[TypicalGirls] The Slits - Boston, Great Scott - Mon Oct 30

josh cheon jcheon at gmail.com
Tue Oct 31 12:40:59 EST 2006


"Man Next Door" was originally performed by reggae artist John Holt in 1961.
Massive Attack's cover was Holt's lyrics and also included a sample of The
Cure's "10:15 Saturday Night."


On 10/31/06, Martin Percival <martinpercival at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> True, Massive Attack are rather generous with their
> writing credits - "Man Next Door" is Horace Andy's
> writing credit on "Mezzanine" I believe. They did the
> same with "Super Predators" which is really much of
> the Banshees "Metal Postcard/Mittageisen".
>
> Martin
>
> ________________
>
> Wow! Can't wait. Thanks for the report.
> One small note: I don't think you could say the Slits
> were covering Massive
> Attack's version of "Man Next Door"; I'm sure their
> own version from 1980,
> particularly Adrian Sherwood's heavy dub mix, might
> have influenced Massive
> Attack's later one.
>
> -J Neo Marvin
>
>
>
> --- Martin Percival <martinpercival at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > If anyone had doubts about the Slits shows and was
> > in
> > two minds as to whether or not to go - well, on the
> > strength of last night, I advise you to GO SEE 'EM!!
> >
> > Ari, Tessa and the 4 new members were on great form
> > on
> > a cold Monday night in Boston. I can honestly say I
> > enjoyed it more than my one previous Slits show in
> > 1980 in High Wycombe. My favourite period was "Cut"
> > but when I should have seen them open for the Clash
> > on
> > the "Sort it Out" tour in Dec 1978 the show in
> > Aylesbury was sold out. By 1980 the band had moved
> > on
> > and were into their highly reggae influenced period,
> > some of which I liked but I preferred the feel and
> > energy of the "Cut" era. Live in 1980 they were a
> > little cold too, understandably especially of
> > provincial punk audiences who still hadn't stopped
> > gobbing yet.
> >
> > Last night Ari was bouncing around the stage and
> > clearly having a blast, Tessa looked a little
> > nervous
> > but was also enjoying herself, Anna on drums helped
> > hold it all together (she's allegedly Paul Cook's
> > daughter -  can't confirm if that's true or not but
> > there's a likeness) and Holly on backing vocals was
> > great in filling out Ari's overall sound. The 2
> > guitarists, whose names I didn't catch, were also on
> > fine form.
> >
> > The band didn't come on until 12.15am and opened
> > unexpectedly with a great version of Massive
> > Attack's
> > "Man Next Door". Other songs included "Kill them
> > with
> > Love" from the new single on SAF Records plus
> > "Animal
> > Space", "FM", "New Town" and "Typical Girls". Some
> > of
> > Ari's solo material was played too plus one song
> > that
> > Ari said they'd never played before. At 1.20am it
> > was
> > over. No encore was planned but the crowd demanded
> > more so a reprise of "Shoplifting" was their reward.
> >
> >
> > All in all a great night when the band clearly had
> > as
> > much fun as the audience, always a good sign!
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >
>
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