Samstag, 23. März 2019

The Slits - Man Next Door (Single, 1980)


Along with the Raincoats and Liliput, the Slits are one of the most significant female punk rock bands of the late '70s.

"Man Next Door" (also known as Quiet Place or I've Got to Get Away) is a song based on Paul Witt's 1964 American hit 'A Quiet Place' and originally recorded by John Holt with his group The Paragons in 1968.

The Paragons version was produced by Duke Reid and first released on his Duke label as the B-side of "Left with a Broken Heart".

The song has been covered by numerous other reggae artists including Dennis Brown, UB40 and Horace Andy who also sang in a more electronic version of the song for the Massive Attack album "Mezzanine", with a sample of the drum riff from Led Zeppelin's cover of "When the Levee Breaks".

The song was released as a single by The Slits in 1980, when it reached number 5 on the UK Indie Chart, staying on the chart for 13 weeks.


Tracklist:

1 - Man Next Door
2 - Man Next Door (Version)

The Slits - Man Next Door (Single, 1980)
(ca. 220 kbps, cover art included)

3 Kommentare:

Lucky hat gesagt…

To me, the Slits are one of the most significant punk rock bands, regardless of gender or recording date. That goes for The Raincoates and LiLiPUT/Kleenex, too :)

Cri hat gesagt…

cool re-post!

zero hat gesagt…

Lucky, i totally agree! Thanks for your feedback.

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