Resolved: this is an early example of rap in pop music:
I said in POP music.
Discuss.
(Also resolved: awesome tune.)
Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy.
Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy.
Resolved: this is an early example of rap in pop music:
I said in POP music.
Discuss.
(Also resolved: awesome tune.)
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Trivia: Murray Head is actually a TERRIFIC singer. Oh, and he’s British not American, although he plays an American here.
Blondie beat him by a few years with “Rapture”.
I’m also pretty sure that’s not Murray Head singing on that song. I think he did the rap part.
Duh, Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Night_in_Bangkok
Someone else did sing it. And it was written by the guys from ABBA!
Yeah he’s not the singer, just the rapper. In this song. Since it’s from a live stage musical (lyrics by Tim Rice, music as you noted by the guys from ABBA) it wouldn’t have been practical for him to do both parts I don’t think.
Although like I said, he *is* a terrific singer. Here is a terrific example. Probably not coincidentally, in a song with lyrics by Tim Rice.
Mickey Hart and the Grateful Dead (or various members thereof) recorded a rap version of Fire on the Mountain in the early 1970s.
Not sure this is that version, but it will give you the idea
Link
This is a discussion about the timeframe it originated from Archive.org
There were a couple of recording sessions in the 1972-73 timeframe where it was first recorded.
Well that definitely sounds like ’70s Jerry Garcia on guitar, so yeah it was probably not just Mickey. (Funny how I can identify some guitarists about as well as human voices.)
I wouldn’t call that a pop song though. I mean, the Dead didn’t have any pop hits until what, the late ’80s? Not their bag, man.
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