RE: George Benson - Ghetto


Law, Alistair (a.law@syd.dem.csiro.au)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:05:22 +1000



->> There's another funky live version of World is a Ghetto, it
->starts out with
->> a latin-y bassline and people clapping, and a voice singing
->"talkin bout the
->> ghetto...", later on in the song there are some fat solos.
->Any clues?
->
->"War" did the original and a couple of years later released
->an instrumental
->version.
->Also "Will Downing" covered the song.
->
->Don't know if any of these are the version you are after?

Donny Hathaway did 'The Ghetto' which sounds like what you're describing. I
think Jestofunk did a version also. I thought 'The World is a Ghetto' was a
different tune - not certain tho'. (The Donny Hathaway one I've heard is a
live version, if that helps any.)

Al.



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