They Say I'm Different [Import]

Product Description
Available again as a picture disc! UK reissue of the funk-soul trailblazer's hyper-sexual debut originally released in 1974. Tracks include, 'Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him', 'He Was a Big Freak' (allegedly about Miles Davis) and 'Your Mama Wants Ya Back'.

They Say I'm Different,Betty Davis,Mpc Limite,R&B/Soul,Soul/R & B

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Average customer rating: Betty Davis?WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!

They Say I'm Different Betty Davis Manufacturer: Light in the Attic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Betty Davis Nasty Gal There's a Riot Goin' On The Collection What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977) ASIN: B000NQR7HK Release Date: 2007-05-15

Tracks:

1. Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him
2. He Was A Big Freak
3. Your Mama Wants Ya Back
4. Don't Call Her No Tramp
5. Git In There
6. They Say I'm Different
7. 70's Blues
8. Special People
9. He Was A Big Freak (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BONUS TRACK)
10. Don't Call Her No Tramp (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BONUS TRACK)
11. 70's Blues (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BONUS TRACK)

Album Description

Featuring a futuristic cover predating David Bowie's science fiction funk, Betty Davis crafted an inspired second album, leading with "Shoo-B Doop and Cop Him" (later sampled by Ice Cube) and made up of classic cuts like "Don't Call Her No Tramp" and the mesmerizing punk soul of "He Was A Big Freak." This was the first album Betty produced entirely by herself and she really sharpened up her songs and performances for it.

This 1974 masterpiece will finally receive a long-overdue proper reissue with Part Two of Oliver Wang's liner notes and an endless array of photos and archival material, plus a number of previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Album Description

For the first time, Betty's critically adored first two albums are being lovingly re-mastered from the original master tapes by Light In The Attic Records to sound as ferocious and revolutionary as they did when they first sprung on an unsuspecting world in the early `70s. In recent years, rappers from Ice Cube to Talib Kweli to Ludacris have rhymed over the intensely strong but sensual funk of Betty Davis. One can hardly imagine the genre-busting, culture-crossing musical magic of Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu, Rick James, The Roots, or even the early Red Hot Chili Peppers without the influence of this R&B pioneer. Ms. Davis's unique story is unlike any other in popular music. Betty wrote the song 'Uptown' for the Chambers Brothers before marrying Miles Davis in the late `60s, influencing him with psychedelic rock, and introducing him to Jimi Hendrix -- personally inspiring the classic jazz-rock fusion album Bitches Brew. Betty not only wrote every song she ever recorded and produced every album after her first, but the young woman penned the tunes that got The Commodores signed to Motown. The Detroit label soon came calling, pitching a Motown songwriting deal, which Betty turned down. Motown wanted to own everything. In 1973, Davis would finally kick off her cosmic career with an amazingly progressive hard funk and sweet soul self-titled debut. Her 1974 sophomore album They Say I'm Different features a worthy-of-framing futuristic cover challenging David Bowie's science fiction funk with real rocking soul-fire, kicked off with the savagely sexual 'Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him' (later sampled by Ice Cube). In addition to the restoration of the incredible original cover art, the albums feature compelling and heartbreaking liner notes written by author and respected soul music scholar Oliver Wang (O-Dub/Soul Sides) and include her second interview in decades, making these essential reissues for any soul or funk-rock collection.

Customer Reviews:

Betty Davis?WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-07-03

Betty Davis is an artist I've been hearing a lot of hype about for years.'They Say I'm Different' is an album I've been hearing about forever as well.I was almost entirely certain there was no way that this album could possibly live up to the hype.Well when Light In The Attic records decided to put this out on CD,.....well to put it mildly this MORE then lived up to it's longheld mystique and hype.The best way to describe this music is unhinged and unpolished funk.EVERY song on it fits that description.As for Betty Davis's singing,it lays somewhere between the the styles of Tina Turner,Sly Stone and Janis Joplin.All of the songs celebrate her liberated spirit but there's one that just blows you away in less then a second."He Was A Big Freak".......I don't know WHAT MAN she was referring to but she really paints herself as a wild,wild funky diva BIG TIME here;she wails out about her "man" who enjoys being tied up.The Ohio Players did a lot of S&M based album art at the this time but TALKING OPENLY ABOUT IT,A FEMALE FUNK SINGER?And it never seems like a gimmick either because you actually believe she lived a lot of the "wild style" she speaks about.And the grooves on that and every other song here are as raw a funk as you're probably ever going to hear.

Average customer rating: Undisputed Queen of FUNK hard and heavy funk... No Sophomore Slump Here Cutting Edge! betty mabry davis

They Say I'm Different Betty Davis Manufacturer: Mpc Limite ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Betty Davis Nasty Gal This Is It! Betty Davis It's My Thing ASIN: B000054OWH Release Date: 2003-12-02

Tracks:

1. Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him
2. He Was a Big Freak
3. Your Mama Wants Ya Back
4. Don't Call Her No Tramp
5. Git in There
6. They Say I'm Different
7. 70's Blues
8. Special People

Album Description

Available again as a picture disc! UK reissue of the funk-soul trailblazer's hyper-sexual debut originally released in 1974. Tracks include, 'Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him', 'He Was a Big Freak' (allegedly about Miles Davis) and 'Your Mama Wants Ya Back'.

Customer Reviews:

Undisputed Queen of FUNK.......2006-01-10

Betty Davis is her. If you sat back in your chair and strung together all the elements that make funk music great; laid down a slick funk-rock guitar lick, bottomed it with a fuzzed-out bassline, propped it up with a rock solid back-beat and detailed the body with clavinet lines and great percussion...well you'd have a pretty funky ride...it would be up on hydraulics...and Betty Davis would be makin' the rims rattle.

I'd love to give this album 5 stars - and in fact, if it were instrumental I'd probably be all in. But see, Ms. Davis,(hitched briefly to Miles and hence the name) isn't much for carrying a melody. Betty growls and screeches her way through each selection like an over-sexed, drug-addled freak. And this too, is the thing that makes this music so memorable. There was scarcely a male artist in 1973-74, let alone a woman willing to tackle sex, drugs, and rock and roll so voraciously on wax quite like Betty Davis. Betty's "singing" just doesn't unify the music in any way. Instead it rides on top of the groove and at times, pesters the listener. Thus the 3 stars.

However, if you KNOW funk, you'll want to get this. Just don't expect to be soothed to sleep after a tough day - prepare to get kicked in the head and told to get on your knees.

hard and heavy funk..........2004-12-13

both in the playing, message, and overall presentation...Miss Betty davis was waaaaaayyyyy ahead of her time and wayyyyy over the top. Blues fans will dig the way a greasy slide guitar is mixed into the funk with her roll call of all the r&b artists she gives props to on the title track. This is the cut that shows the irresistible blend of blues and funk. My other favorite moment is "Git in There," which features each band member gettin' funky riffs in (a la Sly Stone, or Graham Central Station): "Ok, Cordell, on that wah wah pedal..."

No Sophomore Slump Here.......2004-03-13

I thought she'd said it all on her debut, but amazingly They Say I'm Different is even better. The music is more fleshed out and the lyrics more ambitious. Top notch musicians. Larry Graham on bass! Some of the other guys came from Herbie Hancock's band I believe. The title track alone is worth the cash... plus the Miles paeon "He Was A Big Freak" is probably a little too much information...

Cutting Edge!.......2002-08-04

Betty Davis was on the edge.She had a big influence on Miles Davis 70's Material&you can hear Her Vibe.The Music is Smoking&The Musicians are top notch here.Betty Davis Paved the way for many acts with Her Presentation.check this out.

betty mabry davis.......2001-10-25

We had never heard funk like that before. And from a lady.
"They Say I'm Different" was the second of three albums that Betty Davis released during the early-mid 1970's, originally on Just Sunshine records. All the songs on this album which Betty produces, were written and arranged by her.

Of particular note is the title cut "They say I'm different"
This song tells the story of Betty's musical journey. and speaks of her many influences; from blues to soul, from Muddy Waters to Sly Stone. She's one of the reasons why Miles Davis (her x) went in the musical direction he did in the early 70's; ie towards a rock jazz style. She had a great influence of Prince, Madonna, Nona Hendrix, Gloria Trevi, and Larry Graham.

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