2021.08.03
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | The Rich Man's House Anne Feeney |
A cappella protest song, soulful and rich. This is a song that is sometimes requested on BABAM gigs, fortunately it's very easy to play. Heard it as a recording during a recent "Free Her" march for clemency for women. |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Freedom (Homecoming Live) Beyoncé |
Big marching band cover. Surprised I didn't grab even more of the Beyoncé marching band stuff earlier after we watched "homecoming", just love that sound. Another song that was played on the "Free Her" march. |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Sly & The Family Stone |
Classic funk. The "Summer of Soul" documentary covered how important and talented Sly was - kind of like a prototype for Prince. |
| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Backlash Blues (Live) Nina Simone |
Live protest blues. (Probably slightly different version than what I grabbed) Another song I heard on "Summer of Soul" - the live versions have Simone pounding so much harder on the piano than the studio cut. |
| BLK presents "Vax That Thang Up" (feat. Mannie Fresh, Juvenile & Mia X) BLK App |
Homebrew pro-Vax public service hiphop. via this (now deleted) tweet. |
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| My Platform The Exploding Voids |
Indie. Continuing my "acquire this album from these brilliant europeans one song at a time" mission. |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Hava Nagila Günter Noris |
Bing-bandish Lounge cover of the Jewish classic. I'm really impressed by the sheer technical excellence of this genre! via this tumblr. A rip because I couldn't find a digital version to buy. |
| Over and Done With The Proclaimers |
Scottish indie. The movie "Bottle Rocket" had this. |
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| Suit & Tie Nataly Dawn & Ryan Lerman |
Playful cover of a Justin Timberlake faux-rat-pack song. I love the percussion car noises ala Needing/Getting - not as well-fleshed out but still. One of my favorite ever songs is Nataly Dawn's cover of Roxy Music's "To Turn You On", and I found this looking around for other songs where she collaborates with Ryan Lerman. |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Hallelujah Willie Nelson |
Great cover of the classic song. from a Top 50 versions of Hallelujah list. This song makes up for the other month when the download version of the Snoop Dogg / Willie Nelson song My Medicine was weirdly light on the Willie Nelson. |
| Money, Cash, Hoes (feat. DMX) JAY-Z |
Hiphop, love the fat pseduo-record-scratch percussive sound was also used on Ice Cube's You Can Do It via Cracked.com's Famous Songs That Ripped Off Video Games (And Hoped We Didn’t Notice) though I've heard other explanations of the keyboard gliss or whatever it leans on. |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Nothing Else Besides The Exploding Voids |
One of my favorites thus far from The Exploding Voids new albums. I feel like "You and Me and Nothing Else Besides" isn't a line a native speaker would be as likely to come up with. |
| Kernkraft 400 (Original Radio Edit) Zombie Nation |
Famous to the point of corny bit of club rock turned stadium anthem... turns out it was ripped off from the C64 game Lazy Jones via Cracked.com's Famous Songs That Ripped Off Video Games (And Hoped We Didn’t Notice) |
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| Bring It On Home to Me (Live at the Harlem Square Club, Miami, FL - January 1963) Sam Cooke |
Soulful classic. We heard a cover band play this on Hickory Hills Lake as we pontoon-boated around. |
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| If I Knew You Were Coming I Would Have Baked a Cake The Fontane Sisters |
Old-timey song. A little weird how the recording sounds like it gets sped up near the end... wonder if that was at all deliberate. |
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| ★ ★ ★ ★ | Israelites Desmond Dekker |
One of the earliest reggae hits. Someone at JP Honk mentioned it. I wouldn't mind the band covering it! |
Good office chair but the main physical issue I notice w/ too much sitting is, like, fluid accumulating in my elbows...
just me?
When you look into Chick Bowdrie's black eyes it's like looking down the barrels of two .44s with their hammers drawn back.
