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On Controversy, Willie Dee
realized his dream. The lead-off Do It Like A G.O, even
in its pre-Rick Rubinized version (which is, without question, one
of the great singles of the nineties), is a remarkably tense affair,
one which finds Willie Dees constant bellow showing a surprising
number of shadings given its limited tonal range: at times hell
sound wounded, then as angry as his words would suggest, and then
hell sound like he doesnt mean to do much besides think
his way through his obscenity-laden but at bottom unobjectionable
thoughts out loud. The second song is called F..... the KKK
(the cassette copy Im looking at is charming in its modesty,
replacing all but the initial letters of any obscene or objectionable
words in song titles with ellipsis: this makes for ellipsis in the
titles of five of the albums twelve songs) and is as moving
as any proper protest song Ive ever heard: whos even thought
of the KKK at all in recent years? Didnt they all move to Fontana
or something? Not according to Willie Dee, who arrives at the songs
chorus with a directness that is both charming and refreshing:
Before Im on my way today,
I got somethin to say to the KKK:
fuck you, bitch! |
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