the Beatles do a great rendition of this song but the original is always the best

Why yes

One of the best version of DeVaungh's song

Yo La Tengo - Be Thankful for What You Got

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Darondo - Didn't I (Trishes Edit)

From the liner notes of our 2-disc Ebo Taylor retrospective, Life Stories:

Ebo acknowledges the influence of US jazz rockers Blood Sweat & Tears and
– less obviously, perhaps – Deep Purple on this easy going mid-tempo
piece, written a few years before it was recorded, when Osibisa and
various ‘blaxploitation’ themes were hip. “I was trying to fuse rock and jazz together with highlife,” Ebo recalls. “This kind of music was ahead of its time – not very popular when we recorded it!”

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Charlotte Dada - Don't Let Me Down (Ghana 1971)

You Called the Flame


[Intro – whispered over bassline]
(barely a breath)
You don’t get to call me crazy…
You called the flame.


---

Verse 1

The glass still hums where your name was spoke,
Ash in the air, and the silence broke.
You wanted warmth — I stayed contained,
Now you flinch from the glow you named.


---

Pre-Chorus 1

You said, “Stay sweet,” — I stayed still.
But sugar melts when it’s forced to chill.
Now the room remembers your shape in smoke —
Soft, slow, cruel, and close.


---

Chorus

You don’t get to call me crazy — you called the flame.
You touched a spark and whispered my name.
Now every heartbeat sounds the same —
Low… slow… blame.
You don’t get to call me crazy —
You called the flame.


---

Verse 2

Your ghost moves through my half-lit glass,
Reflections bend where the edges pass.
I breathe your echo, taste your sin,
And smile — I burn from within.


---

Pre-Chorus 2

Don’t call it love, don’t call it pain,
They shimmer the same when they stain.
You wanted quiet — you got prayer,
And I’m still there.


---

Chorus 2

You don’t get to call me crazy — you called the flame.
You made the spark, then turned away.
Now the dark repeats your name —
Soft… slow… shame.
You don’t get to call me crazy —
You called the flame.


---

Bridge (whispered confession)

I never screamed — I just stayed lit.
You mistook control for quit.
There’s a mercy in the burn you feel —
It’s how the truth reveals.


---

Final Chorus (bare, close-mic’d)

You don’t get to call me crazy — you called the flame.
You built this warmth, you fed this frame.
Now every breath’s the same refrain —
You. Me. Flame.


---

Outro

(heartbeat bass, fading Rhodes)
You called it.
Now live with it.
(a click of a lighter, then silence)



You Called the Flame

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Appears on "One Hundred"
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MarksOnTheKeys (w Mark Speer)

Most honored to even have the chance to put my spin on this beautiful piece of love by two of my all-time favorites. Sincerely hope yall dig it. I played all the guitar work, drums sampled from Shawn Lee, and grateful for my man Reed Mathis, coming through in a rush and laying bass on it night before the deadline for submissions.
Blessyall!
// Sole.

UPDATE: The winners of the DJ Shadow remix contest have been announced! I'm not one of them, but it was great to hear the ones that shadow picked. So glad Archive's Waltz version was in the ranks, played that on my KCRW show on Wednesday. I'm not bummed one bit, everyone who Shadow picked killed it in their own way, and since I only set out to make what I consider to be a beautiful song... I feel successful in that. BLESSYALL for voting, and all the kind words. Now that it's over I can give it away for free. Enjoy.

Charlotte Dada - Don't Let Me Down (Ghana 1971)

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