Get Chordify Premium now. Writer/s: LLOYD PRICE. Millennium Collection: The Best of Lloyd Price (1957-1960)-2002, Stagger. Just becuase I want someone who's kind, With a heart as good and pure was mine.
Now that the significance of a connection between Lloyd Price's "Stagger Lee" and "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" has been established, let's continue to explore the links between the two songs. All rights reserved. Did Lloyd Price's late-1950s rock 'n' roll hit "Stagger Lee" convey a special hidden message to African Americans? As Price's record was recorded in 1958 during the early stages of the civil rights struggle, a black man hearing the connection between the two songs could interpret "Stagger Lee's" tumbling down of leaves as symbolic of the walls of segregation tumbling down. Just Because by Lloyd Price. Kristin Cherry, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Traditions Management. Darling, I would rather swim the sea[Bridge]. Then all hell breaks loose as seven quick horn blasts (da-da da-da da-da da) shatter the calm. To African-Americans, "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" had a special meaning in that this battle was symbolic of the fight to end slavery (Notes 1 and 2). While the discussion above presents what might be just an interesting set of coincidental connections between Price's recording of "Stagger Lee" and the song "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho, " I believe that one particular connection might be more than just a coincidence. As indicated earlier, the seven horn blasts in Price's record transform the calm of the introduction into a wild, rollicking, barrage of sound.
Although Bradbury did not mention it, Faber is also the name of a British book publisher. ) After the end of slavery, African Americans continued to give double or hidden meanings to their music, including the blues. I believe that it logically follows that this battle for manhood is representative of the black man's struggle for freedom from white oppression, as I pointed out in my essay " Stagger Lee: From Mythic Blues Ballad to Ultimate Rock 'n' Roll Record ". Price's follow-up songs to "Stagger Lee" wee also big hits: "Personality" and "I'm Gonna Get Married. " Even if my heart should tell me so, Darling I would rather let you go. Heard in the following movies & TV shows. Chordify for Android. Similarly, Joshua was absolutely ruthless in conquering Jericho, destroying every man, woman, child, and animal in the city (as recorded in Joshua chapter 6 verse 21). Darling I would rather let you go... De muziekwerken zijn auteursrechtelijk beschermd. Many companies use our lyrics and we improve the music industry on the internet just to bring you your favorite music, daily we add many, stay and enjoy. Or was it fourteen, or was it twenty-two. Why, the last time I saw you, you were wearing man's clothes. Het is verder niet toegestaan de muziekwerken te verkopen, te wederverkopen of te verspreiden. Listen to Lloyd Price Just Because MP3 song.
Jericho's name comes from the Hebrew word "yerach" which signifies the moon or the monthly lunar cycle. That clue lies in the extraordinary introduction, an introduction which originated with this particular recording of the Stagger Lee legend. My current research is concentrating on answering this and related questions. Ing About Love (Missing Lyrics). I Wish Your Picture Was You (Missing Lyrics). While he had some modest hits with that label, its main claim to fame was that it was the label which first signed Wilson Pickett to a solo contract. There's two basses in this, I hope you appreciate it. Just Because song from album Presenting Lloyd Price is released in 1957. Lloyd Price-Just Because. The Hebrew and English Lexicon of the New Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius defines the word "yerach" as "to be yellow". Lee-2003, Golden Legends-2005_2_, 16 Greatest Hits-2006, et al. Upon hearing the song, slaves on neighboring plantations would take it up in order to forward the message to the man running off to freedom.
Bluesman Brownie McGhee, in an interview in Lawrence N. Redd's book Rock Is Rhythm and Blues, made the point that when he sings a song about his woman doing him wrong, it is the white man (not his woman) that he is really singing about. You can probably find Strong's Concordance in your local library. Het gebruik van de muziekwerken van deze site anders dan beluisteren ten eigen genoegen en/of reproduceren voor eigen oefening, studie of gebruik, is uitdrukkelijk verboden. Before i let this thing happen to me.
Puntuar 'Just Because'. Price managed to sign a distribution deal with ABC-Paramount Records, a major player with national distribution, and that enabled the record to stay on the charts for the next six months. But is there any hard evidence to support this particular claim? Price signed with several different labels over the next several years (he was the first black artist signed by Monument Records, a Nashville label that specialized almost exclusively in country/western singers) but couldn't manage to chart with any more records. Specifically, I believe that there were certain things about the record which led some blacks to interpret it as being about their struggle for freedom from white oppression. Note 3: According to the The Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary contained in the New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, the word "yerach" (listed as word number 3391 in the concordance) means "month" or " moon".
Ask us a question about this song. Personality's Big 15-1960, Personality-1972, Mr. For example, it is believed that the spiritual "Steal Away" was used by slaves to arrange secret meetings in preparation for the revolt known as Nat Turner's Rebellion. With a heart as good as you and mine. In an afterword to his science fiction classic Fahrenheit 451, he pointed out that years after he had written this story about a society in which books were illegal he realized that he had subconsciously given the name of a paper company, Montag, to the story's principal character and the name of a pencil company, Faber, to another main character. Simply type the words "yerach" and "yellow" in the search box. 1_Covered by: Johnny Adams, Joe Barry, Freddy Fender, Marvin Jackson, Candye. Choose your instrument. Everybody here says "Hi"... goodbye.