Funkadelic... Standing on the Verge of Getting It On

Released:July 1974
Length:37:48
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Legends where do they come from? Who knows… they just are, just like Funkadelic, speaking and singing in a language that isn’t heard for generations too late. The poetry of songs on a level ahead of conservatism of the time is just mind blowing.

Red Hot Mama is a great example of the words and sounds for the next generation (I can hear some Lenny Kravitz in this song, not as much heart in all his songs than this one track though). George Clinton always had a knack for finding great musicians to express his true funky soul and Red Hot Mama kicks you in the head from the start… I love this song, great energy, great funk…

Who else could keep the energy up in a next song but Funkadelic with Alice in my Fantasies. The feel of this song seems like psychedelia in the next generation like if Hendrix survived to live in the 70’s. Man how the world would be different if he lived to meet the funk revolution that came after him.

If you think that the too much of a good thing is too much, Funkadelic takes it easy with I’ll stay. The piano and the vocal are just sexy and soulful. This is where funk redeems the whole slow soul seen for the world that wouldn’t give it a chance.

Yeah I know these are only the first 3 tracks but they are soo worth it to listen to, and if you give the album a chance you’ll feel the funk in these tracks. And I know that most people have heard the funk on Parliament-Funkadelic and George Clinton but nobody in my generation has ever told me about what was be the radio friendly tracks. So this was a treat that I stumbled upon by accident and it deserves more respect for the new ground breaking fearless new sounds that every one tried to steal afterwards.
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1. "Red Hot Mama" (Bernie Worrell, George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 4:54
2. "Alice in My Fantasies" (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 2:26
3. "I'll Stay" (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 7:16
4. "Sexy Ways" (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 3:05
5. "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On" (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 5:07
6. "Jimmy's Got a Little Bit of Bitch in Him" (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 2:33
7. "Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts" (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 12:30

Bill Callahan... Apocalypse

Released: April 5, 2011
Length: 40:24
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This album really came out of nowhere… I only had Bill Callahan’s live alum Rough Travel for a rare thing for a few months, before I found this album. I first discovered Bill Callahan from Blalock’s Indie Rock Playlist (http://www.birp.fm/) back in 2009, since then I’ve been a fan.

Every time I get a new Bill Callahan album there’s always a song that really sticks, and Apocalypse didn’t disappoint with Drover to start the set. I get allot of images in my head when I hear this song, mostly of riding a horse across the U.S. before the states joined the union. It may seem like a lonely song but it gives me the feeling of persevering with the line “Yeah one thing about this wild, wild country, It takes a strong, strong, It breaks a strong, strong mind, Yeah one thing about this wild, wild country, It takes a strong, strong, It breaks a strong, strong mind” and it reflects the wild of America that has been lost in recent generations to gentrification (America is beautiful even some people are idiots).

To keep the strong lyrics comes Baby’s breath, this one may seem kind of obvious about the one that got away because of fear and mistrust and not realizing it, till it’s all over and done. The guitars remind me an old country song that Cash may have sung at one point. It’s a cleaver song anyway you look at.

Riding for the feeling needs no reason to explain how awesome this song is. Yeah it’s a slow song but it makes you really want go out on the road and see what’s in the next day or city. There’s always some story to be told and people to hear just for the feeling called living. These three songs that I’ve mentioned are the ones that always get played 3 or 4 times in a row when this album is playing throughout the day.
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1."Drover" - 5:24
2."Baby's Breath" - 5:30
3."America!" - 5:33
4."Universal Applicant" - 5:53
5."Riding for the Feeling" - 6:05
6."Free's" - 3:13
7."One Fine Morning" - 8:46

The Smiths... The Smiths

Released: February 20, 1984
Recorded: Spring – Autumn 1983
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Ok I grew up hating Morrissey and The Smiths, mostly because my older second cousin Joe, use to play them non-stop morning noon and night. Also I felt they didn't have much balls, too la la la sounding. But some of it ended up sticking in the nostalgic part of my brain, and because of that I get thrown back to the mid 90’s sitting in a garage, helping him work on his Chevy Nova while The Smiths tape was playing.

Pretty Girls Make Graves has had a deeper meaning with me in the past when I get all angsty after breaking up with a girl… we all get Emo at some point in time. Example “I'm not the man you think I am I'm not the man you think I am” and “I lost my faith in Womanhood” seem like a perfect example of being angry about things ending.

Good thing it doesn’t last forever, because This Charming Man comes on a few tracks later. Makes it seem like alright you’ve cried about nothing for a while, now get over it. Brings a better mood out of me when the guitar chimes in. makes me smile because I’ve said that a couple of times. (Ok this one isn’t on the original album but was an EP that predated this album. But it’s a good song and is on the copy of the album I have)

I don’t owe you anything makes me feel like where the night ends and everyone pairs off, last call song. Its how things cool down before people have to go back to being themselves after playing a part they aren’t always because that dance gets old and tiring.

I really like this album because it's mellow and it brings me back to being a kid. and its not because every Mexican kid loves Morrissey.

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1."Reel Around the Fountain" – 5:58
2."You've Got Everything Now" – 3:59
3."Miserable Lie" – 4:29
4."Pretty Girls Make Graves" – 3:42
5."The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" – 4:38
6."Still Ill" – 3:23
7."Hand in Glove" – 3:25
8."What Difference Does It Make?" – 3:51
9."I Don't Owe You Anything" – 4:05
10."Suffer Little Children" – 5:28

dynamite with a laser beam queen as heard through the meat grinder of three one g

Original Release Date: November 30, 2001
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OK I’m not big on compilations or greatest hits albums, but this one really knocks all those barriers out with the madness that gets spewed out of this one. Three One G has got a very talented roster; with the exceptions of 2 songs that are moronic, the rest of this compilation is ridiculously good.

I first found this one a few years ago while looking for Blood Brothers tracks in the Bit torrents, way back in 2004. I was really blown away by the audacity of them to do a cover of Under Pressure … all I gotta say about that track is Bloody Fucking Brilliant. I like the original but this take on the song makes me go back and enjoy the original more.

Weasel Walter Lol… I laughed my ass off when I heard this version of Bohemian Rhapsody, but in my opinion is better than the original because it gave the song some real balls and it got all crazy like at the end which hella awesome. It didn’t go in the same direction of the original of taking the subject too serious, good stuff.

 

Every so often when I’m digging through my collection of tracks and  I stumble upon Glass Candy again like if I’ve never heard of them before (go figure I guess I’m that kind of moron) I’m always surprised that I have this song because its soo good. Don’t think I’ve ever heard the original of The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, I’ll just assume that its one of those b sides you’ve never heard for a reason.

I wanna wrap this up right now but I have to mention Melt Banana with their version of we will rock you, this song bumps loud. Thought I was gonna blow out the speakers on the work truck the other day. Yeah the people on the 10 freeway at 1:30 pm Friday didn’t really appreciate this song as much as I did, but fuck it I liked it

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1. Under Pressure                                                          Blood Brothers             3:03
2. Another One Bites the Dust                                        Get Hustle                    2:16
3. Ogre Battle                                                                Asterisk*                      1:50
4. We Are the Champions                                              Das Oath                       2:19
5. Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...)                        Gogogoairheart             3:09
6. Bicycle Race                                                             Upsilon Acrux                2:51
7. Who Needs You                                                        Sinking Body                1:12
8. The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke                                Glass Candy                  2:29
9. Flash's Theme                                                            The Locust                    0:56
10. Bohemian Rhapsody                                                Weasel Walter              5:04
11. Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men)               The Spacewürm            2:30
12. Crazy Little Thing Called Love                                 Fast Forward                 1:23
13. Get Down Make Love                                             The Convocation of...   4:02
14. Lilly of the Valley                                                      Bastard Noise              3:01
15. Killer Queen                                                             Tourettes Lautrec        4:18
16. We Will Rock You                                                    Melt-Banana                2:02









Couldn't find Glass Candy soo i decided to post this one instead soo shut up and enjoy

Beastie Boys... Ill Communication

Released: May 24, 1994
Recorded: 1993 - 1994
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Ok the 90's make a return, only because this album kicks ass and has been blowing out the speakers whenever I’m around recently (obviously been the other selections). Ill Communication is fucking awesome; The Beastie Boys really found something good in this album with the guest stars and strong beats.

I can’t talk about this album without mentioning the GREATEST MUSIC VIDEO OF ALL TIME Sabotage. Freaking awesome guitar, bass, and drums, all of which the Beastie Boys can really play. I love the last 20 seconds of this song when they all scream at the same time. Every time I hear this song I remember the cars driving all over town, the lame fake mustaches, and that kung fu guy that didn’t do anything in the video.

And the next song get it together is an another mind blowing song with Q-tip showing up and bring the song to a higher level. Every time I’m in the Cadillac blasting this song with my 7 year old cousin Ivin he always loves to sing the part “Ma-Bell got the Ill Communication”. I laugh my ass off every he sings it.

Futterman’s Rule… where did this one come from I didn’t know The Beastie Boys were soo funky and talented at playing their instruments. This song alone changed my whole perception of them being strictly MC’s and Musicians. Straight Tarantino movie Montague of a bunch of dudes in black suits and black glass comes to mind with the quick cuts in the video of them with guns… good stuff.

I’ll throw in a few more points that I like about this album before I sign off this week. Do it is one that needs to be played as loud as the speakers can go with the bass at a level that rattles your whole chest. The jazzier elements are cool for rainy days and they tend to cool things down when it gets too loud sometimes, the last few tracks with the chanting don’t really do it for me as much, but still hella interesting.
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1. "Sure Shot" (Beastie Boys/Caldato/DJ Hurricane) – 3:19
2. "Tough Guy" (AWOL/Beastie Boys) – 0:57
3. "B-Boys Makin' with the Freak Freak" (Beastie Boys) – 3:36
4. "Bobo on the Corner" (Beastie Boys/Bobo/Money Mark) – 1:13
5. "Root Down" (Beastie Boys) – 3:32
6. "Sabotage" (Beastie Boys) – 2:58
7. "Get It Together" (feat. Q-Tip) (Beastie Boys/Davis) – 4:05
8. "Sabrosa" (Beastie Boys/Bobo/Money Mark) – 3:29
9. "The Update" (Beastie Boys/Caldato/Money Mark) – 3:15
10. "Futterman's Rule" (Beastie Boys/Money Mark) – 3:42
11. "Alright Hear This" (Beastie Boys) – 3:06
12. "Eugene's Lament" (Beastie Boys/Bobo/Gore/Money Mark) – 2:12
13. "Flute Loop" (Beastie Boys/Caldato/Kooper) – 1:54
14. "Do It" (Beastie Boys/Biz Markie/Caldato/Money Mark) – 3:16
15. "Ricky's Theme" (Beastie Boys/Bobo/Money Mark) – 3:43
16. "Heart Attack Man" (AWOL/Beastie Boys) – 2:14
17. "The Scoop" (Beastie Boys/Caldato) – 3:36
18. "Shambala" (Beastie Boys/Bobo/Money Mark) – 3:40
19. "Bodhisattva Vow" (Beastie Boys/Caldato) – 3:08
20. "Transitions" (Beastie Boys/Money Mark) – 2:31









ah what the hell i'll throw in Sure Shot