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.

A Trio of Finds

Hello everyone. As I plan on mentioning in a blog that I’ll post on MySpace tomorrow night, my computer went kaput on Tuesday night, but the next night an El Cheapo model was purchased and it will be used until next summer, when a high end model will be purchased. At least now I will be able to continue to do these, and upload songs and burn them onto my computer.

This past Sunday I went to Best Buy to pick up Chinese Democracy. If you think of it as Axl Rose and a bunch of other guys, and don’t think about how much time and money were spent on it, and you don’t compare it to Appetite for Destruction, then it’s a good album.

Tonight’s upload… actually, it’s not an upload, but rather I’m pointing out a trio of songs posted recently on other blogs, and as of the past few days they have been very popular downloads.

The first one is a remix of Eleanor Rigby! Yes, you heard right. It’s by Soulwax, who earlier in the year did the awesome remix of You Can’t Always Get What You Want. It sounds sacrilegious, but to me I was never a big fan of that tune, and I think this instrumental remix is actually better. You can download it here.

The second tune I found on this page (try to ignore the frightening picture) and it’s a remix of a song (Cross the Dancefloor) by the Atlanta group Treasure Fingers. It’s a dance group and the remix is by New York dance dudes Designer Drugs. You can download the song on this page. It’s very cool, and has an 80’s electro feel to it.

The third song is from The Prodigy. Yes, the guys who did Firestarter and Smack My Bitch Up. The tune is Invaders Must Die, which is the title song from their upcoming album. It was released online (officially) Wednesday night. It doesn't sound quite like their most famous songs, but it's still pretty cool. You can download the song here.

On my mashups blog (which will be posted in about an hour or so), I will post a mashup of a song from Britney. Really. Speaking of her, I have to mention that Womanizer is HORRIBLE. Of course, Britney has a horrible voice and no audio effects can cover that. The rest of the song is terrible also. Hell, even I Kissed A Girl is better! Of course, Womanizer ended up at number one on the Billboard Charts, but the songs at the top this year… my God!

Reminds Me Of Childhood (Or College) Memories

On this day in which my computer is acting up yet AGAIN, I'm going to do something I rarely do, and that's post a track where I can't tell you the artist at all; I honestly don't know who did it. I downloaded it way back during my college days, meaning it had to be back in like 2002 or so. I never found out who did this cover, but considering what Sunday is, it's the perfect tune to post now.

As I'm sure everyone knows by now, Sunday is the day where *finally*, one of the most eagerly anticipated rock albums of all time (or any sort of album all time) is going to be released, and that is Guns N' Roses's Chinese Democracy. Until it was officially announced last month, I thought the Cubs would win the World Series before that damned album would be released. I've heard some of the bootlegs that have come out in recent years (and even wrote about it in a pair of posts here and here; the latter post still has working links to the bootleg tracks) and I personally preferred the "older" GN'R back even during the Use Your Illusion days. Hearing parts of all the album songs on their MySpace page, and I still agree that I prefer the older GN'R… you know, back when Slash and gang were in the group. I'll still get the album on Sunday, though, and until I listen to the entire thing, I won't say for certain how it is, but I think we all know that it'll be impossible to live up to the ungodly amount of hype it has gotten for all of these years. I haven't tried to find leaks to the album before it got released, which makes me better than the denizens on a certain messageboard…

Anyway, like I said I found a dance-y cover of Sweet Child O Mine quite a few years ago, and I don't know anything about the artist or artists involved, but I think it's an interesting (and good) take on the song (it's certainly better than a certain female singer's cover of it during the last decade), so up it goes.

Dance-y Version of Sweet Child O Mine (6.92 MB, 192Kbits/second)

I'll be back a week from tonight with something for you on the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Check my mashups blog tomorrow night when I post something there. Due to my computer problems (thankfully there's no problems tonight) I won't risk it and I'll just post something there tomorrow night.

My Name Is Cooper... Alice Cooper

To stay topical, I will post a Bond song... or rather, one that never was but should have been.

I'm someone who enjoys the Bond movies and I've seen all of them at least once before. While their quality varies, just about all of them are at least entertaining in some way, but the best ones are a great time.

I saw the midnight showing of Quantum of Solace and I was more than disappointed with it. I mean, it sucked! That's something I rarely say for a Bond movie, but that simply sucked. Let's see, the action (which is plentiful) is done in the God-awful shaky-cam rapid-fire editing bullshit style, which means that you can never make out what's going on and it may even give you a headache. Then, the story is pretty abysmal and is a whole lot of nothing which barely has anything to do with Casino Royale, even though QoS is supposed to be a sequel. Many agree that it's less than CR, but I'm one of the few that had such a bad reaction to it. I don't know how people can give much of any praise to it, but to each their own.

Heck, I didn't even like QoS's title song, but then again I loathe Jack White and think he's totally talentless and tone deaf. At least the last title song was cool enough. These days they are trying to be "hip" with a certain segment by having alternative rockers involved. Back in the day, though, rockers with that kind of edge doing the theme song just wasn't going to happen.

For example, Alice Cooper. Now, Live and Let Die happened as Paul McCartney & Wings are pretty inoffensive. However, Alice Cooper was shocking stuff back during that time period. According to Alice himself, his version of Man With the Golden Gun was going to be used in the movie but then the producers got scared and instead you got Lulu's song of the same title, which is laughably bad and actually more risque than Cooper's track. I didn't even realize Lulu still had a career in 1974; so yeah, they should have gone with Cooper's song, which ended up on his Muscle of Love album. It isn't really what you'd expect from Alice, but it would have worked very well for a Bond theme.

Alice Cooper-Man With the Golden Gun (5.7 MB, 192Kbits/second)

I'll be back around this time next week with another song to spotlight.

Here Comes My Left Blow

Since I started the sabbatical, several music figures passed away, such as Levi Stubbs and Rudy Ray Moore. RIP to those figures. However, I'll talk about a random song here, and I thought about it after seeing a commercial earlier tonight.

I thought that way back when I posted a song from Eazy-E in this blog, but going through my list I have in a Word file, I don't see it anywhere, so maybe not. In any case, if you've seen even a little amount of TV the past few weeks it's likely you've seen a commercial for the videogame Saint's Row 2. That ad includes a section of the song known as Real Muthaphukkin G's. As you can probably figure out, they had to be careful in which section of the song to use, as it's filled with much vulgarity in its dissing of Dr. Dre. Then again, the entire album, with the one of a kind name It's On (Dr. Dre) 187^um Killa, is a giant diss towards Dre.

The song also reminds me of the former independent pro wrestler known as B-Boy, who used the song as his entrance music. I saw him wrestle a few times back in the day, and even now when I think of him or the song, the other comes to mind.

Eazy-E Real Muthaphukkin G's (7.6 MB, 192Kbits/second)

Say what you will about the man or his lifestyle, but he's a classic rapper that I enjoy listening to. It's a shame he passed away far too soon.

I'll be back around this time next week with a new ditty.

No More Days Till Halloween, Silver Shamrock!

Hello everyone. I do apologize for being gone for so long, but I wanted to make sure that my computer problems earlier in the month wouldn't return (eventually, they stopped), but now that things are fine... I figured I would start a day early and put up an obscure but humorous Halloween tune. That's why I titled this blog in this fashion and referenced a movie and one of the most aggravating tunes ever created.

A little more than a month ago I stumbled across a Jimmy Castor Bunch song entitled Dracula, Part 1. It's very amusing, not to mention very catchy and funky. In case you don't know, Jimmy Castor has been around for a few decades and even today, still performs. You may know him best for songs like Troglodyte, It's Just Begun, or The Bertha Butt Boogie. If you didn't know, well, now you know. In this tune, Dracula is a ripoff artist (Dynomite!) and has a Hustler's Lean. Yet, he still needed blood. Yeah, there are two parts to this song, but I believe that Part 2 is mainly an instrumental.

Hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I do, and I hope that everyone has or had a nice Halloween. 

I'll be back around this time next week, and I'll be lengthier in that entry.

Jimmy Castor Bunch-Dracula, Part 1 (4.73 MB, 128Kbits/second)

Oh, and tomorrow night I'll return and do a new post on my mashups blog.

Unfortunate News

As I've mentioned elsewhere, earlier today the computer I use at home went kaput. So, until I can get that fixed (either via having the tower fixed or getting a new one) I won't be online too much in the near future, and of course I won't be able to do this. So, I'll announce now that I'll be taking the rest of the month off and on November 1, I will return with a new post.

Internet Radio... Yay!

Instead of posting a new tune, I will mention another resource for you folks who enjoy listening to stations on the Internet.

It's been news as of late that there may be a resolution to the controversy concerning the idea that royalties from the songs played on sites such as Pandora would become so expensive that most of the sites would have to shut down. Let's all cross our fingers in the hope that it passes and all these services are able to stay alive.

Another site I discovered that plays streaming music for free is Deezer. I stumbled across it by happenstance while looking for something else. I signed up and for the most part I enjoy it. You can create playlists and from an incredible selection of tunes you can pick as many as you like and stick them in your playlist; the sound is almost CD-quality.

I wasn't thrilled when during one occasion the site crashed my Google Crome browser and, more frighteningly, another occasion I was given the warning that a page on the site contained malware, but I hope that was just unfortunate glitches, and by this point everything will be fine. You can try it for yourself and hopefully you'll experience no problems yourself.

I'll be back on Friday night the 10th, and this time I will have a new tune to post.

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.

Here's The New Plan, Stan

Finally, I'll upload a new song, and it is one in a genre I haven't really brought up on here before. It is due to a recent death of a musician, who happened to be part of a very popular band.

As you probably know already, earlier in the month, LeRoi Moore, the saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band, passed away due to complications of an ATV accident. Back in the day, I knew (and I still know a handful of them) people who were big fans of this jam band (even though the DMB doesn't like this term) and other similar bands such as Phish and Rusted Root.

Instead of one of their album tracks, here is a bootleg from one of their concerts (or at least that's how it was identified on the file-sharing system I got it from! I know it's not Dave who does the lead vocal but it certainly *does* sound like them). I have zero clue where and when it was recorded, but it is a cover of a popular 70's tune. It is Paul Simon's 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover. By the way, to mention some trivia, I once had a history teacher who was a childhood friend of Simon. True story. Anyway, while I think that DMB covers are either really cool or really crappy, this one is thankfully the former rather than the latter.

Dave Matthews Band-50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (8.06 MB, 192 Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Dave%20Matthews%20Band-50%20Ways%20To%20Leave%20Your%20Lover.MP3

I'll be back on late Friday night the 5th. Have a good Labor Day weekend.

The Worst Song Of 2008

Instead of the usual upload, I will spend this time telling everyone what I believe the worst song of 2008 is; if I find one that's even worse that's come out this year, I'll be stunned.

Awhile back, on a messageboard one of my enemies, David Tuthill (don't ask for the full story behind that; I don't want to be up all night typing out the explanation!) proclaimed in a random post that he was going to see a group called Flobots. I had no clue who in the hell they were. I looked it up and saw that they were yet another rap/rock collective (sigh…), but I didn't go and hear any of their songs.

A little later I was up late at night, unable to get back to sleep. I was flipping through the channels and ended up on the travesty of a station known as MTV (or as I call them, RTV, as in Reality Television) and a video was just starting. I heard an AWFUL vocal talking about using handlebars… I was like, WTF is this shit? I couldn't even listen to the rest of the song! I did know from the beginning that the song was called Handlebars and it's by Flobots, off of their Fight With Tools album. It figures that a tool like David would enjoy them!

A little later I heard the full song… yep, the worst song of 2008, with no question! That is including the bits of the awful Disney Channel crap from Hannah Montana and their ilk, I Kissed A Girl, along with the other crap my earbuds have been tortured with. Hell, it's even worse than that one Heidi Montag tune! When you can't even be better than that, folks…

I mentioned in a wrestling review that Flobots was a travesty to the music business. Of course, Tuthill responded, and only said that I was wrong. Great job defending them, fatty! Another person told me that they were "great" and that they have "an amazing conscious style" and "a great political agenda". Pardon me for the foul language, but who gives a FUCK if they have "a conscious style" or are a "political" group. Most of the times, with modern groups I want politics not to be in their music at all! Just look at all the garbage that took place during the 2004 elections, which of course did nothing for John Kerry in the end. Don't talk about things you have little understanding over, then do so by repeating the same idealistic non-realistic claptrap, you pompous douchebags! Obviously, from listening to Handlebars and some of their other tunes, they easily fall into the "pompous douchebag" category. They're like D-rate Linkin Park ripoffs, and I don't really care for Linkin Park most of the time.

I don’t want to download the song and then upload it on here, so I'll instead give the song the treatment it deserves, which is me linking you to the official YouTube video listing of the music video to the song. Here it is.

I'll be back late Friday night the 29th, this time with an upload.

Check Back Here Friday Night

This time it was Tropical Storm Fay that screwed up this blog's schedule. I was going to go to a Rays game against the Angels earlier on in the week but the storm coming through at that time meant that I had to wait until Wednesday to attend it; it was a fun game, even though the Rays lost.

Anyway, I'll be back Friday night and on here I will unveil what I think is the worst song of 2008; if I find any tune worse than this the rest of the year, I'll be shocked. I mean, I think it's even worse than what I believe (I can't remember for certain, but I doubt I said that any tune was worse than it during the time period) is the worst song of 2007, which is Cupid's Chokehold, where you had the sampled chorus of the song having nothing to do with the rest of the song! Yes, it's even worse than that.

On the mashup blog, it will be business as usual there.

RIP Isaac Hayes

By now I’m sure all of you know that a few days ago, the legendary R&B artist/producer/actor Isaac Hayes passed away. It was just announced that it was due to a stroke. I was certainly surprised to hear of this news, as he was a bad mother… well, you know the rest.

He at least led quite the life; while you wish he didn't become a Scientologist, otherwise I can't think of too many criticisms that you can lobby against him.

I will link to two songs of his. I'll be using files that were uploaded by others; hey, it's easier that way!

The first song is by far his best-known song. Yes, it's Theme from Shaft, the main song from the film (and soundtrack) of the same name. The reason why I'd post it is that when you hear it on the radio, more often than not it's the single version rather than the album version, which is a full minute longer. Hell, one time I was listening to a radio station in the middle of nowhere, Florida, and they actually edited out the "he's a bad mother…" part! I couldn't believe it. You don't have to worry about that with this file I found.

Isaac Hayes-Theme from Shaft (4.2 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://tonymitchelli.free.fr/mp3/Isaac_Hayes_Shaft.mp3

The second song is an example of what was a familiar theme on his albums, which was a lengthy song that featured much orchestration. It's from his Hot Buttered Soul album and it's known as Walk On By; it's a cover of a song from the prolific Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

You can look at this blog for a high-quality version of the 12 minute song, and also some words from someone who knew Isaac personally and realized that he apparently was in bad health for awhile now.

I'll be back a week from tonight with a new song. On my mashups blog, I will post a tune that uses Theme From Shaft.

The Feeling, Feeling

Here is yet another deal where I tie in this blog with my mashups blog… or at least that was the plan. Problem is, I can't find that mashup CD which I have the mashup located on! Oh drat, right? Once I do find it I will post it on the appropriate page. It's from Go Home Productions and it combines a song from her to the music of a Thin Lizzy song! Instead I'll post another tune on that page in a bit.

Tonight, I will post a song from a dance singer; the tune reminds me of the summer of 2001; oh were those good days…

Ultra Nate (yes, that's apparently her birth name) is a dance music singer who has been around for almost 20 years now. That's a long time in the music biz. I'll admit that I did not hear her until I heard one of her tunes on the Dekalb (Illinois) radio station WDEK. Now, back when I started listening to that station in the late 90's up to 2002, it was pretty awesome. It was originally a top 40 station, but they also played a nice variety of stuff that you wouldn't expect. No kidding, for a while there, in the late evening every Sunday, they played episodes of the Dr. Demento Show! If you don't know, the strangest songs ever recorded were played on there; oh was it ever great. I got a lot of laughs from that show.

In 2001 the station became one which played dance music, a rarity at the time. I also enjoyed that, as it was after I spend time in college that I enjoyed that genre. It was from during that time that I heard the Ultra Nate tune (Get It Up) The Feeling, a nice bit of dance-pop. I enjoyed it then and I still enjoy it now. Hopefully you feel the same way.

In 2002 the station became one that played Spanish music, much to my disappointment. It now plays what is commonly known as the "variety" format, otherwise known as Jack, Bob, or other similar names. However, at night they still play dance tunes, which actually reminds me that back in the late 90's, there was a time where WDEK played dance songs every Friday night. Yep, pretty rad. I wish there was a station quite like that in Florida, but alas there isn't.

Anyway, (Get It Up) The Feeling, from her Stranger Than Fiction album.

Ultra Nate-(Get It Up) The Feeling (5 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Ultra%20Nate%20-%20Get%20It%20Up%20%28The%20Feeling%29.MP3

I'll be back on Wednesday the 13th, probably in the evening.

Damn You, Busy Weekend

Unfortunately the past few days have been busier than expected, so it won't be until Tuesday evening that I upload something new. I can at least tell you that on Saturday I got a new LG Chocolate cell phone (with the V-Cast) and the Song ID feature actually works, as fantastical as it may sound. I have zero clue how it does work, but I can tell you, the son of a bitch DOES work!

A Special Repost

Due to a recent e-mail I received, here is a repost of two versions of the same song. I originally wrote about it on October 4, 2007. Back then I used Zshare and well, as expected those links are now inoperative. You can read all about what I originally wrote back then right here.

Yep, you'll now be able to receive both the original and the 12 inch version of the song Driver's Seat, by British band Sniff 'n' the Tears, off of their album Fickle Heart. Yeah, they're a one hit wonder band (and I haven't heard any other songs from them; just on YouTube I should be able to find more tunes by them, and who knows, another one of their ditties may show up on here one of these days) but what a great one hit to have.

Anyhow, the e-mail I got stated that they had been looking for the 12 inch version of the song for a long time, but had never found it. From Google (I'm assuming) they found my original blog post on it, but they wanted me to upload that again so they could hear it. Of course I am more than happy to oblige in those kinds of requests. If you ever want me to upload a certain song again, I should be able to do it. Just shoot me an e-mail at Blairpac@aol.com and once I can find that particular song, it should not take too long for me to fufill your request.

To be complete, here are both versions of the song.

Sniff 'n' the Tears-Driver's Seat (5.51 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Sniff%20%27n%27%20the%20Tears-Driver%27s%20Seat.MP3

Sniff 'n' the Tears-Driver's Seat (12 Inch Single) (7.92 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/06-Sniff%20%27n%27%20The%20Tears%20%20Drivers%20Seat%20%5B12%20Long%20Version%5D.MP3

I'll still be back on August 1 with a new song. I just wanted to fulfill this request ASAP.

Shoot From The Hip

I've always wanted to have this blog be a place where you can find a variety of songs; that isn't always the case, but tonight I'll post a tune from a genre I haven't represented in awhile. It's a ditty from the breakbeat world.

This song is from the UK breakbeat artist Slyde, with fellow Brit, the reggae/dub gal known as Lady Posh, doing the vocals. The song is Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, from the album Everyone's Entitled To Our Opinion. You can listen to it on Slyde's MySpace page (which I already linked to) but I'm sure you'll enjoy it… at least if you like that genre of music. It's very catchy, and you have to love the 80's videogame sound effects used. By the way, that entire album is pretty cool. The tune Sex & Drugs is neat, and the video... reminds me of Meet The Feebles, always a good thing in my opinion.

Slyde-Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (7.34 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Slyde-Kiss%20Kiss%20Bang%20Bang.MP3

I'll be back on the 1st of August with another song.

A Tasty (And Fluffy) Treat

I have ideas on some songs to put up on here in the near future, but due to time constraints, here is what I'll post now. It's yet another song that's often misidentified on file-sharing services and other places.

The song is a remake of the tune known as Popcorn. It's probably best known for an early 70's cover done by Hot Butter. Hear for yourself, and you may recognize it. What I'll be posting is a pretty Goddamn great cover done in 1987 (or 1988; I've heard either date be used). Just about everyone identifies it as a tune done by Kraftwerk, even though this sounds nothing like something Kraftwerk would do, aside from it being an electronic ditty. It was actually done by M&H Band, or from what I understand, musician Mark Haliday working under that name. More details can be found here in the blog known as The Red Room, where there are two working links to the song.

If you want a 7 minute version of the song that's slightly different (aside from being almost twice as long) go here to WFMU's blog. It's under "U96 Popcorn".

I'll be back on Friday the 25th with another song, or maybe two different songs in one post...

Check Back In 24 Hours

n/a. Long story, but I'll have something up in about 24 hours time.

More Comedy Rap

Here is something I wanted to post awhile ago, but I had to post some other things first. But now I have the time to present this. It's a rap tune, a genre that I don't post enough of. It's a comedy tune that is "inspired" by a popular rap song from last year. It's from Afroman. Yes folks, Afroman is still around. Most people only know him for Because I Got High. Remember how popular that song was back in 2001? You had it played on Top 40 AND hard rock stations. It wasn't long after that, that his popularity went down the tubes and unless you're a hardcore fan of his you never heard another tune after 2002 or so. But, he's apparently been putting out stuff since then, including a new album this year called Waiting To Inhale. I stumbled upon one of the tunes, called Dicc Hang Low. With a title like that, you'd expect lyrics to be raunchy, and I'd link to them, but no site I know of carries them. But, it includes bon mots like "My dick's hard in this broad" and "Keep the condom on, I gotta check your colon"... enough said.

Yes, the tune is a riff on Chain Hang Low, a ridiculous song in original form even before you take into account the melody being an old minstrel tune! Jibbs is probably another one hit wonder himself, but that's not the point. Anytime that tune is parodied, you can't be bothered by it.

Afroman-Dicc Hang Low (4.62 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Afroman%20-%20Dicc%20Hang%20Low.mp3

I'll be back on Sunday the 13th.

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.

Laying In A Field Of Tall Grass

Given that I won't do another one of these for about 2 weeks or so (next Friday, I'll be up in Wisconsin without computer access, as my sister is getting married a week from tomorrow), I'll post two songs from the same band, and it's a band that you all know, and you've probably heard the tunes as least once before, but most likely you have never heard the original album versions, but instead the single versions that are almost always on the radio.

War is a band that many probably best know for the song Low Rider, but they had several other quality tunes (at the very least), including two I'll include here.

Spill the Wine was War's first hit and it was done during Eric Burdon's time with the band. I'm sure he wishes that he would not have left the band. It was certainly an odd song (still is) and it being such a big hit can only be explained by the fact that it was a song from '71, where an-obvious-drug trip recap would be loved by a huge throng of people who are fans of drug trips. At least it's very catchy and now you can listen to the full album version; the radio version is almost a minute shorter and a full verse is cut out.

War-Spill The Wine (8.95 MB, 256Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/WAR%20-%20Spill%20The%20Wine.mp3

The second song is The Cisco Kid, which I did not know until recently was based upon a literary character. All that I knew was that the tune was groovy! It's like how I was familiar with Iron Man, the Sabbath song long before I even heard of the comic book; hey, I don't read comics. Sorry! Anyway, this album version of the song is about 30 seconds longer, and includes longer instrumental sections.

War-The Cisco Kid (4.01 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/War%20-The%20Cisco%20Kid.mp3

Like I said, I'll be back in about 2 weeks time. Hopefully y'all liked hearing two classic songs from a classic band.

G-L-O-R-I-A

One band that I have not talked about on this blog ever is a great American band known as The Doors. Even though they only were together for a few years before Jim Morrison passed away due to circumstances still uncertain as to this day in Paris in 1971, they put out some great albums and had many great songs. Here's a song from them that you may not have heard of before, but it's a cover of a tune that you probably have heard on an oldies or classic rock radio station in the past.

It is the tune Gloria, originally by Van Morrison and the band Them. You also may have heard the most famous cover of the tune, which was from the band Shadows of Knight. However, The Doors recorded the song also. Many of the lyrics are different, but It was on a live album and yet it was a soundcheck so it's not a live track; it just wasn't recorded in a studio. It was originally on an earlier live album but it was combined with other stuff into the In Concert album.

Now, note that this version of the song is censored. There's a longer version of the tune that edits out some lyrics that you could NOT have on an album in 1971; I presume the longer version is from a bootleg album. You can listen to the longer version here in a YouTube video. It's a very catchy tune and if you like The Doors and haven't heard this from them before, then please download away.

The Doors-Gloria (5.78 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/The%20Doors%20-%20Gloria.mp3

As usual for me now, I'll be back a week from tonight.

A Stratocaster With A Whammy Bar

First off, with my last upload on this page, I forgot one important detail... why that particular song had meaning for me. I first heard it on my dorm room floor at ISU, as a pal had it on his computer. Well, the reason why that pal enjoyed it was that apparently, on a Chicago radio station at the time, they'd play the same songs on a schedule every morning. Yeah, I don't get it either. Anyhow, Tangerine Speedo was a tune that was on that setlist. Now you know.

Here is something that I was recently inspired to do-out of the blue-even though for awhile now I sometimes am inspired to look for a few of his tunes. I'm talking about the one of a kind musican (or hell, one of a kind person) known as Frank Zappa; thankfully Wikipedia has up a rather extensive biography on his life and his many accomplishments.

What inspired me to bring him up here was the awesome videogame known as Audio Surf. Sure, you have to download a service (free) just to play it, and while the demo is free, the full version is 10 bucks… it's well worth the money. It's a blast. Anyway, it turns out that the most interesting tunes to play on Audio Surf is Zappa songs, as his songs are usually complex so it makes for an interesting time; I know that quite a few Audio Surf users think the same way.

Anyway, up until recently I didn't know much about Zappa except that his idea of naming children is rather frightening and that he was extremely prolific. Aside from Valley Girl I wasn't even familiar with too many of his songs aside from the time I saw Baby Snakes on DVD (it was for rent at a very liberal videostore I used to go to back when I went to college in Illinois) and enjoyed the quirky but cool tunes that strange flick had.

Well, since then I've become more knowledgeable and realized that while not everything Zappa did was to my tastes (let's not even talk about Trout Mask Replica again, which he produced; I mean, let's just not), a lot of it was pretty cool and appealed to my quirky tastes.

Picking out just one song for this is very difficult as there's no really one tune that defines him, he was so experimental and did so many different styles. So, I'll instead pick a song that will probably appeal to the most people who read this. It's the title song to the rock opera album known as Joe's Garage. Usually, "rock opera" and other similar concept albums has me running to the hills to avoid it, but from the songs I've heard from this (I probably should just end up buying it from the store. I wouldn't mind giving money at all to the Zappa estate) it's something that's pretty cool, if a little profane at times.

The title track is all about a garage band that starts to have fame, and it's very catchy. This is the full album version rather than the single version that is more commonly found online. The mysterious voiceover is from The Central Scrutinizer, the figure that enforces laws in a dystopian future, including the banning of music altogether.

Given some of the stuff that's happened since this album was released in 1979 (such as how terrible the economy and many other things have been in the U.S. as of late… let's not talk about gas prices either; also, there's the frightening reality of music censorship, a huge topic in the 80's and since then it's been everpresent, being predicted; last but not least, the mocking of Scientology, a controversial topic that became much more so in recent years), the album has added meaning now.

Frank Zappa-Joe's Garage (5.64 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Frank%20Zappa%20-%20Joe%27s%20Garage%20%281%29.mp3

As usual (for now), my next song will be up a week from today.

Another Memory Of My College Days

Recently I was listening to an old burned CD from way back in 2000. I burned it via a friend's computer; he lived on the same dorm room floor as mine at Illinois State University. Yes, ISU really does have a 28 story tall pair of dorms. I never lived in it but visited there dozens of times.

He had a bunch of MP3's on his computer (more than mine) and his computer had a CD burner (mine didn't at the time) so that's how I acquired my first burned CD's. The song from that which I'll choose to mention tonight (and I apologize for doing this a few hours late) is an obscure one unless you're from the midwest.

It is from a Chicago-area band known as Caviar. The song is Tangerine Speedo, which apparently was on the Charlie's Angels soundtrack, but don't ask me if it was in the film itself. I'd rather not see either movie, due to what I've heard. The pop-rock song is pretty quirky, sure, but it's also catchy and you have to love a tune that rhymes "Magellan" with "selling" and "veto" with "Speedo". You may end up enjoying this also, although I'm not sure if you'll end up having the memories connected to this that I do.

Caviar-Tangerine Speedo (5.05 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Caviar-Tangerine%20Speedo.MP3

I'll be back a week from tonight.

Happy 4/20!

Hey, I'll be ultra-simple tonight and link to a blog, Licorice Pizza, that has up a post where several marijuana-related songs are available for download due to today being 420. Of course I didn't celebrate the day as I'm a choirboy...

Anyway, I'll be back by Friday night with a new tune to upload for your pleasure.

My Favorite Flavor, Cherry Red

Yep, once again I will post an artist on here that is related to something on my other blog, although this time this artist is involved in both the mashup and the dance music field. It is Soulwax, a pair of DJ's who have a rather busy website, to say the least.

They've been remixing for years but they managed to (officially) remix one of the greatest songs from one of the greatest bands of all time, The Rolling Stones. You know what will happen if you borrow something from the group and their record company doesn't like how it was used… anyway, the song here is You Can't Always Get What You Want.

I heard that the song was in the end credits of the new film 21; I haven't seen it yet as it's still in theatres and popular opinion says that it's not that great of a film (although the true story it's based upon IS very interesting; it's a shame the movie seems to be a disappointment). I looked to download the tune to hear it myself, and I went to the great Hypem website and I found it there, on a French music blog which has a logo consisting of cassettes and a picture of what looks like Tom Selleck! Yeah, I can't explain it either, but anyway…

The song, which adds electronic elements to the all-time classic, is simply amazing. I'm not using hyperbole here either; I'm quite taken aback at the great job they did with it. It is very difficult to remix such a famous job and not ruin it or at least give people the impression that they'd much rather be hearing the original. That is NOT the case with this track, found on the 21 soundtrack. Since the French blog's link is still working, I'll direct you to there to download the tune.

I'll be back Sunday night with a certain tune that pertains to the day, which to some is the biggest holiday of the year!

Fire At The Taco Bell

Here is a song that I thought I already posted on this blog a long time ago, but after looking through the list of all the songs I've put up (that list is in a Word file) and saw that it wasn't on there, I figured this was the perfect time to put it up, as quite frankly I can't think of any other tune at the moment that should be up now.

The song is from a Motown band (but they don't have a Motown sound, that's for sure; I just mean they're from Detroit, home of Kwame Kilpatrick; they are quite quirky; just look at what the band members call themselves) known as Electric Six. The song, Danger! High Voltage, became popular in 2003 but of course me not being a hipster or anything of that sort, I did not hear it until 2005… at a wrestling show, of all places.

At a local wrestling show in Florida, the guy currently in WWE under his real name of Brian Kendrick suddenly started using an odd but awesome tune as his entrance music. The first time I heard it, I looked it up on Google (although maybe I should start using Blackle; it's easier on the eyes) and from there I downloaded the tune. I am happy I found it as it's extremely catchy and if you haven't heard it yet yourself, you may fall in love with what will probably be the best tune they ever put out.

Here's the song, from their Fire album.

Electric Six-Danger! High Voltage (4.93 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Electric_Six-Danger_High_Voltage.MP3

I'll be back a week from today with my next song.

A Tasty Treat

Here is another deal where I post a song here and on my mashups blog I'll post a tune that samples said song.

This song is from the British electronic duo Lemon Jelly, a group I really don't know too much about or have even heard any other song besides this one. I actually heard the mashup involving the tune before I heard the original.

It's from their '64-'95 album (named as they identify the year of the song that they sampled) and it's known as '79-The Shouty Track; why it's known as that I'm not sure as there is no vocal singing, but no matter its title, it's "avant-garde" as one person described it, but don't take it as it being noiseless garbage like, say, Trout Mask Replica (the less said about what has the be the most overrated album in history the better). It's oddly catchy, I'll put it that way.

Lemon Jelly-'79 The Shouty Track (5.08 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Lemon%20Jelly%20Shouty.MP3

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

It's Time To Release The Beast

This past Wednesday, I ended up at the fantastic location known as Mako's, where I had an entertaining enough night. Here's part of what I wrote about it on my MySpace/Facebook blogs:

Overall, the night (for a Mako’s night) was not too exciting yet still had some interesting stories to tell, at least. Now, I’ve only been to one Wednesday there before and I don’t remember too much about that night (due to it happening months ago, not due to the alcohol I consumed there!) but this night wasn’t like a Friday or Saturday night, where you had various activities going on there. Even though they had certain drinks for free for a period of time, the joint wasn’t packed at all… nice was hearing some old school songs, like the Whispers song Rock Steady, the Breakwater song Release The Beast (you Daft Punk fans will recognize it as the song sampled for Robot Rock) or the Rick James (bitch!) classic Give It To Me, being played throughout the night.

The two main highlights I will mention:

1. Old drunk guys there are usually good for a laugh, and this was the case here. There were quite a few older gentlemen there, but one in particular stood out. He had consumed massive quantities of alcohol by the time I had gotten there. He was rather outgoing, to say the least. He at least enjoyed busting a move once in awhile, and for a laugh a few ladies enjoyed briefly dancing with him. I can’t really laugh about the latter, as…

2. I was standing in the area of the club where dancing usually takes place. Out of nowhere, two ladies decided to dance with me. Looks-wise… they weren’t the most attractive ladies in the club, but hey, they wanted to dance with me so I have no beef with that! What ended up happening was that I was promised a dirty dance by one of the two ladies (I’ll call them B and C)… B wanted me to buy C a beer in order to receive said dance. I did so and the dance I received was one that could easily be classified as dirty. I mean, she stuck her ass right in my crotch and was shaking it like nobody’s business! Sad to say, C pretty much ignored me after that, and both ladies later dance with several young African-American gentlemen. At least B talked to me after the dirty dance, and she in fact apologized for C’s behavior. C obviously enjoyed the beer, given that she had to have consumed it in like 5 minutes time!

As I mentioned up there, one ditty I heard was one that is still obscure to many even though it was famously sampled a few years ago by Daft Punk. It is the song Release The Best by Philadelphia R&B band Breakwater; the song looks to be rather difficult to find on CD but via the magic of MP3 it can be downloaded. As you'll see, it's better than Robot Rock and not so damned repetitive either. Anyway, the download link isn't mine, but I found it and it works, so there you go.

Breakwater-Release The Beast (6.92 MB, 192Kbits/second)

http://centralvillage.blogs.com/cv/files/release_the_beast.mp3

I'll be back sometime on Saturday (probably in the late afternoon) with my next upload.

Adding Some Bling To This Blog

As of late I've noted that there hasn't been too much in the way of hip-hop posted on my blog as of recent times. I'll rectify that today.

One great site to visit to find various hip-hop tracks is the page known as The Passion of the Weiss. You have to read his review of the Soulja Boy song "Yahhh", which may be the worst I hear in 2008.

One good song to get from the site (the link still works) is his post on the artist known as Felli Fel. A newly popular song from him is Get Buck In Here, a track featuring Diddy, Ludacris, Akon, and Lil Jon. It's a catchy tune that's good for the clubs, which proved to be the case when it was played (to popular effect) at the wonderful place known as Mako's. Yep, I went there for the first time in a little more than a month last night. It wasn't as wild of a time as usual, but I still had fun. I hope to go back there either on Friday or Saturday as I'll be attending Ring of Honor wrestling events in the area both nights, but just in case I couldn't make it on either night, I went on Wednesday.

Monday afternoon I'll be back with another tune; this one, I'm planning on it being another one I heard at Mako's on Wednesday night. That song was sampled by a famous dance duo and it's likely you did not even know that song was sampled from a funk tune from a now obscure group.

This Movie Should Have Won The Best Picture Oscar

Finally, I'm able to do this particular post. The past few days were chaotic for me but today has been much better for me.

I was inspired to post this particular song due to its inclusion in the movie Goodfellas. I've seen it a few times before, but a few days ago I was able to see it on the big screen, as Universal Cineplex 20. The soundtrack to the film was pretty great, and the song I'm pointing out here was used when Henry Hill was with his lady friend Sandy and they were mixing cocaine together at her joint during the day that… but I don't want to spoil anything if you haven't seen it before. It's a scene set in 1980, I'll put it that way. It's also another blues song for the blog. This one is by the legendary Muddy Waters, one of the greatest artists in that genre of all time.

The song is one of his most popular; it's known as Mannish Boy. This was a song from 1955 and can easily be found on one of his many best-of albums. Don't confuse it with the remake of the song done for the Electric Mud album. I haven't heard that or any of the other tunes on there but I've only been told bad things about that album, so I feel safe in stating my opinion to avoid it unless you want it as a curio.

Muddy Waters-Mannish Boy (4.96 MB, 128Kbits/second)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/Muddy%20Waters%20-%20Soundtrack%20GoodFellas%20-%20Mannish%20Boy%20.mp3

I'll be back Thursday night with a new upload.