2019.08.02
So here's the result, feedback welcome. It's the song name, a possible link to a video, artist name, a brief description, and then where I ran into it, and then stars for 4 and 5 star things...
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Philosophers East vs West Epic Rap Battles of History |
One of the more well-researched and clever ERBs. ERB's new season made me hunt for an old favorite. |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Sexy Nation Army Azoo |
Powerful little mashup. References on tumblr |
| Three Little Birds (Stephen Marley & Jason Bentley Remix) Bob Marley & The Wailers |
Nice remix. I tried to make some lyrics more true to my philosophy, with mixed results... The original was playing at a Panera. |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) [Remix] Lil Nas X |
I kind of think "Big + Rich" did the whole cowboy/hiphop thing better, but still good. Once NasX said "deadass thought i made it obvious… " at the end of pride I wanted to grab this one... |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Soul Thing Tony Newman |
Nice R+B Funk Dave B introduced this as a possibility for JP Honk. |
| Eight Foot Two, Solid Blue, Has Anybody Seen My Martian Gal Allan Sherman |
Cornball joke song, I like the 1950s hightech aspect of it tho A band in the Ocean Grove NJ 4th Parade were playing the original of this, and I thought of this version from my childhood. |
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| Nevermind Dennis Lloyd |
Nice pop. ??? |
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| Had Some Drinks Two Feet |
Good slow grind. Something on tumblr? |
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| Carry That Weight The Beatles |
Classic Beatles (I've had a blind spot for some of their later albums) Saw the Navy Band Cruisers OGNJ - a bit propagandish but not bad R+B. This was in a medley. |
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| Screen twenty one pilots |
ok if weirdly juvenile-vibe hiphop. This sarcastictonystark tumblr entry... |
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| La Tortura (feat. Alejandro Sanz) Shakira |
Spanish pop this tumblr post about her athleticism - scooching across the floor just using torso and butt muscles is pretty amazing! |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Indomitable (feat. Northern Cree Singers) DJ Shub |
I always dig mixups of modern western music with classic First People's stuff- this is the first I've heard that has the traditional singing style with some English lyrics ("throw your hands in the air...") "Tribe Called Red" announced a new song which I wasn't as crazy about, but it got me searching around and finding this. |
| Taste of the Good Times Will Beeley |
Lowkey country, and authentic by a guy who truckered for years... Some public radio had a piece on him. |
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| Stand Up Tall Dizzee Rascal |
UK Hiphop Bassline Junkie was a recommendation off of one of my all time favorites Golddust but I couldn't find a download for it in the US, found this instead by the same arist. |
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| Astral Weeks Van Morrison |
Gentle music... I remember hearing how someone played it the morning after a first night together, and the couple was married for years and years after... Some novel mentioned this, maybe the Sally Rooney I was reading... |
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| The Biggest Ball of Twine In Minnesota "Weird Al" Yankovic |
Heard this epic song live in Boston! 99% Invisible podcast talked about the biggest twine balls, and played this song which I hadn't heard for years. |
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| Luigi Supper Mario Broth |
All 5 tracks of Luigi humming or whistling the Luigi's Mansion theme at various levels of scardness, all at once... this Supper Mario Broth linked to this. |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | True Affection The Blow |
Art pop. I really liked their live train station a capella version of how naked are we gonna get and figured they had other songs I'd probably like |
| Everybody Eats When They Come to My House Cab Calloway and His Orchestra |
Interesting rhyming game song - kind of like a prototype for "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover".... The Judge John Hodgman podcast mentioned the lyrics. |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Forevermore Katie Herzig |
I remember the root of this song from my childhood Most interesting version I could find on iTunes... |
| Fué en un Café Los Apson |
The classic spanish cover of "Under the Boardwalk" Torito Pinto plays this song... |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Boy Meets Girl The Exploding Voids |
Pop from Germany... I think with authentic, personal footage from a USA roadtrip I might be this band's biggest American fan, because of my deep adoration of As It Comes (one of my top 3 ever songs). |
Man, my muttonchops are going gray - but the gray is taking its timing moving forward, so I'm worried I'm going to look like I'm making a goatee which was never my intention. By the way full endorsement of short beard as an excellent compromise of laziness and not looking like an unkempt beast.
Rats have a "random mode" they gets activated in certain unfamiliar situations - they stop trying to make best guesses based on past experience. They think humans might sometimes benefit from a previous strategy... I can see it both in shaking free from preconceived notions, and also if playing against some kind of adversary, making oneself less predictable...
Wanna get me some ataraxia!