SOMETHINGS HAPPENING HERE (For What Its worth) BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
There’s something happening here
What it is ain’t exactly clear
There’s a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
There’s battle lines being drawn
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Stagger Lee Blue’s
From the cover of this book you could be forgiven for thinking that it’s going to be a Western. But while it’s set in the right period to qualify, Stagger Lee isn’t your typical cowboy. The character of Lee is based in historical fact but has become a folk anti-hero, heralded in songs from the dawn of recorded music through to the artists of today, via such illustrious but varied names as Duke Ellington, James Brown, The Clash and Nick Cave.
Stagger LeeThe story of Stagger Lee is basically straightforward – two men get involved in a drunken brawl, possibly over something as insubstantial as a Stetson, one of them gets shot and the other is punished for his crime. But this is about all that the various songs are capable of agreeing on.
I can’t stand the rain ‘gainst my window
Bringing back sweet memories
Ican’t stand the rain ‘gainst my window
‘Cause he’s not here with me
Hey window pain do you remember
How sweet it used to be
When we were together
Everything was so grand, yes it was
Now that we’ve parted
There’s one sound that I just can’t stand…
Alone with the pillow
Where his head used to lay, yeah
I know you’ve got some sweet memories
But like a window you ain’t got nothin’ to say
I can’t stand the rain ‘gainst my window
Bringing back sweet memories, hey
I can’t stand the rain, ooh
‘Gainst my window, oh no no
‘Cause he’s not here with me, uh
Alone with the pillow uh uh
Where his head used to lay, yeah
I know you’ve got some sweet memories
But like a window you ain’t got nothin’ to say, hey hey
Uh, uh, I can’t stand the rain…
(I can’t I can’t I can’t can’t stand the rain)…
Baby, uh, uh, uh, hey hey
Ooh, ooh, uh, uh, hey
Don’t you know, ‘t you think…
No no ooh oooohh hey hey hey hey hey, no
Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum
Oohh !… Get off my window…
(I can’t I can’t I can’t can’t stand the rain)…
Get off my window now, get off my window
Get off my window nah, I can’t stand the rain
I can’t stand the rain, ooh, can’t stand the rain, oh
Key Members :-
George Clinton (Band Leader, vocals, songwriter, producer; born July 22, 1941)
William “Bootsy” Collins (bass, vocals, drums, songwriter, producer; born October 26, 1951)
Eddie Hazel (guitar, vocals, songwriter; April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992)
Bernie Worrell (keyboards, vocals, songwriter, arranger, born April 19, 1944)
Walter “Junie” Morrison (keyboards, multi-instrumentalist, vocals, songwriter, arranger, producer; born 1954)
Garry “Diaperman” Shider (vocals, guitar; July 24, 1953 – June 16, 2010)
Michael “Kidd Funkadelic” Hampton (guitar; born November 15, 1956)
Dewayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight (guitar, band director)
Glen Goins (vocals, guitar; 1954 – 1978)
Jerome “Bigfoot” Brailey (drums and percussion; born August 20, 1950)
“Billy Bass” Nelson (bass, guitar; born January 28, 1951)
Cordell “Boogie” Mosson (bass, guitar, drums; born October 16, 1952)
Phelps “Catfish” Collins A strong rhythm guitarist,
Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins (vocals; born June 8, 1941)
Ray “Stingray” Davis (vocals; March 29, 1940 – July 2005)
Calvin Simon (vocals; born May 22, 1942)
Grady Thomas (vocals; born January 5, 1941)
Garry ‘Starchild’ Shider & 420 Funk Mob & Drugs Live
F.I.P. DiaperMan Garry Shider Of Parliament Funkadelic July 24th 1953 – June 16th 2010 Funk In Peace