2020.02.04
| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | Problem 99 (Jay-Z vs. Ariana Grande) Rockit |
Best of Bootie mashup - a lot heavier on the Jay-Z side... really started growing on me. End of a pile of Best of Bootie I set aside. |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | F-cking Boyfriend The Bird and the Bee |
Frustrated pop... Found while looking for Again + Again by the same folks. |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Rosie the Riveter The Four Vagabonds |
Sweet little bit of patriotic a cappella... I was kind of happy such an early culturally important song was known for its performance by African-American artists... also love the "Rrrrrrrrrrr" sound effect. Referenced at the WW2 Museum in NOLA. |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | The End The Beatles |
My Beatles lore has some odd holes, especially their later stuff. Referenced in Every Sample from Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique" |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett |
I'm not in much danger of becoming a Parrot-head but I appreciate the middle aged fantasy narrative of this one... They had a singalong of this on a live podcast of "My Brother My Brother and Me" |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | September Franny London |
I'm always a sucker for female-vocalist covers, of a disco classic in this case... Heard on the animated series "Big Mouth" |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Underwater Temple, Underwater Monk Ollie's Sonic Emporium |
Goofy little joke hiphop piece, but catchy. Via this tumblr entry |
| Hump Day Miss Eaves |
Super-direct and raunchy hiphop homage to women flickin' the bean... Ending credits of "Big Mouth" |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Compared to What Roberta Flack |
Beautiful lowkey jazz protest song. Great light percussion and bass. My fellow activist bandmember posted Les McCann & Eddie Harris' version... more uptempo, and I love how you can see the musicians communicate in the video - but I love Roberta Flack's version, which is also a bit more concise. |
| No One Kisses Like a Tuba Player Can Brett Harrington |
"You ain't been 'til you kissed a tuba player, no one kisses like a tuba player can..."
Corny hayseed music... makes me ponder on the cultural artifact of "kissing booths"... Some youtube recommendation... |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Talkin' out da Side of Ya Neck University of Washington Husky Marching Band |
Marching Band cover of hiphop. I dig the chanting. The national champion LSU Tigers have a Marching Band that plays this, and there were articles about trying to get students to stop singing a dirty version of the lyrics... different Marching Band here tho. |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | What a Man Linda Lyndell |
The original that Salt N Pepa borrowed from... I might have been looking for a version of Lena's cover? But like with "Shake Yo Thang"/"It's Yo Thang", I'm grateful for Salt N Pepa covers introducing me to such great songs... |
| In the Pines Lead Belly |
Old Blues. Known covered by Kurt Cobain, later. Don't know where I heard about this, but it's interesting some versions are "My Girl" but the original might be "Black Girl", which has a different feel. |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Darkness Eminem |
Low-key protest song about mass-shootings; the video is kind of an amazing pun that doesn't come out as much in the song. |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Unchained Melody Lykke Li |
Lovely soft cover of the song we shmaltzily dance to in high school. (The one thing is the weird repetition of syllables (rivers flow, rivers flow, rivers, to the sea, to the sea, to the sea) - is that even in the original? )) from the movie "Booksmart" |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | The Monkey Dave Bartholomew |
More blues. Interesting which verses the Dirty Dozen Brass Band version leaves out. The "Fabulous Thunderbirds" cover was on the credits of Silicon Valley. |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Bad Blood (feat. Clara C) Kina Grannis |
Really sad breakup song. "Big Mouth" again. |
Middle Age is the era of life where you've been doing everything for like at least 5 years, even the stuff that feels new...
Few situations are so bad that they couldn't be worse, which is cause for both thanks and alarm.