The Last Post of 2008

Hello everyone. I hope you have or will have a good New Years Eve and New Years Day. It’ll be yet another sparse update for me, as hey, while I’m at home chilling, I’m still consuming alcohol, so I’d rather be doing that now, to be honest. Anyway, what I’ll do is repost three songs that I posted way back in 2007 that are not currently available for download anymore on this page… until now.

The first song I talked about in this post. It is a song from the J. Geils Band, back in the 70’s before they went new wave. It is Give It To Me, not to be confused with all the other songs wit the same name.

J.Geils Band-Give It To Me (5.94 MB, 128Kbits/second)

The second song I talked about in this post. It is a song from the brief “supergroup” The Firm. While like most supergroups they didn’t stick together for that long, at least this tune, Radioactive, was pretty cool, especially given how “corporate rock” was in the 80’s for the most part.


The Firm-Radioactive (2.6 MB, 128Kbits/second)

To add more variety, the third song, located here, is an old-school rap tune from way back when. It’s Kurtis Blow, as a matter of fact. I don’t know too many of his songs, but this one-The Breaks-is an all-time hip-hop classic.

Kurtis Blow-The Breaks (10.7 MB, 192Kbits/second)

Funnily enough, Bestsharing.com is not even an operating website anymore. Also funnily enough, the three links I used here I found elsewhere; they're not my uploads, in other words. Hey, if they still work... might as well use them, right?

I'll be back on Friday the 9th of January with something new.

Ho Ho Ho

Hello everyone. I apologize for this being up a little later than planned, but I had to do other things first, including watching the Bears win against the Packers last night.

I’ll wish everyone a Happy Holidays, no matter which holiday you do or don’t celebrate during this time of year. To me, the Christmas season isn’t the same as it was back when I was a kid. I could explain why I feel this way, but I’ll spare you all. It just isn’t the same, let me reiterate.

But, I’ll repost something I posted last December, as there’s really no interesting new (or old, for that matter) Christmas songs that strike my fancy enough for an upload.

Here is the post in question. And here is the song reuploaded.

Eazy-E Merry Muthaphuckkin' Xmas (8.08 MB, 192Kbits/second)

Again, I wish everyone Happy Holidays. I’ll be back sometime on Wednesday the 31st with a more substantial post than the last few I’ve done.

I'm Just An Average Man With An Average Life

By the way, earlier tonight I heard a new song from Fall Out Boy from their upcoming album, to be released in a matter of hours. What stuck out for me (besides the song being terrible; sorry, FOB fans) was that it sounded like a copy of Personal Jesus! Honest. Yeah, it’s an album I won’t be purchasing. But, moving on…

Here is a song that I mentioned more than a year ago but didn’t upload myself. I’m bringing it up now due to its usage in a brand new commercial. Unfortunately, it’s a Geico commercial, and while it’s not one with those damned cavemen, it’s one with a stack of money with plastic eyes on top… yeah, that ad.

The song, though, is pretty cool. It’s a cover of the 80’s classic (if you stretch “classic” pretty thin) Somebody’s Watching Me, originally by Rockwell. The people who covered it, in contrast, weren’t the sons of then Motown head Berry Gordy. No, it’s not the Beatfreakz cover of the song, but rather another dance cover… this time, done by Germany’s Royal Gigolos. For what it is, it’s very catchy and I like it. I just wish it would be used in a better ad than one with money and plastic eyes.


Royal Gigolos-Somebody's Watching Me (4.5 MB, 192Kbits/second)

I'll be back Monday night the 22nd with an appropriate song for this time of the season.

Plagiarism?

Here is something that just broke a matter of hours ago; as someone who at least tries to be “hip” once in awhile, this is something I figure I should talk about on here. It revolves around the case of Joe Satriani suing Coldplay for allegedly ripping off one of his songs for their recent hit Viva la Vida.

It's certainly an interesting tale, but I think it's more coincidence or maybe even an unconscious ripoff rather than something deliberate. Say what you will about Coldplay (they're fine, I guess, but their music isn't really to my tastes most of the time) or Satriani (from what I've heard, the stuff he plays is technically fine, but not the most engaging stuff around), but I think that's the case. I also think that's the case with the OTHER cry of plagiarism revolving around Viva la Vida, as documented here.

If you want a recap of the situation (along with downloads), go here.

I'll be back a week from tonight (as I know this Friday will be busy for me) with a new song to spotlight (and probably upload).

I'll Be Back Monday Night

At the last minute I ended up going out last night, and I have stuff planned this weekend, so my newest upload will be up Monday night.