Re: New York radio
Mark Allerton (Mark@warmspot.compulink.co.uk)
Sun, 17 Dec 1995 12:11:11 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.
PS: another outfit that sampled this tune recently was Teddy Riley's
group Blackstreet.
.Mark..
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Mark Allerton Mark@warmspot.compulink.co.uk