"Lookin' at the devil. Grinnin' at his gun. Fingers start shakin'. I begin to run." This is an angry song for an angry time. Critic Greil Marcus declared of the album - There's a Riot Going On (1971) - on which this song is central, "There is an enormous reality to the music: a slow, level sense of getting by. It is Muzak with its finger on the trigger." This music is a long way from the original, upbeat 1969 version of the song, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)."
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Thank You For Talking To Me Africa (Sly & the Family Stone)
"Lookin' at the devil. Grinnin' at his gun. Fingers start shakin'. I begin to run." This is an angry song for an angry time. Critic Greil Marcus declared of the album - There's a Riot Going On (1971) - on which this song is central, "There is an enormous reality to the music: a slow, level sense of getting by. It is Muzak with its finger on the trigger." This music is a long way from the original, upbeat 1969 version of the song, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)."
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