respect the classics. literally.

wooden ships

more crosby:



My faith in our generation has been restored -- someone asked me what song this was because...*gasp*...they liked it?

why

jada

Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young

From the album Deja Vu, 1970

love & pride 2005

chicka cherry cola

Aaaand we're back to youtube videos.

I'm just way too lazy to upload mp3s. Bah.




Creepy video. No one really knows what he's saying. Yet still a classic, no?

boogie fever

Like disco jamz?

Disco Feeva, by yours truly


List:

Spank - Jimmy Horne
Tragedy - Bee Gees
Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - Tavares
Le Freak - Chic
Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet - Gonzalez
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey
Disco Nights - GQ
You Make Me Feel - Sylvester
Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
Chicism - Chic
Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
Funkytown - Lipps Inc
Shake Your Booty - KC & the Sunshine Band
Last Train to London - ELO
Cuba - Gibson Brothers
Dance Dance Dance - Chic
Bad Girl - Donna Summer
Found A Cure - Ashford & Simpson
He's the Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge

i'm in the collard green 6

Young Money - Roger That.mp3

whoop that trick

original soundtrack from Hustle and Flow (2005)

Whoop That Trick - Djay


Imma make these suckas recognize I ain't playin hoe

st-st-t-utter

Stutter - Joe

WHOA! Remember Now That's What I Call Music? Well here's a little gem from vol. 8. Man, I always begged my mom to buy them for me back in the day.

I think they are still releasing new ones...what, is up to volume 40 now? haha.

Actually I just looked it up and I wasn't too far off...NOW 35 is new for this fall!

in honor of today

Do you remember? The 21st night of September?

Such a great song.

Unfortunately, I don't think music will ever be as good as it was in the 70's.

September 99 - Earth Wind and Fire (Phats & Smalls remix)

This particular remix (circa 1999) is very similar to the original, with just a slightly faster tempo and more defined bass line. In fact, it's pretty hard to tell the two apart.

I'm going to try and switch from youtube videos to linking mp3's directly. So when you press play, (if you haven't figured it out already) a little box pops up at the bottom of the screen that plays the song, a la Yahoo Music player. Let's see how that goes...

Also, I found this really cool website called The Hype Machine. Check it out when you have a chance

another night

another dream, but always you.

another night, real mccoy, 1994

take a chance on me, ABBA, 1977

NOT A*Teens.

wednesday night dance party

i just want to say this is the craziest music video ever.

and the perfect song for a dance party. early thursday morning.

YOU MAKE ME FEEL - SYLVESTER - 1978

Quiero bailar la salsa

Cuba - Gibson Brothers '79




it just doesn't get any better than this.

week from hell

ahh ok so instead of ranting about how bad this week is, i will instead post this really awesome (recent) song.




and kid cudi's sample of it



both good songs.

monday madness

Just finished reading the 50 page manual on the ins and outs of being a member of WRCT.

1) I am insanely proud of myself for actually paying attention and completing it in under 2 hours

2) I have no idea how I'm going to remember everything for the membership test I'll have to take


I am beginning to conjure up possible names for my potential DJ show that I will hopefully have. Someday. Hah. Feel free to comment with any ideas...lmao.

ANYWAYS:

Upon searching for the youtube video for today's song of the day, I was instantly disgusted. First he uses song titles from Jefferson Airplane. Then Third Eye Blind. AND NOW HALL & OATES?!?!

IS ANYTHING SACRED ?!?!

I hate Justin Bieber.

Presenting Daryl Hall and John Oates: Rich Girl




@ Justin Bieber: You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far.


This better not happen again.

updates

So, I've seriously been slacking on posting here...probably due to the fact of my insane workload brought on by junior year of mechanical engineering at CMU. But, it builds character, so I'll keep calm and carry on.

Anyways, I'm going to a meeting for our school's radio station tonight and hopefully it will go well. It's the first of many steps on my journey to hosting/DJ'ing my own radio show. Then, I will be able to play forgotten songs every day! Muahahahahahaha!

I recently came across this little gem by Blackstreet. circa 1996.

Never Let You Go by Third Eye Blind

How DARE Justin Bieber copy TEB's song title. He will never ever be infinitely close to the level of awesomeness of TEB. Ever.

All that pressure...got ya down?

Now that I'm back at school and classes will be starting next week, I figured I should probably get around to blogging again. So much for the "daily dose of old school". Hah. Anyways, here's a song that I've recently been addicted to. Enjoy.

Mad Old Mondays

Remember this song?

Earth Angel, The Penguins, 1954


If you do, you're either mad old, or saw Back to the Future. Or that one episode of Family Guy.

Peace of Mind, Boston, 1976

Ooo, just came up with a new 'segment' idea: my favorite lyrics from the song I post, every friday! Just in case you couldn't figure it out from the title...

-------------------------------------
Friday's Favorite Lyrics:

People livin' in competition
All I want is to have my peace of mind.

Now you're climbin' to the top of the company ladder
Hope it doesn't take too long
Can't cha see there'll come a day when it won't matter
Come a day when you'll be gone
-------------------------------------

So. True.
Especially since one day I hope to be at the top of that ladder...

If you think about it, what would a lifetime of work give to you? What would it mean? Basically, not much, besides the fact that you worked yourself to death. So might as well enjoy yourself, because you only live once.

Which brings me to another point.

It really pisses me off when people tell you you're going to die. Well thank you, Captain Obvious, because unless I'm Tuck-Freakin-Everlasting, we are all going to die. Whether I bring it about a few years earlier by enjoying my nice summer tan or drinking too may diet sodas, I could care less. You know why? Because at least I lived a little. And who is going to care about what you did? No one, unless you were the first black president (which, unfortunately, has already been claimed) or invented the widely used flying car (this will be claimed by yours truly).

So, no one will care. And what will happen 100, 200, or a few billion years after you died? Oh, sure, the sun will turn into a red giant, engulfing the earth and other surrounding planets, then explode, obliterating the solar system as it stands, but probably not turning into a black hole. Oy, not to put a damper on your mood or anything...:D

Please, for my sake, our sun's sake, and a tribute to Boston:
Enjoy. Do something crazy. Listen to Peace of Mind again. Read my blog. Ojala and Adios.

White Room, Cream, 1968

Way too tired to write a full post. Ever since I've been at my cousin's, (for almost a week now, although it seems like, way, totally, longer, like), I'm pretty much in bed by 10. Kids are soooo cute, but they tire me out like an old woman. Oy.

Anyways, enjoy Cream. Always gave me the craving for a creamsicle. Nom nom nom......

Life is unfair.

Apparently the CSN Darien Lake concert has been sold out. For a while. And all this time I thought ticketmaster.com was just being retarded.

I will do ANYTHING for a ticket.

Ok, maybe not anything, but you get the goddamn point.

How in the world was the KISS concert still selling tickets when hum-drum Tom Petty featuring CSN already sold out? Answer THAT riddle, my friends. Actually, I guess it's pretty simple...Central New York has awesome taste in music. I'm not saying KISS isn't a good band either, it's just I like CSN and sometimes Y way better...they've got that smooth classic rock sound. Straight from the early 70's. *sigh*

Well, all is not lost since strangely enough, CSN & Y seem to be on a pretty busy tour schedule...all I'm saying is they better not kick the bucket before I get to see them perform live, like someone we all know *COUGH* mj *COUGH*.


Enough gab...here's the SOD (song of the day, I just thought of it, if you don't like it, well, tough luck):


That's All, Genesis, 1983


I heard this song a couple weeks back, and I could not remember the name of it for the life of me, so naturally, I remembered some lyrics to Google when I got home. But, per usual, I forgot them, so I spent about an hour on songtapper.com trying to figure it out. The most meaningful song that came out of that was Jingle Bells. Fail. I thought the search was over for good until the song would pop up again sometime throughout the course of my life.

The next day it was on the radio.

Maybe life is fair...

...but I still want those tickets.

CSN

Crosby Stills Nash.
darien lake, august 14th.


I WANT TO GO SO. FREAKIN. BAD.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.



long time gone...




teach your children...




southern cross...



nuff said.

i just want your extra time and your

kiss!

I came across this song whilst shuffling through iTunes, and until then, I forgot how awesome it is. So act your age, not your shoe size, and respect the classic sounds of the 80's.


Kiss, Prince, 1986

cash rules everything around me

Oh hey again, hope y'all had a great 4th.'

This particular song isn't too old, but, in recent terms, it's..."old".

For some reason, it's one of those songs that you never really get tired of.

oh, hey, it's summer

Oops. Haven't posted in almost...two months. I guess the excitement of summer, classes ending, going home and not having internet really got to me.

Moving on, I have recently become obsessed with 70's music. Aka disco. I'm sorry, it is just way more awesome than the crap that's playing today. Has anyone else noticed how synthesizers have slowly crept into basically every recent song? Why can't they just stay in their own techno/trance genre where they belong!

Of course, I was excited at first, because I thought the trance and electronic genres were becoming more popular. Nope! Most songs are just sad imitations of the real thing. Like juice from concentrate. For example, you pretty much never hear a singer's real voice. And when you do, you are gonna wish ya brought a pair of earplugs to the concert you paid $200 for. A word of advice: never listen to kesha live.


So, here is Diana Ross to save the day:

Upside Down (1980)

Flutes from the Andes

Today is my last night in Pittsburgh before I go home for the summer...so I thought I would post about a song that's a little different from the norm. Strangely enough, I came across this CD one night, and thought it had pretty catchy tunes. Lately I've found myself whistling to it...


Lima Morena, by Los Calchakis, Flutes de Pan de Andes, 1985




Whoo hoo Happy Listening!!

YIPPEE!!!!

To celebrate officially being done with this semester, I suppose I'll post today. Especially since it's almost been a week since my last post. oops.

Per request, from the era of boy-bands,

Too Close - Next, Rated Next, 1998




A one-hit wonder, but who cares, it's a good song.

CANDY!!!11!!!?!! om nom nom nom

never really understood what the meaning of this song is...but it does have a pretty catchy tune...

sex and candy, marcy playground, 1997




Lately all of the music videos I've encountered have "embedding disabled by request".
So we'll have to settle for these lyric vids for a while. *sigh*


I smell sex and candy here
Who's that lounging in my chair?

haaaapppieee listenin

A Tribute to 420

I get by with a little help from my friends



I get high with a little help from my friends.

On love, of course. Or in my case, job applications.


Happy listening.

I don't really want to be the Queen

And carnival is officially over...time to snap back to reality, unfortunately.
This song played during the course of last night, thought I would remind you all of it.

Meet Virginia, Train, 1999



I'd love to stay and chat but I got work to do. Happy listening. :D

nsync > backstreet?

The esteemed alumni from the class of 2000 came to visit the 'swim house' today...
...at 1:30 this morning...
so as a tribute to them and the wonderful year 2000, behold...

BYE BYE BYE, 'nuff said.



enjoy.

it's carnival, don't steal my sunshine

awesome mashup: all falls down by kanye and steal my sunshine by len.



imma go enjoy the sun now.
happy listening

It's that pivotal moment....*facepalm*

So this morning I had a serious, serious, brain fart.

I confused Faith Hill with Faith Evans.

wow.

Faith Hill - This Kiss

Don't Delay! Act Now! Supplies are running out!

you miiiight as well be walking on the sun.

definitely brings back memories of summer car rides with the windows down and music blasting...wait. duh.



"Walkin' On the Sun" by Smash Mouth was released in 97 on the album Fush Yu Mang. This was Smash Mouth's first major hit which reached #1 on Billboard Adult Top 40 and Modern Rock.

and iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii eee iiiiiiiiiii will always, lovee youuuuOOOooo

Whitney Houston.
I Will Always Love You, '92.
This kid owns. Everyone.

If you haven't seen this yet, buckle yourself in because this is one hell of a ride.




and the original live version.

Is that a Chevy '69?

How Bizarre by OMC
Released 1996, peaked at #1 in New Zealand, and #4 in the U.S.



A one-hit-wonder band, OMC was from New Zealand. However, they did have other songs that topped charts...just not in the U.S.

blasted from the past, the beginning

Sometimes we need help remembering awesome pieces of history...like when the Cubs last won the World Series. That's what this blog is for. Every day-ish I'll post a song that was "blasted in the past" and some background info on it. I'll start off with the 90's and slowly descend into the history of music like never seen before. After all, you gotta respect the classics.

This brings me to the song that will start off this blog. A song that meant a lot to me during the 90's, one I basically forgot about until last year. I would hear this song on the radio in my Dad's car when I would visit him on weekends, since my parents were divorced, and my mom didn't have a radio in her car...or air conditioning for the matter. So here it is...Mo Money Mo Problems, by The Notorious B.I.G.



Released posthumously in '97, this single topped the charts for 2 weeks straight, replacing I'll Be Missing You by Diddy. Now back then, I had no idea what they actually say in the song...and I still don't really know for sure. But some of you would be surprised to know that this song was sampled from Diana Ross's 1980 song I'm Coming Out:



Hope I jogged some memories...

Happy Listening!