Wednesday, May 10, 2023

STILL, "BOSS" WAS ENOUGH.


Okay, so the Rumblers' "Boss" is one of my favorite instrumentals of all time. It might not be yours, but there's something about it that I dig. It might be the repetition of a simple riff or the honking sax. Regardless, yesterday after hearing a few of their covers I realized that they're both inventive in their interpretations and slightly inept in their interpretations. Why the overuse of the whammy bar in "Rumble"? Instead of sounding tough like Link Wray's original, it sounds lethargic. You can't blame it on the tempo. Wray's was a slow mover too, but his sounds sinister. I know, I know. I'm judging a little too harshly. They were a young band (they formed in high school) and "Boss' lives up to it's name. The rest is added shake.

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Listen:
The Rumblers - Boss mp3
at Internet Archive Adapted from the Strangers' "Caterpillar Crawl"
The Rumblers - Rumble mp3
at Internet Archive Link Wray cover
The Rumblers - Night Train mp3
at Internet Archive James Brown cover
The Rumblers - Wild Weekend mp3
at Internet Archive Rockin' Rebels cover
The Rumblers - Harlem Nocturne mp3
at Internet Archive Viscounts cover (Technically, the Viscounts' was a cover but theirs was the hit version.)

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