Ram Jam's Black Betty seems to be blowing up on TikTok among Gen Z types. The first time I heard it was in the late 1970s. I was in a chalet après-ski. While that might sound "bourgie", I grew up in Quebec and like everyone just skied in winter. There was a slope for every wallet. The one we went to regularly had a cheap ass pommel lift and was one slope that was pretty much a straight on suicide run into the aforementioned chalet. They trusted people to remember to stop before slamming into the cinder block walls painted wood brown. Anyway, I'm in the chalet and this one guy -- young, Fracophone AF, and probably spoke Joual -- dumps about $10 in quarters into the juke box and just plays Black Betty on a continuous loop. Good times. I will always associate that song with 25 cent steamés and weak hot chocolate.

And, man, the lead singer looks like every C64 BBS sysop I ever knew in the 1980s.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE

JarredJermaine - Showing You The Evolution Of A Song: Ram Jam, etc. “Black Betty” #shorts #blackbetty https://arfy.fr/dotclear/index.php?post/2024/03/29/JarredJermaine-Showing-You-The-Evolution-Of-A-Song--Ram-Jam--etc--%E2%80%9CBlack-Betty%E2%80%9D-shorts-blackbetty Finir la semaine avec de la bonne musique

Showing You The Evolution Of A Song: Ram Jam, etc. “Black Betty” #shorts #blackbetty

La vidéo:

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#Melvins – Everybody Loves Sausages cd on #IpecacRecordings 2013
Melvins tribute to #Venom #Queen #TheScientists #DavidBowie #TheKinks #TheFugs #RoxyMusic #Divine #TalesOfTerror #PopOPies #TheJam #ThrobbingGristle and the guy that wrote #BlackBetty the blues traditional first credited to/by the legendary #HuddieLedbetter (#LeadBelly) and made world famous by the great #RamJam Hard Rockers.

http://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/everybody-loves-sausages

Woah Black Beardy (bam-ba-lam)…

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