From slap bang in the middle of the 1970s comes Bunny Clarke, aka Bunny Rugs, soon to become lead vocalist with Third World, but here in a solo stylee with the follow up to his cover of 'To Love Somebody', which, confusingly, he recorded as Bunny Scott.....I hope you're taking notes, there'll be a test later. The tune in question is 'Move Out of My Way', a militant Lee 'Scratch' Perry produced groover that didn't trouble the chart compilers of the day to any great extent. What it did do, however, was spawn a number of dubs and versions, including this oddly disturbing example, released under the title 'Kojak', by Perry himself on the 'Revolution Dub' LP later the same year. With the titular lollypop-sucking cop playing on the TV in the background as he works, Scratch retains just enough of Clarke's vocal to inject disorientating stabs into an eerily stripped back rhythm track, which I've always found a little unsettling, but perhaps that's just me. Who loves ya baby?
4 comments:
Greta pair of tunes Swede
Great not greta.
A superb brace of tunes there, Swede. I heard Kojak before I heard Move Out Of My Way and it's an interesting approach to a song, coming in via a dub (especially when it's Lee 'Scratch' Perry) and then discovering the original. Both versions very much at Casa K, as you can imagine.
Glad you enjoyed the tunes guys. That dub is something else.
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