Because Lauren always beats me on this.
Pavement – Major Leagues
Pedro the Lion – Rapture
Blackstar – Definition/Redefinition
Jem – They
R Kelly – Feelin’ On Your Booty
Joss Stone – Dirty Man
Ani Difranco – Dilate
Rachel Sage – Sistersong
Beth Orton – Love Like Laughter
Busta Rhymes – What It Is Right Now
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OOOO!! Blackstar, Joss Stone, and Ani Difranco! Nice.
1. Papa Was a Rodeo Star (Magnetic Fields) / 2. Volare (Dean Martin… no, I’m serious) / 3. It’s Her Factory (Gang of Four) / 4. Blue Kentucky Girl (Loretta Lynn) / 5. Papa Ain’t Salty (T-Bone Walker) / 6. Passport to the Future (Perrey-Kingsley) / 7. Buggin’ (Flaming Lips) / 8. I Remain Calm (The Roots) / 9. Lesson Learned (The Gossip) / 10. Breaking Up Somebody’s Home (Albert King).
Average age: 25 years, give or take.
R. Kelly really needs to work on his titles. I’m particularly fond of “You Remind Me Of My Jeep.”
It’s either an indicator of how old I am, or an indicator of how completely “not with it” or “uncool” or “unhip” or “so 20 years ago” or whatever the term is now, but I recognize exactly three of the names of artists on this Random Ten list. And I believe I’ve actually heard Ani Difranco sing and have seen a photo of her. Joss Stone and Busta Rhymes I’ve heard of, but that’s about it. This is not in any way to criticize the list, its contents or its author; it’s simply an observation.
Popular-culturally, I’m clueless! Just thought I’d share that! ;)
No way, “Feelin On Your Booty” is a perfect song title if ever there was one. It gets right to the point,you know? I can appreciate that. The song is amazing too, especially the end (“your boo-ty, your boo-oo-ty, your b-b-b-b-b-boo-boo-boo-boo-oo-ty”). Seriously, download it. It cannot be beat.
Although I have to say, Trapped in the Closet is perhaps his greatest work to date. Has anyone else been following this remarkable piece of musical-drama genius? I can hardly wait for the next chapter.
Bleh. You can have your R. Kelly. I just want to know if/when Blackstar is going to record again.
Mos and Talib still perform together occassionally around NY, but the last time I saw them was a year and a half ago. As far as I know, they aren’t working on anything, which is depressing. I like to think that Mos is too busy planning his wedding to me.
(and I was joking about the R Kelly this, he’s horrible. Just entertaining).
Late to the party, as we West Coasters often are, but here goes:
Friday Random Ten – The “I Should Jack My Neighbor’s Mercedes” Edition:
1. Dr. Dre (with Snoop Doggy Dogg) – Dre Day
2. Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up
3. Boston – Foreplay/Long Time
4. Electric Light Orchestra – Can’t Get It Out Of My Head
5. The Turtles – Elenore
6. The Police – Every Little Thing
7. Juice Newton – Queen Of Hearts
8. Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
9. Nick Lowe – When I Write The Book
10. Parliament – Flash Light
Bonus Friday Guilty Pleasure Track – Sir Mix-A-Lot – Sleepin’ Wit My Fonk
Black Diamonds and Pearls – Blackalicious
Jesus is Way Cool – King Missile
Quiet On Tha Set – NWA
Rhythm Sticks – Blackalicious
Adrenaline – Rosetta Stone
Here – Wax Mannequin
A Rock and A Hard Place – Sister of Mercy
Independant Voicing – Hugh LeCaine
Bar Star – Run Chico Run
I Hate My Generation – Sloan
Guilty Pleasure Bonus Track: Gigolos Get Lonely Too – Morris Day and the Time.
Weird. Starts hip-hop, onto goth, then geek rock, interspersed with some random shit.
Norbiz, Papa Was a Rodeo is a fucking awesome song.
you still believe in me – blue t-shirt
WEILL: I’m a Stranger Here Myself – Angelina Réaux
You’re a woman – Jana Vaccaro & Rick Relli
WEILL: My Ship [from Lady in the Dark] – Angelina Réaux
Double Barrel – Keith Levene
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio Nº 2, Op. 67 (iii) – The Eroica Trio
IVES: Quartet Nº 1, “From the Salvation Army” (i) – Emerson String Quartet
Over the Summer – Sparks
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet Nº 8, in c, Op. 110: Largo – The Eroica Trio
Raiding the 20th Century – A History of The Cutup – Strictly Kev
Thelonius Monk with John Coltrane: Sweet & Lovely
Jimmy Yancey: I Love To Hear My Baby Call My Name
Blind Willie Johnson: Can’t Nobody Hide From God
Black Lodge Singers: Sponge Bob Square Pants
Burning Spear: Jah Dub (“Glory Be to Jah”)
Sinead O’Connor: Fire On Babylon
Bush Chemists: Heartical Dub
The Meters:: Hey Pocky Way
Creedence Clearwater: Born on the Bayou
Neil Young: Falling off the face of the Earth
Well, I was going to do a coolness rating this week, just because, but then song number 6 came up and killed everything. So here’s my ratingless Friday Random Ten™:
#) Artist — “Song”
1) M.I.A. — “10 Dollar”
2) Fear Factory — “Edgecrusher”
3) Sonny Rollins — “Sonnymoon for Two”
4) Ravi Shankar — “Hey Nath”
5) Khaled — “Sahra”
6) Chris Cagle — “Chicks Dig It” (WTF?!?!?!?!?!)
7) Trivium — “The End of Everything”
8) Miles Davis — “Star Eyes”
9) Dimmu Borgir — “Reptile”
10) Type O Negative — “I Don’t Wanna Be Me”
#6 is a demonstration of the dangers of using Yahoo Launchcast, I guess. Sometimes it just throws something totally out of left field at me. Fracker.
Super-cool Bonus Track: The Roots — “Table of Contents (Parts 1 & 2)”
The West Coast Edition to Friday’s Random Ten. Loaded up the MP3 player [all 9395 of my song titles :-) ] and these were the first ten that played.
2821 – Frank Sinatra – South Of The Border
6878 - Five Keys – Deep In My Heart
3711 – Loretta Lynn – Coal Miner’s Daughter
(And YOU were worried about cool, Robert?)
382 – Lovin’ Spoonful – Do You Believe In Magic
1060 – Clash – Rock The Casbah
3225 – Jill Scott – Slowly, Surely
2752 - The Flying Burrito Bros. – Orange Blossom Special
1387 - Nelly – E.I.
1229 - Bel Biv Devoe – Poison
437 - The Turtles – Eleanor
Bonus Track
2474 - Elton John – Candle In The Wind (original version)
Cross-posted at Carrie’s Bar & Grill.
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