In spite of Nyenwi's understated, wah-drenched "Voodoo Chile" guitar intro, it's all about the beat on this one. The scratchy guitars and thumping drums do all of the heavy lifting for his odd, slurred vocal, and it's the kind of thing that probably would have been sampled about 80...
where visitors will in future be able to explore the 300-year history of the kingdom of Dahomey. Musée International du Vodun, located in the capital, Porto-Novo, aims to rehabilitate the image of a much-maligned and globally poorly understood Indigenous religion, also known as Voodoo. ...
and a snake that was sloughing its skin, with pieces of dead skin giving the impression of a crest and wattles around the head. The snake and rooster are strongly involved in voodoo belief, which give a cultural background to the creature. The resemblance to the basilisk...
Politics and voodoo sort of made sense.” Another politically charged song is ‘The Kid He Came From Nazareth’, which was partially recorded when Calder heard the finished album and censored the use of ‘Nazareth’. In the end, Davidson went back in the studio and re-sang the line, chang...