Armagideon Time - Willi Williams
Here is my 5:07 for 5/07. This is a 1978 dub classic by the “Armagideon Man”. I also love The Clash version, which was the b-side for London Calling.
Masters Of War - Eddie Vedder & Mike McCready
Here is my 5:06 for 5/06. I know I’m a bit late, but whatever.
This is from the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert which took place on October 16/1992 (but the album was released in 1993). Pearl Jam was still a relativity new band. I love the intensity of this version. It was the definite highlight of that evening.
Reblogging myself, because.
Beastie Boys - Body Movin’
Hello Nasty isn’t the greatest Beastie Boys album but it’s special to me because my son was obssessed with it. He was five years old when this came out. He got hooked on Intergalactic for a while but then made up dance moves to Body Movin and Remote Control and eventually made off with most of my BB CDs.
Yea, I know, five year olds shouldn’t be listening to that stuff because they’ll repeat it. Well, he did repeat something. The second week of school, his teacher said to me “We were learning about time and I asked the class ‘what time is it?’ and he said ‘Time to get ill!’” Luckily, she was young and got it and laughed.
Beastie Boys - Too Many Rappers (ft. Nas)
MCA died two days ago, which really hit me hard. Much harder than what I’m used to. Whenever a hip-hop artist that I really like dies, I just think “Oh shit…I’ll never hear any more new music by them…EVER”. But MCA’s death was different. I wasn’t really expecting any more new music from the group, nor did I really have much of a vested interest in their future music plans. I have every Beastie Boys album, and I really enjoy their music, but they’re far from my favorite hip-hop group.
Then why did MCA’s death make me so much more upset than most rapper’s deaths? It’s because in my mind his passing represented the death of a truly key part of hip-hop history…the physical end to the group Beastie Boys, whom had more influence on hip-hop than just about any other group in history. I have a much more profound appreciation for what they’ve done for hip-hop than their actual music. Back in the 80’s, they invented an energetic style of hip-hop that was way ahead of it’s time, with classics such as Rhymin & Stealin.
This is my favorite song off of their 2011 album Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2.
Rest in Beats MCA.
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My Song Rating: 9.0 out of 10
(Source: hiphopfightsback)
Good Friday - Hailey Wojcik
Here is one more “Good Friday” song for Good Friday.
Good Friday (Parody of Rebecca Black)
I’m sorry I couldn’t help myself.
The First Day of Spring - The Gandharvas
I found some Ganharvas on my dash (thank you fancyglasses!). I was really excited because it has been a while since I listened to them. I always especially loved this song. This little ditty is from their 1994 album A Soap Bubble and Inertia.
Bad For Me - Brendan Benson
Here is my 4:06 for 4/06.
