From the category archives:

Greatest Song Of All Time

The Rhythm You Need

December 18, 2008

Holy moley, people, it’s almost Winter Break! Half Term! My, um, Y-levels are coming up!
Only two more posts until I rest up for 2009, so I better make ’em count.
Lucky for me, there’s some new illy willy from A. Skillz, whom you might remember from my previous drippy hug hug over his work with Krafty [...]

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There’s Been A Change

August 25, 2008

This one’s a special dedication to Mrs. Vegetables. We have many “our songs,” but this one’s a classic.
I know that Parliament/Funkadelic gets a lot of props, but still I just don’t think it’s enough. Shouldn’t people be shouting about them from the rooftops every single day? I feel almost the same way about Prince. Don’t [...]

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The Faint Sounds Of Shoveled Earth

July 15, 2008

You know you’ve made it as a band when you take over a word. Newscasters around the country can’t refer to “an unidentified slayer” without thousands of people in their living rooms throwing up devil horns and yelling “SLAYERRRR!!!”
When South Of Heaven came out, many of us were astonished at just how slow it was. [...]

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Yeah– Ruth Buzzi!

June 11, 2008

This is one of those songs where you know right away by the artists and title whether or not you’ll love it.
You’ll love it!
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty – You’re The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
http://www.lorettalynn.com

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My Heart Shies From The Sorrow

May 28, 2008

I haven’t posted a “song that makes me cry” in a while.
This one’s a top-notch weeper. I first heard this song the same way many people my age heard it — by This Mortal Coil with the ungodly good Elizabeth Fraser.
The first time I listened to the Tim Buckley original, I was expecting it to [...]

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Judgment Day Of Man Has Come To Pass

May 2, 2008

Philip “Snakefinger” Lithman occupies a very special place in my heart. When I was an impressionable Bay Area youngster in the mid-80s I saw Snakefinger, The Residents, and the whole Ralph Records roster as living proof that San Francisco nurtured maniacal genius.
Snakefinger frequently collaborated with the Residents (his guitar playing is all over the phenomenal [...]

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Livin’ Off The Earth, Eatin’ Herbs And Fruits

April 22, 2008

Come and step in brother’s temple, see what’s happenin’. Gather ’round the fire for the scroll that I deliver. Come into my oven, devils, come and you burn. Chilly and Magilla. Chocolate and vanilla. How could polar bears swing on vines with the gorillas? Please. Deeper than the sea floor traveled by the mantis. What’s [...]

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Janet Tied Her Kirtle Green A Bit Above Her Knee

March 17, 2008

Dear “Unicorns And Dragons” category [which is now a tag - Ed.], just because you aren’t as populated as the others doesn’t mean you aren’t my favorite. How could you not be, with songs like these?
If you like this song as much as I do, you’ll be stoked to know there’s a whole site devoted [...]

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I Don’t Know How To Act

February 22, 2008

This one is going to make a lot of people happy.
Due to the arcane, inscrutable world of bootlegs & dance music, I’ve seen this credited to DJ Defkline & Red Polo and DJ D**kline & Red Polo. Strangely, on DJ Deekline & Ed Solo’s mix CD From Brixton To Brisbane they credit it to [...]

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A Drug Problem That Never Existed

February 15, 2008

It’s only right and natural that this song should be my 200th vegetable. And… there’s really not much more one can say about this.
The Frogs – I’ve Got Drugs (Out Of The Mist) from It’s Only Right And Natural (unfairly out of print, but available used through amazon or you can download the album on [...]

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