Though it failed to chart in America, the song was a hit on underground and college radio. When we came to the U.S., Mick stumbled upon a music shop in Brooklyn that carried the music of Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, the Sugar Hill Gang.these groups were radically changing music and they changed everything for us. Strummer said of the group's encounter with hip hop: This white rap single is earlier than Blondie's " Rapture" by six months. Joe Strummer wrote the words on the spot, a technique that was also used to create Sandinista!'s other rap track, "Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)". "The Magnificent Seven" was recorded in April 1980 at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, built around a funky bass loop played by Norman Watt-Roy of the Blockheads. Rap was still a new and emerging music genre at the time, and the band, especially Mick Jones, was very impressed with it, so much so that Jones took to carrying a boombox around and got the nickname "Whack Attack". The song was inspired by old school hip hop acts from New York City, like the Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. It reached number 34 on the UK Singles Chart. Released in 1981, it was the third single from the Clash's fourth album, Sandinista!. " The Magnificent Seven" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |