11/7/2005 - Fighting & Police
Song: Fighting & Police
Artist: Richard Pryor
Why this song is the current jam: Here's something special for you - a Monday double play to get you through your day. This one goes out to all your working stiffs out there with straight jobs (making real money so don't feel too bad) stuck inside the office all day. This is from the best comedian of all time, and not just according the the Comedy Central countdown. Really Richard Pryor is for me exemplary of some the best parts of the America. He is always funny, but often tragic and poignant too. But his shit was never preachy, he was just so damn honest that sometimes it almost hurts. The first bit about fighting, is just plain old funny, like Richard can make anything funny. The second bit about the police shows a little more about what things are like in America. And if you think it has changed, check out Dave Chappelle's "Killin' Them Softly" and hear basically the exact same bit, and it sounds just as true. Speaking of stolen bits, if you enjoy any black comedian today - Dave Chappelle, Martin Lawrence, Jamie Foxx - thank Richard Pryor. I have heard all of them jack at least one bit from him. I think probably all comedians today would credit him as some kind of inspiration. I wish that Richard Pryor's albums were like required listening in high school, because I think that it would be so good for white folks to hear in such a candid, honest, and hilarious way about what life is like if you are black. I think it would be a better country, honestly. Maybe when I am president. Something good to check out it you dig this is "And It's Deep Too" which is all of the recordings that Richard did for Warner Brothers. It is all hilarious and it is amazing to hear how he progresses in his comedy and in his thinking. And there is an interview with him on there that is amazing. It is amazing what goes on inside a genius like Richard Pryor, all that humor, so much of it comes from pain. It's like jazz, it's like hip hop, like almost everything great that America has produced, it's always from the hardest times that the best things are created. Enough from me, check it out.
Artist: Richard Pryor
Why this song is the current jam: Here's something special for you - a Monday double play to get you through your day. This one goes out to all your working stiffs out there with straight jobs (making real money so don't feel too bad) stuck inside the office all day. This is from the best comedian of all time, and not just according the the Comedy Central countdown. Really Richard Pryor is for me exemplary of some the best parts of the America. He is always funny, but often tragic and poignant too. But his shit was never preachy, he was just so damn honest that sometimes it almost hurts. The first bit about fighting, is just plain old funny, like Richard can make anything funny. The second bit about the police shows a little more about what things are like in America. And if you think it has changed, check out Dave Chappelle's "Killin' Them Softly" and hear basically the exact same bit, and it sounds just as true. Speaking of stolen bits, if you enjoy any black comedian today - Dave Chappelle, Martin Lawrence, Jamie Foxx - thank Richard Pryor. I have heard all of them jack at least one bit from him. I think probably all comedians today would credit him as some kind of inspiration. I wish that Richard Pryor's albums were like required listening in high school, because I think that it would be so good for white folks to hear in such a candid, honest, and hilarious way about what life is like if you are black. I think it would be a better country, honestly. Maybe when I am president. Something good to check out it you dig this is "And It's Deep Too" which is all of the recordings that Richard did for Warner Brothers. It is all hilarious and it is amazing to hear how he progresses in his comedy and in his thinking. And there is an interview with him on there that is amazing. It is amazing what goes on inside a genius like Richard Pryor, all that humor, so much of it comes from pain. It's like jazz, it's like hip hop, like almost everything great that America has produced, it's always from the hardest times that the best things are created. Enough from me, check it out.
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