Re: New York radio

Mark Allerton (Mark@warmspot.compulink.co.uk)
Sun, 17 Dec 1995 11:00:23 GMT


>They just played a song by Earth, Wind and Fire called "Bad Tune"...does
>anybody know it? It starts with somebody playing one of those wood &
>metal instruments that you click with your thumbs. I think somebody has
>sampled it before too, it actually might be Fila Brazilia's One Zed & two
>Ls. I know I've heard it besides in the Earth Wind & Fire tune, so if
>anybody knows, educate me.

Don't know of an EWF tune called that, but your description would fit the
classic "Brazilian Rhyme", from the LP "All 'n All". Starts off with this
"clicky" percussion, and then Philip Bailey comes in with a kind of
latin-y wordless vocal, and then the bass and drums come in. The whole
track is quite short - only two minutes or so. The LP also includes
another classic and much sampled EWF instrumental "Running", and is well
worth getting, as is the follow up "I Am".

It has been sampled a few times. Marcus Miller did a (rather good) cover
version of it on his most recent LP, too.

.Mark..