A Tribute To George Carlin

As you are all aware by now, last weekend the great George Carlin passed away due to heart failure. He's someone who I've enjoyed for a long while now. His acerbic wit entertained millions, his examination of the English language and its many faults made you think… his honesty was always appreciated even if you didn't always agree with what he said. That's why I'm going to upload three files from him.

The first one is an entire performance. It's his 1992 album Jammin' in New York. The topics included the Gulf War (what he said then… it certainly applies to current events over there), airline announcements, and the pomposity of golfing. It's great stuff; for the near hour running time, you should be entertained. Rather than upload it all, it's easier just to link to the Google Video file where the entire special (identical to the album) is available for viewing. It's not that hard to find on file-sharing services.

George Carlin-Jammin' in New York

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2000718611607454884

The second one is Carlin being blunt in attacking various figures and people he feels should be torn down, including angels, white people playing the blues, and macho jocks. It's several tracks on his You Are All Diseased album. Here it's known as Things That Piss Me Off.

George Carlin-Things That Piss Me Off (12.71 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Comedy-%20George%20Carlin%20-%20Things%20That%20Piss%20Me%20Off.MP3

The third is an obvious choice. It's the most famous bit he ever did. Yes, it's Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television, from his Class Clown album. Need I say more?

George Carlin-Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television (6.45 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Comedy%20-%20George%20Carlin%20-%207%20Words%20You%20Can%27t%20Say%20On%20TV.mp3

This should hopefully provide a cursory glance at Carlin's career and why he's considered a comedy legend. I was fortunate to see him once live in concert. It was during Spring Break 2002, which was spent in Las Vegas. I was hoping to see someone along the lines of him perform, as it'd be a once in a lifetime opportunity. I found out that Carlin was playing at the MGM Grand. It was great. It was mainly material from Complaints & Grievances, which I heard already for the most part, but I didn't care. It was a great honor.

I'll be back on the 5th of July; I might as well take the holiday off, you know.

On A Long Lonesome Highway...

My apologies for getting this up so late, but Friday through Sunday night I was just swamped with various things so that's why this is up now.

Another song that I've been looking to download for awhile now was found by me a few days ago, making me pretty happy. It's another song which you'll best know from its live version becoming famous rather than the original album version, like with Peter Frampton's Do You Feel Like We Do?

I'm sure everyone is familiar with Bob Seger's Turn the Page, the live song from his 'Live' Bullet album. But, the song was originally on an album that is either out of print or has never been available on CD, Back in '72; as far as I know this version has never been on an official CD before; what I have sounds like it was ripped directly from vinyl to a computer.

Personally, I think that the live version is better and that's probably why you only hear that these days, but as a curio (not to mention, if you're a Seger fan) you should download this, if only to compare the two.

Bob Seger-Turn the Page (7.08 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Bob%20Seger%20-%20Turn%20The%20Page%20%28Studio%20Version%29.MP3

By the way, Rest In Peace to George Carlin, who sadly passed away on Sunday due to heart failure. The next time I do this (this upcoming weekend) I'll upload a thing or two from this comic legend.

A Pair Of Tremendous Finds

Here is a blog post where I reference two posts I made more than a year ago, where in both I bemoaned that I hadn't found what I was looking for (to quote a famous Irish band), but within a great 24 hour span, I found them both via the greatness that is MP3 Rocket.

The first one is from March of '07. It's the classic instrumental Apache, here done by the Tommy Seebach Band. For the longest time I was looking for an MP3 of it rather than just a downloadable video of it, and finally it was discovered by me, to much glee and merriment. Technically, it's a WMA file rather than an MP3, but you should have no problem playing it, I hope.

Tommy Seebach Band-Apache (4.37 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Tommy%20Seebach%20-%20Apache.wma

The second tune is from the next month, and is X's version of Wild Thing. I won't repeat the story of how the most common version of the song available online is not only mislabeled, but also sounds spliced together. Rather, I'll just say that I finally found the single version of the song; in this rare case, I don't mind having that and don't pine for an album/longer cut.

X-Wild Thing (Single Version) (3.24 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Wild%20Thing%20%28Single%20Edit%29.mp3

I'll be back a week from Friday with the next upload.

RIP Bo Diddley

After hearing the news on Monday that Bo Diddley passed away due to heart failure, you know that I would have to talk about him on here, as he was an important figure in rock and roll history.

Besides his songs, Bo Diddley is also known for The Bo Diddley Beat, something that you'll recognize right away even if you didn't know what it was called. While you read the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame page all about his career, you can listen to a pair of songs that have the beat, one by Bo himself and the other by a 60's band who performed a song that became popular again in the 80's.

First, the song from Bo Diddley is called… Bo Diddley. You know, like how Bad Company had a song called Bad Company on an album called Bad Company. The song is pretty bad-ass for something from the 50's. I'm sure you'd like it.

Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley (3.48 MB, 192 Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Bo%20Diddley%20-%20Bo%20Diddly%20.mp3

The second tune is from the 60's and it uses the beat. It's I Want Candy, originally by The Strangeloves and covered in the 80's by Bow Wow Wow. While that wasn't too shabby, I prefer the original and it's 60 sound. Hey, love can be sugary sweet sometimes, although other times it can be just like black licorice.

The Strangeloves-I Want Candy (3.62 MB, 192 Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/strangeloves-%20I%20want%20candy.MP3

I'll be back a week from today to post another song.

Check Back Here Wednesday Night

My apologies for pushing things back, but I've been swamped the past 2 or so weeks, so it will be Wednesday night when I'll post a new upload. It'll be a funny rap song from someone who I didn't even know was still around.