A Quick Diversion

Once again I'm pressed for time so I have to change my plans around. Unfortunately I only have time to post two YouTube video links. It's in reference to a messageboard post concerning The Spice Girls. Someone mentioned that their song "Say You'll Be There" is a complete ripoff of the Carl Carlton tune "She's A Bad Mamma Jamma". I know, almost sounds preposterous but if you look at the two videos below, I'm now convinced that the person who stated that was absolutely right. I can't believe I didn't notice it before.

The Spice Girls video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmCkaOZyqrg

The Carl Carlton video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9pH3VOibI4

Check back here on Monday night as I'll write more about this situation and I'll even provide uploads of both tunes; hey, I'm being topical here.

Whoo!

I happened to return to Service Industry Night on Sunday night, but I go into more details on that on my MySpace blog; my page is helpfully listed amongst the links on this page. There are several interesting tales to tell, believe me, and of course they mainly center around the effects that alcohol has on various people.

As for the songs I'm uploading tonight, they center around the aforementioned DJ Baby Anne, the Orlando DJ who has released several Florida Breaks CD's (a new one, known as "Past Present Future" is supposed to come out July 10th; at least that's what her MySpace page says). Aside from the one time I saw her at Fusion, a club in Orlando (don't get me started on that place; yeah, it was a joint I went to several times last year but shit happened and I haven't been there in months, and who knows if I'll ever get back), the times I've seen her were at the House of Blues in Orlando. Those occasions were fun times. I remember that one time, she was part of a group of DJ's who got together as a benefit for Hurricane Katrina, I believe it was. For one dollar, you could not only donate the George Washington to charity (I know, it's not much, but at another occasion, at a Best Buy, I gave 5 dollars to Red Cross, who were set up there looking for donations for Katrina) but you also received a ticket for that upcoming Thursday's DJ Z-Trip concert. That turned out to be the best dollar I've ever spent, but I'll talk about that soon in a later update.

The first song I'll upload is another one from Anne's Mixed Live album. This one is known as "2001", and yes, it's based off of the song from the Stanley Kubrick movie. In case you don't know, the orchestra version of the song is also the theme music for pro wrestler Ric Flair, known as "The Nature Boy". Well, there was a wrestler in Florida known as "The Black Nature Boy", Scoot Andrews, who used the breakbeat remix of "2001" that I will present to you. It's a collaboration between DJ's Magic Mike and Infiniti. It's very catchy and dance-able, as you'll see if you preview it before downloading.

The other song is one actually done by Baby Anne rather than a track done by others that she mixed into an album or for a performance. This is a shortish but still quality track from her Mixtress album; in fact, it's the title track from the album. If you only buy one breakbeat album in your life, I believe this is the one you should get. This is SO awesome… it's the best representation I know of if what it's like to be at Service Industry Night or any other similar Florida Breaks performance. I give it my highest recommendations. The next time I do this, which should be on Saturday afternoon, I will upload another track from Mixtress and one from the 2005 album she did with Jen Lasher, "Assault & Battery".

DJ Magic Mike & Infiniti-2001 (3.41 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/24738992826289/

DJ Baby Anne-Mixtress (4.81 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/247399333d7144/

Check Back Here In 24 Hours

Unfortunately, the Chris Benoit situation I mentioned got a lot worse since what I mentioned in the last update. Mainly, he killed his wife and 7 year old kid before killing himself. All the hardcore wrestling fans are still numb and confused over the whole situation, and I'm amongst those who fall into that category, as many of those fans had previously thought of Benoit very highly, due to his incredible wrestling skill and hey, hardly anyone knew of his previous domestic problems so no one had any hint at all that this could possibly happen; it's a tragic situation all around, and I've spent a lot of time online reading various messageboards waiting to see the latest news on the siutation. So, that's why I haven't exactly spent a lot of time even thinking about this blog. But, to try and put me in a better mood, I'll have two new uploads tomorrow where I'll continue the dance theme I have going on.

No Uploads Tonight

There is a good reason for this, though. The pro wrestler known as Chris Benoit was found dead today, along with his wife and their young son at their home in Atlanta. This is REALLY shocking and tragic news, and as I'd like to see tonight's RAW show, which is going to be a tribute to him, my next uploads may not be until tomorrow night or even Wednesday afternoon. I'm sure you all understand why I feel this way.

This Is The Sound Of The Underground

Yeah, this is a little behind schedule, but you know, sometimes shit brings up that you can't do anything about… I'm fine now, though, so I'll continue on with today's upload.

I'm pressed for time at this moment still, so I'll post a song that was the first track on the CD from DJ Baby Anne that was a part of Moonshine's "Mixed Live" series; this CD was recorded in Las Vegas at the RA nightclub at the pyramid-shaped Luxor hotel. It's a nice place; I went through it one night when I was in Las Vegas in the spring of 2002. Oh I wish I could go back there sometime soon, but it's not in the cards yet.

Anyhow, DJ Baby Anne is a product of Orlando and is one of the best at the Florida Breaks style. That's the reason why I've seen her a few times when she was in town performing, not because she's nice to look at or anything!

This particular song is known as "This Is The Sound Of The Underground", by Jackal (of The Cyberian Knights), who is now a part of the Jackal & Hyde DJ duo. Not only is this a kick-ass song, but also one that I've heard at Service Industry Night more than once, and the chorus is a quick breeze through the main elements that made up this style, which is the Detroit music scene, Miami being the home of the "motherfucking bass", Germany being the home of the legendary electronic music group Kraftwerk, and also noted the influence of Afrika Bambaata on the genre (with "Planet Rock" and other influential tunes).

Jackal (of the Cyberian Knights)-This Is The Sound Of The Underground (7.13 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/2416226fc18247/

I'll be back sometime late Monday night and I'll say more about DJ Baby Anne as in the next few days I will upload some more tracks from a few of her albums.

Giving You A Dawn… Er, I Mean Afternoon Surprise

First off, I decided on using Z Share from now on, as not only is it more reliable than Megaupload, but you can also preview the entire song before you download it, a feature that I'm sure many will find to be handy.

Finally, here is the start of me talking about the type of dance music you hear at the House of Blues in Orlando. Here is something I wrote on my MySpace page a few days ago, so you can skip past the italics part if you've read it already.

House of Blues in Orlando for their Sunday Night Service Industry Night. It's a place I've been to quite a few times before, as they usually have music known as "electro breaks", "Florida breaks", or "Florida breakbeat" (there's no one set name for it), which is dance music that has electro influences in it and feature a lot of bass, to explain it as simply as I can. It's funky as hell music that is prefect for break dancing, which almost always takes place at these events. Now, this was the first time I was there this year, for reasons I'll get into in a moment. At Service Industry Nights, they have two resident DJ's, James Anthony and DJ Sandy, who both do a great job at picking out the right songs to play. They also have a few DJ's that play before and after the resident DJ's sets (the event goes from 10:30 PM to 3 AM) and sometimes they can be even better. Now, it's common for them to do remixes of popular songs, but the last time I was there they started mainly playing straight up Top 40 Rap or R&B songs, which I just did not understand.

When I returned last night, they played a few songs straight up, but otherwise when you heard popular tunes, it was remixed into the Florida breaks style. For example, there was Feel Good, Inc. But, at times the DJ's can get pretty adventurous in the songs they select. For example, in the past there was a remix of The Outfield's "Your Love", which was awesome. But, last night they were awesome in what they picked. "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2" was great, and "Welcome To The Jungle" was pretty popular, and as you might expect, the "Dance Dance" remix was popular with all the people who love Fall Out Boy. But a song that I never would have thought would have received the same treatment was the Cream classic "Sunshine Of Your Love." That's right, the song sung by Eric Clapton from the 1960's! I can't tell what most people thought of it as I wasn't near the dance floor at the time, but I marked out for it, and it was well done.

On Monday I was searching for something else when totally be happenstance, I found that the Sunshine of Your Love remix was actually from a single put out in 2005 by a band known as The Hoxtons, formerly the Hoxton Whores. I also found the video for the song; not bad. The only good copy of the song I could find was the radio edit, but hey, there's nothing wrong with that.

Cream vs. The Hoxtons-Sunshine Of Your Love (Radio Edit) (4.51 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/23770167a405fc/

I'll be back Sunday afternoon with an example pertaining to the Florida Breaks style.

My Apologies, But...

Unfortunately, Wednesday I ran into a problem with viruses on my computer so I had to spend that day trying to fix it all, a task that was only completed today, so I didn't really feel like nor did I have the time to start what I promised in the last update. I'll be back Friday afternoon with that. In the meantime, here is something I copied and pasted from my blog concerning ways to safeguard your computer.

No, this is not a blog where I discuss how to avoid those MySpace spammers or anything related to that site*, but rather, how to safeguard your computer in general against viruses, Trojan Horses, or whatever.

*Although, the best advice I can give towards that is that if you're logged in, you click on a page and suddenly it shows that you're logged out and you have to re-enter your username and password… don't do it! Go back to the preceding page. I've heard that's the most common way people end up getting those spam bulletins that go out under their name.

Now, way back in the past when my family first had a computer (back in the late 90's) we (not even me!) was that "tech-savvy" so we did get "bit in the bum" with problems concerning viruses and a Trojan Horse. Luckily I found a program that deleted the Trojan and since then I've made sure that both my and my parent's computer had an anti-virus program (such as Norton's or McAfee's; I've used both; if you can choose between the two then get Norton, although McAfee is just about as good) that was updated on a weekly basis (THAT is an important step you can't neglect) and since then I haven't had any problems… until yesterday. Note that I'm very careful in what I download and look at and if something does go wrong, then almost always Norton will note it and give me a warning not to download it, and/or it will prevent me from downloading it. Well, disaster happened yesterday due to one very sneaky and well disguised program and it took me whipping out the credit card and having to buy more than one program online in order to get rid of the viruses… Holy Christ was it ever a nightmare but finally, after a lot of hard work I believe that I got rid of everything (and along the way also deleted some minor adware and similar programs that were causing minor headaches for me, so it turned out well in the end). Yeah, it did cost money, but I know it would've been cheaper than having to mainframe taken in to have it all erased, as everything on the hard drive would be erased so you would have to burn the stuff you want to save on disc first, and yeah it was so well worth it to try and thankfully be able to fix everything on my own. Now, besides the advice of keeping everything updated, here is some recommendations on free programs and programs that cost money that you may at least think about getting, especially if you're experiencing virus trouble and what you have already can't get rid of it:

Free stuff:

Spybot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html). It will get rid of most of the minor adware stuff.

VirtumundoBeGone (http://www.knight47.com/downloads/Mundo-b-Gone.exe) If you do your scanning and discover that you have this nasty little bugger on your computer, then the only way I know to fully get rid of it for good is by downloading this program. Yeah, it will cause the dreaded "blue screen" to pop up after you're done, but in this case it's good. You just manually start up your computer again, and the virus is gone.

AVG Anti-Spyware (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-rootkit/us/crp/0) This is another tool to get rid of adware that other programs may not find.

Shit you have to pay for:

Trojan Remover: (http://www.simplysup.com/) This is supposed to be something that's free for 30 days, but I couldn't get it to work without spending 30 bones on it. It's ok, as it's well worth the cost. I've used it in the past to get rid of crap, and it's always worked (including yesterday).

Spyware Doctor (http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/) This will get rid of the "heavy hitters" that are on your computer that Norton can't delete. It's another 30 bones to get, but again may be well worth the cost to you.

The main thing that I have to stress is… be careful and never let your guard down.

I'm sure I'll be back sometime during the weekend with a new blog.

Leaving Them With A White Chin?

As I promised in my last upload, today's song will be a rap remix. It's been awhile since I've posted one of those, so now would be a good time for it.

The song I'm uploading is a remix of a song that was popular last year, which was Shawnna's "Gettin' Some" (as it was known on the radio), or in full, "Gettin' Some Head". By the way, I did not know right away that she was the daughter of Buddy Guy. When I discovered it, that bit of trivia was quite surprising, to say the least. Anyway, last year on a random music blog I found a remix of the song that featured Ludacris, Pharrell, Lil' Wayne, and Too $hort. Of course, it wasn't until just a few minutes ago that I saw this very remix is also included on the Block Music album that has the original version of the song. I've heard other remixes of the song but this is the only one that has been on any official album and not any "mixtapes" or whatnot.

Now, this remix is quite hot. Right away Luda gave props for Shawnna for the song somehow ending up on the radio (and also gave out a shoutout to Bill Clinton) and it gets better from there, as the song gets quite graphic and thus, if you're a fan of the type of lyrics that 2 Live Crew rap, you should download this as you'll like this too. I have to give my mad props (yo) to Lil' Wayne (or Weezy, baby!) for his verse, where he talks about "Fruit by the Foot" and the line that made me rewind the track and listen to it again to confirm what I had just heard (something I rarely do with rap tracks), which was..

"Santa Claus-I leave her with a white chin."

Wow. That line was a million stars due to its greatness. I mean, it takes a lot of lyrical talent just to be able to tie together Santa Claus and, ahem, covering a girl's face with your "fluids"!

Luda's contribution was also nice, talking about Ecstasy and drilling her with his tool. Like I said, you 2 Live Crew fans will get a lot of lol's with this track.

Shawnna, featuring $oo Short, Lil' Wayne, Pharrell, and Ludacris-Gettin' Some Head (Remix) (7.82 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y818VENX

Thursday night I will be back with a new song. It will be a dance track; it will be the start of me spending some time talking about dance songs, tied with my visit to the House of Blues in Orlando and their annual dance party on Sunday nights. I may also decide to switch the file service that I upload tracks to yet again.

Ja Rule, Rock Star?

In my last update I mentioned the strange teaming up of Ozzy Osbourne with DMX and ODB for a song. I realize that sounds bizarre, but wait until you hear the song I'm putting up today. It's something that I never recalled hearing about when it was released; during late 2003, I believe it was, I somehow stumbled upon the song and I downloaded it right away, mainly to see if it was true, as it sounded just too bizarre to be anything but a fib It was a song from a compilation album by producer Swizz Beats. After listening to it, it was confirmed that it was true. It was a rock song produced by Swizz and mainly sung by the often attacked in battle raps Ja Rule, a guy who's been criticized for, among other things, being a thug one minute and singing with Ashanti the next (although shot 9 times 50 Cent DID do Candy Shop…). I was shocked that I hadn't heard anything about it as I assumed that the fans of the legendary thrash/metal band would have pitched a huge shit fit over them participating in THIS kind of project, although I guess that with the Napster controversy and the search for a new bassist after Jason Newstead left, they were already a little peeved with the band. Plus, it was a song on the soundtrack to the film Biker Boyz.

Yes, METALLICA did a song with Ja Rule. "What The Fuck?" is the perfect phrase to use in this case. It's not a song that sounds like anything you'd expect any of the guys to be involved with, but all things considered the tune itself isn't that shabby (it's certainly better than anything from their last album). It's just something that Metallica should never do again.

Ja Rule & Metallica-We Did It Again (6.50 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XYW7I3IY

I'll be back on Tuesday night with a remix of a rap song.

Why Should We Understand The New York Times' Effect On Man?

Ozzy Osbourne is someone who experienced a career renaissance along with rising in the pop culture world after that damned reality TV show he had on MTV a few years ago. I'm not a fan of reality TV, as you can see, but then again, it's nice that Ozzy became more well known than he has anytime before in his life and attention was brought onto his musical work, where he has sang many songs that I really dig, whether it was with the legendary Black Sabbath or as a solo artist. Plus, in a morbid twist of fate, I don't live that far from where Randy Rhodes passed away due to an airplane crash.

I was surprised when I found this out while looking for info on today's uploads. Someone on a messageboard mentioned this, and it was confirmed by me. Ozzy has done some bizarre collaborations, whether it was with Was (Not Was), Miss Piggy (yes, really), or my favorite, something done for the South Park album, which was him, DMX, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Crystal Method, and some rock band aligned with Diddy. I mean, I was "WTF?" when I saw the lineup. Did they pick names out of a hat for that? It's different, to say the least. One of these days I'll upload it here (I just have to find a version of it that isn't edited for language), but for now I'll discuss a song he did with Dweezil Zappa, a musician I don't know a lot about besides that he has a famous father who unfortunately gave him a rather poor choice of a first name.

The song… it's a cover of the Bee Gees classic "Stayin' Alive"! Yes, Ozzy singing a disco tune, you heard it right. The version of the song I downloaded was back in 2003, when the song was a bootleg track off of an album Dweezil did in 1991. The story as to why the track was not put on the album, and who sang the new track in Ozzy's place is a great tale. I mean, one of the Osmonds???

But, in 2005 the track finally got an official release, and I just downloaded it a few minutes ago (hey, I'm being honest here). It's identical to the bootleg except that the sound quality is better than on the bootleg. Ozzy and Dweezil do a real nice job on the track.

Dweezil Zappa & Ozzy Osbourne-Stayin' Alive (4.35 MB,128Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BBL6A4PU

On Sunday night I'll put up a song with a rather shocking collaboration between a well known rock outfit and a rapper. I'm a little taken back that people didn't raise up in arms over Ozzy appearing on the same track with DMX and ODB, but I'm even more shocked that people didn't get up in arms over my next upload considering who was involved.

We Both Know What Memories Can Bring, They Bring Diamonds And Rust

Today I will upload a pair of songs; actually, they are the same songs-it's just that one of them is the studio version and the other is the live version-of the Judas Priest cover of the song "Diamonds And Rust", by folk artist Joan Baez. I've actually heard the Baez version once before on the radio; it's a folk song, so believe me it sounds quite different from the version by Priest, to say the least (and I'm a poet and didn't know it).

The studio version is from the 1977 album Sin By Sin, while the live version is from the 1979 album Unleashed In The East, recorded in Tokyo. Both are very good tunes, but I usually prefer the live version just a little bit more. It's faster paced and just a little bit catchier (especially the opening) but both should be downloaded.

Judas Priest-Diamonds And Rust (4.73 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HEQV0853

Judas Priest-Diamonds And Rust (5.04 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7UQKVH9B

I'll be back Saturday afternoon with an upload of an Ozzy song. No, it's not his new single I Don't Wanna Stop as you can hear that on radio and it's currently number 2 on the Billboard "Hot Mainstream Record Tracks" chart so it's too "popular" for a blog like this, but wait until you see the upload I have, where Ozzy covers a song that you'd think would be among the last tunes he'd ever sing.

The Radio Played That Forgotten Song

Everyone knows the Golden Earring song "Radar Love". It's been featured in movies like Wayne's World 2 and can still be heard often on classic rock radio stations. It's a legendary song and it's reputation is well-deserved. It has also been recorded and played live by many other bands. I will now present one of those cover versions-this one is by White Lion.

White Lion is a band whose songs I otherwise don't really care for, but they did a great job on delivering a heavy metal cover of Radar Love. Yeah, they made it less musically adventurous than the original, but it's still a very good song. I've only heard it on the radio a few times, which is a shame, as I think it's by far the best White Lion tune.

White Lion-Radar Love (8.20 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DU9HASNA

I'll be back Thursday afternoon with a pair of songs.

I Wish Paris Hilton Was Blind

I'll make this short and sweet as I'm low on time. To be topical I will upload a song sung by none other than Paris Hilton. Yes, believe me, I'm one of the millions around the world who celebrated together and almost cried tears of joy as we watched her cry tears of agony and cry for her mommy and act like an 8 year old when she got sent back to the slammer, when she never should've been let out in the first place.

I will now post another song I got from the Ministry of Sound 2007 Annual album. This time it's a remix of the main song from Paris's sole album. Yes, it's "Stars Are Blind", and this particular dance remix was also included on the CD single to the song. It is known as the "Tracy Does Paris" remix, the Tracy in question being DJ Tracy Young. Trace does a nice job with the song; I mean, the original wasn't that bad, believe it or not (it certainly beat anything done by Lindsay Lohan) but Paris's vapid vocals (which are a perfect match for her entire persona) are great for dance songs, so it works.

Paris Hilton-Stars Are Blind (Tracy Does Paris Club Mix) (6.67 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7WGQDK0A

I'll be back in 24 hours time with an 80's cover of a familiar classic rock radio station staple.

One Misanthrope Discussing Another

In today's comedy upload (the last one I'll do for awhile; I'll return on Sunday night with new song uploads) I will discuss the comedian that is ranked by many as being at or near the top alongside Pryor-of course I'm referring to George Carlin.

I realize that George is more hit and miss than Richard (especially when you talk about the contents of his books) but when he's on, he's great. I was privileged to see George perform at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas when I was there on Spring Break in 2002. I wanted to see a famous comedian perform in Las Vegas while I had the opportunity, and fortunately Carlin was there at the time. He mainly did the material from his HBO special Complaints & Grievances (which I saw a lot of while at a friend's house one night in late 2001), but I didn't mind hearing it again. In concert, he also bashed Las Vegas and how corporate and tourist it was.

Here is an entire album of his work. Now, it is hard to find his older album material or even any tracks from it (I have a cassette of his 70's work, including the famed Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television). This album I put up is great all around. It's 1992's "Jammin' In New York". The opening track discusses Bush & Iraq and how it was covered by the media; in 2007 it's just as relevant as it was 15 years ago. The rest of it is also great. Hopefully you won't have any problem d/l'ing the link, as I know that for some reason it's down at this moment.

George Carlin-Jammin' In New York (full album) (53.1 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2P0M2RFE

Now here are some tracks (combined together under the name "Things That Piss Me Off" that I believe were recorded from the HBO special rather than the album "You're All Diseased", but in any matter, it's almost 15 minutes of George griping (no, I don't like him just because he gripes even more often than I do!) about cigars, angels, Harley-Davidson, and more.

George Carlin-Cigars, Angels, Harley Davidson, and House of Blues (9.53 MB, 96Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YCHI0ZN7

Like I said, I'll be back Sunday night, and the Blair that puts up songs will return.

Richard Pryor + Black Eyed Peas = Interesting Post

Instead of what I had planned on uploading, here is something else, which is audio from an 80's VHS of a concert that Richard did in 1971. The video is called "Richard Pryor Live & Smokin'". Here is 42 minutes of audio taken from the DVD.

Richard Pryor-Live & Smokin' (38.97 MB, 128 Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2MI7YTGX

Tomorrow I will do the final comedy uploads for now; they will be stuff from George Carlin. After tomorrow I will get back to uploading songs.

Speaking of songs, I found out that there is a tribute album being released of John Lennon songs done as a way to raise money for the Darfur situation. As you can see, many major artists are involved, but some of them are people you'd rather not hear sing Lennon's solo tunes-for example, Avril Lavigne and the Black Eyed Peas! Thankfully they have sound samples up, and yeah, their covers sound terrible. If I can find the full songs online, I'll have to upload them on here. Like I said, I will be back on Friday with my final comedy uploads.

Video of A Comedy Legend

Unfortunately I ran into a problem with the album I downloaded that I hoped to upload, so instead , I will first post some links (remember to click on them to see the videos) to some visual evidence of Richard Pryor's talents. Comedy is an audio AND visual art. I mean, listening to albums is great but you lose out on things like facials. gestures, expressions, and overall body movement.

First, here is a video from the "Live on the Sunset Strip" movie. He talks about how he once worked for the Mafia.

Here is a clip from the "Live in Concert" movie. He talks about his run-in with the police.

In an educational vein, here is Part 1 of 6 of a British documentary on the man. The other volumes can be found in the list of similar videos to the right of the video.

I'll be back on Thursday with a posting of the new audio I'm still in the midst of downloading of Mr. Pryor, plus I will discuss an album I heard about just last night, and it's an album that appears to have some very horrifying tracks on it that of course I'll have to upload on here in the future just so I can mock them!

I'll Be Back Wednesday Evening

Unfortunately I ran out of time to do my planned post today so instead it will be up Wednesday night. That is all.

I Said, B*tch You Ain't Gonna P*ss In The Car!

Believe me, it's tough to pick out the "best" Richard Pryor tracks to upload, as many of the stuff I have is so good it's rough having to decide which ones would be the most apposite for uploadage.

Today I decided to go with a trio of tracks from the "Wanted: Live In Concert" album, which was an album of material that was based off of stuff said in the Live in Concert movie, but the movie and album were recorded in different places on different nights. I know this as I have recently seen the movie. Admittedly, it wasn't bought but instead downloaded, but… The three tracks are all related to each other and it's a topic that may sound surprising, but it deals with nature and the woods. Richard ends up talking about going into the woods with his pops as a kid and it led to him going off on several different tangents; from an unlikely source of humor, Pryor, as typical, gave a raucous performance. Enjoy all the three tracks (presented in proper order).

Richard Pryor-Nature (3.22 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D2HYKM11

Richard Pryor-Things In The Woods (2.95 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6NCVHGQC

Richard Pryor-Deer Hunter (2.78 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U8OT75WQ

Tuesday I'll be back, but this time I will upload a hard to find Richard Pryor album, along with some streaming video links.

...And It's Deep, Too!

I decided to do something a little different for the next week or two; instead of uploading songs, I will instead put up either albums or sketches from albums from some comedy legends. I know, it's not exactly music, even though at places like Amazon.com, spoken word albums are grouped in with music and more importantly, in the past you used to have musical artists perform either before or after a comedy routine. For example, in the movie "Richard Pryor: Live In Concert," Patti LaBele performed before Richard's set. You don't see her in the movie but the producers acknowledged her in the beginning of the film.

Ever since Richard Pryor passed away in late 2005, I have been looking for albums of his to buy, but except for "… Is It Something I Said?", the only ones you can find are compilation albums, which is great and all and they are rather comprehensive, but if you don't want to buy a 9 CD box set, then the best bet for you who want to start off with much of his best material right away is "The Anthology (1968-1992)", a 2 CD set of 26 tracks. It's what I bought; it's a great deal. There are also live concert movies out there to get. Awhile back I got a 2 DVD set of his concert movies "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip" and "Richard Pryor: Here And Now". The former was marred by obvious editing throughout where you see people laugh but it's obvious that they aren't laughing at the joke or comment that you just saw seconds earlier; it's so jarring and unneeded that it's distracting, although the material was still great; the latter was marred by asshole hecklers, but there was still some classic material.

But, there is a whole world of material out there that you can get via P2P services like Kazaa or MP3 Rocket, which is what I used to find a lot of tracks.

I'll start off, though, by posting a track from the aforementioned Anthology set, as an enticement for you to purchase it, as it's a must-have; Pryor just may be the funniest comedian of all time. He certainly wipes the floor with many of the current "popular" comedians out there, such as Dane Cook, Jim Norton, or David Cross.

Picking just one track is difficult but I decided to go with one where you can easily see his genius, so I went with a track from the record album version of "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip." This is "Hospital," where he talks about the infamous incident where he burned himself after a night of freebasing. He doesn't say it in the track, but later it was made clear that the incident was a failed suicide attempt. Obviously, it's a sad and tragic moment, and yet he made it hilarious in a 10 minute dialogue where he talked humorously of the incident and his long recovery process.

Richard Pryor-Hospital (9.38 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VY5NRTYW

On Sunday I'll upload some harder to find tracks for y'all.