Line Out - Comments on Hey You! White People! http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people What am I, an asshole? What else have you been keeping from me? Wait, lemme restart: Why am I just now discovering the pleasures of Grand Funk Railroad? The only time anybody in my life had mentioned GFR to... Copyright 2008 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:37:55 -0800 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:17:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by kerri harrop come to slow ride on the 29th and i will play you the yellow vinyl 7" of GFR's "we're an american band," complete with classic hair bear picture sleeve photo. we can party down.

]]> kerri harrop http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764076 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764076 Love Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:21:13 -0800 Comment by Chris Estey My first 45 ever was a GOLD one of "Crawlin'" by GFR. I bought it because it said "ass" in it.

]]> Chris Estey http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764087 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764087 Love Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:30:38 -0800 Comment by jz larry, welcome to the outrageously badass, soulful, and undervalued genre that is 70s southern scuzz rock.

you like GFR, check out "keep on smilin" or "baby fat" by wet willie. also for the ages: molly hatchet's "flirtin with disaster," foghat's "slow ride," and "green-eyed lady" by sugarloaf. seriously funky!

people just dont know. if they did, wed have molly hatchet playing a stranger-sponsored summer surprise festival at the moore.

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764091 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764091 Love Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:35:12 -0800 Comment by Kathy Fennessy I've been a fan since I first heard their version of Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion" ("Some Kind of Wonderful" is another great cover). And who can resist lyrics like, "We're comin' to your town/We'll help you party down/We're an American band." I'll say!

]]> Kathy Fennessy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764113 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764113 Love Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:53:38 -0800 Comment by segal 70s southern scuzz rock

GFR hailed from Flint, Michigan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Funk_Railroad

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764333 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764333 Love Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:57:12 -0800 Comment by lar home to the tuff as fuck Dayton Family
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dayton_Family

]]> lar http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764409 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764409 Love Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:13:44 -0800 Comment by jz segal, are you gonna tell me there isnt more than a touch of southern grit in GFR's schtick?

good seeing you the other day, btw. how was head like a kite?

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764492 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764492 Love Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:29:22 -0800 Comment by nipper I love GFR/GF...they smoke an AWESOME version of the Animal's Inside Looking Out. They're talent justified their hype...for a three piece they made a LOT of noise and had some brilliant syncopated drumming. wish I could seen 'em in like '71.

Oh, I'm w/Segal, I wouldn't consider them southern rock @ all, they're NOT a blues/country based band and they formed before most of the Southern Rock thing happened (they were Terry Knight & the Pack first), but I get how you might lump 'em in. Molly Hatchet's Flirtin' w/Disaster is a RAGING track BTW.

Also, GFR/GF fans oughta dig Damnation Of Adam Blessing, a Cleveland band that had a nice GFR fixation.

]]> nipper http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764517 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764517 Love Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:57:39 -0800 Comment by segal jz-
That's just my dormant Michigan pride coming to the fore--and my annoying tendency to demand factual accuracy ;-).

HLAK were mighty fine. I caught 4 songs and then headed to Krakt for Joel Mull.

Good seeing you, too.

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764658 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764658 Love Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:59:16 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I think it also needs to be addressed that GFR was NOT a funk band. I know it's in the name and everything... but no. Not funk. Not at all. Just a great rock band.

And agree with Kathy #4, that "Some Kind of Wnderful" single is AMAZING. Up there with Steppenwolf's cover of "Sooky Sooky" and Bad Company's "Can't Get Enough", which is there own, but easily fits with so many of the era's soul/rock covers.

]]> Dougsf http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764659 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764659 Love Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:00:16 -0800 Comment by jz meanwhile, im just thrilled were having this conversation at all over here.

this was my finest achievement during my tenure as rock and pop editor at rhapsody:

"Bell Bottom Bliss"
Forget gas shortages, Watergate, Vietnam, cocaine and disco: The '70s were a magical time for rock 'n' roll. There was a fantasy world unfolding from the music, one wrapped in bell bottoms and sporting Jew-fros and grasping at stardom one single at a time, one that took a back seat to the big-budget AOR that dominated the charts. Here are those 8-Track b-sides, those late-night AM curveballs that might not be classics but carry a heady whiff of nostalgia. Breathe deep.

1. Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
Looking Glass
2. Brother Louie
The Stories
3. Magic
Pilot
4. Viva Tirado
El Chicano
5. The 6 Teens
Sweet
6. The Groove Line
Heatwave
7. Love Is Alive
Gary Wright
8. Kiss You All Over
Exile
9. Classical Gas
Mason Williams
10. Baker Street
Gerry Rafferty
11. I'm Not In Love
10cc
12. Flirtin' With Disaster
Molly Hatchet
13. No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Natur...
The Guess Who
14. Keep On Smilin'
Wet Willie
15. Slow Ride (Single Version)
Foghat
16. Free Ride
Edgar Winter
17. I Just Want To Celebrate
Rare Earth
18. The Rapper
The Jaggerz
19. Come And Get Your Love
Redbone
20. Spooky
Atlanta Rhythm Section
21. Temptation Eyes
Grass Roots
22. The Night Chicago Died
Paper Lace
23. Ride Captain Ride
Blues Image
24. Something In The Air
Thunderclap Newman

http://www.rhapsody.com/playlistcentral/playlistdetail?playlistId=ply.10863411

no GFR--i think the track i wanted wasnt licensed--and no sugarloaf, but pretty awesome 70s rock all the way through.

i might have to repost that as a line out post bc its so damn good.

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764819 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c764819 Love Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:57:14 -0800 Comment by segal "Free Ride" is a world-historical jam. I'm surprised nobody's ever sampled that phenomenal breakbeat near the end.

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c765026 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c765026 Love Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:51:59 -0800 Comment by jiff Damn fine catchy songs jz has posted. Wish there were songs like those getting written nowadays.

]]> jiff http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c765045 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/hey_you_white_people#c765045 Love Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:17:06 -0800