BETTY DAVIS-"SHUT OFF THE LIGHT" (1975)

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Lights out with Queen of Funk!

Betty goes at it full-throttle in this scorcher. She leaves it to interpretation but here's a few sketches of possibilities.

If the 60's was the Empowerment decade -from King to X to Che to Chavez to the Counterculture- then the 70's was the Liberation decade. There were so many issues to address that what we know of as the 60's really stretches roughly from 1964 to 1975. The rise of Feminism and the lateral expression of sensuality were later, crucial extensions in that period.

Sexism is evil; but Sensuality is essential. The word "sex" can mean either gender or the sensual act. Folks who blur the two without distinction speak to neither well. Gender inequities are wrongs that should be righted. Sexuality is a spiritual and physical pleasure everyone has a right to. The best lights of Feminism understood this from the beginning, and do now with examples like Riot Grrl and Bust and Bitch magazines. Betty Davis was a progessive sensualist who was misunderstood and suppressed in her time by repressives and some confused progressives. Time has borne out the quality of her work and the merit of her stance.

"Liberation for all, Everything must be rethought." -funknroll

See also:
BETTY DAVIS- "F.U.N.K." (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHsSIoBcTt8

BETTY DAVIS- "F.U.N.K." (2.0) (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNcohPUr1PI

BETTY DAVIS- "NASTY GAL" (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDvvQq4leoo

BETTY DAVIS- "HE WAS A BIG FREAK" (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQgWYeoIbts

BETTY DAVIS -"They Say I'm Different" (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTt1biOZX4


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[entwilklung]

I really really Hate the Funk...

[funknroll]

"different strokes for different folks..."

[KaltundKlar]

She wipes the floor with Beyonce & co!

[die4uyes]

Beyonce is incapable of getting anywhere near this. This takes real life and soul, not imitation and millions of dollars. Betty Davis can do no wrong.

[nasaginx]

Suddenly i feel like shakin a tail feather...oooh!

[bongoloid77]

No Black female artist could come close to this... Betty lived in a time where you couls hang out with JB, Sly and Hendrix to name but a few... Black artists today like Puffy, Jay Z, Beyonce know how to make money and product... back then they made money from seriously raw talent...different times

[TheNubianHippie]

What does Beyonce have to do with this song? They do two entirely different things. Can you just let these two women be great?

[ilikeyouallot]

mami que panocha!!!!! i want her.... she makes me want her.....

[BohemianConspiracy]

her most rock n roll album of her carrer even if it still clearly heavy funk stuff...

[afkhajiit]

extreme metal esque growls at some points :p

[CyWebb]

greatest song

[ausglocker]

@CaglioStraw22

If her albums are being re released, she should be getting royalties, no? If not, why not ??!!!!! ( I just went to eBay and bought em on CD and vinyl, so I hope so !!!)

[clumpft]

Amazing to think how her sexed-up style was too hot to handle by the uptight conservatives of her time. God when you look at the shit these days.