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#440 Chess Records & Damon Albarn & Kelis Reviews

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Sound Opinions

Society & Culture, Arts, Music

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2014

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Jim and Greg explore the history and influence of Chess Records. During its 25 year run, the Chicago label put out music by Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters—forever changing the sound of rock and roll. Later, they review new albums from Damon Albarn and Kelis.

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Good music is what we want to hear.

0:05.0

What do you mean? Good music. It's what we dance to, what our children will dance to.

0:09.0

And if you don't want to play it, then take your records and go home.

0:13.0

Did you have a band? Good or bad?

0:23.0

It's a great band, it's a bad band, it's like pizza, baby.

0:25.0

It's good no matter what there's music in the air. During the 1950s and 60s chess records was the place to record the blues

0:39.4

but it also played a major role in shaping rock and roll. I'm Jim Deregadas.

0:44.4

And I'm Greg Con.

0:45.4

Jim and I will talk about the history and influence of the great chess records.

0:48.6

And later, we review the solo debut from the Blur singer Damon Albarn. That's all coming up on sound opinions. I said the joint was rocking

1:03.0

well it sounds so sweet

1:05.0

I had to take me a chance

1:08.0

rose out of my seat

1:11.0

I just had to dance

1:14.0

started moving my feet

1:16.0

oh the clav of my hands

1:19.0

I said a joint was rocking

1:22.0

going around, around.

1:24.0

It made a little rockin.

1:27.0

What a crazy sound.

1:29.0

And then it was stopped rocking.

1:32.0

Down and the new wheel down. And the news stop walking down with the

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