Pete Morgan Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Some great choices here !! I also like 'Whitey on the moon " BY Gil Scott Heron, a priceless time capsule of black life in the ghettos whilst white man was jumping around the lunar surface. something off same LP is "The revolution will not be televised" ( title name of LP) couldn,t find a video clip of Whitey track but this is ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTCQSk2l8bc...ated&search= pete m Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Some great choices here !! I also like 'Whitey on the moon " BY Gil Scott Heron, a priceless time capsule of black life in the ghettos whilst white man was jumping around the lunar surface. something off same LP is "The revolution will not be televised" ( title name of LP) couldn,t find a video clip of Whitey track but this is ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTCQSk2l8bc...ated&search= pete m YES, GREAT RECORDS - BUT THEY'RE NOT 'BLAXPLOITATION'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Not 'precisely' at all - JB is an homage to Blaxploitation moves, not a pastiche. the two things are totally different. Anyway, the blaxploitation genre lasted from about 1971-1976, nothing later than that really counts, especially not a film as well scripted and acted as JB was and is... I'm not sure that I totally agree with that at all. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Was I the only one who had to look up what Blaxploitation is? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest cyrus Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I always thought The Boss - James Brown was a killer!!! Also I've Got You Right Where I Want You - Jim Gilstrap (3days of the condor) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest cardysharpy Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Not 'precisely' at all - JB is an homage to Blaxploitation moves, not a pastiche. the two things are totally different. Anyway, the blaxploitation genre lasted from about 1971-1976, nothing later than that really counts, especially not a film as well scripted and acted as JB was and is... But since this has now turned into a pastiche of a Blaxplotation thread, and anything goes, let's give a big shout out to some other notable records made by African Americans that have appeared in films, shall we? I've always liked that "Ol' Man River" by Paul Robeson, as featured in "Showboat". or how about Lena Horne singing the title song of "Stormy Weather" in the film of the same name. The three black crows singing "When I See An Elephant Fly" in "Dumbo" are pretty good, too... Agreed Tone that pastiche and homage are two different things, but I think it's a matter of personal opinion as to which one of these it is. To my mind (and I don't particularly like the film), it's more imitation than made in honour of. Of course, I'm sure if you do a web search for what Tarrantino describes it as he's probably said it's a homage to the genre; after all it wouldn't be very artistic to say "I fancied copying some of those bad blaxsploitation movies from the seventies because the images portrayed in them are kinda cool at the moment and lot's of people will go and pay to see my movie". As for the other films, I can't comment... but Dumbo? Isn't that just a cartoon about a flying elephant that was made in the forties? Jason Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Karlm Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 My blaxplo faves being: Willie Hutch "I choose you" Dennis Coffey "Love theme from Black Belt Jones" Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
pow wow mik Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 (edited) pic of Shaft in africa 45 wouldn't upload, got the main theme on too, which is just as good. Not a plug, just of interest to this thread: one of the rarest blaxploitation soundtracks around by J J Johnson & Geraldine Jones, released by the film's private production company: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...E:IT&ih=013 Edited March 28, 2007 by mik parry Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest lifeandsoul Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 late onto this and i was going to say the Martha (Reeves) and the Sweet things on Willie D soundtrack, but see Dave already has - great stuff. I see even the 2004 rerelease CD is over $50 on amazon Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest mel brat Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 (edited) I can find nothing even vaguely exploitational in "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)", wonderful record though it undoubtedly is. And that's why it, or any other records that do not come directly from the genre of movies in question, don't belong in a thread about "Blaxploitation". IMO, of course... TONE It does appear in Jackie Brown though Tone, which is a pastiche of a blaxploitation film. Jason Quite, but I think that movies such as these have confused some people on here. The Delfonics' sides were featured heavily in the Tarantino movie 'Jackie Brown' which is based on films such as "Foxy Brown" (soundtrack by Willie Hutch) and "Cleopatra Jones" (featuring songs by Joe Simon and Millie Jackson) etc.- that is to say 70s "Blaxploitation" films in the original and TRUE sense of the term. Pam Grier of Jackie Brown fame was in fact the original "Foxy Brown" of course! Only music written for, or used in such films should qualify in this discussion or folks, please alter your personal 'definition' of the term and stop confusing us all! Edited March 29, 2007 by mel brat Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest mel brat Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 (edited) ...The three black crows singing "When I See An Elephant Fly" in "Dumbo" are pretty good, too... Tony I agree with your comments on what constitutes 'Blaxpoitation', however the sly black crows in 'Dumbo'? Surely you of all people must have realised that the crow characters represent a non-too-subtle reference to the "Jim Crow" laws (which had the effect of maintaining racial apartheid in the Southern United States) This reference would not have escaped the attention of the original 1940s American cinema audiences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws Edited March 29, 2007 by mel brat Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Tony I agree with your comments on what constitutes 'Blaxpoitation', however the sly black crows in 'Dumbo'? Surely you of all people must have realised that the crow characters represent a non-too-subtle reference to the "Jim Crow" laws (which had the effect of maintaining racial apartheid in the Southern United States) This reference would not have escaped the attention of the original 1940s American cinema audiences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws Didn't escape my attention, either - it was a calculated attempt at irony on my part that seems to have gone unchecked... ...Great tune, though! BTW and in response to Jason, regardless of your Tarantino quote, 'Jackie Brown' is pure homage, whereas something like the brilliant "I'm Gonna Get you Sucka" (a wonderfully funny movie) and its spiritual follow-up "A Low Down Dirty Shame" are 100% pastiche. If you watch them back to back with JB you will see what I'm saying to qualify this viewpoint. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I'm not sure that I totally agree with that at all. I'm not sure that I care, especially as I know I'm right Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tommy1 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Dennis Coffey "Love theme from Black Belt Jones" Best side IMO Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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