wesbed Posted April 12, 2004 Report Posted April 12, 2004 Is this 'the' group WAR? As in, the 'Why Can't We Be Friends, Slippin' into Darkness, Cisco Kid, Lowrider, and Spill the Wine' WAR? >click for larger picture< I never knew WAR recorded on Blue Note. Was this music jazzy or funky or bluesy or what? Am I mis-interpreting this picture? Quote
brownie Posted April 12, 2004 Report Posted April 12, 2004 The picture is right. The Cuscuna/Ruppli Blue Note Label Discography indicates the session was leased from Far Out Productions. This was the only War album to be released on the label. Never listened to that BN. BN was trying for new directions at the time (late '70s) this came out. Quote
Claude Posted April 12, 2004 Report Posted April 12, 2004 (edited) Is this the United Artists logo on the label? AMG entry 1977 LP United Artists 690 Edited April 12, 2004 by Claude Quote
.:.impossible Posted April 12, 2004 Report Posted April 12, 2004 I have this LP. It is WAR that you are talking about. "Four Cornered Room" is enough to make the purchase worthwhile. Quote
Jim Dye Posted April 12, 2004 Report Posted April 12, 2004 GREAT record, but definitely not a traditional Blue Note release. This ended up on Blue Note because of corporate mergers. A collection of longer unreleased outtakes that didn't really fit elsewhere. City - Country - City is one of my faves. Really captures the feel of 70s L.A. Quote
RDK Posted April 12, 2004 Report Posted April 12, 2004 Ah, damn - now I'm gonna have "Spill the Wine" runnin' through my head all day. That's one groovy song that sticks in there for a while... Quote
rachel Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie And that I was the star of the movie This really blew my mind The fact that me an overfed long haired leaping gnome Should be the star of a hollywood movie.... I'll never forget the way he said Hollywood movie; not just any movie, man, but a Hollywood movie. Quote
Joe G Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 I was taken to a place The Hall of the Mountain King... Anyone remember that show that used to be on MTV in the late 80's called Closet Classics? They played clips (often live in the studio) of all the groups from the 60's and 70's. I recall seeing WAR doing Spill the Wine on that show. Eric Burden must have been tripping; he had this strange beaded object that he was holding up while singing. Just before the last chorus, he stuck the entire thing in his mouth. Wild, man... B) That was nothing compared to the concert footage of the guy who sang, "I am the god of Hellfire! And I bring you.... Fire...I bid you to burn!... Now that guy was trippin! Quote
rachel Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 Arthur Brown. Creeped me out, yet I was kinda diggin' him too. Kind of like a horror movie where you can't watch yet you can't look away. Quote
JSngry Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 Last I heard, Arthur Brown was a housepainter in Austin! Quote
JSngry Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 How did Burdon get hooked up w/War anyway? I know that some people think that he started the band, but that ain't right. Quote
Noj Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 How did Burdon get hooked up w/War anyway? I know that some people think that he started the band, but that ain't right. There is a compilation under the title Senor Soul What It Is Y'All on BGP Records that proclaims itself the first incarnation of WAR. I'm not sure how/when Eric Burdon got with them, but I like the results with or without him. Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 16, 2004 Report Posted April 16, 2004 I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie And that I was the star of the movie This really blew my mind The fact that me an overfed long haired leaping gnome Should be the star of a hollywood movie.... I'll never forget the way he said Hollywood movie; not just any movie, man, but a Hollywood movie. Ha, I heard that song on the radio the other day and was just lovin' it! War indeed... they ruled. Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted April 17, 2004 Report Posted April 17, 2004 I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie And that I was the star of the movie This really blew my mind The fact that me an overfed long haired leaping gnome Should be the star of a hollywood movie.... I'll never forget the way he said Hollywood movie; not just any movie, man, but a Hollywood movie. Ha, I heard that song on the radio the other day and was just lovin' it! War indeed... they ruled. Great song! I loved it too! Cool lyrics. Quote
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