In the last, I don't know, hour or so, I went from Roxy Music to Hot Club of Cowtown, with stops at Chic, Grace Jones, and the Sugarhill Gang. It all started with an old clip of Roxy Music doing "Love is the Drug". It's such an excellent song. That fucking bass line. The up stroke guitar playing, or whatever it's called, the reggae sorta thing. It's island glam funk, dad. Check the video. Not so sure about Bryan Ferry's swivel hips, but the eye patch and his get-up look like some '50s comic book character.
When I saw that there was no Eno, I realized I didn't know who the fuck that was playing piano. So, off to the page at Wikipedia, where I learned it was Eddie Jobson, but in the blurb about the song itself it says "In the DVD, More Than This: The Story of Roxy Music, Nile Rodgers of Chic states that the song was a big influence as the bass timing is almost identical to the one in Chic's song, 'Good Times'" Accurate or not, I was off to hear that, and from there to "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang, what with the sample and all that.
Just dipped my toe into looking for covers. There's just too many and most suck. Here's a few. Grace Jones's has Sly and Robbie. Yeah, no. Hot Club of Cowtown's version because it's an oddball for them. And the Hot Rat's live because there's something almost no wave about it.
Just dipped my toe into looking for covers. There's just too many and most suck. Here's a few. Grace Jones's has Sly and Robbie. Yeah, no. Hot Club of Cowtown's version because it's an oddball for them. And the Hot Rat's live because there's something almost no wave about it.
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Listen:Roxy Music - Love is the Drug mp3 at Thee Mightee Kittens
Chic - Good Times mp3 at Sizzling Sound
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight mp3 at Leigion of Health (?)
Hot Club of Cowtown - Love is the Drug (streaming) at YouTube
Video:
Grace Jones - Love is the Drug at YouTube
Hot Rats - Love is the Drug (live) at YouTube
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