Oh Yes, This Will Get Stuck In Your Head

Tonight I will post two tunes that are very closely related to one another. I heard the first tune in a rather odd manner, and the second one was just a few days ago.

Don't ask for the story behind this, but I ended up listening to a radio station out of Montreal, CHOM. On it I discovered a ditty I had not heard of before; I hadn't heard of the band either.

That song was The Mexican, by Babe Ruth. Yep, an English band named after the legendary baseball player. This was their biggest hit, for sure. As mentioned in the Wikipedia link I provided already, the song was based off something done by Ennio Morricone, which is always badass.

Anyhow, the song is catchy… catchy to the point that I'm sure you'll get it stuck in your head for the next 12-24 hours after you first hear it, and then (possibly) repeat the next few times you hear it! While it's odd for a bunch of blokes to sing about Santa Anna and the Alamo, but nevertheless, don't be afraid to shake your ass to this... or what I'll bring up in a moment.

Babe Ruth-The Mexican (5.29 MB, 128Kbits/second)

In 1984, legendary dance figure "Jellybean" Benitez, was a big help in starting out Madonna, did a remix of The Mexican, and he was able to snag Babe Ruth's lead singer to re-record her vocals for this; hey, I'm sure she wasn't doing much at the time, considering that the band was broken up for years by this point. It sounds like what you'd expect an electro version of the song to sound like; this is a good thing. By the way, this is the "dance mix" of the song, meaning that it's almost 9 minutes long. It's not too difficult to find via legal means.

Jellybean-The Mexican (7.99 MB, 128Kbits/second)

I'll be back on the 30th of September. This is because I'll be tied up all next weekend with a great pair of wrestling shows.

Stick It Up Your... Nose

To start this off I will mention that I now rip songs onto my computer using a different service. Up to a few days ago I used Roxio. But, I grew tired of it and I mainly used Nero to make burned CD's or DVD's of videos/data. So I uninstalled Roxio… before thinking about what I would use to rip songs onto my computer.

But, I realized that Windows Media Player, which I of course have, has the option of ripping music. So, I tried that and that's what I should have been using all along. I mean, more often than not it'll recognize the song, artist, and album that is being ripped, which is handy in various ways, including putting stuff on your hard drive so that you can play it in Audiosurf. Trust me on this.

Anyway, with that out of the way… I was inspired to upload this tune after I heard a rumor somewhere that a music producer for Queen had passed away. However, using resources such as this, it seems to be untrue. When I heard that tidbit, I wondered if it was Roy Thomas Baker, a producer of many artists and albums who arguably had the most success with the group led by Freddie Mercury. Thankfully he's still alive and kicking.

This leads into how The Darkness used him on the album One Way Ticket to Hell… and Back, their second (and last) album. Now, I thought they were a pretty kickass band that were a throwback to awesome 70's acts, with the novelty of a high-pitched frontman. Well, most Internet opinions seemed to suggest that The Darkness were one of the worst bands of all time! I never found out just why these assclowns thought this way. Then again, most of those fools seemed to like douche-y music, so… that's why I didn't pay much attention to those people, if their tastes were so terrible that they'd support awful music such as that.

I'm sure many of you have heard I Believe in a Thing Called Love, but I'm sure you haven't heard anything from their second album. I'll introduce you to the lead track from the album, called One Way Ticket. It starts off with a one minute section where you have what sounds like Gregorian chants, a sitar, pipes, and other "mystical" shit. Then, you hear someone snorting a like, making it obvious what the tune's about; Justin Hawkins singing about it is awfully ironic, considering his usage of that drug led to the band dissolving! Yep, the white powder. After that, the song rocks out real awesomely. This is the type of stuff I wish would have been on the rock stations instead of the aforementioned douche-y music.

The Darkness-One Way Ticket (6.08 MB, 192Kbits/second)

I'll be back around this time next week.

RIP Jerry Reed

Finally, I have time to do this, and yet instead of writing a whole lot, I'll just point you in the direction of a page which will offer up many songs for you to download from this late artist. Yeah, an individual that passed away.

In case you didn't hear, this past Monday, Jerry Reed passed away due to complications of emphysema. I'm sure that many will know him due to his role in the Smokey & The Bandit films. But, he had more of a career than just that. He acted in other movies, and even executive produced Bat*21. He briefly hosted a variety show in the 70's. But, he had a very long career as a country music singer. This page will direct you to blogs which list his most famous songs, and also list some comments on his life and career.

I'll be back Friday night, and this time I'll be more punctual.

Check Back Monday Night

I apologize for another delay, but since Friday night I've been swamped with things, from seeing the first two Indiana Jones movies on the big screen, to spending most of the day on the Atlantic coast of Florida. I'll have something up Monday night, I promise.