
Light In The Attic
Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (Red Vinyl)
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One
can
hardly
imagine
the
genre-busting,
culture-crossing
musical
magic
of
Outkast,
Prince,
Erykah
Badu,
Rick
James,
The
Roots,
or
even
the
early
Red
Hot
Chili
Peppers
without
the
influence
of
R&B
pioneer
Betty
Davis.
Her
style
of
raw
and
revelatory
punk-funk
defies
any
notions
that
women
can’t
be
visionaries
in
the
worlds
of
rock
and
pop.
In
recent
years,
rappers
from
Ice
Cube
to
Talib
Kweli
to
Ludacris
have
rhymed
over
her
intensely
strong
but
sensual
music.
There
is
one
testimonial
about
Betty
Davis
that
is
universal:
she
was
a
woman
ahead
of
her
time.
In
our
contemporary
moment,
this
may
not
be
as
self-evident
as
it
was
thirty
years
ago
–
we
live
in
an
age
that’s
been
profoundly
changed
by
flamboyant
flaunting
of
female
sexuality:
from
Parlet
to
Madonna,
Lil
Kim
to
Kelis.
Yet,
back
in
1973
when
Betty
Davis
first
showed
up
in
her
silver
go-go
boots,
dazzling
smile
and
towering
Afro,
who
could
you
possibly
have
compared
her
to?
Marva
Whitney
had
the
voice
but
not
the
independence.
Labelle
wouldn’t
get
sexy
with
their
“Lady
Marmalade”
for
another
year
while
Millie
Jackson
wasn’t
Feelin’
Bitchy
until
1977.
Even
Tina
Turner,
the
most
obvious
predecessor
to
Betty’s
fierce
style
wasn’t
completely
out
of
Ike’s
shadow
until
later
in
the
decade.
Ms.
Davis’s
unique
story,
still
sadly
mostly
unknown,
is
unlike
any
other
in
popular
music.
Betty
wrote
the
song
“Uptown”
for
the
Chambers
Brothers
before
marrying
Miles
Davis
in
the
late
’60s,
influencing
him
with
psychedelic
rock,
and
introducing
him
to
Jimi
Hendrix
—
personally
inspiring
the
classic
album
Bitches
Brew.
Her
1974
sophomore
album
They
Say
I’m
Different
features
a
worthy-of-framing
futuristic
cover
challenging
David
Bowie’s
science
fiction
funk
with
real
rocking
soul-fire,
kicked
off
with
the
savagely
sexual
“Shoo-B-
Doop
and
Cop
Him”
(later
sampled
by
Ice
Cube).
Her
follow
up
is
full
of
classic
cuts
like
“Don’t
Call
Her
No
Tramp”
and
the
hilarious,
hard,
deep
funk
of
“He
Was
A
Big
Freak.”
Tracklist:
Shoo-B-Doop
and
Cop
Him,
He
Was
a
Big
Freak,
Your
Mama
Wants
Ya
Back,
Don't
Call
Her
No
Tramp,
Git
In
There,
They
Say
I'm
Different,
70's
Blues,
Special
People
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