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.