64: Ode To: Ode To Billie Joe...

Hi.

For those who got their musical fixes here in a daily dose,

this song will not be much of a stranger...

(I posted the original & the Boudro cover in nr.12)

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Find out more about the song HERE and read along HERE.

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Today 8 women bring you their covers of this song,

and one French (not, see comments!) guy does it in ... well,
French ofcourse!

He (?) has done a wonderful job translating it!

I will give "les mots" at the bottom of this post.

Billy Larkin does a great "organ-ized" version,

and has a warm soulful voice too.

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Along the way I discovered it was covered lots of times,

so here goes the first 10.

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1. Anne Ducros - Ode To Billie Joe (6:31)

2. Billy Larkin & The Delegates - Ode To Billy Joe (3:40)

3. Diana Ross & the Supremes - Ode to Billie Joe (4:55)

4. Enoch Light - Ode To Billie Joe (3:52)

5. Joe Dassin - Marie Jeanne (Ode To Billie Joe) (4:14)

6. Megan Mullally - Ode To Billie Joe (4:46)

7. Nancy Wilson - Ode To Billie Joe (5:19)

8. Sheryl Crow - Ode to Billie Joe (3:58)

9. Susan Voelz - Ode To Billy Joe (6:20)

10. Tanya Tucker & Tammy Wynette - Ode To Billie Joe (4:17)

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ODE TO ODE TO BILLIE JOE pt.1

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C'était le quatre juin, le soleil tapait depuis le matin

Je m'occupais de la vigne et mon frère chargeait le foin

Et l'heure du déjeuner venue, on est retourné à la maison

Et notre mère a crié de la cuisine "Essuyez vos pieds sur l'paillasson"

Elle dit qu'elle avait des nouvelles de Bourg-les-Essonnes

"Ce matin, Marie-Jeanne Guillaume

s'est jetée du pont de la Garonne"

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Et mon père dit à ma mère en nous passant le plat de gratin

"La Marie-Jeanne, elle n'était pas très maligne,

passe-moi donc le pain

Y'a bien encore deux hectares à labourer dans le champ d'la canne"

Et Maman dit "Tu vois, quand j'y pense

C'est quand même bête pour cette pauvre Marie-Jeanne

On dirait qu'il n'arrive jamais rien de bon à Bourg-les-Essonnes

Et voilà qu'Marie-Jeanne Guillaume s'est jetée du pont de la Garonne"

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Mon frère dit qu'il se souvenait quand lui et moi et l'grand Nicolas

On avait mis une grenouille dans l'dos

d'Marie-Jeanne un soir au cinéma

Et il me dit "Tu te rappelles ?

Tu lui parlais ce dimanche près de l'église

Donne-moi encore un peu de vin, c'est bien injuste la vie

Dire que je l'ai vue à la scierie hier, à Bourg-les-Essonnes

Et qu'ajourd'hui, Marie-Jeanne s'est jetée du pont de la Garonne"

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Maman me dit "Enfin, mon grand, tu n'as pas beaucoup d'appétit

J'ai cuisiné tout ce matin, et tu n'as rien touché, tu n'as rien pris

Dis-moi, la soeur de ce jeune curé est passée en auto

Elle m'a dit qu'elle viendrait dimanche à dîner, oh, et à propos

Elle dit qu'elle a vu un garçon qui t'ressemblait à Bourg-les-Essonnes

Et lui et Marie-Jeanne jetaient quelque chose du pont de la Garonne"

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Toute une année est passée,

on ne parle plus du tout de Marie-Jeanne

Mon frère qui s'est marié a pris un magasin avec sa femme

La grippe est venue par chez nous

et mon père en est mort en janvier

Depuis Maman n'a plus envie de faire grand chose

Elle est toujours fatiguée

Et moi j'vais de temps en temps

Ramasser quelques fleurs du côté des Essonnes

Et je les jette dans les eaux boueuses du haut du pont de la Garonne

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63: John Coltrane...

Hi.

Maybe a bit "quite different" after the Wah-Wah chronicles part 4,

but I really wanted to do a little tribute and honour

one of the all-time greatest saxophone players and

jazz innovators of the last century for some time:

John Coltrane.

He's one of the few truly BIG ones,

someone who can extract tears from my eyes

by bringing joy to my ears,

a guy who can make me competely forget about time

or any of my my troubles,

and take me to places where I thought I've never been before,

though they might feel like giant deja vu's at the same time...

He's just awesome!

If you're NOT into jazz at all,

please try to listen to these 10 songs anyway,

maybe they "change" your ears and all that jazz?!

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The classic Coltrane quartet

(Jimmy Garrsion, McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones)

lasted about 5 years or so, most of it perfecty

documented on the Impulse catalogue.

In that black/orange coloured row of albums are my most

favourite albums located, though I

(go figure)

have his earlier Prestige an Atlantic output as well.

If I'd win the lottery I would purchase THIS set too,

but a friend of mine has it

(yes, he'd won the lottery!)

and I made me 4 ... you get it ...

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I can give you a list of albums that are "not to be lived without"

or I can suggest some of the stuff you don't want to miss,

but you can start by listening to these 10 songs as well...

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1. John Coltrane - Alabama (take 4 & 5) (5:10)

2. John Coltrane - Amen (8:14)

3. John Coltrane - Crescent (8:44)

4. John Coltrane - Dear lord (5:37)

5. John Coltrane - Dear old stockholm (10:44)

6. John Coltrane - Greensleeves (3:45)

7. John Coltrane - Living space (10:24)

8. John Coltrane - Love (8:03)

9. John Coltrane - One down, one up (15:31)

10. John Coltrane - Up 'gainst the wall (3:16)

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J.C.

62: The Wah-Wah Chronicles, part 4

Rejoice!

Today part 4 of the wah-wah tribute,

and you'd better grab on to your seats...

A totally funky outfit here,

enjoy!

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1. Alcohol Jazz - Todos somos Alcohol Jazz (3:37)

2. Barrett Strong - Stand Up And Cheer For The Preacher (2:55)

3. Black Heat - Love The Live You Live (6:28)

4. Chefs - Mr. Machine Part 1&2 (5:13)

5. El Michels Affair - Too Late To Turn Back (3:33)

6. Isaac Hayes - Part Time Love (5:55)

7. Latin Breed - Hard To Handle (2:16)

8. Mickey & The Soul Generation - Give Everybody Some (7:04)

9. Mike Longo - Pass It (7:44)

10. Tomorrow Generation - Upsetters Dream (6:57)

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to get totally wah-wah'd again, git it here!

61: This one's for FUZZY!

This one's for you Fuzzy!
Please visit Fuzzy!

DO!

And while you're at it,

listen to this album by Oz Noy, called Fuzzy!

Great "jazz rock-ish" stuff...

...anno 2007.

Oz Noy-2007-FUZZY

60: Sunday's Sweets

Carpe Diem.

Today's sunday gets a "song that do the matter" treatment...

I picked these songs because they all (in a way)

reflect on how a sunday CAN feel!

For some it's recovery time for a grand saturday's night out,

for some it's a visit to their family (in law)

for some it's a great day to post 10 songs about today...

and for some it's all of the 3 above :-)

And who could cover that Velvet Underground song

better than Mr. Bad Seed himself?

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1. Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday (3:14)

2. Chris Coco ft. Nick Cave - Sunday Morning (5:04)

3. If - Sunday Sad (8:21)

4. J.J. Cale - Blue Sunday (3:14)

5. Morphine - Sunday After Noonweightlessnes (4:49)

6. Nina Simone - Sunday In Savannah (3:26)

7. Patrick Watson - Sunday (3:29)

8. Quadro Nuevo - Gloomy Sunday (4:06)

9. Roberta Flack - Sunday & Sister Jones (5:00)

10. Savoy Brown - Sunday Night (5:24)

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SUNDAY'S SWEETS

59: a saturday set of soulful swingers

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For this saturday a set of soulful swingers.

Track 7 is from THIS really great tribute CD,

totally worth your money!

Don't want to waste too many words today,

so enjoy these 10 songs that do the matter,

and have a nice weekend!

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1. Digg Deep - Changes (3:09)

2. Emperor Penguin - Beats From The Bungalow (3:17)

3. Galactic - Quiet Please (16:24)

4. Isley Brothers - Hope You Feel Better Love (6:04)

5. Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra - Good Noose, Bad Noose (11:20)

6. Mardi Gras BB - Dreamtime "Beat this" (4:23)

7. Mix Master Mike Ft. Lateef & The Gift Of Gab - Kalakuta Show (2:31)

8. Pace Setters - Push On Jessie Jackson (2:41)

9. Rythm Junks - Virus B-23 (4:43)

10. Veeti & The Velvets - Brother Rap & Sister Soul (4:38)
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grab 'm here

58: Jazzrock ???

Jazzrock...what the hell is that?

Is it rock that "jazzes"?

Or jazz that "rocks"?

I think most jazz really rocks, so that can't be it...

In a (silent-sic) way it started with the long songs Miles Davis

did on the "everybody loves to hate" album Bitches Brew, I guess.

Fact is in the early and mid 70's there was a whole lot of this music,

some of it was a bit tiring,

but lots of these sounds are still grooving me right out of my head!

Best kind of jazzrock (for me) is the kind that's still funky...

... and preferably uptempo.

And as a extra bonus, I'd like to have some freaky bass in it too.

Lissen up:

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1. Billy Cobham - The Pleasant Pheasant (5:20)

2. Curt Cress Clan - Moving Right Along (2:47)

3. Garage A Trois - A-Frame (3:58)

4. Jean-Luc Ponty - Is Once Enough (4:59)

5. Lenny White - Chicken-Fried Steak (4:35)

6. Medeski, Martin & Wood - End Of The World Party (5:10)

7. Soft Machine - Tarabos (4:32)

8. Spaced Out - Infinite Ammo (4:18)

9. Stanley Clarke - Bass Folk Song (7:59)

10. Wayne Horvitz - Let's Get Mashed (4:05)
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jazzrock

57: Still raining....

Hi.

Today still no improvement what-so-ever

in regard to the weather.

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1. Bobbie Gentry - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (3:11)

2. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

-My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains (2:55)

3. Eddie Kendricks - Date With The Rain (2:41)

4. Eric Burdon & The Animals - I Think It'S Gonna Rain Today (2:08)

5. Houston Person - I Think It's Going To Rain Today (6:02)

6. Jimi Hendrix - Rainy Day, Dream Away (3:41)

7. Jimi Hendrix - Still Raining, Still Dreaming (4:28)

8. Molten Mike - Let It Rain (3:31)

9. Tony Joe White - Rainy Night In Georgia [Boozoo Bajou's Georgia Dub] (5:12)

10. Tony Joe White - Rainy Night In Georgia (3:41)

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-another beautiful day-

56: Wah - Wah part 3

Hi,

today I wanna spend once again a little bit more time

on the wah wah pedal.

I found an amazing article wonderfully done by

DJ LITTLE DANNY on his Office Naps blog.

You can find it here, under part 2 Vox, Wah Wah.

Be sure to check it, he has a fabulous 7" from Vox company,

a sort of demonstrating disc for the (then) new wah-wah effect...

I linked the MP3's here & here for the lazy bones,

but please visit his blog, it's a very nice body of work!

Respect for his research and big thumbs up to DJ LITTLE DANNY!

Here comes my wah-wah selection part 3 for your listening pleasure:

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1. Alcohol Jazz - Cogollo Fly Away (3:02)

2. Anthony Hamilton - Stone Cold (4:06)

3. Bergendy - The Witch (2:34)

4. El Michels Affair - Spread Your Soul (3:01)

5. Fabulous Mark III - Psycho Part 1&2 (5:44)

6. Gene Harris - Lean On Me (3:28)

7. George Freeman - The Bump (7:53)

8. Mark Holder - Music Turns Me On (3:31)

9. Mickey & The Soul Generation - Message From A Black Man (6:02)

10. Mother Night - Scuffle (3:40)

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wah-wah part 3

55: RAIN, RAIN, RAIN...

Damn, last week, was nothing but rain, all day long...

Just as it does today.

Made me a bit "wear-y" and "worn-out",

so that's why you're put up with these songs

about the "blessings from the sky".

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Or as Ray Manzarek puts it:

the semen of God that we know as rain...

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1. America - Rainy Day (2:55)

2. Bob Azzam - Rain Rain Go Away (2:42)

3. Fat Freddys Drop - Rain (18:06)

4. Graham Central Station - I Can't Stand The Rain (6:03)

5. K-OS - The Rain (3:51)

6. Little Axe - Out In The Rain And Cold (4:36)

7. Mark Lanegan - Following The Rain (3:21)

8. McCoy Tyner - Here's That Rainy Day (6:03)

9. Morphine - You Look Like Rain (3:40)

10. Neil Young - See The Sky About To Rain (4:05)
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-get your umbrella here-

54: People, life & the the things we do...

People, life and the things we do are like a giant puzzle,

and are in fact, NOT like a box of chocolates at all...

With that in mind I picked these 10 songs,

listening to the lyrics, rather than to the music,

so there're no musical similarities here.

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You may start to get puzzled right now.

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1. Amy Winehouse - In my bed (5:17)

2. Archive - Fuck U (5:14)

3. Barbara Acklin - I Can't Do My Thing (2:31)

4. Bourbon Princess - One Of These Days (5:02)

5. Fela Kuti - Sorrow, Tears & Blood (10:15)

6. Greenhornes - There Is An End (3:06)

7. Prince Paul - A Beautiful Night (4:23)

8. Rare Earth - It Makes You Happy (2:49)

9. Rae & Cristian - Get A Life (3:24)

10. Ween - Baby Bitch (3:06)

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GO FIGURE IT OUT!

53: RASHAAN ROLAND KIRK, an introduction part 2

A proper introduction of the musical world of Rashaan

Roland Kirk needs -needless to say- more than just 10 songs.

I'm still choosing from the classic 60's Mercury output here.

(though the saxophone concerto I snug in

yesterday was actually from 1973)

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Towards the end of the 60's and during the seventies

his music became a (whole) different story.

More extravaganza (yes, can you imagine that?)

and more experimental in a way.

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But that's something for later on, for now,

let's swing like mad and put the next 10 on!

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Included here is the song "that inspired" Ian Anderson from

Jethro Tull to pick up the flute..

Anyone with half a brain knows to which one I'm referring?

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1. Roland Kirk - 3-In-1 Without The Oil (2:35)

2. Roland Kirk - A Stritch In Time (5:06)

3. Roland Kirk - Between The Fourth And The Fifth Step (3:43)

4. Roland Kirk - Black Diamond (5:24)

5. Roland Kirk - E.D. (2:25)

6. Roland Kirk - Hip Chops (3:35)

7. Roland Kirk - No Tonic Press (4:35)

8. Roland Kirk - Reeds And Deeds (5:20)

9. Roland Kirk - Serenade To A Cuckoo (4:35)

10. Roland Kirk - Song Of The Countrymen (6:56)
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KIRKAFIED part.2

52: RASHAAN ROLAND KIRK, an introduction

Today it's about time I present you my "starter-kit"

(thank you for the term Brooding Bird)

for the music of Rashaan Roland Kirk.

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To me the man is by far the hippest guy ever to walk this planet!

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Visit the Rashaan website for more praise,

or read the wikipage.

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All I will add to the matter is something amazing

about track 7, the Saxophone Concerto:

his circular breathing ability enabled him to record

"Concerto For Saxophone"

in one continuous take of about 20 minutes,

playing with no discernible "break" for inhaling...

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1. Roland Kirk - Domino (3:14)

2. Roland Kirk - From Bechet, Fats and Byas (6:32)

3. Roland Kirk - Get Out Of Town (4:53)

4. Roland Kirk - Meeting On Termini's Corner (3:40)

5. Roland Kirk - Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (4:25)

6. Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig And Panic (7:01)

7. Roland Kirk - Saxophone Concerto (21:31)

8. Roland Kirk - Slippery, Hippery, Flippery (4:58)

9. Roland Kirk - Termini's Corner (2:21)

10. Roland Kirk - Where Monk And Mingus Live (4:10)
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GET YER KIRK-A-TRONICS HERE

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51: The Ghetto, part 3

And that day came sooner as I thought...

These songs rank from reggae to funk,

from ska to blues and from jazz to folk.

But they all share a demographical similarity.

(Though a OBLIGHETTO is something quite different?)

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1. Andrew Hill - Ghetto Lights (5:13)

2. BB King - Ghetto Woman (5:13)

3. Charles Kynard - Little Ghetto Boy (2:57)

4. Clarence Wheeler - Oblighetto (5:53)

5. Gaturs - Funkin' The Ghetto (2:32)

6. Hard Knocks - Ghetto Love (4:34)

7. Hugh Mundell - In The Ghetto (5:43)

8. Jolie Holland - Crush In The Ghetto (3:01)

9. Skatalites & Laurel Aitken - Summertime In The Ghetto (5:52)

10. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names

- Little Boys in the Ghetto (3:21)

50: The Ghetto, part 2

Hi, part 2 of the ghetto stories.

This Donny Hathaway song is a different

version than the one I posted yesterday!

The pic above is a great interpretation

of the famous WW2 pic below.

Hope you like this selection,

I think some other day I'll bring you part 3.

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1. Curtis Mayfield - Ghetto Child (3:18)

2. Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto (6:50)

3. JJ Grey & Mofro - Country Ghetto (4:02)

4. Johnny Hammond - Ghetto Samba (5:31)

5. Lou Rawls - Let's Clean Up The Ghetto (4:10)

6. Paul Jackson - Tiptoe Through The Ghetto (5:36)

7. R. L. Burnside - Talking About The Ghetto (3:30)

8. S.O.U.L. - Down In The Ghetto (5.36)

9. Waldeck - Children Of The Ghetto (4:09)

10. War - The World Is A Ghetto (10:13)

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take these directions

49: The Ghetto, part 1

Hi.

A definition of "Ghetto" could be this one:

"A ghetto is a section of a city occupied by a minority group who live

there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure.

The term "ghetto" is now commonly used

to refer to any poverty-stricken urban area."

Fact is it has always been a facet of life and it inspired countless

songs, today I post the first 10.

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1. Boris Gardiner Happening Feat. Leslie Butler - Ghetto Funk (3:05)

2. Donny Hathaway - Little Ghetto Boy (4:33)

3. Dub Syndicate - Slummy Ghetto-live 91 (5:51)

4. Ike Turner - Ghetto Funk (2:30)

5. Johnny Mastro & Mama's Boys - Ghetto Woman (3:07)

6. Leroy Hutson - The Ghetto (4:26)

7. OutKast - Ghettomusick (3:56)

8. Phyllis Dillon - Woman Of The Ghetto (3:23)

9. Purple Image - Living In The Ghetto (6:38)

10. Sonny Stitt - The World Is A Ghetto (6:57)
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48: Love The Songs That Do The Matter..

...or, do the songs that love the matter...

Hi.

It might not come as a surprise,

but the 10 songs of today are about love,

strong love, crazy love, true love or simply put:

the love you can't live without.

Just like you don't want to miss out on these 10 great songs :-)

A little note on the Bobby Blue Bland song:

a cover of it was posted by me in the Mark Lanegan spot a little while back!

The Lambchop song is kinda tribute to Curtis Mayfield, very nice!

Enjoy.

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1. Bad Company - Feel Like Makin' Love (5:16)

2. Baker Gurwitz Army - The Key (6:24)

3. Bobbie Gentry - You've Made Me So Very Happy (3:21)

4. Bobby Blue Bland - I'll Take Care Of You (2:27)

5. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Crazy Little Thing (2:38)

6. Clarence Carter - Slip Away (2:32)

7. Doris Duke - Let Love Touch Us Now (2:31)

8. Honey & The Bees - Love Addict (2:35)

9. Lambchop - Love Song (Curtis) (5:12)

10. Muddy Waters - Twenty-Four Hours (4:50)

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and I'm lovin' it!

47: Back In The Day, part 2

Yeah, some more rap today!

Not as oldskool as my other post,

but still kinda back in da day.

In the 90's there was some cool and funky hiphop music too.

For example the Rawkus and the Quannum

labels had some very good stuff coming out...

I love the soul and funk samples used in today's selection.

My favourite here is perhaps Steve Def,

for that fat Blaxplotation-like sample.

But it's all good, check it out!

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1. Hi & Mighty - B Boy Document (4:04)

2. Joey Chavez & Defari - Develop Tools (4:33)

3. Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Re-Definition (3:02)

4. Noggin Nodgers - Bounce (3:54)

5. Peanut Butter Wolf & Planet Asia - In Your Area (2:25)

6. Pharoah Monch - Simon Says (2:53)

7. Rahzel - All I Know (4:19)

8. Steve Def - Hell Up In Harlem (3:26)

9. Tash & Tha Alkaholiks - Blackula (3:39)

10. X-Ecutioners - Ya All Know The Name (Ft. Xzibit) (3:40)

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B-Boy document

46: Assorted Drugs And Other Stuff...

Not to worry, I'm not doped up or anything like that!

But ofcourse I like my occasional cold beverage :-)

Cheers.

I just liked the idea of, well, ofcourse first there's the sex,

then the DRUGS and then some rock 'n' roll...

It's just like Ian Dury said, that's right.

Music reflects life itself in many ways,

that's surely the reason why there are so many songs about love

(or the absence of it).

Plenty of drug-related material too...

Here comes my first stash:

1. Better Daze - Golden Brown (4:36)

2. Canned Heat - Amphetamine Annie (3:39)

3. Eels - Novocaine For The Soul (3:08)

4. Hayseed Dixie - Marijuana (2:55)

5. Morphine - Honey White (3:04)

6. Muddy Waters - Champagne & Reefer (4:36)

7. Nat Adderley - Quit It (3:46)

8. Nick Drake - Cocaine Blues (2:58)

9. Otis Taylor - Mama's Selling Heroin (3:53)

10. Queens Of The Stone Age - Feel Good Hit of the Summer (2:43)

 

45: Somewhat "off" or a bit crazy...

The next 10 songs share one thing: they're a bit crazy!

Or silly. Or hilarious. Or, in a small way,"wonderfully off".

Or they sound funny. Or they're just plain retarded.

My favourite here is the one from the Novi Singers,

it's so beautiful it might in fact not belong here,

not with the other 9 for company!

The pic here down below is for the the song that someone

made out of various George W. Bush speeches...

A very handsome editing job :-)

1. Arthur Brown - Is There Nothing Beyond God (2:26)

2. Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill (3:26)

3. David Boyle - Da Vinci's Ho (3:56)

4. George Kranz - Din Dada (Trommeltanz) (4:00)

5. George W. Bush - Imagine (Full Version) (2:18)

6. Jackofficers - Do It (3:20)

7. Lee Marvin - Wandrin' Star (4:27)

8. Novi Singers - Two Three Four (3:58)

9. OST - At The Munsters (1:39)

10. Steroid Maximus - ¡Quilombo! (4:23)


go (or get the) nuts !

44: Covers Twice As Nice, part 5

Hi.

The twice as nice cover-section is back in town!

One of the most beautiful versions of Strange Fruit I know

is done by former Soft Machine's Robert Wyatt,

though the Billie Holiday version is ofcourse one

that's really "hard to beat".

The rather cheesy Donovan song stays rather cheesy here,

both versions :-)

Steely Dan is covered like a million times or so,

here's 2 great versions.

Enjoy.

1. 1860 Band - California Dreaming (5:48)

2. Baby Huey - California Dreaming (4:47)

3. Juju Orchestra - Do It Again -

ft. Carolyn Leonhart & Robert Smith (4:51)

4. Cassandra Wilson - Strange Fruit (5:29)

5. Dixie Cups - Iko Iko (1:57)

6. Mardi Gras BB - Mellow Yellow (3:25)

7. Robert Wyatt - Strange Fruit (3:38)

8. Smash Mouth - Do It Again (3:57)

9. Steve Marcus - Mellow Yellow (3:49)

10. Zap Mama - Iko Iko (3:22)
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twiceasnice2

43: Covers pt.4

Hi.

Yes, they're back! And twice as nice.

Literally.

10 tracks, 5 different songs.

A favorite of mine is Frank Zappa's King Kong.

And, yes Toad has a lovely wah-wah guitar in it :-)

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1. Al Green - Light My Fire (3:54)

2. Gass - Ju Ju (3:39)

3. Ginger Baker - Ju Ju (4:16)

4. Good God - King Kong (8:54)

5. Julie Driscoll Brian Auger & The Trinity - Light My Fire (4:21)

6. Mama Lion - Ain't No Sunshine (2:57)

7. Niacin - King Kong (7:20)

8. Toad - Feelin' Allright (6:15)

9. Trinidad Oil Company - Feelin Allright (7:32)

10. Woven Hand - Ain't No Sunshine (2:54)

twice as nice

42: Duke Pearson

Today I'd like to put a little sunshine on the work of Duke Pearson.

He wrote the song Christo Redentor,

and that is a most wonderful piece of music!

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From these 6 albums (I put the fronts together in the pic)

I selected 10 songs for your listening pleasure.

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If you'd have the money, you'd buy the Mosaic Select, vol.8 ...

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Or you pick a few of his albums (much cheaper!) out of his

Blue Note discography.

Enjoy.

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1. Duke Pearson - Big Bertha (5:57)

2. Duke Pearson - Christo Redentor (3:54)

3. Duke Pearson - ESP (Extrasensory Perception) (7:51)

4. Duke Pearson - Horn In (5:53)

5. Duke Pearson - Los Malos Hombres (6:36)

6. Duke Pearson - Mississippi Dip (2:35)

7. Duke Pearson - Scrap Iron (5:24)

8. Duke Pearson - Soulin' (7:02)

9. Duke Pearson - Straight Up And Down (6:59)

10. Duke Pearson - The Fakir (5:18)
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DP

41: Wah Wah, part 2

Hi.

Part 2 has a very special wah wah in it....

Normally you associate wah wah with guitar (at least I do),

here Morphine's Dana Colley uses one on his baritone sax..

Holy creepers, what a sound!!!

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1. Afrique - Dueling Guitars (3:27)

2. El Michels Affair - Walk On By (6:12)

3. Greg Perry - Love Is Magic (4:32)

4. Inell Young - What Do You See In Her? (2:55)

5. Keef Hartley Band - You Can Choose (5:29)

6. Madhouse - Get Some Of This (4:20)

7. Meters - Good Old Funky Music (4:48)

8. Morphine - All Wrong (3:40)

9. Propositions - Sweet Lucy (3:03)

10. Young-Holt Unlimited - Wah Wah Man (3:14)
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wah-wah pt.2

40: Couldn't Care Less Monday...

10 great songs that don't share a theme?

No problema!

1. Alix Jacques Cole Band - Tessa's Theme (8:48)

2. Apemen - Shake Your Hoover (2:23)

3. Black Jazz Chronicles - Dope Stuff (5:27)

4. Canned Heat - You Am What You Am (4:31)

5. Dyke And The Blazers - Runaway People (2:25)

6. Libertines - Narcissist+the Ha Ha Wall (4:40)

7. Magnus - Summer's Here (4:27)

8. Mano Negra - Soledad (2:35)

9. Marvin Pontiac - Wanna Wanna (4:41)

10. Tonino Caratone - La Noria (3:43)

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The Apemen are a great Dutch surfband,

Magnus used a sample of Duke Pearson's

Cristo Redentor in the song

and Marvin Pontiac is an a.k.a. of John Lurie...

How's that for totally random & none-connected facts?

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hoover away!

39: Do The Dog pt.5

Hi, man's best friend (no, that's NOT your iPod :-)

had a wonderful, long and exhausting walk today,

after that he looked a bit like the picture below...

For now I'm done with "dog"-songs for a bit,

next time I return to you with something

completely different, maybe 10 songs that DON'T share a theme

(for the occasional listener, that is)

--------------------------------

PS: my cat's gonna be 18 this year,

so that's maybe worth a little "tribute" too

:-)

1. Duke Pearson - Prairie Dog (6:49)

2. Esther Phillips - Your Love Is So Doggone Good (4:26)

3. George Duke - Dog-Man (4:40)

4. Howard Tate - How Come My Bulldog Don't Bark (2:49)

5. Ike Turner - Philly Dog (2:22)

6. Jacques Delon - Hot Dogs (3:56)

7. Keef Hartley Band - Overdog (4:20)

8. New Mastersounds - Hot Dog (2:47)

9. Soul Searchers - Your Love Is So Doggone Good (8:36)

10. Tommy Guerrero - The Underdog (3:01)

Dogdo, part 5

38: Do The Dog pt.4

just another compulsive dogdisorder...

1. Astronettes - Hot Dog Foot Pouch (2:12)

2. Butthole Surfers - Underdog (3:55)

3. Dull Schicksal - Dogstabber (5:57)

4. Fu Manchu - Hotdoggin' (4:52)

5. Joey Baron & Barondown - Dog (5:31)

6. Niacin - Hair Of The Dog (4:18)

7. Phish - Dog Gone Dog (4:03)

8. Seasick Steve - Yellow Dog (1:00)

9. Stone The Crows - Mad Dog And Englishman (3:34)

10. Yahowa 13 - Little Doggie (4:46)

BARK ME UP!

37: Do The Dog pt.3

the K9 squad continues

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1. Andre 3000 - Spottieottiedogaliscious (Feat. Big Boi) (7:05)

2. Branford Marsalis - Beneath The Underdog (5:07)

3. Burnt Friedman - Woldwide Watchdog Peepshow (2:52)

4. Caravan - The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again (6:35)

5. Hackensaw Boys - Look out Dog, Slow Down Train (3:16)

6. Molten Mike - Wouldn't Treat A Dog Like That (4:47)

7. Phish - Dog Faced Boy (2:11)

8. Snafu - Big Dog Lusty (3:41)

9. Specials - Do The Dog (2:11)

10. Steely Dan - Dog Eat Dog (3:44)

down boy :-)

36: Do The Dog pt.2

HI.

Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, maybe I'm on the dogwatch,

or maybe it's just simply because I enjoy myself with all this "dogshit"...

Who knows, fact is I'm gonna walk the dog some more :-)

1. Afrique - Hot Doggin' (3:19)

2. Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Sleeping Dogs Lie (4:02)

3. Elephant's Memory - Hot Dog Man (3:33)

4. Fugazi - Bulldog Front (2:53)

5. Ian Siegal - Stranger Than A Green Dog (2:52)

6. Kevin Coyne - Dog Latin (4:55)

7. Mark Sandman - Riley The Dog (3:24)

8. Randy California - Walkin' The Dog (3:01)

9. Seasick Steve - Dog House Boogie (3:31)

10. Who - Dogs (3:05)

Down boy!

35: Do The Dog...

HI.

You've guessed it, this one's gonna be bout dogs, one way or another.

The picture here is ofcourse of my own dog, he's 7 and great fun!

It was also fun looking up all the songs that had a little "dog" in

them, here come the first 10.

1. Babe Ruth - Black Dog (8:03)

2. Captain Beefheart - Tropical Hot Dog Night (4:35)

3. Dread Zeppelin - Black Dog (5:20)

4. Iron & Wine - Wolves (Song Of The Shepherd's Dog) (4:57)

5. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hound Dog (2:43)

6. Laika - Prairie Dog (4:56)

7. Mark Sandman - Some Other Dog (3:28)

8. Nick Drake - Black Eyed Dog (3:25)

9. Sandy Gaye - Watch The Dog (2:12)

10. Underdogs - Old Grey Dog (3:21)

Fetch here!

34: Latin Playboys

I've always been someone who "liked" Los Lobos till I heard the

1996 Colossal Head album.

This one was "different" and raw compared to all the other albums !

A killer album, daring and very powerful.

Indeed, AMG mentiones this about it:

"it certainly shows signs of David Hidalgo's lo-fi,

experimental Latin Playboys project."

And that takes us to where we wanna be today,

the 2 albums from the Latin Playboys!

As I played them and tried to make a 10 song selection for this post, I (once again)

couldn't really pick the 10 stand out songs.

(what does indicate something bout me OR the music:-)

So here it is, or better, here they are, all songs alphabethically mixed into one trip!

Out of stock for many years, but today you can get them for a nice price (secondhand).

Enjoy!

Oh, and if you really like this stuff, don't miss out on another

Los Lobos "spin-off":

the 1999 Houndog album, it's even a bit more "out there" ...

1. Latin Playboys-chinese surprise (3:07)

2. Latin Playboys-crayon sun (3:09)

3. Latin Playboys-cuca's blues (3:16)

4. Latin Playboys-dose (2:35)

5. Latin Playboys-fiesta erotica (3:11)

6. Latin Playboys-forever night shade mary (3:04)

7. Latin Playboys-gone (2:52)

8. Latin Playboys-if (1:41)

9. Latin Playboys-ironsides (1:48)

10. Latin Playboys-lagoon (2:27)

11. Latin Playboys-latin trip (3:00)

12. Latin Playboys-lemon 'n ice (3:52)

13. Latin Playboys-locoman (2:50)

14. Latin Playboys-manifold de amour (2:02)

15. Latin Playboys-mira! (1:25)

16. Latin Playboys-mustard (3:30)

17. Latin PLayboys-new zandu (3:13)

18. Latin Playboys-nubian priestess (2:01)

19. Latin Playboys-paletero (3:15)

20. Latin Playboys-paula y fred (3:07)

21. Latin Playboys-pink steps (2:06)

22. Latin Playboys-rudy's party (2:31)

23. Latin Playboys-same brown earth (3:45)

24. Latin Playboys-ten believers (3:17)

25. Latin Playboys-tormenta blvd (2:10)

26. Latin Playboys-toro (0:39)

27. Latin Playboys-viva la raza (2:48)

LISTEN HERE!

33: Everybody needs somebody to...

First of all: all the best of luck, health and happiness for the coming year!

I'm gonna kick off with 10 songs that all involve in some way that great feeling, the feeling that Jake & Elwood so eloquently sang about in that good old Blues Brother movie...

1. Al Kooper - Am I Wrong (3:29)

2. Ben Harper - Steal My Kisses (4:05)

3. Carmel - More More More (6:25)

4. Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love (1:59)

5. Domino - This Busisness Of Love (3:27)

6. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (3:59)

7. Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - I Found A Love (5:53)

8. Mighty Mike - I know (2:51)

9. Reverend Horton Heat - You've Got A Friend In Jimbo (5:35)

10. Soft Boys - There's Nobody Like You (3:11)

grab that feeling !