Music Video Friday 10: I Wanna Lick The (W)Rapper

I can't stop grinning.
The original was a workmanlike piece of contemporary hip hop,but this.....this makes the song fun.Plus,the simply hilarious image of white youth rocking to the lyrics of a deliciously filthy hip hop track.....ROFL. This goes into my Happy playlist.I wonder if anyone else tried to cover this song....

Oh.My.God.Someone did a ballad.And it doesn't suck.


It's not as flat out hilarious as the first,but in some ways it's even more impressive.Anyway,the rock video is from Framing Hanley and the ballad is by Right Side Of The Tree.Enjoy.I know I will:)

Music Video Friday 9:The Aristo Song

Presenting:the aristo anthem for 2008!Pay particular attention to the lyrics



PS There's a parody of this song by Weird Al on Youtube(if you don't know who he is,where have you BEEN?).Just so you know:)

Music Video Friday 8:We Remixed The Remix

It's not often you run into an artiste who turns you onto a whole new genre of music.Good thing too,music costs money.But for me it's happened.The genre:Mashups.The artiste:Girl Talk.

Mashups generally involve mixing up two or more songs to get something recognizable yet more than the sum of its parts.Popular songs include Boulevard of Broken Songs(Green Day/Oasis/Travis/Eminem/Aerosmith),Every Car You Chase(The Police/Snow Patrol) and Smack My Orinoco Flows Up(Enya/Prodigy).

Two or three songs is usually par for the course.This guy routinely mashes together TEN tracks to make one song.Not only that,but he makes albums of the stuff.And they're FUN!His latest album is named Feed The Animals and this is track 3, "Still Here".

He's offering the album up for download at his site for free if you are unable or unwilling to pay.Just enter $0.00 and download;it is a 100MB download.Site is http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/__girl__talk___feed__the__anima.ls___/

Don't say I never do anything for you:)

Music Video Friday 6:I wish I wasn't late

Johnny was a chemist,
Now Johnny is no more,
Because what he thought was H20,
Was H2SO4.

-Anonymous

I love power ballads.In fact,I love anything that gives me an excuse to hear electric guitars and violins in the same song.So when you take a metal band and throw them together with a symphony orchestra,you have my attention.Throw in a trained operatic soprano and you have my new favorite band.

For some reason they don't have too many videos,but I found this one;also happens to be one of my favorites.This is I Wish I Had An Angel by Nightwish.

PS Am I the only one who thinks the male singer's beard is ridiculous?

Music Video Friday 5:Stereotyping

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

Ever categorized people by music?Try it.I used to.Time was,you could tell the testosterone poisoned by the size and composition of their CD collections.Tupac,Notorious BIG,Dre,Nas,JayZ,50 Cent,The Game;if their CD collection had these artistes in greater than 75%,the guy was often a victim of testosterone poisoning,which often resulted in expenditure of large amounts of time,money and electricity maintaining the requisite "image".Side effects included going into debt and drinking garri for dinner.

Then there were the Celine Dion addicts.Often characterized by an infatuation with Indian movies and South American telenovellas,they exhibited tendencies straight out of a Meg Ryan flick.Needless to say,they were(mostly)female.Usually Toni Braxton fans as well.Often responsible for the drinking garri state of the testosterone poisoned.

There were also the people who bought Kenny Rogers albums(dry),Mary Mary(churchalicious),Enya&Tracy Chapman(pushovers),pop(bourgeois),and rock(weirdos).

I suspect it still (largely)holds true.The specific musicians may have changed,but the core themes remain.Issues of masculinity,of expectations,of rebellion.That and people just being pricks:).You all have a lovely weekend.

From a Greek brother called Nicolas Georgakis.If you don't enjoy this,you have no soul.

Music Video Friday The Extremely Late Edition:When Silly Is Also Happy

I almost forgot to put this up.

The guy's name is Matt Harding;he's one of these oyibos that somehow manage to get away with working very little for at least part of their lives and still manage to keep an apartment,a girlfriend and a semblance of a social life.(If anyone ever figures out how,drop me a line.)

Anyhoo,he travels the world,does a funny dance on camera,and puts them up on the Net.For which I say thank you,because the latest video brings a smile to my face.Maybe it will to you too.This is the 2008 version.The soundtrack is a song called Praan.Just goes to show white people can't dance,but they can have fun:).Enjoy.

Music Video Friday 4 Weekend Edition:Being What You Want MeTo Be

And the word of the day is wigga.Try as I might,I can't find a similar term for Nigerians guilty of the same crime.You know,the brand name wearing,"men"spouting,Tupac-quoting,money blowing characters who try to act as "hood"(and by this I mean black American 'hood)as possible,becoming in effect caricatures of the people they try to ape.It's particularly funny when said fellows are wearing obvious knockoffs and blowing money you know they are going to need for breakfast tomorrow.A little less so when they hit you up for a loan.Most grow out of it.The others starve to death:)

I'm gonna cheat here:I could not find a video for this song so I'll just put up the audio.This is the Numb/Encore remix featuring Dr Dre,Eminem and 50 Cent.



And just because I love this song,here's the original Numb piano piece by a fellow called TheKen.Enjoy.

Music Video Friday 4 Weekend Edition:Of Man And Godzilla

"There's a war going on for your mind. If you are thinking, you are winning."
-Flobots

And the word of the day is ....macroherpetophile.Now I need to go scrub my brain.

No updates this past week;too busy.Will update soon.Generally don't do political music,but this song's gorgeous.This is "Handlebars" by Flobots.

Taking The Jump:Music Video Friday 3

"Beauty isn't in the eye of the beholder;I've checked.There's nothing in there but veins and goo."
-Stephen Colbert.

I just found out two of my songs off my current playlist actually deal with suicide.Who da thunk it?The videos are so very different...

Anyway,Seether are a South African band(imagine that!) who have found international success with their own blend of modern rock.Off the 2007 album Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces,this is "Rise Above This"



Fun fact:They were formerly known as Saron Gas.Have a lovely weekend:)

Music Video Friday 3:Late Edition

I'm stumped,so I'll fall back on an old favorite.This was my "drive the neighbours nuts" song a few years ago.It's a good thing they were so understanding.And that I had such thick walls:)

Ladies and gentlemen,"Vindicated" by Dashboard Confessional.

Music Video Friday 2:Songs Of Our Future Past

I just do what the voices inside my head tell me to do-Anonymous

In recent days music has been on my mind,even more than usual.That's at least partly the fault of various bloggers recounting what can only be described as movie sequences set to music. Freaksho mentioned bolting from a riot to the accompaniment of One Winged Angel.Then Carlang got his kungfu on to the backing of 9ice singing Gongo Aso(still has me in stitches,that one).I suspect neither of them will ever consider listen to either song in quite the same way again.

Which brings me to these:four of the most persistent songs I've ever listened to.All heard before I hit puberty;all memorable,if in different ways.

Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money



This one's a Mother's Day song,no doubt about it.I can't even remember how old I was when I first heard this.


Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam - I Wonder If I Take You Home



Anyone else remember this one?I don't think I was more than 8 first time I heard this song.My first real party song;even then,I couldn't help thinking she looked...striking.Particularly in that pink.And that hair!Of course,now I think she looks striking for somewhat different reasons:)

Chubby Checkers & The Fat Boys -The Twist



This one is permanently linked with NTA and cartoons for me,from the days when NTA actually made an effort to entertain you.It always takes me to my happy place.YOUR PARTY'S NEXT!

Bob Geldof-Love Like A Rocket



Now this haunted me for a long time.I heard it exactly once when I was eleven or so and it never left me.The words "Love like a rocket on fire" stayed with me through secondary school and Uni and I never was able to identify it.Till now.God bless the Interwebs:)

Lovely weekend y'all.

Music Video Friday I :The Case of The Jedi Wannabe

I use my music as a weapon-Disturbed.

In honour of my first Music Video Friday,I present Obiwon singing "Onyinye".Agreed,the guy's sunglasses no make am,the acting sucked and the babe used the wrong shade of lipstick.Still,a nice song.







And just for Freaksho,the original video for my previous post.It's Sick Puppies,singing "All The Same".