changing gears....two of my fave harmonies....jar of flies is very underrated....saw these guys a few times....the last was after staley died and they opened for VH when ed-twat-head was into the booze and pills and could barely hit a note....

one more as the majik dragoon puffs me to the 'morrow

(04-02-2016 10:29 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  have posted before......just for you dawg.....it's cool as we get older and remembering the new....

this JC got it right at times end.....couldn't be better....

Thanks for posting this interview, stinky. Loved it. That interview was conducted 23 days before Johnny Cash died.

Okay gentlemen....no set of Alice in Chains is complete without "Rooster". And I'm about to really make your day.......here's the UNPLUGGED version of Rooster, followed by the original version with the big sound!

Great harmonizing on the unplugged version. And Layne Staley really nails the vocals.





But you have to admit....the BIG sound on the original is simply awesome!

Nice live version of their raw and bluesy song Write Me A Letter from their first album...

(04-03-2016 06:14 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Nice live version of their raw and bluesy song Write Me A Letter from their first album...

one of my faves from teen years....had all of 'em in vinyl up to this one....it's been awhile....thanks for the reminder....

Performer: Rex Harrison
Song: "Never Let A Woman In Your Life"
Songwriters: Lerner & Lowe
1964





Performer: Audrey Hepburn
Song: "Show me"
Songwriters: Lerner & Lowe
1964
*Marni Nixon dubbed Hepburn's vocals in the film, but this is Hepburn's actual voice take before it was overdubbed with Nixon's voice.





Performer: Audrey Hepburn
Song: "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?"
Songwriters: Lerner & Lowe
1964
*Marni Nixon dubbed Hepburn's vocals in the film, but this is Hepburn's actual voice take before it was overdubbed with Nixon's voice.

(04-03-2016 06:14 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Nice live version of their raw and bluesy song Write Me A Letter from their first album...

I was actually listening Aerosmith's 2 disc hits the other day...a great collection of their songs.

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You got to check out B Boy Boulliabiase with its mini cut of AWOL. A truly underrated album when it arrived mainly due to the almost 180 degree turn from Licensed to Ill. It gets better the more you listen to it...it even took me a while to get into it.





Great album and also dug into the crates to dig out some of their pre-hype train stuff:









I didn't get into POD until they broke big with The Fundamental Elements of Southtown but when I got the chance to dig into their back catalog they had some good stuff from the beginning. I like that they can incorporate ska, reggae, rock, metal, and hip hop into a one of a kind sound. Still glad they can keep up the spiritualness of their beliefs in their music.

(04-04-2016 02:52 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  



You got to check out B Boy Boulliabiase with its mini cut of AWOL. A truly underrated album when it arrived mainly due to the almost 180 degree turn from Licensed to Ill. It gets better the more you listen to it...it even took me a while to get into it.

I dig some Beastie Boys and enjoy several cuts from Paul's Boutique including this one...

(04-02-2016 09:27 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  Singer: Johnny Rivers, from Baton Rouge, LA
Song: "Secret Agent Man"
Date: 1966

Good one, HogDawg......reminded me of this version:

Artist: The Plugz
Album: Repo Man (Sndtrk)
Cut: "Hombre Secreto"
1984 MCA Records

Latina DIY Punk rock from back in tha' day...gotta freakin' luv it!

Artist: The Plugz
Album: Electrify Me
Cut: "La Bamba"
1979 PLUGZ RECORDS





The Plugz (also known as "Los Plugz") were a Latino punk band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1984. They and The Zeros were among the first Latino punk bands, although several garage rock bands, such as Thee Midniters and Question Mark & the Mysterians, predated them. The Plugz melded the spirit of punk and Latino music. Their songs reflected the anger and angst of growing up Chicano, and this was reflected in their sardonic hi-speed version of Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba". The Plugz are generally acknowledged as being the first D.I.Y. punk band in L.A., having started their own PLUGZ RECORDS and later Fatima records.

A classic, several versions out there, been covered by a bunch of folks. Here's the original b y Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers....

Artist: Modern Lovers
Album: The Modern Lovers
Cut: "Pablo Picasso"
recorded in 1972 but not released until 1976 on Beserkley Records/ Rhino Records (reissue)






and Burning Sensations did their seminal version for the Repo Man Soundtrack in 1984:

Artist: Burning Sensations
Album: Repo Man (Sndtrk)
Cut: "Pablo Picasso"
1984 MCA Records

(04-04-2016 10:12 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(04-04-2016 02:52 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  You got to check out B Boy Boulliabiase with its mini cut of AWOL. A truly underrated album when it arrived mainly due to the almost 180 degree turn from Licensed to Ill. It gets better the more you listen to it...it even took me a while to get into it.

I dig some Beastie Boys and enjoy several cuts from Paul's Boutique including this one...

My prime cuts off Paul's Boutique would be:
High Plains Drifter
Hey Ladies
Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
3 Minute Rule--mostly due to the off style rap and heavy percussion
B Boy Bouillabaisse --so many good short raps contained within.

and my favorite Burning Sensations song, which is completely different (and a waaay poppier calypso style rocker) than their above-posted version of Pablo Picasso (and a great video):

Artist: Burning Sensations
Album: Burning Sensations
Cut: "Belly of the Whale"
1982/1983 Capitol/EMI Records





"A nice breeze blows in, whenever the big fella cracks a grin
And when the time and the place is right, you sit down, sip some bouillabaisse
Oh, ya know I'm gonna have me a little fun
I got a candle, I can get a lot of reading done...

I feel like Jonah in the Belly of the Whale,
I get so lonely in the Belly of the Whale!"

I love the deadpan delivery of the vocal and the cheesy synth-rock percussion for this classic song:

Artist: Circle Jerks
Album: Golden Shower of Hits
Cut: "When the $h!t Hits the Fan"
July 21, 1983 Allegiance Records

Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods/in the fields
....but they did awright.

Legend: Elvis Presley
Album: On Stage
Cut: "Polk Salad Annie"
Recorded: February 17–19, 1970





"Chick-a-boom, chick-a-boom,
Chick-a-boom-boom-boom"

"yeah, some of ya'll been down to Louisiana, heard about Polk Salad Annie...but you don't know about this....
well, you go to a bar on a Wednesday night, and in there they got a big hunk of plywood...
four feets by eight feet....and they got a hundred squares on it.......

Artist: Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
Album: Root Hog or Die
Cut: "Chicken Drop"
1989 I.R.S. Records

Artist: Talking Heads
Album: Stop Making Sense (Sndtrk)
Cut: "Psycho Killer"
September 1984 Sire/Warner Bros. Records

very different from what they became

Artist: Simple Minds
Album: Empires And Dance
Cut: "Thirty Frames A Second"
September 12, 1980 Arista Records

Artist: The McCoys
Album: Hang On Sloopy
Cut: "Hang on Sloopy"
July 1965 Bang Records

According to Rick Derringer, the original version of Sloopy was written by a "high school kid in St. Louis" and sold to Bert Berns. If true, the answer to the age old question "just who is Sloopy?" lies with him. It was first recorded by The Vibrations in 1964, for Atlantic Records but The McCoys version is the most famous one.