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    WB's 'Hey 19 Rap' of the Week

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    Moderator: D-Mod
    Mar 26, 2019
      ·  Edited: Mar 26, 2019

    Danger Zone

    Walter introduced me to some great recordings of indigenous peoples of Africa that were pretty wonderful . We could listen to the fascinating rhythms (and sung melodies) for hours. {listen to a sample here}. In the early 90s Walter made a track inspired by the Ituri forest Pygmies.


    No samples in his track, however; it's a simple loop made by hand and includes a haunting voice component. Here's the result.


    (Common sound issues on this one abound, so to “best” hear all the track

    components, listen from the Download)


    Kudos to Matt Kerns for the amazing slideshow


    Danger Zone

    Walter Becker

    © 1993; 2018 Zeon Music LLC


    Well you're a long time coming

    On this Rocky Road to Hell

    The friends you meet they're oh so sweet you know they wish you well

    But then the miles fall behind you and you're standing all alone

    


    Now that the truth is known

    You come here on your own

    You’re sinking like a stone boy

    Down in the danger zone

    Down in the danger zone


    You know your eyelids tremble your tongue goes cracked and dry

    You come on tough you play your bluff seems like it's worth a try

    But that smile you're still smiling well it gives the game away

    


    Now that the truth is known

    Your cover has been blown

    You face the end alone boy

    Down in the danger zone

    Down in the danger zone

    


    You wake up laughing at a joke you can't recall

    You just got time to drop one dime too bad you smoked them all

    You leave your wallet on the table and step on through that door

    


    It’s time to roll them bones

    Into the great unknown

    Accept the truth your shown

    You take it for your own

    You face the end alone boy

    All in the danger zone


    Tony Favia
    Mar 26, 2019  ·  Edited: Mar 26, 2019

    Fantastic! I wish he would have included this one on the set list for the Slim's show in '95. I feel like it would have translated really well into a live groove with the Lost Tribe crew. Smoke 'em if you got 'em! P.S. I don't see it in the Downloads list yet, though.

    Moderator: D-Mod
    Mar 26, 2019

    soon come

    Matthew Kerns
    Mar 27, 2019

    @Moderator: D-Mod Soon is now. The Download zone just got a little more...dangerous.

    bassoclock
    Mar 28, 2019

    Were there other recordings of WB at Slim’s in 95’? 3 Sisters is one of my WB fav.

    Other WB recording with Lost Tribe ?

    Can’t wait for more.

    Thank you D-Mod!


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    Matthew Kerns
    Mar 26, 2019

    Are you certain this song wasn't composed and submitted for the soundtrack to a movie about Fighter pilots with names like Maverick and Ice Man and Goose? And are you sure Kenny Loggins wasn't somehow involved? In all seriousness...I really like this one. It's seemingly unique in the WB/SD catalogue in its world music influence. The kind of thing you might expect from a release on David Byrne's label, but maybe not so much from Walter. Which just goes to prove how much more there was to him than met the eye/ear, and how much more he was capable of. Makes me miss him all the more. That little sung figure/drone in the background is catchy. Now I'm humming it, and likely will be for days.

    hourstuff
    Mar 26, 2019

    A really nice surprise to find today! Thank you!! I, too, am really diggin' that African beat/vocal figure that runs throughout the song. So infectious!

    Dan Belcher
    Mar 27, 2019

    It's really different, but I really like it!

    oleander1
    Mar 28, 2019

    DMod, Matt, o thanks... hard to pull myself from the vortex.... o thanks....

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