2. "I heard it's hilarious" In response to Reply # 0
and yeah, I actually initially heard Fela in part due to Baker's appearance on record with him.
Siide note: I was Ginger Baker for Halloween one year in high school. Orange afro wig, bellbottoms and a tie dye. Hard to believe I spent a whole day walking around like that.
Hmm... I might know where a picture of that outfit is. Might have to dig up & scan.
3. "now THAT is hilarious" In response to Reply # 2
>Siide note: I was Ginger Baker for Halloween one year in high >school. Orange afro wig, bellbottoms and a tie dye. Hard to >believe I spent a whole day walking around like that. > >Hmm... I might know where a picture of that outfit is. Might >have to dig up & scan.
5. "lol what year was that?" In response to Reply # 2
>Siide note: I was Ginger Baker for Halloween one year in high >school. Orange afro wig, bellbottoms and a tie dye. Hard to >believe I spent a whole day walking around like that. > >Hmm... I might know where a picture of that outfit is. Might >have to dig up & scan.
Especially his drumming on P.I.L.'s "Album"...schitt is just bombastic and dope.
There is another much older documentary about him and his cray cray, as well as one man drug fueled trek across the African continent where he ends up in Lagos...it's really not very good though. http://www.amazon.com/Ginger-Baker-In-Africa/dp/B000H7JCC8
This one does look fascinating.
Can't wait. Hope they talk about the P.I.L. sessions. Miles Davis agreed to be on the album and John Lydon turned him down. LOL!!!
8. "That album was such a surprise..." In response to Reply # 7
>masters of reality
While I MUCH prefered MOR's debut, it was still supercool that they dug up Ginger to play on an album with them and it was better than the BBM shit (=essentially a Cream reunion but minus Clapton and with Gary Moore instead-BAD choice and I dig Gary (well, not solo but on Thin Lizzy's ''black rose'')).
I never liked that PIL album; WAY too 80's for me but again, cool idea to bring out this old junkie (actually, that's what "album" was:an idea record. And of course, Bill Laswell was involved...)
10. "Yeah, I was really into it when it came out" In response to Reply # 8
> >>masters of reality
>While I MUCH prefered MOR's debut, it was still supercool that >they dug up Ginger to play on an album with them and it was >better than the BBM shit (=essentially a Cream reunion but >minus Clapton and with Gary Moore instead-BAD choice and I dig >Gary (well, not solo but on Thin Lizzy's ''black rose'')).
Agreed. I STILL need the '60's to be over. They'll never end.
>I never liked that PIL album; WAY too 80's for me but again, >cool idea to bring out this old junkie (actually, that's what >"album" was:an idea record. And of course, Bill Laswell was >involved...)
To me it was Lydon saying "FUCK ALL Y'ALL", lol. Which is typical John(ny)"Rotten" Lydon... But he was distancing himself from EVERYBODY from his past and just purging. Is it a LOUD 80's RAWK album? Yes! But it's a LOUD 80's RAWK album with Ginger Baker & Tony Williams alternating on the skins. Also Steve Vai is EXACTLY what I like about it, same with David Lee Roth's "Eat 'Em And Smile"...these are RAWK albums made by people who aren't exactly idiots personally or as frontmen...guys who'd prolly much rather listen to Dub or Martha & the Vandellas and it shows in the over the top guitars matched with odd rhythms or odd arrangements.
I couldn't get enough of this schitt in 1986, maannn.... (and Ginger Baker sounds like fucking Paul Bunyan on the drums on this joint) http://youtu.be/1zUlkx14c1M
Jeez... too bad Ginger Baker didn't play with D.L.R. too.
lol
but Bill Laswell...oh man...how many different artists have ever wanted to kick a single producers ass more? lol
9. "I'd love to watch that movie..." In response to Reply # 0
Cream was one of the first ''classic rock'' bands I dug in my early teens alongside Hendrix and while it's not exactly a band I listen to much today, they were still dope and Baker's drumming was like 30% of why (Jack Bruce was 50 and Clapton 20-of course, he became the star). Shit, "Sunshine of your love" is one of the most famous rock-songs ever but listen to the drums:sheer tension-building that owes more to jazz-drummers than the steady backbeat of earlier 60's rock. And who can front on this groove:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5u8aARWAv4
Not terribly familiar with his career afterwards but I've heard the record he did with Tony Allen as well as Baker Gurvitz army (dope!), PIL and some other later stuff
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