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by **KYYX4ever** » Sun May 08, 2005 1:34 pm

oh my goodnes,
I just found and dL'd some old Scritti Politti off soulseek and WHOA!!!!!! This, boys and girls, sounds like NOTHING like the Scritti that made it onto the radio , like "Wood Beez", "Absolute", etc. Oh no...not even close!
This stuff ([i]Unreleased Peel Sessions, Early Years[/i] is quite like punk, with angular, choppy guitars, wandering off the beat, very punk-like. It totally sounds like something off college radio back in the day! Is that Green gartside singing? very mod, dispassionate...mmm, I quite like it.

Did/do any of you know about this? care to fill me in? I wasn't a huge fan, altho I love "Hynotize" & "Wood Beez". I never knew about this early stuff!

by **buffalochipz** » Sun May 08, 2005 2:21 pm

I've always liked an early Scritti song called Skank Bloc Bologna" (for the title if nothing else.) A lot of it is pretty minimalist and abstract but in a punk way. I think they started out in 1978 or '79. Hard to believe how radically different they s

by **2Nu** » Sun May 08, 2005 10:19 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by buffalochipz[/i]
<br> Miles Davis did an odd instrumental version of "Perfect Way" which was kinda neat.
<h

by **buffalochipz** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:00 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by 2Nu[/i]
I never knew that! What album was that from?
He does a nice rendition of 'Time After Time' on 'You

by **2Nu** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:28 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by buffalochipz[/i]
<br>
I Wasn't this around the same time he appeared in an ad for Honda motor scooters? I

by **bpdp3** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:45 am

I believe one of Miles' last studio trumptet recordings (if not THE last) was on Scritti Politti's "Provision" lp. Check the liner notes for which song. I don't have it in front of me. I'm not really sure why he felt a connection with them.

If you

by **xtc-1957** » Tue May 10, 2005 4:23 am

KYYX,

Thanks for the tip!....I'm going to look for that stuff on the hub. Sounds like my kind o' music.

by **KYYX4ever** » Fri May 13, 2005 8:16 am

buffalochipz,
yes--that's it! "minimalist and abstract, but in a punk way".
swell way to describe this. I still can't believe it.

by **Grunch** » Fri May 13, 2005 8:27 am

It's too bad they made the CD so short. There were quite a few other tracks from that period they left off, and very easilt could have included.

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