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.