Masters of Reality – She Got Me (When She Got Her Dress On)

Chris Goss was a musician who produced Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss. He is from  New York, and loved Cream, The Beatles, and Black Sabbath, not a bad trio if you’re planning to warp some minds. He started in Syracuse in the early 1980s. Goss, who had been around the local music scene, wasn’t trying to follow trends; he was trying to mash his obsessions together into something new. Sabbath’s doomy riffs, filtered through a kind of psychedelic Beatlesque sound, with a sprinkle of blues on top.

This song was on their 1992 album Sunrise on the Sufferbus, which had a drummer who was quite well known for greatness. Ginger Baker played drums on this album, and the results were terrific. Every band worth its salt needs a track they can ride a groove just for the hell of it, and this one is that song.

It’s so cool to hear Ginger basically fronting the band with his drums. It’s a drum show for professionals and amateurs alike. You get the sense he could’ve played this with a cigarette in one hand and still kept time better than most drummers could with both arms taped to a click track.

You can tell this probably was improvised, and they just took off. There’s a looseness to the playing, like the band knows they’ve hit on something cool and are just letting it roll. The album is really good; it’s not just hard rock, it’s hard rock with humor as well.

Another good song off the album is John Brown which I’m posting below. That song was off their self-titled debut album in 1988. It was a toss up between which one to feature so I added both. 

This song peaked at #8 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts in 1992..

Another Song with Ginger….John Brown

She Got Me (When She Got Her Dress On)

She got me when she got her dress onShe got me when she got her dress onShe got me me when she looked fineWhen she got her dress onShe got me when she got downWhen she got her dress on

She got me when she got her dress onGot it on

She got me when she got her dress onShe got me when she got her dress onShe got me when she looked fineAnd now she gets it all the timeShe got me when she got her dress on

She got me when she got her dress onGot it on

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Author: Badfinger (Max)

Power Pop fan, Baseball, Beatles, Alternative music, old movies, and tv show fan. Also anything to do with pop culture in the 60s and 70s... I'm also a songwriter, bass and guitar player. Not the slightest bit interested in politics at all.

32 thoughts on “Masters of Reality – She Got Me (When She Got Her Dress On)”

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    1. Thanks dude…yea I had no clue Goss was a producer for those bands and where he came from. CB….a question I want to ask you. I was going to write up John Brown. Are they talking about the abolitionist you think? I read where some said yes and some said no…so I didn’t proceed. I love both of these though and the album is a lot of fun.

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      2. I had it all written up. I did some reasearch on him…and yea he had guts and tried something that was totally worthy and necessary.

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      3. In all my readings and experience, John Brown not only believed in his calling but he lived it 100%. No wavering. He scared the shit out of both sides of the issue even the ones he was fighting for because he was willing to pay with his life. Which he did.

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      4. I saw that Abraham Lincoln acknowledged that later on as well. I only saw a few quotes but they were favorable. Can you imagine the odds he knew that were stacked against him? Brave man fighting for the right thing.

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      5. I have a few books and bios on him. He really captured my imagination because in a world of bullshit he cut the core. He was half crazy Max.Super interesting to me. I’ll send you some reading suggestions if interested.

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      6. Yea dude…please do so. He interested me after I wrote a short bio on what happened….very short. Only so much you can put in a post.

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  7. Not bad. May have heard the name of the band, but not any music. Wasn’t sure what to expect with the Black Sabbath influence. Ginger Baker does a good job.

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    1. Yea if you have Ginger Baker in the band…you might as well put him in front for a song. I can hear all of the influences on their album.

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  8. I’d actually have to second Half Fast this time around. Listened to ‘She got me’ and it seemed like a drummer’s audition. I was thinking, ‘seen it, heard it all before. Bun E Carlos & his cigar did it better in Budokan. But ‘John Brown’ was decent. Sounded like a song with rock radio potential. I actually vaguely remember hearing the band name then, maybe just seeing albums in stores but knew nothing of them, so a good find Max!

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    1. The commercial appeal is what surpised me…#8 on the charts meant it was played quite a bit. Yea I do like John Brown as well…it’s like an old folk song come to life.

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    1. Yea most people were….they were smart though…you have Ginger Baker…you showcase him and this does. The John Brown song is really good as well.

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  11. Yep, you can’t say this is anywhere close to a blues shuffle, it’s way too frenetic for that. It kicks!

    Sometimes you just need a crazy beat and let yourself flow along with it. It’s no full blown Cream and the band ain’t pushing for the full Metal package; but I wouldn’t argue that point with Mr Baker, nosiree.

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      1. Drive, with Ginger? Not shotgun!

        (One I like in the same vein as this- propulsive and noisy- is Thee Oh Sees, ‘Encrypted Bounce.’ The YT live version is worth a look just to see a young girl whose big brother or sister dragged her along to the show- and she ain’t a fan…)

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