"I used to be a king and everything around me turned around, but I know all I have to do is sing and I'll lift myself way off the ground..." Presenting part 1 of a royal megamix. Stay tuned for installment #2. Graham Nash - I Used To Be A King MP3 Bob Dylan - Queen Jane Approximately (live Rotterdam '87) MP3 William Bell - A Tribute To A King MP3 Soft Boys - Queen Of Eyes MP3 [...]
Jul 30, 2011, 12:53pm
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Rachel Sweet - B-A-B-Y ( mp3 )
Though he is a sports fan, my dad not only had grown up in a city without an NBA team, but the nearest city to us that had a franchise when I was growing up was Indianapolis. They might have played a mere ninety minutes away, but the Pacers were woeful. He also shared the opinion of college basketball coach Bob Knight that, if the only thing on television was an NBA game and two mice making love, he'd opt for the mice even if the reception was fuzzy. So, as a kid, [...]
I'll cop to it - I watch American Idol here and there. I mean, it's not like there's any aggressive counter-programming going on, and I can only watch my Kath & Kim DVDs so many times. But each time one of the female contestants gets up to screech and wail (Hey! If you get near a melody, sing it! ), I can't help but time travel in my mind back to 1981 and think that a 17-year old Rachel Sweet would absolutely demolish them all. [...]
All this talk about the mid to late seventies Cleveland scene - and the great Pere Ubu in particular - on the inspiring Siblingshot on the Bleachers blog made me think of another Ohio scene: the Akron one. Known as the rubber capital of the world, Akron was famous for its local sphere of musical activity for a short while when the mighty Stiff label released a showcase called The Akron Compilation in 1978. The album cover featured a scratch & sniff rubber tyre in the right-hand corner, and believe it or not, three [...]
Just last weekend, I was jogging around the neighbourhood and starting to feel dog-tired when my iPod shuffle happened upon Sam and Dave's Hold On, I'm Coming. My fatigue immediately evaporated and my pace quickened, as the song's nagging horn riff powered my every stride and those stealthily filthy lyrics kept my mind otherwise distracted. (How did the song sneak by censors??!!) When this classic Isaac Hayes-David Porter composition ended, so did my second wind — not surprising, as only the truly special songs can get the adrenalin flowing and make you feel transcendent, if only for a few [...]
I'M SAD ABOUT IT Lee Moses 1966 Available on : Time and Place [reissue] Castle : 2006 [Buy It] SAD TOMORROWS Marvin Gaye 1971 Available on : What's Going On [reissue] Motown : 2001 [Buy It] SAD SONG Rachel Sweet 1978 Available on : Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet Rhino : 1992 [Buy It] SO SAD ABOUT US Shaun [...]
Rachel Sweet: It's So Different Here From the album Fool Around . Written and produced by Liam Sternberg (who also wrote Walk Like An Egyptian). I'm thieving off of Tropical Jeremy 's Beats In Space playlist for this one. Coming soon: the Gota version! (Thanks to ANOE for the tip on that.)
"I know your crime and I know your pose." "Everybody says she looks like me." Elvis Costello ~ Welcome To The Working Week (Demo) from Rock and Roll Music by Elvis Costello complete lyrics in comments Wendy James ~ We Despise You from [...]
"When you squeeze me real tight, you know you make the wrong things right." The Brunettes ~ Brunettes Against Bubblegum Youth from Structure & Cosmetics by The Brunettes Rachel Sweet ~ B.A.B.Y. from B.A.B.Y.: The Best of Rachel Sweet by Rachel Sweet
"Just so you know, Spike, The Riches is a show that's on something called cable television. You can't get that with your rabbit ears." -- Tom, informing Spike of the limitations of his dungeon entertainment system "It actually was better than Grindhouse !" -- Tom on the double feature shown in the jury room "And I'm not just talking about the men." -- Tom, nothing that his fellow jurors looked like Tenacious D guitarist Kyle Gass "This guy's in court! Sweatpants! [...]
"When I get the money, I ain't got the time." Rachel Sweet ~ Wildwood Saloon from B.A.B.Y. : The best of Rachel Sweet
Got a case of the Mondays? Just try and listen to Rachel Sweet's cover of B-A-B-Y and try and not feel better. Rachel Sweet - B-A-B-Y
I'll cop to it - I watch American Idol here and there. I mean, it's not like there's any aggressive counter-programming going on, and I can only watch my Kath & Kim DVDs so many times. But each time one of the female contestants gets up to screech and wail (Hey! If you get near a melody, sing it! ), I can't help but time travel in my mind back to 1981 and think that a 17-year old Rachel Sweet would absolutely demolish them all. [...]
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