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The Daily Choice: Lantern - Money (That's What I Want)

I've always thought that the original version of "Money (That's What I Want)" was lacking in something. It's a song almost entirely about being a greedy prick. Take any prior version - the Barrett Strong original, The Beatles catchy hit, etc. - and what you have is songs about capitalist fantasy without the grit-filled smile [...]
Artist:Lantern
Title:Money (That's What I Want)
Link Text:Lantern - Money (That’s What I Want
File Name:money.mp3

An American Music Mix

I am a member of two Mix CD clubs. They're great! You get 12 people together and each month someone is responsible for sending the other 11 members a mix. You get new music, new perspectives, all for the price of the effort it takes to make one of these yourself and the subsequent packaging and postage. For various reasons, I wanted to put together a mix of American music for my latest mix. Partly, I was trying to understand what American music means to me, and what kinds of songs and sounds I find distinctly American. To [...]

Live Collection: The Smashing Pumpkins

We've amassed a ton of covers performed live by seminal alternative band The Smashing Pumpkins.
Artist:The Smashing Pumpkins
Title:Again, Again, Again (The Crux cover)
Link Text:Again, Again, Again (The Crux cover)
File Name:AgainAgainAgain.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

Musical Pairings @ eating/sf: the Motown mix

Musical Pairings @ eating/sf: the Motown mix Welcome to the latest installment in the Musical Pairings "history of pop music" series. This time the focus is on the music that claimed to represent "the Sound of Young America": Motown. A record label so unique and successful that it became synonymous with one of the most successful styles/genres of music in modern history. Of course, Motown Records continues to exist to this day, and still releases amazing music. But not everything released by Motown Records fits into the commonly accepted notions of what is considered Motown as a style/genre. Instead, the "Motown Sound" refers [...]
Artist:Barrett Strong
Title:Money (That's What I Want)
Link Text:Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
File Name:01 Money (That's What I Want).mp3
Artist:Elgins
Title:Heaven Must Have Sent You
Link Text:The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
File Name:03 Heaven Must Have Sent You.mp3
Artist:Fantastic Four
Title:Can't Stop Looking For My Baby
Link Text:Fantastic Four - Can't Stop Looking For My Baby
File Name:08 Can't Stop Looking For My Baby.mp3
Artist:Isley Brothers
Title:Take Me In Your Arms
Link Text:Isley Brothers - Take Me In Your Arms
File Name:04 Take Me In Your Arms.mp3
Artist:Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel
Title:California Soul
Link Text:Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel - California Soul
File Name:06 California Soul.mp3
Artist:Rare Earth
Title:I Just Want To Celebrate
Link Text:Rare Earth - I Just Want to Celebrate
File Name:15 I Just Want To Celebrate.mp3
Artist:Robin, Rick & Him
Title:Cos You Know Me
Link Text:Robin, Rick & Him - Cos You Know Me
File Name:13 Cos You Know Me.mp3
Artist:Shorty Long
Title:Here Comes The Judge
Link Text:Shorty Long - Here Comes the Judge
File Name:12 Here Comes The Judge.mp3
Artist:Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Title:I Second That Emotion
Link Text:Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion
File Name:14 I Second That Emotion.mp3
Artist:Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Title:Shop Around
Link Text:The Miracles - Shop Around
File Name:02 Shop Around.mp3
Year:1960
Artist:Temptations
Title:My Girl
Link Text:The Temptations - My Girl
File Name:10 My Girl.mp3
Artist:The Four Tops
Title:The Same Old Song
Link Text:The Four Tops - It's The Same Old Song
File Name:09 The Same Old Song.mp3
Artist:The Supremes
Title:you can't hurry love
Link Text:The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
File Name:11 you can't hurry love.mp3
Artist:The Undisputed Truth
Title:Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
Link Text:The Undisputed Truth - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
File Name:07 Papa Was a Rollin' Stone.mp3
Year:1977
Artist:Velvelettes
Title:Let Love Live (A Little Bit Longer)
Link Text:The Velvelettes - Let Love Live (A Little Bit Longer)
File Name:05 Let Love Live (A Little Bit Longe.mp3

Live: I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Live: I Heard It Through The Grapevine Barrett Strong: I Heard It Through The Grapevine [ purchase used for 80 bucks!] It's unusual to find a live performance from Barrett Strong, who spent most of his career behind the music, cranking out songs for other artists both with and without producer Norman Whitfield - though it's worth noting that Barrett's original 1959 version of Money (That's What I Want) , which would go on to make so much money for The Beatles, was the very first hit record for Berry Gordon's Motown Label. [...]
Artist:Barrett Strong
Title:I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Link Text:Barrett Strong: I Heard It Through The Grapevine
File Name:iheard.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1992
Artist:Vin Scelsa
Title:Intro to Barrett Strong
Link Text:Barrett's intro
File Name:bstrong.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1992

Otis Williams Says Temptations Added 'New Dimension' to Motown

Otis Williams Says Temptations Added 'New Dimension' to Motown Filed under: News Marvin Gaye transformed soul music when he began recording his landmark 'What's Going On' album 30 years ago. But even before Gaye's jazzy, percussive, socially-conscious masterpiece, the Temptations had tinkered with the famous "Motown Sound," paving the way for others to take soul in a new direction. "We were the first Motown act that really started adding another kind of dimension to the Motown Sound," Otis Williams , who founded the Temptations in the early '60s, tells Spinner. "We were the first, [...]

The Money Mix (Fund Drive 2009)

The Money Mix (Fund Drive 2009) Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others. - Danny Thomas - The Money Mix 1. MIA - $20 2. Ol Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money 3. Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) [...]
Artist:50 Cent
Title:I Get Money
Link Text:50 Cent - I Got Money
File Name:50.mp3
Year:2007
Artist:Barrett Strong
Title:Money (That's What I Want)
Link Text:Barrett Strong - Money (Thats What I Want)
File Name:bar.mp3
Year:1960
Artist:M.I.A.
Title:$20
Link Text:MIA - $20
File Name:mia.mp3
Year:2007
Artist:Ol' Dirty Bastard Feat. Kelis
Title:Got Your Money
Link Text:Ol Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money
File Name:odb.mp3
Year:1999
Artist:Ours
Title:Chapter 2 (Money)
Link Text:Ours - Chapter 2 (Money)
File Name:ours.mp3
Year:2002
Artist:Pink Floyd
Title:Money
Link Text:Pink Floyd - Money
File Name:pink.mp3
Year:1995
Artist:Soulsavers
Title:Paper Money
Link Text:Soulsavers - Paper Money
File Name:soul.mp3
Year:2007

your cash aint nothin' but trash

your cash aint nothin' but trash After the 2000 elections, a Democratic president left behind a budget surplus as the Republican Party came to Washington with a majority in both houses of Congress and on the Supreme Court. So much for being fiscally conservative, the Republican dominated government immediately ran up a big deficit every year since, doubling the national debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. The US government's $700-billion plan to bail out the banking system will give the US Treasury new powers to monetize private business failures and fraud. It will be encumbered with $5 trillion in new debt [...]
Artist:Barrett Strong
Title:Money (That's What I Want)
Link Text:Money (That's What I Want)
File Name:barrett_strong-money-thats_wha t_i_want.mp3
Bitrate:153 kbps
Year:1959
Artist:Bing Crosby
Title:Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
Link Text:Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
File Name:bing_crosby-brother_can_you_sp are_a_dime.mp3
Bitrate:121 kbps
Year:1932
Artist:Elvis Costello
Title:Clean Money
Link Text:Clean Money
File Name:elvis_costello-clean_money.mp3
Bitrate:226 kbps
Year:1980
Artist:Funkadelic
Title:Funky Dollar Bill
Link Text:Funky Dollar Bill
File Name:funkadelic-funky_dollar_bill.m p3
Bitrate:217 kbps
Year:1970
Artist:Gang of Four
Title:Capital (It Fails Us Now)
Link Text:Capital (It Fails Us Now)
File Name:gang_of_four-capital-it_fails_ us_now.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1995
Artist:Horace Andy
Title:Money Money
Link Text:Money Money
File Name:horace_andy-money_money.mp3
Bitrate:231 kbps
Year:1985
Artist:Lefty Frizzell
Title:If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time
Link Text:If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time
File Name:lefty_frizzell-if_youve_got_th e_money_ive_got_the_time.mp3
Bitrate:142 kbps
Year:1950
Artist:Lord Invader
Title:Yankee Dollar
Link Text:Yankee Dollar
File Name:lord_invader-yankee_dollar.mp3
Bitrate:134 kbps
Year:1946
Artist:M.I.A.
Title:10 Dollar
Link Text:Ten Dollar
File Name:mia-10_dollar.mp3
Bitrate:219 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:Monty Python
Title:Money Song
Link Text:Money Song
File Name:monty_python-money_song.mp3
Bitrate:227 kbps
Year:1972
Artist:P. Diddy
Title:It's All About The Benjamins
Link Text:It's All About The Benjamins
File Name:p_diddy-its_all_about_the_benj amins.mp3
Bitrate:211 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:Pink Floyd
Title:Money
Link Text:Money
File Name:pink_floyd-money.mp3
Bitrate:217 kbps
Year:1973
Artist:Spinal Tap
Title:Gimme Some Money
Link Text:Gimmie Some Money
File Name:spinal_tap-gimme_some_money.mp 3
Bitrate:197 kbps
Year:1984
Artist:The B-52's
Title:Legal Tender
Link Text:Legal Tender
File Name:b-52s-legal_tender.mp3
Bitrate:237 kbps
Year:1983
Artist:The Beatles
Title:You Never Give Me Your Money
Link Text:You Never Give Me Your Money
File Name:beatles-you_never_give_me_your _money.mp3
Bitrate:227 kbps
Year:1969
Artist:The Drifters with Clyde McPhatter
Title:Money Honey
Link Text:Money Honey
File Name:drifters-clyde_mcphatter-money _honey.mp3
Bitrate:148 kbps
Year:1953
Artist:The Kingston Trio
Title:Greenback Dollar
Link Text:Greenback Dollar
File Name:kingston_trio-greenback_dollar .mp3
Bitrate:191 kbps
Year:1963
Artist:The O'Jays
Title:For The Love Of Money
Link Text:For The Love Of Money
File Name:ojays-for_the_love_of_money.mp 3
Bitrate:222 kbps
Year:1973
Artist:The Style Council
Title:Money-Go-Round (Parts 1 & 2)
Link Text:Money-Go-Round (Parts 1 & 2)
File Name:style_council-money-go-round.m p3
Bitrate:198 kbps
Year:1989
Artist:Tom Waits
Title:'Til The Money Runs Out
Link Text:'Til the Money Runs Out
File Name:tom_waits-til_the_money_runs_o ut.mp3
Bitrate:173 kbps
Year:1980

Songwriterobit: Norman Whitfield

Motown songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield has died. Co-writing with Barrett Strong, Whitfield provided a rockier counterpoint to the songs provided by the label's other in-house team, Holland-Dozier-Holland and often took a political stance - Edwin Starr's War and The Temptation's Ball Of Confusion, as examples. Whitfield and Strong shared a Grammy in 1972 (Best Song for Papa Was A Rolling Stone); Norman won in his own right four years later when his score for Car Wash pleased the judges. More than a songwriter, Whitfield also produced many of the songs he [...]

Multiple Mondays: I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Multiple Mondays: I Heard It Through The Grapevine Gladys Knight and The Pips weren't the first people to record this song , but they were the first to release it. Their release was soon eclipsed by Marvin Gaye's recording (actually completed before the Knight recording), but both versions have inspired a lot of love... and a lot of covers. Here are some of the best. Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers (who toured with Gladys & The Pips) do a cover, and then The Rustix (the first white band signed to Motown) does a cover. Then Creedence Clearwater Revival present their extended, eleven-minute [...]
Link Text:Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
File Name:Bobby Taylor and The Vancouvers - I Heard It Through the Grapevine.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2007
Link Text:The Rustix
File Name:Rustix - I Heard It Through The Grapevine.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Barrett Strong
Title:I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Link Text:I Heard It Through The Grapevine
File Name:Barrett Strong - I Heard It Through The Grapevine.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1992
Artist:Barrett Strong
Title:Intro to Barrett Strong
Link Text:Interview with Vin Scelsa
File Name:Barrett Strong and Vin Scelsa - Interview.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1992
Artist:Creedence Clearwater Revival
Title:I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Link Text:Creedence Clearwater Revival
File Name:Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Gladys Knight & the Pips
Title:I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Link Text:Gladys Knight & The Pips
File Name:Gladys Knight and The Pips - I Heard It Through the Grapevine.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Gladys Knight & The Pips
Title:I Heard It Through The Grapevine (The Randy Watson Sympathy For The Grapes Mix)
Link Text:Gladys Knight & The Pips (Randy Watson Sympathy For The Grapes Remix)
File Name:Gladys Knight and The Pips - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (The Randy Watson Sympathy For The Grapes Mix).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:Marvin Gaye
Title:I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Link Text:Marvin Gaye
File Name:Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine.mp3
Bitrate:195 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Norman Whitfield
Title:I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Link Text:David West and Friends
File Name:David West - I Heard It Through the Grapevine.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1999

Poptastic Day: Money (That?s What I Want)

Poptastic Day: Money (That?s What I Want) This song is so cool that it has been covered by everyone from The Beatles to The Smashing Pumpkins. Barrett Strong first released the single in 1959 and it climbed all the way up to the number 2 spot in America. He became a prolific lyricist for Motown and the song became so popular among other artists that it porbably has its own manager. Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) I listened to most of the other artists versions listed on the song's Wikipedia page and more [...]
Link Text:1. The Sonics - Money (Thats What I Want)
File Name:TheSonics-Money.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Link Text:3. The Flying Lizards - Money (Thats What I Want)
File Name:TheFlyingLizards-Money.mp3
Artist:Barrett Strong
Title:Money (That's What I Want)
Link Text:Barrett Strong - Money (Thats What I Want)
File Name:BarrettStrong-Money.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1960
Artist:The Beatles
Link Text:2. The Beatles - Money (Thats What I Want)
File Name:Beatles-Money.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps

Half Baked Books haul--"Money," "Pickin' on the Wrong Chicken," more.

Or part of it, anyway. Several posts back, I described my fun visit to Half Price Books and Records on Brice Road in Columbus, Ohio. I can't remember much about the visit--my mind has erased the horror of it all. However, it looks like I got several nice 45s (and one LP) at the place, and for cheap. Let's hear some of them. Yes, let's. Now, where did I put those? Let me see.... No, wait. I turned the records into mp3 files. That's right. I forgot. Sorry--I [...]
Artist:Barrett Strong
Title:Money (That's What I Want)
Link Text:Money (Bradford--Gordy Jr.), Barrett Strong, 1960
File Name:5jaegpt8kh.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:genre
Artist:Barrett Strong
Title:Oh' I Apologize
Link Text:Oh I Apologize (Robinson-Gordy Jr.), Barrett Strong, same
File Name:3halgi1bh1.mp3
Artist:Five Stars (1958)
Title:Dreaming
Link Text:Dreaming (Russell-Clark), Five Stars, 1958
File Name:4vd8gsgsi7.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:genre
Artist:Five Stars (1958)
Title:Pickin' on the Wrong Chicken
Link Text:Pickin' on the Wrong Chicken (Young, Bruhn), Five Stars, 1958
File Name:xuks1z0xt7.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:genre
Artist:Sammy Davis Jr.
Title:One More Time
Link Text:One More Time (A Tribute to Ray Charles) (Davis), Sammy Davis, Jr., with orchestra conducted by Neal Hefti, 1961
File Name:iadzoni8c8.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:genre

How to DJ your first set without knowing how to

How to DJ your first set without knowing how to I was asked to DJ a one-hour set , though I had no previous DJ experience. I didn't know how to beatmatch or transition smoothly, and neither do you. You just have to be comfortable with being a laptop DJ. Know your audience I had never been to the venue and from what the outside looked like, I figured inside was a bunch of dusty overweight 30-year-olds with massive facial hair. I took a weekday evening trip over and had a beer inside, scoping out the clientele. I [...]
Artist:Barrett Strong
Title:Money
Link Text:Barrett Strong's 1962 hit "Money"
File Name:Barrett Strong - Money.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1962
Artist:Madonna
Title:Hung Up (Diplo Remix)
Link Text:Madonna's "Hung Up (Diplo Remix)"
File Name:Madonna - Hung Up (diplo remix).mp3
Bitrate:172 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Wolfmother
Title:Woman (MSTRKRFT remix)
Link Text:Wolfmother's "Woman (MSTRKRFT Remix)"
File Name:Wolfmother - Woman (MSTRKRFT remix).mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2006