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Bitches Ain't Shit
So I hope you guys got/get the chance to listen to the podcast. Any feedback would be much appreciated, as we don't really know what we're doing in terms of recording/mixing/editing/importing/posting podcasts. So honestly, if it's too loud or quiet, if you've got downloading issues, whatever, let us know and we'll try to fix it. I feel that it's kind of like NPR. With dick jokes.
You guys really have been sucking on those song lyrics. The three Valentine songs were as follows:
"Valentine" by Old 97s, "Valentine's Day" by Bruce Springsteen, and "Happy Valentine's Day" by Outkast.
Thursday's was "What's Your Fantasy" by Ludacris.
I'll try to dumb it down for you from here on out. Today's song lyric: "With or Without You. With or Without You, oh-oh." (HINT: The band that sings this song is called U2).
Alright, I feel it's time again for our monthly checkin with the top five most played songs on my ipod.
1) "Speak Slow" by Tegan and Sara, I was brutally mocked for listening to Tegan and Sara the last time one of their songs made an appearance on here. I don't care. I like them more each day. I believe these two are lesbian twin sisters, although they are a good deal more talented/less hot than T.A.T.U. They always sound terribly depressed, their songs are really catchy and they've got unique voices and harmonies. Good.
2) "Letter From An Occupant" by New Pornographers, Man I am really coming off as cool so far. I have endlessly mentioned this band on here before, they're just pure gold. This is off their first album, "Mass Romantic" and I could listen to it 100 times in a row and not grow tired of it. I did apparently, if it hit this spot. Guys and girls sing in this band, Neko Case sings this one and her voice is incredible. NO IDEA what the lyrics mean. I don't even know what the title means.
3) "Alex Chilton" by The Replacements, The Replacements are one of the great unsung bands. I was always a little shocked Kurt Cobain never cited them as an influence, (which surely would have upped their popularity, as it did The Pixies), because he clearly took a lot from them. I would imagine less discerning listeners couldn't tell his voice from Paul Westerberg's. The Replacements, like Nirvana, were a pop band who sang/played so rough and raw that they sounded like hard rock. This is one of their poppiest songs, and is maybe their best. Love that breakdown in the middle. And there's cowbell! I DO know what this one is about, Alex Chilton was the lead singer of Big Star.
4) "Old Hat" by Harvey Danger, I need to make a post about underrated bands of the 90s, bands who were essentially one-hit wonders, but were so much better than most think. Harvey Danger might be at the top of that list. Their first album, ("Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone"), the one with the one hit ("Flagpole Sitta"), is pretty much flawless. It opens with "Carlotta Valdez," surely the most rocking song about an Alfred Hitchcock movie ever recorded. (Unless we're counting "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads, then it's a tossup. By the way, Meredith, if you're reading this, you have had my Talking Heads Live CDs for nearly a year. You have pushed the limits of "borrowing" as far as they can go. Kindly return them. Yeah, I called you out in public). "Private Helicopter" and "Wooly Muffler" are fascinating dissections of relationships gone wrong that don't skimp on the asskickery, and then there's "Old Hat," which is stupid good. I think I might love every song in which a girl and a guy sing, that's why I love the Pixies so much. This guy's lyrics are pretty wordy and complicated but I think this one's about how you can't write anything good when you're happy. Which I think is true.
I just realized I don't like every song in which a guy and a girl sing. That would mean I'd have to like the works of Ja Rule. Unless we're not counting that as singing, in which case I stand by what I said. What's that song of his "The way you look, the way you move, the way you fuck, the way you groove...." whatever the hell that was? Terrible.
5) "Bitches Ain't Shit" by Ben Folds. Remember that DESERVED one hit wonder of the 90s, Dynamite Hack? They did an acoustic version of the rap song "Boyz N The Hood" that was kinda funny? This takes a similar idea and makes it MUCH better, both in terms of comedy and musicality. Taking one of the finest Dr. Dre songs and making it into a piano ballad was a genius idea, and this is about as good as it could have sounded. "Bitches ain't shit but hos and tricks. Lick on these nuts and suck the dick." He's got a point. He may not have been a real doctor, but he knows what he's talking about. You should download it.
WOW! Can't make fun of me this week! No showtunes! No teen pop divas! (Although Kelly Clarkson remains in the top ten at Number 7). I'm proud of myself.
Alright, I realize I've promised several blogs to all of you, I know I swore I'd do one on good gym mixes, one on who I think should be nominated for Oscars, and one on my top ten movies of the year. Those are all coming by end of month. Also, if you have any questions/issues you'd like us to tackle in the podcast, please leave it here or e-mail me at patrickjohnwalsh@gmail.com. You can be anonymous. I'd love to have a "listener mail" portion like an actual radio show. Questions about sex and relationships will get top priority, because we don't know about much else.
And as usual, leave me your Ipod "Top Five." Be honest!
Oh, and the lyric was from "With Or Without You." By U2.
i don't have an iPod. rub it in why don't you. i DID, however, recently get
a computer. therefore, when i go home tonight i will tell you the top five
songs i've played on my iTunes, a'ight?
Some qualms I have with this current post:
Mike,
iPod top five ...
1.) "16 Military Wives" by The Decemberists. One of the catchiest songs in
recent memory about war and politics. It even has a chorus that goes, "La
de da de da"
2.) The Johnny Cash cover of Neil Diamond's "Solitary Man"
3.) "The Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World" by The
Flaming Lips.
4.) "Soul Meets Body" by Death Cab for Cutie.
5.) "One Way Ticket" by The Darkness
1. Farewell to the Old Me - Dar Williams, good song, found it on an episode
of Laguna beach!
2. The Hudson - Dar Williams - gret song, got off her new album i got on
the giveaway table at work. makes think of riding a boat in New York.
3. Have you Got it in you - imogen heap - awesome song, great chord
progression!
4. Falling away from you - Muse - sounds like radiohead and
coldplay. their whole album is great. very upbeat and catchy.
5. Brokeback mountain soundtrack - Gustavo Santaolalla - I LOVE THIS MOVIE
AND THE SONGS. I think the music makes the entire movie! gustavo's a genius
and deserves the oscar. "The Win" is a very short piece, but the main title
and is so good. download it.
I don't know what a goddamn iPod is, but I'll tell you what mix tape I have
on my Walkman: 1.) Urgent-Foreigner 2.) Talk Dirty to Me - Poison 3.) If I
Could Walk on Water - Eddie Money 4.) Shakin - Eddie Money and 5.) Welcome
to the Jungle - G'n'Fin' R!!!
Matthew definitely wins for coolest dude ever to post a comment on this
"blog" (that includes the author of this blog himself). My iPod top 25 or
whatever remains largely the same, and I'll tell you why: because since
late July, I have undertaken to listen to every song on it, in alphabetical
order. Sure, I've strayed from that direct course in favor of new albums
or special road trip or game night mixes, but generally when I'm just
chillaxin' and listenin', I'm doin' the iQuest. I just got into the "U"s
today, and I'll give one American dollar to the first person to identify
what the first song starting with "U" was. Guess away!
Maybe you want to hand over 350 and buy me one, Pat? I'm a cheap bastard. I
covet the iPod, but I have yet to bring myself to actually shell out the
dough. My discman works just fine. I asked for one for Christmas, but, like
everything else I asked for, I didn't get it. Pity party for me.
Bryan, I still say your most played list is too respectable to be true. You
know there's a Sugar Ray song in there somewhere.
None of the above, Sam.
Mike, it is painful how close you are. I'm rescinding that dollar offer
come Friday.
"U Got The Look!" by Prince. I accept Paypal.
Pat was further from it than Curry.
It was "U" by Arrested Development. Nobody gets the dollar, and nobody's
prob'ly even reading this.