snuh ([info]snuh) wrote,
@ 2008-12-05 00:20:00
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super happy funtime friday five


I can go on about the Big Shitpile getting bigger by the day, but it's beyond depressing to keep kicking that can around - it ends up the free-fall isn't very free. During the day, keep your head up, but right now, whatever gets you through the night, it's alright.
John Lennon: Whatever Gets You Thru The Night - 5MB

Listening to the magnificent Billie Holiday should bring a smile to everybody's face, which is why she's in this week's Friday Five. Before or since, there's no other like Lady Day.
Billie Holiday: When You're Smiling - 2MB

e.e.c. reminded me it was time to revist Morningwood's classic tune of a couple of years back. Go Friday's dress casual one step further and take 'em all off - I find this works best after visiting your local watering hole for lunchtime shots of Patrón. Why wait for the company Christmas party - do you really think they're going to have one this year?
Morningwood: Take Off Your Clothes - 5MB


YouTube: Take Off Your Clothes


[info]carless_sam was nice enough to lead me to Mashed In Plastic: The David Lynch Mashup Album. Now, I'm usually not a fan of Mashups, but the lure of Lynch movie dialogue joined with ethereal musical backing was too much to resist. Take Angelo Badalamenti's Theme From Twin Peaks and mix with Michael Jackson crooning I'll Be There and you have Mashup Magic. Jacko's finally in the proper setting - right smack dab of the middle of David Lynch's twilight world.
Colatron: I'll Be There In Twin Peaks - 14MB

In the Autumn of 1986, Coldcut was formed in the UK by computer programmer Matt Black and former art teacher Jonathan More. The duo helped turn remixing into a viable music genre that now gluts most music aggregator feeds. Black had entered Say Kids, What Time Is It? to a Capital Radio mix competition. More suggested a separate edit be made of The Jungle Book's I Wan'na Be Like You, which Black mixed with the break from James Brown's Funky Drummer. Through Black's contacts at Kiss FM, the song found public distribution, its popularity led to the offer of remixing Eric B. & Rakim's Paid in Full, which went on to become a Hip-Hop classic (h/t to this is tomorrow).
Coldcut: Say Kids, What Time Is It? - 11MB


Only 20 more shopping days till Christmas - on that note, have a great weekend!web hit counter


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[info]girl_in_blue
2008-12-05 09:55 am UTC (link)
sorry global crisesare getting you down - at least you're living in sunny california, which is more than i can say for us! it's easier to feel gray when everything literally is.

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[info]snuh
2008-12-05 10:03 am UTC (link)
This is true. I was thinking exactly that yesterday as I rode my bike along the beach. It's still shorts weather, most likely thanks to global warming. You should move!

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[info]girl_in_blue
2008-12-05 10:05 am UTC (link)
i would move in a heartbeat if i could - want to marry me? ;)

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[info]snuh
2008-12-05 10:14 am UTC (link)
Sure - I'm available! You could live eight blocks from the ocean in middle class luxury as we watch the fall of Western civilization in the comfort in each others arms. We'd chance the alcohol ban and take long romantic walks along the beach with the obligatory bottle of wine. As I extolled your beauty, you'd remind me on how handsome and clever I am. Then we'd go eat sushi and have sexy funtime.

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[info]girl_in_blue
2008-12-05 10:17 am UTC (link)
i was sold on california, but you totally put the icing on the cake - see you next week!

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[info]snuh
2008-12-05 10:18 am UTC (link)
I'll start chilling the wine!

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[info]girl_in_blue
2008-12-05 10:23 am UTC (link)
don't do that - i like red! see we're having our first fight already...

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[info]snuh
2008-12-05 10:32 am UTC (link)
But darling - for you I'd travel on hands and knees to Napa Valley to find the very best offerings of the Grape Gods! Nothing would stop me from pleasing your every whim, absolutely nothing.

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[info]girl_in_blue
2008-12-05 10:33 am UTC (link)
best argument resolution ever!

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[info]snuh
2008-12-05 10:37 am UTC (link)
Just think how happy we'd be - we'd catch Joanna Newsom and Grizzly Bear every time they came to town.

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[info]girl_in_blue
2008-12-05 10:41 am UTC (link)
you have no idea how tempted i am. especially as i'm currently sitting in a flat with huge windows and broken heating so i'm literally wearing a blanket and shivering!

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[info]presentpossible
2008-12-05 05:23 pm UTC (link)
that video actually did cheer me up
thanks, i needed a post like this today
exams are not agreeing with me

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[info]snuh
2008-12-05 05:59 pm UTC (link)
Bad news about the exams, good about seeing you were cheered up. I think you need more msuic. Here's the tune sampled in the Coldcut song, then one of those remixes that glut music aggregator feeds and something found via soundbytz.

Louis Prima: I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) - 5MB

Dave Spoon & Pete Tong: Gas Face (Japanese Popstars Remix) - 17MB

Brazilian Girls: Crosseyed And Painless - 6MB

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[info]presentpossible
2008-12-05 06:03 pm UTC (link)
I LOVE THE MONKEY SONG
i actually remember watching that scene in the jungle book like a year ago when i was having a crappy day, it's impossible to feel bad when you see it

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[info]snuh
2008-12-05 06:21 pm UTC (link)
Here's the video:




Hell, we need more music - more from The Jungle Book.

Phil Harris: The Bare Necessities - 5MB

The Friday Five theme song.

The Easybeats: Friday On My Mind - 4MB

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[info]carless_sam
2008-12-05 06:33 pm UTC (link)
I have the same take on mashups. They have to be really good to keep me for more than the first 5 seconds or so. Anyhow, great video. And thanks for some Billie that I somehow managed not to have (wondering how that happened).

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[info]snuh
2008-12-05 06:42 pm UTC (link)
I've seen that link everywhere, but you were the first. I also like this one a lot, it's a mash of The Smashing Pumpkins 1969 with Linda Scott's I've Told Every Little Star.

ToToM: I've Told Every Little Pumpkin - 10MB

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[info]carless_sam
2008-12-05 10:03 pm UTC (link)
that one was pretty good. It take effort and careful selection to get tunes to work together like that.

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[info]snuh
2008-12-06 12:56 am UTC (link)
A lot of thought was put into the collection - you can hear it.

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[info]ramsesthesecond
2008-12-07 12:30 pm UTC (link)
I loved this post full of diverse types of music, I enjoyed the soothing music in (I'll be there in twin peaks)sounds relaxing for me, also the playful mix in say kids, what time it is, he actually used a piece of ennio morricone's (the good the bad and the ugly) I liked this
thanks for the music, enjoy the shopping and merry christmas

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[info]snuh
2008-12-07 09:39 pm UTC (link)
It's always good to know people are enjoying what they're hearing. Whoever mixed Kool Moe Dee's Wild Wild West must have been inspired by the Coldcut tune, it came out later the same year.

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[info]ramsesthesecond
2008-12-08 05:11 pm UTC (link)
there is something I want to ask you about, it is your choice of songs, it is diverse in genre like that post yet it felt like moving in different moods, how do you choose every post's group of songs?
for my posts you know I just arrange them according to the singer...
and you said that you aren't actually a fan of the mach ups yet you posted it ... is that for some friend's request! cause if so, I would take the chance to ask you lots and lots of requests :)
I did really like the songs, thank you so much for posting them

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[info]snuh
2008-12-08 09:11 pm UTC (link)
there is something I want to ask you about, it is your choice of songs, it is diverse in genre like that post yet it felt like moving in different moods, how do you choose every post's group of songs?

I come up with songs from memory then do a few searches on the theme to fill the list with more choices. Many times, I search through lyric sites to find tunes with keywords that match the theme. I usually have about fifty before I start to separate the best from the bunch. That brings it down to around twenty-five songs, then I pick what I feel are the absolute top ones. Sometimes, it could be eight, other times, it can be twenty. Every once in a while, I make a choice I regret.

and you said that you aren't actually a fan of the mach ups yet you posted it ... is that for some friend's request!

No, I posted it because I liked the song, despite not being a fan of the genre.

cause if so, I would take the chance to ask you lots and lots of requests :)

Requests based on the theme or just plain old requests?

I did really like the songs, thank you so much for posting them

Thanks for being interested enough to listen to them!

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Thanks!
[info]colatron.com
2008-12-11 01:23 am UTC (link)
Hey, Andy aka Colatron here

Just a quick word from I and the rest of the guys from 1086 Productions to say thanks for the shout out and the particularly kind words you said on my track. Hope you continue to enjoy the album for a lond time to come!

Cheers,
Andy

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[info]snuh
2008-12-11 02:10 am UTC (link)
You'll be happy to know that it's the most downloaded tune of this post and one of the month's most popular; deservedly so, it's very well done. It's always great to hear from the artist, thanks for dropping by, here's wishing for continued success!

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