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^^ Ummmm, check the date I posted that reply... 2007. Almost ten years ago.
And... I still don't believe that the skit is called Hells Wind Staff. There's no mention of Hells Wind Staff in the skit, no reference to the movie, nothing.
I take RZA's word in the Wu Manual over yours steve.
Each to his own though. In the grand scheme of things it's fairly insignificant.
Peace.
what are you talking about bro? i'm saying, i believe your post, and that's why there is still contention about it.
as i said before, i've never read the manual and probably never will. i'm not contesting what you said at all.
i was telling the guy who was saying it was a skit and to close the thread, that he should read your post.
Agreed, the skit doesn't really adapt any scene or even a combination of scenes from the movie. I think the original intention for the skit was to lead into a different song (Hells Wind Staff), that was not completed, as RZA has referenced, and instead they used it to lead into Killah Hills 10304 as it can easily fit into the "life of a drug dealer," but the skit retained the name.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pattch82
To me, unexplained was the god track since the entire song references unexplained things. And swordsman is the intro since it references how his father is a famous shogun. BUT the intro also leaves on "that was the night everything changed" as we dont really know why the head shogan tried to kill "the most famous swordsman in the empire". I also see swordaman referenced as track 11 and unexplained as the intro but i believe it was supposed to be the otherway. Nothing of track 11 leada me to believe it was sposed to be swordsman.
I just read some of this thread and a lot of you people are total dickheads.
For the record liquid swords is one of my all thyme top 3 hip hop albums and I couldn't give a flying fuck whether the hells wind staff listed on it refers to the killah hills 10304 skit or the song on forever.
I would have some interest in whether a track titled unexplained did exist and still does exist somewhere though.
i think i miss old wu albums..
My apologies for the 15 year old thread bump, but this CD/iTunes mislabeling had me all fucked up back in the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by rainbow
Clearly the 4th track is truly "Gold", but off my actual LS cd, iTunes mislabeled it Swordsman
Then the Swordsman track (#11) was called Gold.
Gotta love the classic Wu mislabeling on their own ish...happened on Ironman too
Continued with The W and BPWQuote:
Originally Posted by Whips-n-Chains
RZA claimed in the late 90s the mislabeling was to deter bootleggers
I have the first pressing vinyl
on the vinyl record itself, it labels track 11, Unexplained
Its clearly the name of the track because gza is explaining mystifying things.
“Scared to split poles, duck black cats, once in a while, threw salt over my back. But with knowledge of self, im off the shelf, made things that seemed complicated, small like elves. So turn off the lights, light a candle, and have a sceance, pull the lid off the dean martin scandal , witches warlocks spooks and holy ghosts, rza lets defraud the hoax”
The back of your vinyl wasn't the same as the back of the CD case?Quote:
Originally Posted by ForensikZ
Looking like this, with the names of the songs highlighted but in no particular order:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...HL._SX522_.jpg
If Unexplained is #11, which track is listed as Swordsman?
it has the same back cover with the highlighted tracksQuote:
Originally Posted by Whips-n-Chains
but on the actual vinyl where it lists the songs, it says unexplained for traco 11, not swordsman. Swordsman is not listed on the actual vinyl at all, just on the back cover and inside like the cd.
Whether or not there was an actual swordman song i cannot say. Imo its the skit about how the sword makes a sound of wind.
but track 11 is really unexplained. All other things idk.
This appears to be the first pressing of the vinyl and the track is labeled Swordsman...so at least some vinyls called it that
https://www.discogs.com/release/2081...U6ODcxNTcwNjk=
Off topic, but I just watched the Liquid Swords episode of An American Saga and I think it's the first time I realized that every member made an appearance on that album! I think this was my favorite episode.
Odb is technically on ironman as well for a few second end of album. Cuban had everyone show up for artwork at the leastQuote:
Originally Posted by hiphopjunky
and
actually yes, that is 1st issue
i have what appears to be a an actual geffen 1995 REISSUE bootleg that corrects the tracklist. I assume they didnt print enough so they made a whole nother set for europe because it says its an unofficial-official geffen european reissue. No doubt a way to sell records on the sly. But why the artwork edits?
as you can see in yhe link, the artwork is edited to fix what I figured , that swordsman is indeed called unexplained.
i bought this version because unexplained is my favorite song ever and I wanted it properly named.
Bootleg reissue with cover artwork, originally released in 1995. Red frame around art. Made by the label.
https://www.discogs.com/release/1587...1hZ2U6ODcyMzUx
https://www.discogs.com/release/1587...-Liquid-Swords
^^^Dope!