Another great tune that I love. The Gangbusters-type opening, the menacing saxophone, the equally menacing sounding lead vocal (by non-group member Richard Berry), and Leiber's forever amazing lyrics ("Scarface Jones said "It's too late to quit"/Pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit...").
A sort of prelude to this one, written and recorded about the same time, is "Framed", a satirical, sadly still familiar, tale of a Black man railroaded by the police and law....
Well said, David! Never realized that was Richard Berry! (Best known as the lead singer of the Pharaohs, who would go on to record the original "Louie Louie" the following year.
Another great tune that I love. The Gangbusters-type opening, the menacing saxophone, the equally menacing sounding lead vocal (by non-group member Richard Berry), and Leiber's forever amazing lyrics ("Scarface Jones said "It's too late to quit"/Pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit...").
A sort of prelude to this one, written and recorded about the same time, is "Framed", a satirical, sadly still familiar, tale of a Black man railroaded by the police and law....
Well said, David! Never realized that was Richard Berry! (Best known as the lead singer of the Pharaohs, who would go on to record the original "Louie Louie" the following year.
Thank you for the insight, sir!