Flaskan

Det här är bra grejer. Via Disco Devil hittade jag den här färska remixen på Gil Scott-Heron och Brian Jacksons, The Bottle. Efter att ha åkt in och ut på anstalter och drogrehabiliteringskliniker är Gil-Scott Heron åter igen ute i frihet och turnerar nu tydligen runt i USA. Dessutom ryktas det om att ett nytt album är på väg, vilket känns mindre spännande. Mer om det senare.

Här är fem versioner av The Bottle:

Originalet, remixen, Salsoul-legenden Joe Bataans, C.O.Ds elektrofunkiga samt Håkan Lidbos britt-house-tolkning.





See that black boy over there, runnin' scared
his ol' man's in a bottle.
He done quit his 9 to 5 to drink full time
so now he's livin' in the bottle.
See that Black boy over there, runnin' scared
his ol' man got a problem
Pawned off damn near everything, his ol'
woman's weddin' ring for a bottle.
And don't you think it's a crime
when time after time, people in the bottle.

See that sista, sho wuz fine before she
started drinkin' wine
from the bottle.
Said her ol' man committed a crime
and he's doin' time,
so now she's in the bottle.
She's out there on the avenue, all by herself
sho' needs help from the bottle.
Preacherman tried to help her out,
she cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle.
And don't you think it's a crime
when time after time, people in the bottle.

See that gent in the wrinkled suit
he done damn near blown his cool
to the bottle
He wuz a doctor helpin' young girls along
if they wuzn't too far gone to have problems.
But defenders of the dollar eagle
Said "What you doin', Doc, it ain't legal,"
and now he's in the bottle.
Now we watch him everyday tryin' to
chase the pigeons away
from the bottle.
And don't you think it's a crime
when time after time, people in the bottle.