Thursday, November 13, 2003
"Double Dutch Bus," Frankie Smith (7/18/81)
Part of the reason I've not posted here in a week's time is that I've been racking my brain as to what to say about this frankly bizarre single. It sounds like Wolfman Jack faux-rapping over a very simple sound-of-the-city beat, a kinder, gentler take on "The Message." And then there's the utterly bewildering chorus, if you want to call it a chorus; is it Pig Latin? It's always made me recoil, and its sampling is the reason I never liked Missy's "Gossip Folks." This is a weird record, but not a very good one - novelty at its worst. C-
Part of the reason I've not posted here in a week's time is that I've been racking my brain as to what to say about this frankly bizarre single. It sounds like Wolfman Jack faux-rapping over a very simple sound-of-the-city beat, a kinder, gentler take on "The Message." And then there's the utterly bewildering chorus, if you want to call it a chorus; is it Pig Latin? It's always made me recoil, and its sampling is the reason I never liked Missy's "Gossip Folks." This is a weird record, but not a very good one - novelty at its worst. C-
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