tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post483329031761680833..comments2024-03-24T23:57:28.687-07:00Comments on Undercover Black Man: Tuesday 12-inch Flashback: ‘Strawberry Letter 23’Undercover Black Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-75337910730902977892009-12-30T20:19:35.781-08:002009-12-30T20:19:35.781-08:00There should be a small museum somewhere devoted t...There should be a small museum somewhere devoted to the story of psychedelic funk, with this song and early Funkadelic (sometimes I get so used to that name that I forget what it means) as prime examples.estivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736355730705116526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-8023860924310974802009-12-30T16:27:34.179-08:002009-12-30T16:27:34.179-08:00i'm with you bklyn6--even with the explanation...i'm with you bklyn6--even with the explanation of shuggie's first album, the lyrics make zero sense--always loved this song so much tho, even tho i'm sure inebriation was involved on all sides, hahaInvisible Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299734445263175345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-5973989456690259262009-12-30T13:39:45.590-08:002009-12-30T13:39:45.590-08:00Blasting right into my distant past. Had this exac...Blasting right into my distant past. Had this exact disk too. Loved that it was red - used to hold it up to the light. Probably why it ended up getting warped. Doh. Thanks UBMS.O.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13516730967355152655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-41870221294084756242009-12-30T07:06:48.981-08:002009-12-30T07:06:48.981-08:00^ That's the one line that means something. &q...^ That's the one line that means something. "Freedom Flight" was the name of Shuggie's first LP.<br /><br />:^DUndercover Black Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-86590210715029804152009-12-30T07:01:16.102-08:002009-12-30T07:01:16.102-08:00^I'm not very familiar with Shuggie Otis, but ...^I'm not very familiar with Shuggie Otis, but I have his version as well.<br /><br /><i>With velvet roses diggin' freedom flight!</i><br /><br />Da hell? But, that's what I'm talkin' about. :-Dbklyn6https://www.blogger.com/profile/03878143211808703104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-53450990310804584652009-12-30T00:18:37.111-08:002009-12-30T00:18:37.111-08:00Ahhh, yes! Shuggie Otis by way of the Brothers Joh...Ahhh, yes! Shuggie Otis by way of the Brothers Johnson! With velvet roses diggin' freedom flight! Undercover Brother, you did it again!junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18344226147134702379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-41966935520926634532009-12-29T19:36:42.139-08:002009-12-29T19:36:42.139-08:00I was trying to remember the name of this song and...I was trying to remember the name of this song and hummed a few notes for my friend, a musicologist of sorts, and once she named that tune, I've had it on my MP3 player ever since.<br /><br />I really dig this song.'Dreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445124443770488433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-1500639511883793902009-12-29T18:08:04.515-08:002009-12-29T18:08:04.515-08:00Yes. Had to grab my player to see if I had this on...Yes. Had to grab my player to see if I had this on it. I do. :-)<br /><br />Had that strawberry-colored 12" too. I remember thinking how hippy-trippy this sounded back then, unlike anything I was used to hearing on urban contemporary radio.bklyn6https://www.blogger.com/profile/03878143211808703104noreply@blogger.com