Still wondering after all these years if Eddy Grant ever made it down to Electric Avenue.
@GaryPoole How about this? Such a complex song to decipher for idiots. The singer-songwriter bristled when asked about the disco-reggae song's meaning, according to the transcript, filed Friday as part of his $300,000 federal copyright lawsuit over the song's use in a 2020 Trump campaign tweet. "Do I have to?" Grant answered when asked: "So can you please explain what the song is about?"
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Am I remembering rightly that the song was nearly banned and Eddie changed the lyrics to prevent it?
@stueytheround I hadn't heard that. I do know that like all other Grant songs, "Electric Avenue" is not available on music streaming platforms because of his dislike of how the platforms pay artists.
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If I'm remembering rightly he changed the line "Deep in my heart I abhor ya" to "Deep in my heart I'm a warrior". There are versions out there with both lyrics but the latter was the version released in the UK as a single because the BBC refused to play the original words. I seem to recall Eddie being a bit pissed off about it.
@stueytheround the version we play here has the "abhor ya" line.
@GaryPoole It's in the official video, too.
My favourite song of his is this one.
Weird how underrated he is.
2k likes.
If it was Marley it'd have 20M!
https://www.youtube.com/live/j6iiFBp2nFc?si=LieDpYluGLIJUHmh
@GaryPoole Yes, and he's been taking it higher.😁