I Got A Right

Dog Food Age : 15 Joined : 12 Mar 2007 Posts : 239

i noticed theres alotta talk about dfferent versions of I got a right and also somewhat of Gimme Some Skin...can someone do a brief explaination of the different versions and which ones better.
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Subject: Re: I Got A Right Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:40 am

well bomp, and easy action on the first disc of heavy liquid documented the stooges working on gimme some skin and i got a right, these are the main recordings, i also have one from 1971 of the asheton/williamson guitar band, but those are the main ones, which have been remixed and stuff, like on the stooges extended play by easy action, which has two sets of vocals, a cuple seconds after the main set, but the best and most powerful, therefore most stoogelike are on a compilation set i saw on itunes called Godfathers of LA Punk, yet they were recorded in England! but get these, they are sooo good, i burnt them onto a CD and am blown away each time, it gets u so pumped up!!

Dog Food Age : 15 Joined : 12 Mar 2007 Posts : 239

thanks alot man!
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Joined : 06 Jan 2008 Posts : 9 Location : Heaven

Sorry, I guess some of the confusion may be down to how I worded my reply in the other thread. What I meant by the original version of "I Got A Right" is the version recorded in London as a demo pre the "Raw Power" sessions, and released on Siamese Records. I just called it the original version because it's the first version that was released. What separates this version/mix of "I Got A Right" from the others is that, like Gimme Some Skin/Scene Of The Crime/Sick Of You/Tight Pants, it's the bands finished demo, ie the version they thought sounded best.

There are near endless alternate takes of "I Got A Right" from the same sessions, some released a few years ago on a Bomp label cd that I don't have to hand, and others in the "Heavy Liquid" cd box-set that came out a while back ( there's also at least one live version, released on the "Live 1971" album ).

Re "Gimme Some Skin", as far as I'm aware, and I could be wrong, there's only one complete take circulating , and that's the one originally released on the b-side of the Siamese "I Got A Right" single. It's also on the "Extended Play" cd, and in the "Heavy Liquid" box-set, along with an instrumental version. Again, it's a pre Raw Power demo recorded in London in '72.

I'm sure both these songs/versions must be available on about a dozen different cd's, but they're both on the "Siamese Dogs" cd for sure.

Joined : 06 Jan 2008 Posts : 9 Location : Heaven

Oops!, guess Homesick covered all that whilst I was typing, feel free to ignore my previous post!

Dog Food Age : 15 Joined : 12 Mar 2007 Posts : 239

thanks to you too man!
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Age : 18 Joined : 31 Jan 2008 Posts : 12 Location : Detroit

I Got A Right, in my opinion, is the most straight forward punk rock song the Stooges ever recorded. The solo is simply ferocious.

Immaterial Girl Joined : 17 Dec 2007 Posts : 1282

Subject: Re: I Got A Right Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:07 am

I still maintain that if you come across anyone who has never heard of Iggy Pop or the Stooges, and you want to give them a taster, then all you need to do is play them "I Got A Right".
It's the very essence of Iggy condensed into one fantastic song.
The lyrics sum his attitude up perfectly and the music is powerful beyond belief. Short, sharp and superb.
Cheers,
Richard

Half Alive Incubator Baby Joined : 09 May 2007 Posts : 154

i have the "best of bomp" (circa 78-79) which featured the first proper releases of gimme some skin and i got a right.

it's on white vinyl. does anybody else have this?

Immaterial Girl Joined : 17 Dec 2007 Posts : 1282

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Iggy once said about I got a right+ ´everbody loves that song´
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Subject: Re: I Got A Right Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:00 am

Subject: Re: I Got A Right Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:20 am

it's on white vinyl. does anybody else have this?
I used to have it, I always thought there would be a volume 2

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Anyone knows Gimme Some Skin lyrics?

Subject: Re: I Got A Right Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:08 pm

theres a thread in here with them... somewhere
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No, there are some parts missing, like "sucks a man like a *** asshole" (I think it is written this way).

XXX isn't just a word, are some parts of the song.

Joined : 20 Jan 2008 Posts : 497 Location : London

She uses me whatever I am
She uses me and takes what is grand - is replaced by the far cooler "She shoots speed right up her ass, she shoots speed and she smokes grass" on the Revenge twofer Kill City/I'm Sick of You CD

Some other differences: Can't fuck that up - becomes "Get Fucked Baby", Live it all out, live it all in - is "Whip it all out, whip it all in"

XXX is lyrics they couldn't work out I guess. On this one the first and last XXX is "Sex all Night" then something I can't work out.