Arthur Lee - Arthur Lee
#40
1980 Housekeeping
Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee
Genre: The Hip Current Sounds of 1971
2.5 out of 5
There is a road between late 60s flower pop and Twee and that road, apparently, drives straight through Arthur Lee’s opening track, “One”.
The whole record sounds like someone got trapped in a time warp in 1971 and then walked right into a studio in 1981, recorded an album and said, “Yeah, baby! This is the shit that all the kids are gonna love!”
Reading up on Arthur’s life is almost a counterpoint to his life. So much joy punctuated by such tragedy.
The reggae tinged “One on One” is a sweet little treat and you get the sense that Lee is capable of knocking songs like this out with little effort.
We don’t have the whole record here. Even the “7&7 is” is a version from his old band, Love. For the most part this is a relic.
RIP, Mr. Lee.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTTM_U-Y6qI&list=PLlvn8uktX5Lu9hy5Svhv4KooRuY4j6eDX (Missing 5 tracks - One, Just Us, Bend Down, Down Street, and Many Rivers to Cross)
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