Just Like A Negro (Jackyl)

[(Artie Ziff)]

Saw this band live in a bar a few weeks ago. Solid cheese, but they have fun. Announced this as new single.

[pen]

Some background.

Due to Jackyl's southern-redneck reputation, the band has come under fire recently on blogs and message boards all over the internet for thier cover of Just Like A Negro, calling the band racist. The song was originally released by the all black funk rock band Mother's Finest, with whom the members of Jackyl are good friends. The vocals on the cover version have been reworked into a song about unity and how through music we are one.

During an interview with Kansas City's Johnny Dare Morning show on July 19th, 2010, Jesse James Dupree released that Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels (of Run-D.M.C. fame) had contacted the band about teaming together to re-work Just Like A Negro on which he would contribute vocals. Being a close personal friend of radio host and shock jock Johnny Dare, Dupree allowed 98.9 The Rock to debute the re-worked version of the song, which feature both newly recorded vocals by Dupree and McDaniels. McDaniels, who is not a stranget to teaming with rock groups, even makes reference to 20 years ago singing with Jay and Joe (Jason Mizell & Joe Perry). This is refering to Run-D.M.C.'s colaberation with rock legends Aerosmith on the rap rock classic Walk This Way. Dupree also stated that this version of Just Like A Negro was released to iTunes on August 24, 2010.

[somelikeitwhen]

Holy political incorrectness Batman?
Yeah, that title will probably turn a lot of people off. But then again this format has had hits like Porn Star Dancing, Get f**ked, and Something in Your Mouth, so it might have a chance. I doubt it though because of where their last one peaked.

[(Artie Ziff)]

I'm not concerned about the title, especially with D.M.C. involved.

My top five rap/rock collaborations in no particular order:

Bring The Noise (Anthrax / Public Enemy)
Walk This Way (Aerosmith / Run DMC)
Still Not A Player (Incubus / Big Punisher)
It's All About The Benjamins (Puff Daddy & The Family / Rob Zombie, Dave Grohl, Tommy Stinson, & Fuzzbubble)
Judgment Night (Biohazard / Onyx)

[American Idiot]

Wow Onyx. I'll admit back when I first got into music back in the early/mid 90s and listened to anything I saw on MTV, "Slam" was a huge favorite of mine. I remember I even bought the cassette single of it and it actually came with a separate single of a Biohazard song.

[Nicholas2.0]

Sept 1, 2010 22:40:18 GMT -5 American Idiot said:

"Slam" was a huge favorite of mine. I remember I even bought the cassette single of it and it actually came with a separate single of a Biohazard song.

Biohazard was in the "Slam" video, if you'll recall. Was the Biohazard song "Punishment"?

I remember MTV had these commercial break bumpers that summer where Toby Huss was this lounge singer character and he'd warble a few of the current tunes. "Slam" was one of them. Somehow he accidentally switched the lyric to "ham" toward the end and interrupted himself to say how delicious a ham sandwich sounded.

[American Idiot]

Sept 3, 2010 2:36:19 GMT -5 Nicholas2.0 said:

Sept 1, 2010 22:40:18 GMT -5 American Idiot said:

"Slam" was a huge favorite of mine. I remember I even bought the cassette single of it and it actually came with a separate single of a Biohazard song.

Biohazard was in the "Slam" video, if you'll recall. Was the Biohazard song "Punishment"?

I don't recall completely, but that was probably the name of it. I wonder if I still have that cassette in one of the drawers in my room somewhere...

[(Artie Ziff)]

Three station adds since yesterday. May start a climb eventually.

[halo19]

They'd be a cool band to see live, if only for a gimmicky, (sort of) non-musical reason.

[(Artie Ziff)]

What's the gimmick? They were straight out hair-metalish the time I saw them live.

[lockebox]

Do you know who Jackyl even are, Artie? Didn't they pull a chainsaw or skillet out when you saw them live?

[(Artie Ziff)]

They did use a chainsaw on that Lumberjack song. Not sure a gimmick as much as a theme to the song.

[lockebox]

You view a chainsaw as a conventional instrument then?

[(Artie Ziff)]

Not at all.