Saturday, March 13, 2004
"Fresh," Kool & the Gang (5/18/85)
Did you realize that the 12" Mix of this starts out just like Stevie Nicks's "Stand Back," all dominating snare and little else? By Emergency, the Gang wasn't fucking around with a good thing, instead sticking with what got 'em this far. Unfortunately, what brought them pop fortune and riches wasn't their primo late-'70s funk, but a clean-and-shiny antiseptic "urban" sound. Which is exactly what this is. B-
Did you realize that the 12" Mix of this starts out just like Stevie Nicks's "Stand Back," all dominating snare and little else? By Emergency, the Gang wasn't fucking around with a good thing, instead sticking with what got 'em this far. Unfortunately, what brought them pop fortune and riches wasn't their primo late-'70s funk, but a clean-and-shiny antiseptic "urban" sound. Which is exactly what this is. B-
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