Large Professor visits Amoeba Records to browse through its vinyl collection. While browsing the crates and reflecting on titles from Gloria Gaynor, Joe Walsh, and Paul Horn. Extra P a.k.a. Large Professor also recalls some of the lessons that he learned from his mentor Paul C such as digging with gloves, special record sleeves, and the importance of meticulousness in production.
I like gritty sounds and just ill sounds.
Paul took it to the next level, his records smelled good. Artist Connection Main Source
I've heard a few great covers lately so I thought I'd make a list... yes I'm that bored right now. The order's pretty vague. Tried to pick mostly ones people might not have heard. Major points for radical re-interpretations - there's no point recording covers otherwise.
1) Johnny Cash - Hurt (originally Nine Inch Nails).
- I love the NIN original, but the frailty of Cash's voice shortly before his death adds a whole new layer of poignancy. Beautiful.
2) Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (originally Leonard Cohen).
- I was a bit reluctant to put this in, seeing as it's probably one of the first songs that springs to mind when people think of great covers, and also because it's pretty much become the seminal version of the song anyway. Nevertheless, there it is.
4) Unbroken - Love Will Tear Us Apart (originally Joy Division).
- I'm a bit of a sucker for hardcore punk covers of popular songs anyway, but this one works unbelievably well.
5) The Cardigans - Iron Man (originally Black Sabbath).
- One of the leading contenders here as far as radical reinterpretation is concerned.
8) A Perfect Circle - What's Going On (originally Marvin Gaye).
- Another example of a complete reworking that really allows the lyrics to shine far more than in the original.
The previous list was just not long enough to contain them all. So instead of expanding it, I've created a new one, for all the horrible crimes-against-music that didn't fit into part 1.
This is 100% mainstream trash; not-so-famous bands have plenty of annoying tunes too, but flaming them just isn't as much fun.
Enjoy. Or not.
I don't know James Blunt. I don't know what kind of a person he really is, but the air of douchiness surrounds him like a shimmering cocoon. And he's the vocal equivalent of nails on a chalkboard. Unfortunately this song was a huge hit, I kept hearing it everywhere, and every time I heard it I had an increasing desire to punch James Blunt's face.
You know those 2 girls 1 cup reaction videos that are all over the Net? That's what my face was like when I saw & heard this shit. It's like a unicorn lifting its tail & dropping sparkly rainbow dung onto a field of gold & diamonds.
Their music sucks, their singer sounds like a neutered tomcat, and worst of all-he seems to be convinced that he's the material that wet female dreams are made of. This song has assaulted my ears countless times, in situations where escape was impossible (during bus rides, for example) and I can't even describe how much I've grown to hate it.
At one point, Tom Cruise considered devouring her brains. Unfortunately he didn't act on his impulses. Cher has a man-voice (possibly a result of all those hormones she stuffed into herself to stop the natural aging process) and looks just a tad more plastic than a lego figure. Believe is her last big hit, and it's made even more horrible than usual by her heavily autotuned man-voice and the cheesy dance beat. Yuck.
I love Madonna. I still think that Ray of Light is the best pop album ever. Her late 90's-early 00's work was mature, artistic, beautiful. Confessions on a Dance Floor was fun, hip & cool. Then something happened to her (or should I say, INSIDE HER DAMN HEAD) and Hard Candy was born. Thoroughly atrocious, with only a few tolerable tunes, most notably Miles Away. Give It 2 Me (see, she used 2 instead of To, because that's like, cool and stuff and young people do that) is nothing more than the sad attempt of an aging woman to appeal to audiences that are constantly bombarded by the onslaught of 20-something whorish starlets. Her most recent "hit", Celebration accomplished the near-impossible mission of being even shittier than Give It 2 Me. Madge needs to reinvent herself, and FAST.
I should be so lucky lucky lucky lucky on a faraway tropical island, blissfully unaware of this song's existence...
Honorable mention: The Loco-Motion & Can't Get You Out Of My Head
I don't hate this song because it comes from an overrated band composed of stupid douchebags with over-inflated egos (if I cared about the egos of musicians I may not listen to any major bands at all); I hate it because I can't stand the whining and squealing of Axl Rose, and it's overplayed to the point where I just cringe whenever I hear it. Same goes for most of their hits. 'Nuff said.
WOW. This guy is so deeply in love with himself, it's a wonder he didn't start a campaign for the legalization of self-marriage yet. He pouts more than a female supermodel and tongue-fucks various chicks in each of his videos to show what a walking, talking bomb of manliness he is. He hardly sings, most of his vocals sound like a random dude attempting to win back his woman by performing cheesy romantic karaoke under her window. I'd throw bricks at him.
2 - Fergie: Glamorous and every other fucking piece of garbage excuse for a song she ever unleashed upon the world
There are artists who annoy me. Then there are "artists" who annoy me even more. And then there's THIS steaming, epic pile of horseshit. Read these lyrics and tell me you don't feel like kicking this conceited caricature of a human female IN THE BALLS. Consumerism, greed, narcissism and careless stupidity enhanced by all the plastic surgery money can buy, but still ugly both on the inside & out. As much as I detest Perez Hilton, he was right about this one.
PS: In case you disagree with me and want to bash my charts (like that would change the fact that all these artists & songs DO suck sweet & sour donkey ding dongs), remember that this is my personal journal where I can write anything I want, and
The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The award goes to the artist. The awards have had quite a convoluted history, particularly during the early Grammy years, having seen several name changes:
1959-1960: Best Vocal Performance, Female
1961: Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female and Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
1962-1963: Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
1964-1968: Best Vocal Performance, Female
1966: Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Female
1967: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female (the award went to Paul McCartney for Eleanor Rigby)
1968: Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance
1969: Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female
1970-1971: Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
1972-1994: Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
1995-present: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. Winners are in boldprint and head the list, followed by nominees.
For my b-day disco theme party, I made a playlist. (Requested by hdsander) I want to see people dancing all night! If you have any recommandations, feel free to reply I'll appreciate ^^
and as a bonus - here's a list of my favorite movies that are based on novels:
01 - Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
02 - Apocalypse Now (Joseph Conrad. Book title: Heart of Darkness)
03 - A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
04 - The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
05 - Battle Royale (Koshun Takami)
06 - The Shining (Stephen King)
07 - The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
08 - From Russia with Love (Ian Fleming)
09 - The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
10 - American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
Gloria Gaynor
