lame packaging (at least in the US)...and they left the title track off the cd!
and anyone know what happened to that live set that was supposed to come out a couple years ago? did sly personally nix it?
― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
ive never been more otm
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:35 (eighteen years ago) link
I've never heard any of the records after Fresh.
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link
The fact that Sony hasn't reissued them inside the US is a fucking joke.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 16 December 2005 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 16 December 2005 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link
this is not a mistake. There *is* no title track - the tracklisting is intentionally misleading.
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:05 (eighteen years ago) link
absurd
but if you're using these as paragons of funkiness, i think you've got more problems than i do.
enlighten us then funky messiah
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:14 (eighteen years ago) link
OK OK. That's a little absurd. I got a little carried away with my love for Fresh :-)
― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, for real. If Fresh isn't a paragon of funkiness, I don't know what is. Whether you like the album or not...you have to admit it's about as funky as it gets.
― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 17 December 2005 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Saturday, 17 December 2005 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Saturday, 17 December 2005 01:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 17 December 2005 01:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Saturday, 17 December 2005 01:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 17 December 2005 01:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Saturday, 17 December 2005 01:13 (eighteen years ago) link
this sounds exactly like my copy which, i guess, is the UK pressing. i can't imagine it sounding any more stripped down, etc.
i can't take 'dance to the music' out of my CD player... this album is so great! i don't care about how 'cynical' it was in concept and education, 'dance to the medley' is so exhilarating. the absolute to Fresh, but to be honest, they're my two favourite Sly LPs (have 'stand' on LP, but 'sex machine' bores me silly, and i *hate 'stoned cowboy' so much that it ruins Riot for me if i don't skip in time)
― i am not a nugget (stevie), Saturday, 8 April 2006 11:08 (eighteen years ago) link
It's sad that he's just an old nut now. I don't understand the underwhelming response of many people to this record. It's not perfect, but most of it's great, starting from the first track; weak, quavering guitar that's almost confusing until you find how it ties with the rest— the crisp horns, the organ, all with his impeccably timed singing, and yes, procrati
natin'…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mld7eSaydI
― Tsuga, Monday, 14 March 2011 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Some people swear by it, but apart from "Que Sera Sera" I can't feel any affection or awe for Fresh at all.
Fromwhat I've heard the cover of Que Sera Sera was a riposte to a rumour that Sly had been having an affair with Doris Day. Assume the allegations were unfounded but it makes a good backstory. Much like Tim Buckley working as Sly's chauffeur in the downtime between Starsailor & Greetings From L.A.Or that Blue Afternoon by Buckley was largely written as material to offer to Marlene Deitrich, back when Burt bacharach was her musical director.
― Stevolende, Monday, 14 March 2011 11:44 (thirteen years ago) link