When thinking of what to write for this I was graced by the awesome sound of the first song and remembered the video being super powerful. And now I am sharing them with you.....
10 Years - Wasteland
Now that you understand what this about you will see that most of these are goofy & funny while some are just plain weird. See Aphex Twin. Some try and send a message and some are just brilliant. See video below.
Wax - California
The stuntman is only running a half a block, ut they slowed it down to make it fit the length of the song......BRILLIANCE....the kid at the end is fucking brilliant
Ultravox - Vienna
I fucking love this song.....black and white....MTV beginnings....just plain incredible.
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
What needs to be said that hasn't been said. Incredible song and even more incredible video.
Butthole Surfers - Who Was In My Room Last Night?
Freaking love this song and the video is just out there.
The Avalanches - Since I Left you
Pulp - Bad Cover Version
Here is the list of impersonators for those of you, like me, that care about that shit. Robbie Williams 0:24 Liam Gallagher 0:32 Phil Collins 0:41 Kylie Minogue 0:43 David Bowie 0:53 Noel Gallagher 1:00 Missy Elliott 1:10 George Michael 1:12 Bono 1:26 Paul McCartney 1:36 Craig David 1:49 Tom Jones 1:59 Keith Richards 2:04 Bjork 2:10 Kurt Cobain 2:21 Rod Stewart 2:25 Meat Loaf 2:31 Cher 2:36 Jay Kay 2:50 Jarvis Cocker 2:55Mick Jagger 3:00 Jennifer Lopez 3:12 Elton John 3:19 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 3:36 Gary Numan3:46 Brian May 3:50
Moby - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
Song is brilliant and video is even stranger
Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do
You make your own assessment of this but whoever made this is flipping out there
I boxed the next two in for a reason......you will see....READ
Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (UNCENSORED)
....I still remember the first time I saw this in like 1997. It was midnight and I was flipping channels and go figure MTV is playing a video. After I watched it I was floored at what it got away with....it came with a disclaimer. FANTASTIC VIDEO....All Time Favorite.
Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy SCARY!!!! if you can make it to 3:50 mark I guarantee if you have not crapped yourself you will.....this is quite possibly the freakiest video ever. I remember waking up at like 3am and seeing this and not being well. ENJOY!!!!
David Hasselhoff - Hooked On A Feeling
Just fucking funny and weird and Hasselhoff
Living Sisters - How Are You Doing?
You might have to watch this one 3 times....out there.....WOW
Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
Cameos cameos and more cameos.....and its the Beastie Boys....RIP MCA
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
MC 900Ft Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain
Can't go wrong with a Spike Jonze video
Metallica - One
Look I know you've heard the song a billion times but just watch this video and let it take you back in time to first time you saw it.....YES!!!!!
and just a damn good song!!!!!
Eminem - Stan
Brilliant video for and even more brilliant song
Cheers to a beautiful weekend. And an even better weekend for my son's lacrosse team in the playoffs, NHL Playoffs, Kentucky Derby, Jazz Fest In NOLA and of course......Talladega
No clue what's going on here but it's funny. I think.
The OFFICIAL FUCK YOU EDITION to the current state of music
***REPOST***the first one was jacked up.....but yes it still applies today....
Scott Ian of Anthrax (doing what he does best)
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL LETTER TO Arcade Fire, Yeah YeahYeahs, Maroon 5, Rihanna, Ke$ha, Hinder, Daughtry, Nickelback, My Morning Jacket, ALL current pop and rap artists, but especially Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa, Hollywood Undead and SO ON.....
Frank Zappa (circa a long time ago)
NOTE: The reason I included bands such as Arcade Fire and Hollywood Undead are that you hear how they are the GREATEST GROUP since the last band they tried to shove down our throats and when you hear them, its good but its not what the hype is.....Hollywood Undead is the same 90s rap/rock but the guys look like Slipknot....WOW record companies you really did some research here.
And really? Adam Levine you are tatted up like some badass but you sing "MOOOOVES like Jagger" with a gay whistling guy in the background. And you probably wear Ed Hardy and Affliction gear.
Big Dick Mr. Lee
Also,.......the LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE Bruno Mars and Katy Perry as at least they are SOMEWHAT ORIGINAL.....but if you use that autotune or that gay repetitive club beat like Pitbull or that Enrique Iglesias horrible song "Dirty Dancer" with none other than Lil Wayne and Usher where they repeat Dirty Dancer over and over again and then in the middle Lil Wayne mumbles like a fucking idiot.........
Basically this has been a constant struggle for me but I HATE / LOATHE the current state of music, If current state of music is defined by music while I am listening. So with that said I don't like the radio EVER. And I especially don't like corporate radio as it ruins music at the expense of making money and artists NEVER get a chance to evolve anymore unless you are one of the chosen. We ALL know record companies control this so its flavor of the month and you have to play a certain number of songs so many times in one day. Pop radio is REALLY bad at this which is why you will hear the same song almost every hour.
Pink Floyd
I guess what I am getting at radio finds something beats the FUCK out of it rather than be smart and explore. For example, are you telling me that the only Pink Floyd songs that are good are the ones on the radio and 90% of the listeners have the albums so would like to hear DEEPER cuts.
The BEST example I can think of is NEW ROCK stations playing "Fight For Your Right" by the Beastie Boys when that is the WORST representation of a what the Beastie Boys are and anyone who listens would welcome MORE Beastie Boys, but Program Directors EVERYWHERE have massive egos and think they know better than the masses......PLEASE READ BELOW
Ike and Tina Turner
(probably during her daily beatings....NOT GOOD)
Avril Lavigne (before super uber pop)
Dear BAD MUSICIANS, Please stop making this thing you call music. As I write this, my ears are bleeding and I'm taking four different prescriptions to keep the seizures your music causes at bay. Enclosed, please find the picture of a dead bird. This bird did not die by being hit by a car. No, I happened to have my windows open playing your atrocious music and it simply fell from the sky. If I believed in a God, I would take this as a sign to stop playing your music.
Grace Slick (WAY before "We Built This City")
Please go back to days when musicians made me feel as though they cared about what they made.
CASH!!!
and Thank you.
Regards, GOOD MUSIC and the MASSES
CUNT
and this is directed at Lady Gaga for being a fucking moron
ORIGINAL CHAMPION
I guess Suge Knight got the last laugh. Sorry 2Pac
and look at this pussy....like he doesn't need the attention.....if it wasn't for the dumb paparazzi this pussy would be invisible
It's FRIDAY. So lets just fuckin jam to some good old classics. Most of these are LIVE as that is the only way to go......ENJOY & TURN IT UP!!!!
and YES I have ADD so these are all over the map.....
First TWO videos are by the Police and to see the sheer awesomeness of Stewart Copeland drumming is a gift. And both of these songs are from The Police's best album Zenyatta Mondatta.
The Police - Driven To Tears (Live 1980)
The Police - Man In A Suitcase (Live 1980)
Living Colour - Glamour Boys
R.E.M. - Driver 8 / Carnival Of Sorts (Live 1984)
Lush - Hypocrite
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Pixies - Cecilia Ann / Allison (Live)
Social Distortion - Bad Luck (Live in Orange County)
Drivin' N' Cryin' - Scarred But Smarter (Live)
Lemonheads - Great Big No (Live)
AND I will leave you with this.....having seen it LIVE and R.E.M. being one of my all time favorite bands.....THIS IS GENIUS.....
First of all, its been awhile since I wrote and that is because I have been very busy at home and at work. This will be short but sweet.....
I wanted to title this one "MUSIC THAT TURNS YOU ON..." but since it brings me back to mid 80s when we still in high school, I figured I would title it after one of the coolest songs of the 80s....
"Welcome To The Pleasuredome"
The infamous Honda Accord aptly titled "The Deutchsmobile"
With that said, the year is 1983 and I am a freshman at Rummel High School in Metairie, LA and music was just starting to branch off into different categories. I could go on all day about 80s Hair Bands such as RATT, Quiet Riot and Motley Crue who were all over me during high school but I would rather focus on songs that I heard during times in high school that were important and memorable. Now I am not going to give you a story for each song but I will briefly tell you why its good. The mark of great songs are how they can take you in different directions. Most if not of these songs are long versions as in the 80s everything had a remix, 12 inch, and that is what you purchased in addition to the regular album to get a bonus of your favorite song.
PLEASE LISTEN to each of these from start to finish as you will understand why after its over, I promise you will enjoy.
The first song is obvious as its the title of this post. Most people know Frankie Goes to Hollywood or FGTH for short for the song "Relax" but I bought the album and the title track "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" is almost the whole side of one LP and just kicks you square in the head as you listen and take the journey along with them.
Welcome to the Pleasuredome - 1984 "We're a long way from home Welcome to the Pleasuredome On our way home Going home where lovers roam Long way from home Welcome to the Pleasuredome"
The next song comes courtesy of my sister, Michelle, who at the time was working at a clothing shop in NOLA titled Bongo where all of the "punk rock" clothes were purchased and they had these tapes and this song was on one of them and much like my sister's music being influential on me, this song glued itself to me...... Shriekback - Nemesis (12 inch) 1985 "How bad it gets, you can't imagine The burning wax, the breath of reptiles God is not mocked, He knows His business Karma could take us at any moment"
Before Ministry was that Heavy Metal band you saw in the early 90s they were techno so this is what you heard in the 80s.....this 12 inch is pretty solid and another song from my sister's Bongo tapes....
Ministry - Nature of Love (Cruelty B Mix) "love love is like an open hand stings a little when it lands hold me closer hold me tighter hold me so damn close that my heart's on fire it's a fantasy it's a nightmare and the whole damn world is walking round"
The next tune is fucking fanastic on so many levels and it reminds me of 120 Minutes every Sunday night on MTV. In the 80s the only place to see the "Alternative/College" music was on 120 minutes hosted by dave Kendall......
The The - Infected 1986 "I've got too much energy to switch off my mind, but not enough to get myself organized. My heart is heavy--my head is confused, And my aching little soul--has started burning blue!" OK enough with Bongo but let me just say that my sister pretty much bought every album that today still resonate with me as my favorites of all time....without her I don't hear The Clash, The Jam, Siouxsie & The Banshees etc. FUCKING RAW AND STILL POWERFUL TODAY
The Clash - Janie Jones "He's in love with rock'n'roll, whoa He's in love with gettin' stoned, whoa He's in love with Janie Jones, whoa He don't like his boring job, no"
OK so now its going to get long and I cannot let it.....here are just songs that jump out when I think of riding around with Jose, Jose M (RIP), Tony Pi, Jools, Beanie, Brooke & whoever else was along for the ride....car was never empty on the weekend. This song by the Tubes is one of many examples of why I never liked bands after they get super popular....Tubes are popular for "She's A Beauty" but this song is much much better...
The Tubes - Talk To Ya Later "Nothin' more to be said Write me a letter instead I don't mean to be cruel But I'm finished with you"
The same goes for A-Ha as they were huge in the 80s for "Take On Me" but the first song on the cassette was "The Sun Always Shines on TV" which to me is much better and just jams from start to finish....notice when I say JAM I don't mean Iron Maiden jam but an alternative 80s song JAM which is different but cool in its own way....
A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV "I reached inside myself and found Nothing there to ease the Pressure of my ever worrying mind All my powers waste away I fear the crazed and lonely Looks the mirror's sending me these days"
alarm stand
Now what do I say about this song.....besides its STILL one of my all time favorites as it has everything.....the guitar, the drums and the heavy organ carrying it.....I learned to play the drums to this song because it is so fucking cool.....also this is before Simple Minds got popular with The Breakfast Club soundtrack......TURN THIS UP....
Simple Minds - "C" Moon Cry Like A Baby "Where will we go, up hi under low When the devil I know say, something is missing Sweet angels sing, about the fast place of thingsBut our children sing, love will conquer anything"
Ok so the next song is dated for obvious reasons and many know this band from their other hits but at the time this came out it was huge....and the throwback hair....
Romantics - One in a Million "Your love and affection Is all I need to keep me satisfied, You leave an impression And baby I never want to leave you"
The next is a absolute classic and reminds me of driving to Destin for Spring Break in like 1986.....this got played so much the tape just eventually broke....THIS version is not better than the original but its fucking damn good and kicks ass.....
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary (Howling Mix) "I'm sure in her you'll find The sanctuary And the world The world turns around And the world and the world The world drags me down"
Go West - Call Me (The Indiscriminate Mix)
"MesmerisedI go back to where we met
A reconstruction of the crime I can`t track you down Nowhere to be found Now my one shot at success Is the power of the press Won`t you... "
TWO versions of the next song which is a product of Mick Jones of the Clash......
Big Audio Dymnamite - The Bottom Line
(Original UK 12" Mix)
"There's a new dance that`s going around
When the hits start flying you gotta get down All the young people dance round the square That old time groove is really nowhere"
"I'm going to take you to Part Two"
AND The Bottom Line (Remix) .....MANY people including myself like this version better since its got that cool dance vibe....
and LAST but not least.....I called everyone I knew "King" back then or everything was "King" so its obvious this song would be last in the REMIX list....good beat....
King - Love & Pride (Remix) "In you I've found a story I want to keep hearing. In you I see all colours not just black or white. In you I find a reason and hope for all dreamers"
The next few remind me riding around Old Metairie in high school late at night either driving over garbage cans, looking for a party or jumping the train tracks in the VW GTI.....these all have a place....
This Squeeze tape was always on......
Squeeze - If I Didn't Love You "The record jumps on a scratch Tonight it's love by the fire The door of your love's on the latch"
Split Enz - I Got You (1980)
"I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'"
XTC - Senses Working Overtime"And all the world is football-shapedIt's just for me to kick in spaceAnd I can see, hear, smell, touch, tasteAnd I've got one, two, three, four, five"
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OK one more.....then a couple of bonus tunes......this is another.....just fucking jams.... The Alarm - The Stand "Come on down & meet your maker Come on down & make the standCome on down, come on down,Come on and make the stand"
THANKS FOR LISTENING.....I have many more just can't remember now....
These next two songs remind me of growing up playing sports at Girard Playground and WRNO The Rock of New Orleans....
The Knack - Good Girls Don't
The Producers - What's He Got
many many more to come.....ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND and feel free to follow and make comments....
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