Black Skin Blue Eyed Boy

[BKLYN DEE]

I can't remember the name of the artist who
did "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boy". I remember hearing it around the time Brooklyn & Staten Island DJ'S were spinning "Wild Safari" , "Woman", "I'll Bake Me A Man".

Does Anyone remember it ? and if so, do you remember who the artist is ??

[Blaxman]

Hi,

This song was recorded by "The Equals".

Peace

[markydefad]

I'm curious about this song, also.

I bought the Equals Greatest Hits CD (on Rhino, I think), for this song--BUT, from what I gather there was a different remixed version played in the clubs, cause the one on the CD is "no big whoop" IMHO.

Anyone know where one could obtain the remixed version on CD, preferably? Nicky, I think you were talking about this once. I'd appreciate the timing on the club version, so I can differentiate the versions. Was this just a 45 single? Also, what did they add to it to make it more dance-worthy????

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Make My Feet Wanna Dance!

Markydefad

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[paul]

Hey Marky
My memories of this song goes back to the very early seventies. I was young and it seemed to me Vietnam was still going on. I'm associating the lyrics about "aint gonna fight no dog gone war" with Vietnam.
Anyway, I always associated this song as a Jamaican thing because I only heard it at Jamaican parties. I remember we had the '45 but I don't know if it was later reissued in club or extended versions.
I liked this song a lot back then but I'm in no rush to hear it now that I'm a couple of years older.

[markydefad]

Paul,

For some reason this song is always included on the list of early disco classics. The version I have doesn't make me wanna dance--so I'm curious what made it a clasic dance song.

[NickNack]

On 2002-07-24 16:41, markydefad wrote:
Paul,

For some reason this song is always included on the list of early disco classics. The version I have doesn't make me wanna dance--so I'm curious what made it a clasic dance song.

The version you have is the same piece of Rhino crap I returned to Amazon.com. All the stuff on this CD is just the original artist offering new renderings of their songs. This version of BSBEB's was just horrible. The original 45 was awesome. I really don't believe it was remixed as it is a very early piece of dance music. I remember my Mom caught herself singing it and then turned to me with a, "What do they mean, black-skin blue-eyed boys?" I told her I haven't seen too many as of yet.

If my 45's have survived their imprisonment under my stairs I'll have to get them out and check dates and labels.

[DISCODISK]

the equals were an english group BSBEB came out in 1970 on the indie president label one of a string of indie labels that mainly released reggae records though president mostly released obscure u.s. soul.the u.k./jamacia music scene was very strong then this record was probibly exported by the bucket load hence the connection of hearing it at jamacian parties.they made a few other good records too prior to this "baby come back" "viva bobby joe" etc and the lead singer was a very young.........EDDY GRANT!!

[Mixmachine]

"Black skin blue eyes boys" was done by the Equals, produced and written by Eddy Grant, the only version I know of is the 7" (s-247) on Shout label (recorded in the UK), the song was a hit in early dance clubs and parties before the term "disco" was coined, at the time this sound was part of what we called "underground music" (in my area and NYC,AFAIK) usually this music was not heavily promoted except in clubs, it was not played on the radio (with few exceptions I'm sure) and was very difficult to find because of the small number of copies available and lack of mass market appeal at the time, (only few shops stocked this music), this was a very danceable tune at the time, but I can understand why after 30 years of “disco” this music might sound to raw for dancing, (this is actually why I like this period in club music ), this song is not about ‘war’ it is about ‘race’ (a very prominent theme in those days), if all humans were of “mixed race” we wouldn’t be fighting each other , at least this is what I always thought of this song’s message.

[markydefad]

I could swear "someone" at this site once said there were TWO versions of this record--one more danceable than the other. I remember this cause I thought that explained why the CD version I had seemed so bland.

Maybe I'm mixing up my facts. I just wondered if anyone else had the 411. Thanks for the info.

[Mixmachine]

I also thought there was another version by the 'Love Childs Afro Cuban blues Band' on Roulette, but since I can't find it I'm not sure.

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