The Best of 2007 Part 1

Given that I've been doing this for around 11 months now and you have the unfortunate problem of the links to the songs I upload dying out after like a week or two (one of these days I'll finally find a reliable service to use! I'm hoping that the one I'll use for at least the near future, Fileden, is more dependable. Here, all you have to do is right click on each link to download.

Anyway, because of that problem, for the next few posts (probably) I'll repost some songs that I uploaded earlier in 2007, for the benefit of those that missed out on something the first time out. The songs I'm doing are chosen at random, really.

The first one is from the Rolling Stones weekend I did back in April. The song I picked from there was the song literally written and played for the idea of pissing off a record company. Yes, I'm talking about Cocksucker Blues.

The Rolling Stones-Cocksucker Blues (9.47 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Rolling%20Stones%20-%20Cocksucker%20Blues%20%5Blong%20version%5D.MP3

The second song was from late January, and it's a hyphy tune, of all things. It's from The Federation featuring E-40, and it samples Sunglasses At Night, to great effect.

The Federation/E-40-I Wear My Stunna Glasses At Night (5.86 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/The%20Federation%20ft.%20E-40%20-%20I%20wear%20my%20Stunna%20Glasses%20at%20night.MP3

The last song is also from late January and it is an awesome dance song from Ferry Corsten known as Rock Your Body Rock.

Ferry Corsten-Rock Your Body Rock (9.41 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Track%202%20%28M%29.MP3

I'll be back New Years Eve with some more tunes from earlier in 2007.

It's A Gangsta Rap Christmas!

Yes, I am back with another Christmas tune, and it'll be the last holiday tune I'll post for this year, as my next post won't be for another week, due to it being the holiday season and all. As I mentioned before I prefer Christmas tunes that are quirky or strange. What may be the strangest one is a gangsta rap Christmas song done by… Eazy-E! Yes, the late rap pioneer did a song entitled Merry Muthafuckin' Xmas, as bizarre as it sounds. Wait until you hear some of the people that were involved with the tune.

The song is on his 1992 EP 5150 Home 4 Tha Sick. The Wiki page for the album explains who was all involved with that particular song, and as bizarre as it sounds, two of the people that became the Black Eyed Peas were involved with a group that was a part of the song, even though they were NOT involved in any of the singing.

As you can see from the lyrics, it is the typical vulgar Eazy-E song, but all of the parts that he sings are done to parodies of Christmas tunes, like O Christmas Tree, Jingle Bells, and Twelve Days of Christmas! No way could I make something like this up. That is good enough reason to download the song, but really, you can listen to it any time of the year. I mean, you have E doing a drive-by on carolers and you have Rudy Ray Moore in his Dolemite character and it fills my heart with joy that there's going to be a new Dolemite movie coming soon; the ones he did in the 70's were of a horrible quality-in the first one you saw the boom mic on a constant basis-yet were undeniably entertaining. Anyway, this is quite the song for the holiday season.

Eazy-E-Merry Muthafuckin' Xmas (8.09 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5785320dec25c4/

Remember, I'll be back in about a week's time.

Sure, I May Not Tell Time Well But At Least I Post Good Uploads

First off, I realize that I apparently can't tell time, given how in the past few months I've been inaccurate in stating when exactly I would be posting my next song. I apologize for that, but then again, that's why this blog has the word "idiot" in its title!

Anyway, I'll go in a different direction today, something that you probably wouldn't expect me to talk about on here. I'll be talking about a famous band in the genre sometimes known as thrash metal and other times known as speed metal. It's Slayer!

Yes, despite what you may guess from what I usually post on my music blogs, sometimes I don't mind listening to that genre. I mean, I like many of Metallica's songs from the 80's (and the way I acquired the songs would considered to be "ironic" given the band's famous feud with a certain site back during 2000…), although since then they're really hit and miss, and all of St. Anger was a pile-o-shit. Clearly, the most famous album from the band is Reign in Blood, a masterpiece and a classic in most people's eyes, a powerful 29 minute juggernaut that hits you like a jackhammer in its brutal intensity. I really don't know much about this genre or other similar genres in the large field of metal, although I can tell you that I don't like the bands that just play as fast as they can with no hint of melody or song structure, and the "grown incomprehensibly into the mic like you're Cookie Monster" thing also isn't a turn-on.

Anyway, enough about my musical tastes… however possible, listen to Reign in Blood, as it's a must-listen. Besides, the song Raining Blood is currently infamous due to how many people are having problems with it in Guitar Hero III! Hey, I'm just going by what people tell me here. That game is just not for me.

The point of all this is that today's upload is a song from Slayer that came out a year after Reign in Blood, but totally did not sound like something you'd expect from the band at the time. Yet, the song is still pretty awesome, in my opinion.

It's from the soundtrack to the film Less Than Zero, a late 80's film in which Robert Downey Jr. portrays-get this-a drug addict, which eerily echoed real life, although it looks as if he's been able to control it in recent years so that's why I think it's not so bad to make light of it. The album, produced by Rick Rubin-he also did Reign in Blood-featured a collection of cover songs, done by what has to be the strangest grouping of artists I've ever seen on a soundtrack. The song that Slayer did was something that just sounds bizarre and something destined for failure.

The song was originally done by Iron Butterfly, and really was their only hit, but wow what a hit. Yes, I'm talking about In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, a song that you either know for its distinctive riff or the fact that the full version is 17 minutes long! Now, a psychedelic song like that doesn't sound like something that'd work well as a thrash metal tune, and indeed all that I've heard suggests that Slayer themselves hated the song, and I can understand why, as it sounds more "commercial" than anything on their famed album from the year before, that's for sure.

BUT, it may be something that you did even if you're not otherwise a fan of the group. Me, not familiar with too many of their other songs, thinks that it's a kick-ass cover. As you'd expect they steamroll through the tune and riff it the entire way, with a nice guitar solo at around the 2 minute mark. Note that the cover is only 3 minutes and 20 seconds, much more manageable than 17 minutes. Who knows, you may like this more than the band does.

Slayer-In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (4.58 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/567547477b2a5f/

After a post this long, I need a few days, so I'll be back by Thursday night, and this time I'm not fibbing.

My Kind Of Christmas Tune

Yesterday I was reading the USA Today newspaper and came across an interesting article concerning some rather odd Christmas songs. Of course, I try to find them online and have had no success so instead I'll go to Plan B, which is still a rather strange version of a Christmas chestnut. To me I prefer an unusual version of a Christmas song rather than a more traditional version, as around this time of year you just get sick as shit of hearing all these Christmas tunes that all blur together.

Last year, a tremendous thing happened. Twisted Sister released a Christmas album. Twisted Sister! I realize it sounds rather absurd but at least with the song I'm posting here, it's rather cheesy and campy, yet you can't say it's not entertaining. This tune is a remake of The Twelve Days of Christmas, called Heavy Metal Christmas, where the lyrics are modified to reflect items that a hard rock artist would want, like "4 quarts of Jack" (hey, that sounds like something I'd want to receive!) or a tattoo of Ozzy. Now, how could you hate a song like THIS?

Twisted Sister-Heavy Metal Christmas (8.97 MB, 232Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/55774968249904/

I'll be back Saturday afternoon with a new song. In a few hours I'll post a new song on my mashups blog.

Well, The Commercial Sucks, BUT...

I realize I could make a "topical" post and post a song from UGK due to Pimp C from the group passing away last week, but I don't know too many UGK songs as it is and it'd probably be best if I went in a completely different direction and yet remain topical.

For the past few weeks now there's been a Jeep Liberty commercial where you have a bunch of animals in the vehicle (and singing via horrible CGI effects) and despite the song that they use it's an awful commercial that does nothing to make me want to purchase the Liberty (isn't "the desire to use the product" the main goal of advertising?) but I guess that "random humor" has sadly become THE humor to use in recent years… but I do not want to go way off-topic here.

Even thought it was number one in America in 1974, you rarely hear it on the radio so that's why I think it's wise enough to tell you all what the song is if you haven't a clue who sang it. It's Rock Me Gently, by Andy Kim. Besides this song he also had a big hit with a cover of Baby I Love You, and in a move that may cause feelings of scorn for some, he co-wrote the song Sugar Sugar. That's mainly what he's known for, but at least he sang a catchy and tasty mid 70's pop confection that is still remembered by someone who thought it would work well in an ad.

Andy Kim-Rock Me Gently (3.99 MB, 160Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/55306381321b2c/

I'll be back Thursday night.

I Am Somebody

This was a little late in coming, but things came up and this had to be done at this time. I know, about time, right?

This song I would classify as being part dance and part R&B. It is I Am Somebody (Paris Version), by DJ Mehdi with Chromeo. I am not familiar with either guy, really, but the way I first heard the song was a little odd.

Last month I went to the Central Florida International Auto Show and at the Scion section, they offered free CD's, which are mainly underground hip-hop stuff, i.e. shit that I don't care about! But, a nice song on the CD was the above tune. I searched online for the full song and I found it. Besides the fact that it sounds like something from the 80's, the chorus features a sample of Grandmaster Flash's Freedom where you hear Flash's voice. It's a pretty rad song that I am glad I found.

DJ Mehdi (w/ Chromeo)-I Am Somebody (Paris Version) (221Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5423223494f456/

I'll be back on Monday night with a new tune.

RIP Kevin DuBrow

I'm sure that by now most of you have heard the news that Quiet Riot lead singer Kevin DuBrow passed away this past Sunday in Las Vegas due to what at this time are unknown causes. It's easy to speculate just what happened, especially given what kind of industry he worked in, but that's not really the thing to speculate here. It's just crappy news, as while I only know a few Quiet Riot songs, they all kick ass. Cum On Feel The Noize and Bang Your Head (Metal Health) are all time hard rock classics. That's why I was sad to hear of this news. I am pleasantly surprised that news of this death has been so popular. Maybe "pleasantly" isn't the best word to use, but you know what I mean. It seems like there are many closet Quiet Riot fans out there, even if they were "one album wonders".

The song I'm putting up tonight is one from the Metal Health album, but is not the big hits from there. Rather, it's one that is a little more obscure, but still pretty cool. It's Slick Black Cadillac, a newer version of a song they released on an earlier album. It's a typical heavy metal song about having a kick-ass car, but I think it's quite good and you metal fans probably will like it. If nothing else it spotlights another song from a band that for a brief while were big stars and apparently are still remembered fondly by many.

Quiet Riot-Slick Black Cadillac (3.89 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/52414528f6c87e/

I'm pressed for time now so in an hour or two I will have up my second song on my mashups page.

My New Blog Is Open

I know it took a little longer than expected for me to post this, but finally my mashups blog is open. I already made my first post there. By the way, the reason why I'm up at this time is that earlier tonight I saw Beowulf in 3D-an awesome experience and an awesome film-and I haven't been able to fall or stay asleep yet.

I probably won't have a lot of time in the near future to do a lot of writing on either blog, but on Wednesday night I should have the time to made a post on both here and on the mashups blog.

The Announcement

I dozed off earlier than I thought I would but wasn't asleep for long. Then I remembered that I was supposed to mention what the announcement was. I'll make it short and sweet. In a week or so I'll give more details and officially open the page up, but I'm going to start a sister site to this page, also a Blogspot page, but there, I will post various mashups. It's a genre I've neglected to mention on here for far too long and at this time starting up a new blog to discuss those tunes, and either on my computer or on CD's I have a huge collection of songs that I could spotlight. However, whenever I can I'll just point out the page where you can directly download the songs, so you shouldn't run into any problems there.

At least you should check it out when the time arises, as I'm sure you want to know how, to list a few examples, Def Leppard were combined with Mims, how Kelis was combined with Lawrence Welk, or Iron Maiden combined with Frankie Goes to Hollywood! It's a great genre that puts out much better music than a lot of the shit I hear on the radio or in public the past few years, and I'll be happy to spotlight some of the best tunes with this new blog.

Check back in about a week's time.

Start Spreading The News...

In the past I've mentioned that for the most part Real Radio 104.1 down here in Orlando is, in my humble opinion, a crap station, not really in what they play (although they are mainly a talk radio station where the talk is pure horseshit garbage) but rather how amateur the station seems to be run, in terms of format, how they never tell you the songs they play (not even on their website) so you have to try and Google the lyrics in hopes of finding it, and other minute details that probably only irk me but really should irk most people.

But, during the night and during parts of the weekend they play a rather eclectic lineup of music-although even then their mix of songs could be markedly improved-and I've heard some songs that I otherwise would not have heard of before.

For example, tonight's upload. I only found out the title of it by accident recently, when I was downloading a mashup* that featured the song mixed with a Beastie Boys tune. The group is Micro Chip League (or Microchip League or MCL; all three names I've seen used interchangeably) and the song appears to be made in 1988. Really, even in this day and age it's near impossible to find a lot of concrete info on the group, but it's a techno/electro song from the 80's that has an ultra-tough edge to it.

* Real late tomorrow night I'll do an update on this page where I will make an announcement concerning that unique genre of music.

The song? Believe it or not, a REALLY loose remake of the song New York New York! Yes, the theme from the movie of the same name that's best known for being one of Frank Sinatra's best-known ditties. Talk about strange, but the song is one of a kind, at least Micro Chip League's take on it.

Micro Chip League-New York (128Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/4914532fc80b03/

Like I said I'll be back late tomorrow night with an announcement.

Simon Says... I Like This Song

Yep, I'm doing this a little later than I had planned, but yesterday for me was just uber-bizarre. Read all about it on my MySpace blog. Really now, Beauty & The Geek!

At the wrestling show, sure I heard the theme song to Muppet Babies along with some good old tunes from the 80's, but I want to spotlight a song that was used by a guy named Simon Sezz; it was formerly the theme music to Simon Diamond in ECW, for you hardcore wrestling fanatics. The song also reminds me of my college days at Illinois State University (long story).

The band was the Swedish metal (and all female at that) band Drain S.T.H. The song is Simon Says, which is why both Simon's have used it. I haven't heard any other tunes from the band and I don't know much about them aside from the fact that the song is from 1999 and it was produced by Max Martin. Yes, the same guy who worked with Britney & The Backstreet Boys! No matter that, the song is pretty awesome.

Drain S.T.H.-Simon Says (4.76 MB, 160 Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/4846739cafd262/

I'll be back Wednesday night, and not so damned late either.

Surf's Up

Here is a rather obscure song from what is probably now an obscure movie, but it's a pretty kick-ass remake of a 60's surf song. The song is Pipeline, originally done by The Chantays but covered by many different people since then. The version I'm putting up was done by a great guitar combo: Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughn, two guys recognized as among the best guitarists of all time.

Dick Dale is best known for being a surf rock guitarist, and his most famous song is obviously his version of the Greek song Miserlou; it's so awesome that even its usage in a Black Eyed Peas song made the BEP sound not so terrible! Needless to say, I prefer Dick's version to how it was used by the BEP.

Meanwhile, Stevie is primarily a blues guitarist whose songs are frequently on classic rock stations, and who died way too young due to a helicopter accident after a concert at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in Wisconsin; living right by Rockford, Illinois* until I moved to Florida, plugs for shows at the venue were common. Teaming these two together was a stroke of genius.

* Home of Cheap Trick and… ahem, porn star Ginger Lynn Allen.

It is from the 1987 movie Back To The Beach, a film that I'm sure is forgotten by most these days but way back when my two younger sisters and my mom used to watch it often, so that's how I saw it. It's a spoof of 60's "beach party" movies (with quite the incredible cast), something that I had no knowledge of at the time as I had never even heard of a "beach party" film, so if I saw it today, after I've seen those 60's films, then I'd rate it differently than I did back then. That said, I hardly remember the film aside from the fact that it was entertaining enough, and both Dale and Vaughn appear in it to perform the song. There was even a music video made for it. Dick's hair looks scary, but hey it was the 80's...

Dick Dale-Stevie Ray Vaughn-Pipeline (4.14 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/4765765b1d1f95/

I'll be back Sunday night.

Good N Plenty

This weekend has been an interesting one. Just look through my blog to see what I mean. I don't feel like being wordy tonight as I'm dead tired. So, I decided to upload a song I heard on the radio recently that has been sampled a few times, including Juicy by The Notorious B.I.G. and right now on the urban stations, the popular song Let It Go by Keyshia Cole.

That's right, i'm talking about Juicy Fruit by Mtume, from the album of the same name. All of you who have played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City should recognize it as one of the plethora of songs in the game. It's something different from what I usually put up, plus it's a memorable song that is well-remembered by many due to how often it's been sampled and how it's currently being used in a hit song... a good reason for me to upload it.

Mtume-Juicy Fruit (5.45 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/46790454e3efe4/

I'll be back Thursday afternoon.

Happy Halloween!

Yep, I'm back and I figured there isn't a better way to celebrate today than putting up two versions of the same song, and it's a tune that certainly has spooky connotations to it.

It's a song from Oingo Boingo, the famed new wave band from the 80's that contributed songs to such films as the ultra-bizarre Forbidden Zone (a film I've seen a few times before; I don't even know how to describe it) and Weird Science. The song I'm putting up is Dead Man's Party, from the album of the same name. Actually, that's where the first version of the song came from. There's another version that I first heard on the local radio station MAX 98.3. It's from a "live" album the band did that was in a building where no one attended! It was pretty much them doing a re-recording of songs. That album is known as Boingo Alive.

Which one you think is better is up to you; at least you can now listen to both. Oh yeah, and Happy Halloween to everyone.

Oingo Boingo-Dead Man's Party (From The Album Of The Same Name) (8.76 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/458141393dd949/

Oingo Boingo-Dead Man's Party (From The Album Boingo Alive) (8.73 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/45815079533970/

I'll be back Sunday night with a new tune.

Yep, Everyone Did Disco Back Then

Okay, my apologies for posting this so late but I unexpectedly ran into some things that took up time, which is why it's being posted now. Sorry, everyone.

As I mentioned in my last blog, I would be posting a disco song from a rock band that you'd never think would do a disco song. Would you believe the song I'm posting is from... the Grateful Dead? Yes! I presume it was a decision made when they were especially stoned off their gourd one night.

For me, I'm mainly familiar with the band from its album songs, although I've downloaded some of their live songs, which are fine enough, but they aren't something I'd listen to all the time. I imagine the concert experience of seeing them live was something else, especially if you're on a whole slew of drugs at the time.

But, they do have some nice album songs that are nice to hear on the radio once in awhile, such as Truckin' and Touch of Grey. The disco song they did was Shakedown Street, from the 1978 album of the same name. I don't know what Deadheads thought of the song or album, but I think the song is pretty cool. That may say a lot about my musical tastes, but I recommend listening to the song just to see that the Dead did a fine job doing a tune that certainly is out of their usual genre.

Grateful Dead-Shakedown Street (6.84 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/4472805713ace8/

I'll be back on Wednesday night. That should give me enough time to think about which songs to post next, and plus maybe find a new service to post tunes on.

Led Zeppelin Goes Disco? No, But...

I apologize for no upload as of late, but the past few days have been chaotic. I already mentioned my strip club dalliances on Saturday night, which were after I went to a wrestling show in Port Richey, so that took up much of my Saturday. Then, Sunday was watching the Chicago Bears defeat the Philadelphia Eagles in what was mainly a bad game but hey, we at least won.

Then, after that there's been some friends of the family over so that naturally takes up time too, but I have time today to put up a song (finally) so I will put a song up by Led Zeppelin. The main reason why I put up this tune is that it was a bitch and a half to try and find online, so if any of you wanted to download it yourself, I'll save yourself the hassle and you can download it here.

The tune is something I wanted to have ever since I read on a forum recently that the song Carouselambra, which the poster liked, was nevertheless disliked by many Zep fans as, according to the person, it was like "Led Zeppelin going disco". I tried to find it, but for the longest time, I could find *every* song from the album In Through The Out Door except Carouselambra. To me it suggested that it must not be one of Zep's most beloved tunes. Finally, a few days ago I found it and I could put it on one of the 3 Led Zeppelin CD's I burned, not to mention put it up here.

Like I said, it's from In Through The Out Door and it's certainly the most synthesizer-heavy album they ever did. It's also the last album they recorded before Jon Bonham passed away the next year. Yeah, there was Coda but that was a few songs they recorded in the 70's and chose to release officially in 1982. Who knows what would've happened if Bonham wouldn't have died and they could have recorded new songs for the 80's and beyond. I heard that the band was growing tired of being on the road and all the grind that goes with being a huge rock band, but in terms of music, how would it have been? Would it be like In Through The Out Door or would have it been more guitars like their other albums?

Anyway, the album still has some cool songs that you probably know, like Fool In The Rain and All My Love, and cool songs you may not know but should, like In The Evening and South Bound Saurez.

Led Zeppelin-Carouselambra (14.52 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/4422225b8c203f/


I'll be back Friday night with a song that actually is a disco tune from a rock band that everyone knows, and you'll be stunned who did it if you have not had the pleasure of listening to the song before.

No Upload Today, But A Funny Story Instead

Unfortunately my schedule was changed and I ended up at a STRIP CLUB last night after a wrestling show. The experience was rather bizarre, but what may have been the strangest thing was seeing a girl do a pole dance to The Boys Are Back In Town, but before that, she danced to Mr. Roboto. MR. ROBOTO! That's totally awesome beyond words.

The next few days will be way busy for me so my next upload won't be until Wednesday afternoon, most likely. Sorry!

Yet Another Case Of Me Being Topical

In recent days, songs from the band Canned Heat have been heard in TV commercials, and in odd ways too. Total cereal used On The Road Again (no, it's not the Willie Nelson song) in a "groovy" ad.

Before that, though, the NFL Shop website had a commercial out which used another song from the band. It's their take on the Wilbert Harrison song Let's Work Together. It's one of their most famous songs. I first heard it on a compliation CD box set of more obscure 70's tunes. I'm sure that most people know On The Road Again or Going Up The Country, another tune that has been used in ads before. But, they had other good tunes. For example, they performed at Woodstock and had their music in the movie of the same name. I just never expected this tune to be used to shill NFL merchandise, you know.

Canned Heat-Let's Work Together (192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/4307913d14de0b/

I'll be back Sunday afternoon with my next upload.

Star Wars Trumpet!

You can't say that I'm unhip ALL of the time. For example, today's entry has to deal with a viral video that just a few days ago started to become very popular. I first saw it on Friday night after I had gotten home from by far my worst experience at a movie theatre. The video helped me feel better.

It's of a girl in the talent portion of some beauty pageant in Nebraska, or so the video says. The contestant plays the Star Wars theme on her trumpet, or at least that was the intent. It's been up since late July but it was discovered by the popular viral video sites a few days ago and it's spread like wildfire; now you have a video where someone leaves text comments on the "action" and in another, the audio is dubbed over the famed Star Wars Kid.

I can understand why it's so popular, as the video is embarrassingly bad. That girl's outfit is bad enough, but then you hear her trumpet playing and realize that she's not too good at that. As if you thought it couldn't get any worse, she did her "dance" during the Cantina Scene part of the song. Speaking of the song…

In case you did not know, the song that was used for Stacy Hedger's massacre was Meco's (nee Meco Monardo) Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band, a disco version of the theme from the movie that reached number one, I'm sure to the horror of many; I don't have any complaints with the tune myself, but I know that many have bashed it, even if only because it's a disco tune.

There are several versions of the tune floating around. First, there's the single version that is around 3 1/2 minutes long. I've also heard a 6 1/2 minute version. But me, I'm someone who almost always prefers having the full version of a song. So, that's why I found the original nearly sixteen minute (!) version of the song Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (12'' Disco Mix, to be exact), as found on the greatly titled Star Wars & Other Galactic Funk. Hey, you can download it and either stick it at the very end of a burned CD if you have 16 minutes to spare but want to save some songs for a later CD, or stick it on your iPod for similar reasons.

Meco-Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (12'' Disco Mix) (21.73 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/42439078504a5f/

I'll be back Thursday night, kids.

The Best Name For A Musician Ever?

I am sure you remember my upload where I posted the Timbaland track Give It To Me and referenced the J. Geils Band song with the same title. Well, now is finally the time where I put up that song.

Everyone knows Centerfold and also Freeze Frame, but far too many don't realize that they used to be a rock band with a strong R&B feeling to them. Give It To Me is a great example of this. It's an extremely catchy piano ditty concerning Peter Wolf singing about how he wants his lady to "give it" to him. I don't think I need to explain what "it" is referring to, especially when the song has the lyric "Why keep me cold when it's so warm inside?"; it's obvious that the "inside" is not referring to him being outside of her log cabin or anything of that nature! It's from the 1973 album Bloodshot, and all the songs I've heard from their pre-pop era (only a few) all kick ass, but this is the best. The first half of the 6 1/2 minute song is Peter singing about his woman, and the second half is them breaking it on down in an awesome jam. You have to love a jam like this. At least I heard it on the radio one time, which is more than I can say about many songs I mark out for.

You also have to love that the harmonica player had the glorious name of... Magic Dick. Magic Dick! You can't possibly come up with a better name than that.

The J. Geils Band-Give It To Me (192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/4165496c940eab/

I'll be off for a few days. I'll be back Monday night with the next upload.

To Ride Someone Else's Coattails Tonight...

To be honest, I'm feeling lazy and nothing interesting came to mind in terms of uploadage, so I looked on the Hypem website and found a blog entitled Versus (no, not the network that shows the NHL now and used to be the Outdoor Life Network) which had some interesting songs uploaded, including some nice dancetracks and a remix of a song from Hilary Duff that had... Slim Thug on it? Yes! I guess she's trying to go for street cred here... the remix of Somebody's Watching Me (located in the section devoted to Halloween tunes) amuses me as I heard the original version at a movie theatre, of all places, before the opening previews began.

The Fedde le Grand song remix is also cool. He's mainly known for "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit", a tune I may have to upload one of these days. It's one of the few dance songs that you can commonly hear at the Orlando establishment known as Mako's, which I was at again recently. You can read about the fun time I had there.

I'll be back Thursday night, this time with a regular upload, and I'll go back to the 70's for another obscure-but awesome-rock tune.

I Swear I'm Not Making This Up

Today is another day where I will post something that I heard in a recent commercial. I can't find evidence of this online, but I swear that I heard an ad for a "feminine" product, such as women's razors or something similar, use one of the main lines of an obscure song. I've only seen it once but if I can see it again then I can confirm it and prove I'm not pulling this out of my ass.

The song in question is The Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide, by The Kings. Yes, it's two songs but one runs into another and they're really the same tune, which is why they are always grouped together, and I've always heard the two together on the radio. Now, I've never heard the song played in Florida, but up in Illinois it wasn't uncommon on the stations that played classic rock, especially WXRX, back when they played classic and new rock. Now it's just new rock and it's not a good station, from the times I heard it when I was on vacation up there in the past few years.

Anyway, the song is quite catchy and is a nice slab of rock with synthesizers throughout. These guys were one hit wonders, for sure, but at least the one hit was quite unique and they were able to make it to American Bandstand.

The Kings-The Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide (7.84 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/4059624c0cfb7e/

I'll be back Tuesday night with the next upload.

A Little Driving On A Saturday Night

Here is a another post where I upload two versions of the same song. This time it's a tune that, if you know, is it most likely due to its inclusion in the classic film Boogie Nights, when The Colonel entered Jack Horner's house during the last party of the 70's.

The song is Driver's Seat, from Sniff 'n' the Tears. Not only am I putting up the original version of the song but also the 12 inch single of the tune, which is almost 6 minutes long. The longer version is certainly more obscure, which is why I'm posting both. Which one you think is better is up to you, but feel free to make that choice by downloading both.

Sniff 'n' the Tears-Driver's Seat (5.51 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/4016491880b113/

Sniff 'n' the Tears-Driver's Seat (12 Inch Version) (7.92 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/401660045e4031/

I'll be back Saturday evening.

Tender Touching Words... From A Metal Band

I was originally going to post a song that I had downloaded last night, but then I listened to it fully and realized that the song wasn't entirely complete, so I'd better not post it.

So, here is the substitute. I'll just post a heavy metal song from the 80's that I think it's awesome. I know it's not the best post I'll ever do on here, but considering the time constraints and all that, I'll try to do my best here.

It is In My Dreams from the band Dokken. I don't even really know too many of their other tunes but I discovered this earlier in the year via a zip file I downloaded from a messageboard that contained many "lesser-known" metal songs from popular acts of the genre. The rest of the songs were at least passable, but I thought In My Dreams kicked ass, due to how catchy it was, it's great harmonies, and all that good shit.

Dokken-In My Dreams (5.97 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/39795141e6c51b/

I'll do my next upload Thursday afternoon.

Rock Rock, Planet Rock

In this upload I decided to post something a little different from what I've put up as of late. This time around I am uploading a dance remix of a famous early hip-hop song. The song is Planet Rock, by Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force. Even today that song is awesome, in my opinion.

The remix I'm putting up was done by Paul Oakenfold for the movie Swordfish. Yes, it's the movie where Halle Barry showed her... well, you know. Having seen it, that's really the only reason TO see the movie! It wasn't too good, although the soundtrack was pretty groovy. In particular, his remix of Planet Rock was pretty awesome. He didn't really change it but rather enhanced it, and you can listen to both this and the original and enjoy either/or.

Planet Rock (Swordfish Mix)-Paul Oakenfold vs. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force (192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/392238361d67ef/

I'll be back Tuesday night.

It's The Remix

I wasn't sure until the day before what song I would upload next, but while listening to a random burned CD, I remembered a remix of a song that was the shiznit for about a week or two back in 2003. As I listened to the remix of the song Hell Yeah by Ginuwine, Baby (or Birdman), Clipse, and the famed R. Kelly. The remix happens to be on the same album as the original, The Senior.

The main reason why I downloaded the remix was that I could not find a non-mono version of the original song. I found the remix, downloaded it, and thought it was better than the original. Of course, in this day and age of shitty Top 40 radio and hip hop-R&B radio, popular songs get way overexposed than after a week or a month, you're lucky if you ever hear them again. Who knows how many people remember this 2003 tune, but hey, that's why I don't listen to those stations as much as most people do.

Ginuwine/Baby/Clipse/R. Kelly-Hell Yeah (Remix) (5.68 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3865495d13e1d8/

I'll be back Saturday afternoon, kids.

Crankin' That

I wasn't sure what I would post on here for my latest upload... at least until last night, when I returned to the grand old place known as Mako's and and a blast there. Speaking of that place, if you want to experience a taste of what the place is like-although this is more about MTV promoting it's usual bullshit and stereotypes-check out video from MTV filming some footage there for a pair of specials so you at least have some idea of what goes on there, although visiting the place in person is a much better way of understanding and experiencing all the debauchery that takes place there on a nightly basis. By the way, I have never seen any of the "All-Stars" work there in my life and I only recognized one or two employees there, and that was in brief shots.

How this ties into this upload is how during the night they played an already infamous song that people either love or hate; I'm talking about Crank Dat (Soulja Boy), from Soulja Boy. I'm in the latter camp, although I still admit the dance and the song is far better than that Chicken Noodle Soup shit from last year! Plus, I can't forget that the song was pretty over last night and you had quite a few people doing the dance... or at least attempting to do so.

In a totally roundabout way I found a download where the song has a dance beat added to it, and this version ends up being far better than the original, IMO. It's from a dude known as Cousin Cole and he deserves mad props for this.

Crank Dat (Soulja Boy) (Cousin Cole Remix) (10.74 MB, 320Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3811283c533f96/

I'll be back Wednesday night with another rap song.

Kickin' It Old School

After I finished with the Led Zeppelin block of songs I wasn't sure what song I would put up next, but then I saw a new Honda Accord ad that uses an ELO song. Kevin Spacey doing the voice-over for it was even more surprising for me; Kevin's a great actor, yes, but after I heard the rumor that he was gay, his role in American Beauty took on a new meaning.

Anyway, back to Electric Light Orchestra, a band that I think is awesome, even if other people don't. The song used in the Honda Accord ad was Hold On Tight (To Your Dreams), something that sounds like it is from the 50's or 60's, even though it was a 1981 album, "Time" to be exact. It's a cool song to use but there's a similar-sounding tune that I like even better. It's from 1983's "Secret Messages" album, but I'll get to it in a moment.

Electric Light Orchestra-Hold On Tight (To Your Dreams) (2.86 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3759611723716d/

Here is the song I was referring to from Secret Messages. It is not Four Little Diamonds, as made famous in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, but instead Rock 'n' Roll Is King. I think it's even better than Hold On Tight. Unlike the other tune, I have it on CD. The 3 CD collection was Rockin' 80's, which proved to be a steal at 9.99. The Final Countdown, Working For The Weekend, AND Cum On Feel The Noize? Sold! The best song I had not heard of before I bought it proved to be the ELO track.

Electric Light Orchestra-Rock 'n' Roll Is King (192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/37597495f43262/

I'll be back Sunday night.

It's A Real Fine Place To Start

In this final post where I post Led Zeppelin songs-although in the future I am sure I will post another track or two-I am posting two tunes, one of which is another one that is atypical of them, but the other one is a rocking tune.

The first is the atypical song. It's a track from their Houses of the Holy album. It is known as The Crunge and as you can read in its Wiki entry, the song is their version of a James Brown song. James Brown! Talk about strange, and yet it turns out well. I remember chatting about this with a friend back in my college days and when I mentioned the style of the song, my friend was shocked and wondered if Zep was particularly heavy into drugs at this point in their career. I would not be shocked if that proved to be true. I mean, I'm not even sure what a crunge is supposed to be.

Led Zeppelin-The Crunge (4.52 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/37213976ca7443/

The second song is a live track from the "How The West Was Won" album. The tune is "The Ocean", which in original form was also on Houses of the Holy. Now here's a rocking tune for you guys that has one of the most memorable riffs from Zeppelin, and that says a lot. It's been sampled by the Beastie Boys, among others. It's one of my favorite tunes from them, and the live version does a great job of mimicking the original.

Led Zeppelin-The Ocean (3.94 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/37211830b8fece/

I'll be back Thursday night.

You're Supposed To Make Love To The Second Side of Zoso!

For the second Led Zeppelin song, I will put up something that is atypical of their usual work. Most people expect their songs to rock out and kick you right in the balls. Yes, there's Stairway, but at the end it gets rockin'.

However, here is a track from the album Physical Graffiti (which is one I own and is awesome)that is more blues-y in nature and is another song that sounds like it could be from the 50's. It's Boogie With Stu, a song with an interesting story by it that you can read about if you click on the Wiki entry I have associated with it. They tried to do something nice for Ritchie Valens and they ended up getting in trouble with it. Those damn record companies. Anyway, this is a tune that you should probably enjoy even though there's no electric guitars involved.

Led Zeppelin-Boogie With Stu (5.34 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3683735168af34/

I'll be back Tuesday night.

Led Zeppelin Is Something Else

I apologize for getting this up late, as Thursday was just not the best day to upload a tune, so that's why instead I'm posting it now. I always feel like an ass for not living up to my word, even with something that everyone else would feel is inconsequential. That's just how I am.

The major music news for the week doesn't have anything to do with Kanye vs. 50 Cent or any of that nonsense. Instead, for the first time in 19 years Led Zeppelin is going to perform in concert. It's November 26th in London at a benefit concert which will include Foreignor, which I found to be odd until I realized that Jason Bonham, who will be drumming for Zeppelin in place of his famous father, has been in Foreignor for the past few years, so there you go.

Picking just a few songs to upload here is a difficult task as all of their albums have songs that you usually don't hear on the radio (unless you live in an area where the local classic rock station spends about 20 minutes a night playing all Zeppelin tracks, as Orlando's 96.5 does every Monday through Friday night with "Getting The Led Out" segment) but yet are still awesome.

For example, on Getting The Led Out I've been able to listen to some tracks from the BBC Sessions album, released 10 years ago. The one I'm putting up is a track done live in the summer of '69, which was between their first and second albums. The song is Something Else, originally done by Eddie Cochran, best known for his writing and performing of the classic Summertime Blues. Zeppelin's version is a quick (barely over 2 minute) ditty where they rip through it in an aggressive manner. It also includes a heavy piano part, so I presume-given that I haven't heard the original-that it does a great job of capturing the spirit of the original version.

Led Zeppelin-Something Else (3.58 MB, 234Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/36408285632d54/

I'll be back Sunday afternoon (I promise!) with another tune from Zeppelin's library of songs.

Whoops

I got wrapped up in too many things so I will be back in 24 hours time with the update I had planned, which does have to deal with the big music news that came out a few days ago, and no I'm not talking about Kanye vs. 50 or Britney.

You Can Stick It Up My...

I know I've been farting around with this for awhile, but finally I feel like putting this up. No, I won't be doing a blog about Britney's new songs as they are pretty easy to find if you Google them, but via a messageboard I found out that she performed tonight at the VMA's, which needless to say I did not watch, and her performance was rather listless and boring, as you can see for yourself. 50 Cent's reaction summed it up quite well.

What I'm putting up instead is a pair of songs from an artist who is best known for a curio from the 80's; how the song became popular is mystifying to me as it's more of a joke track than anything else.

That's right, it's Strokin', by Clarence Carter, a guy who actually was a well-known R&B musician in the 70's. I don't know much about his career except that he's someone who you would not have thought back in his heyday to end up singing bawdy (at least for the time period) tunes about having sexual intercourse with women... and with himself!

It's not a song I've really heard often and I never downloaded it until just a few days ago. Boy was I surprised when I listened to this version of the tune and found out why it was labeled as being uncensored. In the last lyric, he says that his woman gets so excited when they do the deed that she goes "Ooh shit!", then even better, states that his woman told him if her pussy is too lose, he can stick it up her ass.

No, really. He stated it less bluntly than that, but it did not mean that I wasn't stunned when I first heard those lyrics. I mean, wow.

Clarence Carter-Strokin' (4.19 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3567805c569632/

To demonstrate that he used to sing more traditional R&B songs, here is a tune known as "Patches", originally by the Chairmen of the Board before Carter covered it and it became among his best-known tunes. It's a nice song about a man who lived a hard blue-collar life and it's quite the contrast to Strokin'.

Clarence Carter-Patches (3.09 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3567848d0d58f2/

I'll be back on Thursday night unless something pops up suddenly and I feel like updating sooner.

Criss Cross

This week I've had some interesting ideas for my next song to put up here. By the way, I found the master list of all the songs posted on my blog and it's updated, so nothing will encumber what I upload.

It'd be too easy to post "Love Hurts", as I'm sure many of you already know that it's part of an infamous scene in the new Halloween movie; Christ, I haven't even seen the new movie and I already know about it! It appears that most people are upset that it was a poor choice for song in the scene it was used in, rather than the song itself; that's good, as I'd raise hell if people had problems with the song!

Rather, I will upload the song that was probably new to most of you if you heard it being used during a new McDonalds ad that debuted last night; it was with an African-American lady and you see the young boy in the family dressed up in 80's hip-hop clothes and doing breakdancing-like moves with his food while the song plays in the background. I'm sure that most of the millions who saw the ad had zero clue what the song was. Well, I knew what it was, as I had heard it every time I've been to Motion at Disney World's Pleasure Island. Yes, they play it every night so that everyone in the club has a chance to dance along with it. It's pretty popular, and no I've never participated in it.

The tune is "Cha Cha Slide", from Chicago's own Mr. C The Slide Man, otherwise known as DJ Casper. I don't really have any other comments to make except that it's a great tune, even if only it's at clubs, where you can watch the video for it and get instructional tips on how to do the dance.

Mr. C The Slide Man-Cha Cha Slide (128Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/35309696df5393/

Since my schedule changed, my next tune will be up Sunday night.

You Don't Have To Hide Nothing No More

First off, I just realized that with stuff uploaded to zshare.net, it gets deleted 15 days after its last use, so if you're ever looking through my archives or whatnot and notice that a file I put up via zshare, megaupload, or another service is currently down, leave a comment on my page or send me a message another way and I can put it back up for you.

Today I am going to do something a little different. I'm going to put up the original version of a song (which is well-known as it's not that uncommon on the oldies stations) and a cover version that I heard on one of the music channels on my digital cable service; that cover version is pretty obscure, and even online it's hard to find info on the band.

The song I'm talking about is "Little Girl", originally done by the Syndicate of Sound. It was their only hit, really, but what a memorable song to have as your only song of note. It's a very groovy and catchy song that you'll probably recognize if you listen to the oldies station… or rather, "have listened", given that they are hard to find these days. At least in some spots across the country there's "The True Oldies Channel". In Orlando it's on an AM station, but north of Tampa it's on an FM station, so usually I can only hear it on FM when I'm traveling west, like to a wrestling show in a small town or some sort of event in the Tampa Bay area. Also, there's satellite radio and if nothing else, downloading MP3's and burning your own oldies CD's, as I've done a few times myself for me and my parents; I know, what a nice son I am.

Anyway, awhile back on one of the digital cable music channels I heard The Banned cover Little Girl and do a great job of it. It sounds different, yet carries the same spirit of the original. It was a great job, and yet it was a bitch and a half trying to find it. I finally found it online, so I downloaded it and here it is for your listening pleasure. Unfortunately, I can't tell you much about The Banned except that they were a British New Wave band and the song is from the late 70's.

Syndicate of Sound-Little Girl (3.44 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3489322c74b884/

The Banned-Little Girl (3.25 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3489408b55629e/

I'll be back Saturday afternoon with a new tune.

You Better Learn How To Kneel-On Your Knees, Boy

For this Labor Day weekend post, I will upload a song that doesn't really have anything to do with the holiday itself (although what COULD I post that would tie in, unless it was some song having to do with work? As none come to mind at the moment that would work well here…) but instead is yet another cover of a popular song.

One of U2's most popular songs is "Mysterious Ways". Funnily enough, it took me awhile to realize it, but U2 indeed is pretty good. I don't know why I used to think differently, but I will admit that in my life, my musical tastes have been known to change. Anyway, that also applies to a cover done of "Mysterious Ways" done by industrial rock band KMFDM for an obscure 1993 compilation album of cover songs mostly done by bands I have never heard of before. For the most part, their "music" isn't really to my tastes, and when I first heard their version of the song way back when, I didn't care for it at all. But with time, I for some reason changed my mind and realized that it's just about as good as the original. It's certainly different, though, after you get past the almost identical opening. You have a guy with a strange-sounding voice singing most of the song but the chorus is done by a female singer.

As an aside, I think this version of the song would make for nice entrance music for a female professional wrestler. Don't ask me why-my mind works in mysterious ways... by the way, last night I was at a real small-time wrestling show and saw a heel tag team use the song Kashmir, which I thought was awesome as more wrestlers need to use it. Of course, though, the team was a RUSSIAN tag team, so I don't know how a Middle Eastern influenced song would work for them, but alas... it's not like I know of any Russian black death metal songs they could use, though...

KMFDM-Mysterious Ways (4.33 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/34428353cfc79d/

I'll be back on Wednesday afternoon with a new tune.

I'm Radioactive

You know, somewhere in a Word file I have a list of all the songs I've put up on my blog. I need it now as I want to double check to make sure that I hadn't put a tune up on there already, but of course at this time I don't know which Word file it is in and I can't find it at this exact moment so that's why I'll put up another tune instead-one that I know hasn't been posted before. No, I'm not drunk right now, before you ask. That was the night before.

This song is by The Firm. No, not the supergroup album with those hip-hop artists. Rather, it was a rock and roll supergroup with Paul Rodgers of Bad Company and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. As with many supergroups the total was less than the sum of its parts but they did have a good song that I once in awhile hear on the classic rock stations in this part of Florida (although I have no clue if the tune is popular where you readers may live; I know that I don't remember hearing it in my time in Illinois), known as Radioactive. It's pretty catchy and not too long, at a hair under 3 minutes in length. It's certainly more of a song you'd expect from Bad Company than Zep, in case you were wondering. No matter what I think it's a good tune from the 80's, where in rock you usually expect a lot of hair metal.

The Firm-Radioactive (3.87 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/33974907b889a1/

I'll be back Sunday night with my next tune. This time around I should have more than a few minutes of time to figure out what the song will be.

Let Me See What You Got

Yes, this is another upload that has to deal with my night out on the town. In particular, this past Saturday night I went back to Mako's and had quite the wild time.

When I heard a particular song I realized it had to go on here. I had heard it a few times before, whether it was at a bar/restaurant in Ocoee, where I heard it for the first time, or at the former club known as Fusion. They played it at Mako's as it's perfect for a bar/club setting.

It is known as "Shake That Ass Bitch" and is from the Splack Pack. Even online it's hard to find info on that group, and I certainly can't add anything to the discussion, except that I presume they are a Florida group. It's a Miami bass song, and boy, depending on your car's system, it should sound great on it. The lyrics aren't that great, sure, but it's more about the music and how catchy it is (along with the great bass) than lyrical quality; they do get the job done, so that's the most important thing for a song that's really meant for listening in a bar or club setting, as I 've stated already.

Although, it apparently also goes along well with a Teletubbies video... it still isn't THE video of the moment, which of course is of Miss South Carolina and how her IQ is the same as what plankton possess! By the way, Aimee Teegarden is on the show Friday Night Lights.

Splack Pack-Shake That Ass Bitch (5.49 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3347574d82ba9d/

I'll be back on Thursday night with my next song.

My Name Is… Labi Siffre?

I am going to go ultra-obscure in today's upload.

It is a song that I first found on the great website known as Sample FAQ. I don't remember how, but I stumbled upon a song known as "I Got The" (or sometimes known as "I Got The Blues"; I believe the former is correct, although that's not for certain), by a guy known as Labi Siffre, who is someone I had never heard of before, and really knew nothing about at all.Recently I looked him up again and saw his Wikipedia page and discovered that he was a homosexual, which made the famous rap song that came out 8 years ago that sampled the tune quite shocking.

The song... "My Name Is", by Eminem! I don't know how Dr. Dre found the song, but it turned out to be a great sample to use. It's just interesting given Labi's background. For the record, the first 2 minutes of the 6 1/2 minute tune sounds like a total 70's lounge love song (not the best description, but that's all that comes to mind; you can almost imagine Barry White singing over the music) and then there's an instrumental part that was used in the My Name Is sample. Then, the last part of the song is a combination of the two.

Labi Siffre-I Got The (6.01 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/33050565e9fc36/

Speaking of Eminem, back when I mentioned in a previous post that his rapping career after the 8 Mile soundtrack was pitiful when before that it was so amazing, I had completely forgotten about how he sampled one of the worst songs of the 80's, "Toy Soldiers", and sampled it and somehow made it even worse than the original. Yikes. It's a shame, but maybe with his new album which is allegedly going to come out "soon", he can turn it around and make us forget how terrible "Encore" was.

I'll be back on Monday night with another song.

"Well, funny thing about my back, is it's located on my..."

Here is a post that is part movie review and part music discussion.

Yesterday, I drove to Tampa as I did a goofy double-header in movie watching that only I'd attempt. In the afternoon I watched I Know Who Killed Me, which yes, is the movie starring Lindsay Lohan that was released a few days after her second DUI a few weeks ago. I heard from several different sites that the movie is so preposterous it had to be seen to be believed. If you want to know the entire plot then read this review. I told you it was absurd.

I decided to see it for myself. Foywonder was right, it is a film that has to be seen to be believed. It's just batshit insane. I mean, even the soundtrack was wonky, although the song that played during her sex scene with that boyfriend was ridiculously awesome and sounded like a new reworking of a late 70's Eurodisco trashy song. If only I knew what it was, but one of these days I hope to find out.

Then, at night I went to a drive-in theatre to see the movie Superbad, a movie I've been interested in seeing since I first saw the trailer for it back in April. Part of the reason that it caught my attention was its 70's theme and its usage of good old funk music, something that I should spend a little more time talking about on here.

The movie lived up to my high expectations, and more. I agree with the millions that are praising it, as it was awesome and totally hilarious. McLovin is the man.

For those of you that have seen it, if you want to know what the opening credits song is-which has a passing resemblance to "Shining Star"-it is Too Hot To Stop, by The Bar-Kays. They've had quite the interesting career, sure, but they've had many quality songs, including this one, Soul Finger (also in the movie) and Holy Ghost, a song I'll have to upload one of these days, as it's an 8 minute monster.

The Bar-Kays-Too Hot To Stop (5.92 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3265529e90757e/

I'll be back by Saturday afternoon with my next upload.

Remembering Elvis, Part 3

For this last edition of my tribute to Elvis, I decided to go campy and not because I want to be an ass and disrespect the memory of this great icon (after all, I have a t-shirt with him on it that I got in Memphis in 2003 when I went there with two people I knew for spring break.) but rather for curio reasons and to show that even he sang bad songs, so here are a trio of tunes from an infamous bootleg album known as Elvis's Greatest Shit. Nevermind how I found it, although it's not difficult if you Google the term… but yeah, nevermind how I found it.

The first song is known as "Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce". Yes, that's what it's called! The reason for picking it out should be obvious. It's a song sung in the film Girl Happy. I mean, a tune that's supposed to be a jingle from a spring break town plugging itself… you have to feel sorry for how Elvis had to act in many films, most of which were genial and innocent enough, but still forgettable (I've only seen a few, but that's a general rule with the majority of his films). The song itself doesn't have the best lyrics, but the tune itself isn't that bad, which actually applies to all three songs here.

Elvis-Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce (2.72 MB, 256Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/32205655f3a7f6/

The second song has another incredible title... Yoga Is As Yoga Does! Yes, this was long before Stupid Is As Stupid Does. This is from Easy Come, Easy Go. Just WHY there is a song about yoga, I don't know, although from what I understand (I haven't seen this particular film) Elvis is a frogman this is probably not the best film in his filmography. Special notice has to be placed on trying to rhyme "serious" with "posterious". Yes, posterious is the word, rather than "posterior". Yikes.

Elvis-Yoga Is As Yoga Does (3.87 MB, 256Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/32206058bafc9a/

The third tune has another great title, although at least the song itself is a double entendre. It is known as "No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car", "rhumba" being a code word for "fuck your brains out", to state it as plainly as I can. It makes the song better if you make that substitution. It's from the film "Fun in Acapulco", a flick where Elvis never actually went to that tropical locale. Figures.

Elvis-No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car (3.42 MB, 256Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/32206263f4010d/

I'll be back Wednesday afternoon with a new tune.

Remembering Elvis, Part 2

It turns out that I won't have a lot of time to write on this blog so instead I will talk about some of Elvis's worst songs on Sunday and today I will actually show you guys a link to another blog which has an incredible find: All the songs from a bootleg recording done of Elvis's last ever concert, done at the old Market Square Arena in Indianapolis on June 26, 1977. The blog even has a review of the concert done by some hardcore Elvis-philes. You can either download any of the songs the typical right clicky way or you can download them via a Zip file. I'm sure all of you know this, but to open a Zip file you need a program like WinZip to do the deed.

From the brief listen I had of a few songs, I can tell you that the sound quality is acceptable enough for a bootleg and as for Elvis's performance... let's just say it was better than some of the horror stories I've read on how during the final years, his concerts featured him barely coherent at best. You should download it for its historical value.

Like I said, I'll be back on Sunday with the third and final part of my remembering this American icon.

Remembering Elvis, Part 1

We all know that today is the 30th anniversary of Elvis's death, with many people paying tribute to him. One sobering aspect of this is that the final years of Elvis's life were wrought with drugs... and well, more drugs. It was sad that Elvis's handlers allowed him to descend into a life this painful and terrible, but then when you realize that there are several current celebrity ladies out there (who do not need to be named) who have experienced problems in the past year or two with drugs and scandal and other calamities... it's clear that the handlers for, say, Britney, Paris, or Lindsay are not doing a lot to help curb their wild ways and a lot of people fear that they could end up turning out like Elvis's last days... it's sad, but anyway, onto happier things, which is putting up several Elvis songs in order to remember him properly instead of as a celebrity who met a horrific end. I just noticed a moment ago that there are many other bloggers who are doing the same thing. I haven't had a chance to really look at the tunes they put up, so maybe this will end up being a 3 part thing instead of a 2 part thing. I'll figure it out by tomorrow, I know that.

The first song is one that most people know (don't worry, the other two are obscure). It's Suspicious Minds, a song that is still common on the oldies stations (at least, when you can find an oldies station on your dial; in Orlando the only oldies station is on an AM station. The nearest FM one is a little north of Tampa so I usually can only hear it when I'm traveling towards Tampa or a wrestling show that is north of the area). It's a really good song about relationships and love and all that, and is sung in the one of a kind Elvis style, as it's a tune made for him. As it says in the liner notes to the great album "Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits", "A marked departure from much of Elvis's previous work, this time by virtue of its emotional complexity, musical maturity, and fresh take on blue-eyed soul... Elvis delivers a performance that is both passionate and self-contained."

Elvis-Suspicious Minds (6.29 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/317107028add70/

The second and third songs are live tunes that I found on the file-sharing services. This tune, which is a cover of one of the greatest rock songs of all time, Johnny B. Goode, is from, I believe, his 1973 "Aloha From Hawaii" concert special. The musicians he had for this performance just ripped through the tune at a breakneck pace and Elvis kept right up and delivered a blistering performance. Of course it's not as good as Chuck Berry's original, but hey the original is an all-time classic so that's not really fair.

Elvis-Johnny B. Goode (live) (2.83 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3171334249845e/

The third song, which I'm mainly putting up because it happens to be on the same CD as the Johnny B. Goode song, is Elvis covering yet another song that became another American musical chestnut. This song is known as Proud Mary, and is of course the most famous song from Creedence Clearwater Revival. Oddly enough, I've never really cared for the Ike & Tina version of the song, even though I know a lot of people do. It's nothing against them... I mean, their "Nutbush City Limits" is a song I'll have to upload sooner or later, as it's awesome. Anyway, the file says the song is a bootleg from January 26, 1972, which as far as I know is true. It's a song that isn't especially notable, but is still what you'd expect an Elvis version of the tune to be, and nothing's wrong with that, I say. An official version of the song can be found on his 1972 concert at Madison Square Garden.

Elvis-Proud Mary (live) (3.84 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/3171458f8c55fa/

I'll be back on Friday afternoon with some unfortunate songs from his legendary career.