They Say I'm Different

Artist: Betty Davis
Label: Mpc Limite
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 766486496323
EAN: 0766486496323
ASIN: B000054OWH

Release Date: 2003-12-02

They Say I'm Different

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Tracks:

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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Album Description

Available again as a picture disc! UK reissue of the funk-soul trailblazer's hyper-sexual debut originally released in 1974. Tracks include, 'Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him', 'He Was a Big Freak' (allegedly about Miles Davis) and 'Your Mama Wants Ya Back'.

Customer Reviews:

Undisputed Queen of FUNK.......2006-01-10

Betty Davis is her. If you sat back in your chair and strung together all the elements that make funk music great; laid down a slick funk-rock guitar lick, bottomed it with a fuzzed-out bassline, propped it up with a rock solid back-beat and detailed the body with clavinet lines and great percussion...well you'd have a pretty funky ride...it would be up on hydraulics...and Betty Davis would be makin' the rims rattle.

I'd love to give this album 5 stars - and in fact, if it were instrumental I'd probably be all in. But see, Ms. Davis,(hitched briefly to Miles and hence the name) isn't much for carrying a melody. Betty growls and screeches her way through each selection like an over-sexed, drug-addled freak. And this too, is the thing that makes this music so memorable. There was scarcely a male artist in 1973-74, let alone a woman willing to tackle sex, drugs, and rock and roll so voraciously on wax quite like Betty Davis. Betty's "singing" just doesn't unify the music in any way. Instead it rides on top of the groove and at times, pesters the listener. Thus the 3 stars.

However, if you KNOW funk, you'll want to get this. Just don't expect to be soothed to sleep after a tough day - prepare to get kicked in the head and told to get on your knees.

hard and heavy funk..........2004-12-13

both in the playing, message, and overall presentation...Miss Betty davis was waaaaaayyyyy ahead of her time and wayyyyy over the top. Blues fans will dig the way a greasy slide guitar is mixed into the funk with her roll call of all the r&b artists she gives props to on the title track. This is the cut that shows the irresistible blend of blues and funk. My other favorite moment is "Git in There," which features each band member gettin' funky riffs in (a la Sly Stone, or Graham Central Station): "Ok, Cordell, on that wah wah pedal..."

No Sophomore Slump Here.......2004-03-13

I thought she'd said it all on her debut, but amazingly They Say I'm Different is even better. The music is more fleshed out and the lyrics more ambitious. Top notch musicians. Larry Graham on bass! Some of the other guys came from Herbie Hancock's band I believe. The title track alone is worth the cash... plus the Miles paeon "He Was A Big Freak" is probably a little too much information...

Cutting Edge!.......2002-08-04

Betty Davis was on the edge.She had a big influence on Miles Davis 70's Material&you can hear Her Vibe.The Music is Smoking&The Musicians are top notch here.Betty Davis Paved the way for many acts with Her Presentation.check this out.

betty mabry davis.......2001-10-25

We had never heard funk like that before. And from a lady.
"They Say I'm Different" was the second of three albums that Betty Davis released during the early-mid 1970's, originally on Just Sunshine records. All the songs on this album which Betty produces, were written and arranged by her.

Of particular note is the title cut "They say I'm different"
This song tells the story of Betty's musical journey. and speaks of her many influences; from blues to soul, from Muddy Waters to Sly Stone. She's one of the reasons why Miles Davis (her x) went in the musical direction he did in the early 70's; ie towards a rock jazz style. She had a great influence of Prince, Madonna, Nona Hendrix, Gloria Trevi, and Larry Graham.

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