Gone to Malaya is a complete Springsteen ripoff with half spoken verses and frenzied pop rock accompaniment, the electric organ solo is so soothing it's all forgivable as he reproduces that Born to Run sound of a highly emotive, movie score, there is a grand drama to the mix of wailing guitar phrases and layers of organs and keyboards and the aggressive contrast of relentless Mick Fleetwood styled drumming. The last two numbers both sound like Medicine Head with barrelling fuzz blues bops, ultimately the band really have an identity built on their sense of humour rather than specific aural techniques like Dr Hook, after all they pay too much homage to 50s rock n blues and never fully embraced the rootsy sound of their biggest hit!
Friday 4 January 2019
Mungo Jerry (1977) Gone to Malaya - LOST 70s GEMS
From Mungo' 1977 album, Lovin' in the Alleys & Fightin' in the Streets,I Could Never Start Lovin You is a different lyric, the song is a funky hard rocker with an incredible call and response between Dorset and the scintillating guitar player; elsewhere organ is added for effect along with punchy group vocals but it's the use of tempo changes that keeps this number dynamic as well as the guitarists' excellent work. The Grease is another stalwart rack with a Louie Louie styled riff but slower and funkier laying the bedrock for this track, the tight hi-hat drumming keeps the whole thing grounded as the guitar plays the riff up and down in a circular melody and a delicate piano twinkles away in the fills. Heavy Foot Stomp is another by the numbers 50s number, with epic fuzz tone and comical baritone harmony vocals, Can't Keep It Down is a swirling funky number built on a endlessly rotating synth lick; the synth sounds like Steely Dan while the spacey blues guitar sounds like Carlos Santana while Dorset's vocals also ebb and flow in intensity.
Gone to Malaya is a complete Springsteen ripoff with half spoken verses and frenzied pop rock accompaniment, the electric organ solo is so soothing it's all forgivable as he reproduces that Born to Run sound of a highly emotive, movie score, there is a grand drama to the mix of wailing guitar phrases and layers of organs and keyboards and the aggressive contrast of relentless Mick Fleetwood styled drumming. The last two numbers both sound like Medicine Head with barrelling fuzz blues bops, ultimately the band really have an identity built on their sense of humour rather than specific aural techniques like Dr Hook, after all they pay too much homage to 50s rock n blues and never fully embraced the rootsy sound of their biggest hit!
Gone to Malaya is a complete Springsteen ripoff with half spoken verses and frenzied pop rock accompaniment, the electric organ solo is so soothing it's all forgivable as he reproduces that Born to Run sound of a highly emotive, movie score, there is a grand drama to the mix of wailing guitar phrases and layers of organs and keyboards and the aggressive contrast of relentless Mick Fleetwood styled drumming. The last two numbers both sound like Medicine Head with barrelling fuzz blues bops, ultimately the band really have an identity built on their sense of humour rather than specific aural techniques like Dr Hook, after all they pay too much homage to 50s rock n blues and never fully embraced the rootsy sound of their biggest hit!
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