DAVIS, Betty - They Say I'm Different (remastered) - PEARL VINYL LP
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Betty DAVIS
They Say I'm Different (remastered)
Light In The Attic US
gatefold pearl vinyl LP + booklet with obi-strip Cat: LITA 02714Rel: 6 Jul 26
Soul Side 1 - Track 1. Shoo B Doop & Cop Him Side 1 - Track 2. He Was A Big Freak Side 1 - Track 3. Your Mama Wants Ya Back Side 1 - Track 4. Don't Call Her A Tramp Side 2 - Track 1. Git In There Side 2 - Track 2. They Say I'm Different Side 2 - Track 3. 70's Blues Side 2 - Track 4. Special People
There's a reason Betty Davis still sounds faintly dangerous half a century later. Plenty of artists have borrowed bits of her swagger since, though very few carry the same sense that the whole thing might derail at any moment. Back in 1974, this stuff must have sounded completely unhinged.'Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him' arrives snarling through greasy funk riffs and unapologetically filthy innuendo, then 'He Was A Big Freak' somehow manages to sound both hilarious and genuinely threatening at once. Elsewhere, 'Don't Call Her No Tramp' swings with hard-eyed confidence, and '70's Blues' slows the pace just enough to reveal how much rawness sat underneath all the bravado. The album, even now, feels miles removed from the tidier corners of 70s r&b and funk. You can hear Prince, Rick James and plenty more picking through the wreckage years later.
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