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99 Tracks (and a bitch ain’t one)
A few years ago when Matt and I were discovering iTunes and the ease of making CD mixes, we started the undertaking of making the original 13 Songspeak mixes into CD’s. This was quite the project, as we had to compile all the songs, get them into our iTunes libraries, and prepare the playlists. We also have various obscure soundclips, and getting these into iTunes was also quite the task.
"If you havin' girl problems, I feel bad for you son. I got 99 tracks, and a bitch ain't one."
We also knew that we’d be making all new Songspeak CD’s with new soundclips, so we had to start preparing and recording them. I still had a cassette deck, and was able to hook it up with my DVD player so I could record soundclips from movies and DVD’s onto cassette, which we would then put on CD. It was painstaking, but totally worth it.
One night while working on this project, we were trying to figure out the best way to do it, and we realized that the blank CD’s we were using allowed for up to 99 separate tracks. I said to Matt, “We’ve got 99 tracks” and without missing a beat, Matt replied, “and a bitch ain’t one”. This was in reference to the Jay Z song 99 Problems.
It’s not much, but it’s these little things that make songspeak truly special. When a magic moment happens without thought. It’s the essence of what songspeak is all about.
And remember how long Jay Z and Beyonce were together while lying to the media and pretending it was all just a rumor? Don’t insult our intelligence, guys…we all know the score. As if it wasn’t obvious y’all were bumpin’ uglies when Beyonce released Crazy in Love. Come on, now.
Tags: 00s music, 99 problems, 99 problems and a bitch ain't one, beyonce, beyonce knowles, bumping uglies, cassette deck, crazy in love, DVD player, itunes, iTunes playlists, jay z, little things, magic moment, mix CD's, playlists, soundclips, the drifters
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misheard lyrics
Ooo, ooo, ooo, kissed by a man
I'm so glad Mike Watt wrote that song for us!
Last night, my wife Jo and I were listening to Songspeak’s Greatest Hits Volume 9 in my car. This particular volume includes Piss-Bottle Man by Mike Watt. I would call this a somewhat obscure song, as it’s not a song you hear very often. Jo obviously wasn’t familiar with it, because as he was singing the chorus (”ooo, ooo, ooo, piss-bottle man”), she asked if he was singing “kissed by a man”. Perhaps she thought this 1995 song was a companion to Jill Sobule’s 1995 hit, I Kissed a Girl (and a precursor to Katy Perry’s recent lesbionic offering). I told her what the real line was, but honestly, it makes less sense than her misheard version, so who knows what the hell Mike Watt was thinking. Anyway, here’s the video. Decide for yourself.
Coincidentally, on a side note, Songspeak’s Greatest Hits Volume 9 also contains Invisible Touch by Genesis for the exact reasons stated in this post.
Tags: 00s music, 80s music, 90s music, evan dando, genesis, i kissed a girl, invisible touch, katy perry, kissed by a man, lesbionic, mike watt, phil collins, piss-bottle man, songspeak's greatest hits, volume 9
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songspeak
Jerk Store woulda smoked that guy!
It’s because of exchanges like this:
matt: you may have noticed that now you can reply and/or quote on comments
jamie: you may have noticed that you can suck right on it
matt: you may have noticed that you can stick it in your yeah
jamie: you may have noticed that you can stick your sorries in a sack
matt: the jerk store called, they’re running outta you!
jamie: jerk store woulda smoked that guythat the soundclip of George Costanza shouting, “Jerk Store woulda smoked that guy” appeared on volume 8 of The Original 13 songspeak mix tapes. (Honorable mention goes to Nookie by Limp Bizkit in the above conversation).
Even though it’s been over 10 years, we still pull out the Jerk Store comeback way more often than we should.
Tags: 00s music, 90s tv, george costanza, jerk store, limp bizkit, nookie, seinfeld, stick your sorries in a sack, stuff your sorries in a sack, the jerk store called
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songspeak
Miley Cyrus takes her protein pill and puts her helmet on
Last week, Lifestyles condom company offered Miley Cyrus, 15 year old star of the Disney Channel hit Hannah Montana, $1 million to be their new spokesperson.
Does anyone else find this strange? I mean, the girl is FIFTEEN! In the past she has stated that she will wait until she’s married to have sex, but maybe Lifestyles figures she can have the best of both worlds by being able to bump uglies pre-marriage and take precautions to keep from getting knocked up.
Miley’s already dealt with one controversy recently with the Vanity Fair photo scandal, so can you imagine the backlash if she became Lifestyle’s new spokesgirl?
Life is what you make it, Miley, so don’t make it a living hell by doing anything silly, like being the public face of a condom company.
Tags: 00s music, 00s tv, best of both worlds, disney channel, hannah montana, life is what you make it, lifestyles, lifestyles condom company, lifestyles condoms, miley cyrus, miley cyrus lifestyles spokesperson
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songspeak
Round trip ticket to hell
On the way to work this morning, I saw an oval euro sticker on a car that said, “Hell and back”. This reminded me of The Darkness song from a few years ago, One Way Ticket to Hell. I enjoy The Darkness and their retro glam metal style and the singer’s ridiculous voice, but I question some of their lyrics.
Don’t get me wrong, “Get your hands off my woman motherfucker” is pure genius and class all the way, but I’m talking more about One Way Ticket to Hell. In the song he says (and repeats numerous times), “I bought a one way ticket to hell…and back!” Now, maybe I’m wrong, but isn’t a one way ticket…you know…ONLY one way? If you bought a one way ticket to hell, you ain’t coming back. Unless you buy a one way ticket back. I mean, maybe he bought a round trip ticket. But I guess “round trip ticket to hell and back” isn’t as catchy. Or maybe he didn’t feel like singing, “I bought a one way ticket to hell…and then decided I’d stayed there long enough so I then went and purchased a one way ticket back to where I originally came from”. I mean, that’s a mouthful for the chorus of a rock song. Or maybe he wrote the song that way on purpose, so people like me would pick it apart and sound like an idiot, and that’s the joke.
Either way, I found the video on youtube. I hadn’t seen it before, and let me just say…wow. Um, I guess it’s no surprise that the lead singer quit the band in 2006 to pursue drug rehab.
Tags: 00s music, euro sticker, get your hands off my woman, hell and back, one way ticket to hell, oval euro sticker, oval sticker, retro glam metal, round trip ticket to hell, the darkness
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songspeak
Daughtry’s long lost twin?
Matt and I have a friend that, we think, bears an uncanny resemblance to Chris Daughtry. I’ll withhold his name to protect the innocent, but you can be the judge:
The funny thing about this is, we tease him about it every now and then, and last year a bunch of us were going to get together to play poker. We emailed him during the workday before playing about how appreciative we were that he was taking time off his busy tour schedule to play poker with us. Then, that night, Matt got pretty low in chips in the game and all but counted himself out of the game. Our friend, completely oblivious I might add, just said, “It’s not over”. Matt asked him to repeat himself, because Matt realized before the rest of us that he had unknowingly songspoken the first major Daughtry hit, It’s Not Over, which was getting heavy airplay at the time. I still hear it every so often on the radio at work, and am always reminded of this story.
Tags: 00s music, chris daughtry, daughtry, it's not over, poker
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songspeak
All Summer Long with the Werewolves of London in Sweet Home Alabama
I’m ashamed to admit it, but yes, I do enjoy the new single by Kid Rock, All Summer Long. The first few times it came on mix 93.1, I thought it was Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon. Perhaps this is because it contains a sample from that song that runs throughout. Not only that, but the chorus is all about singing Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama. AND, I swear that’s Bob Seger singing background vocals. Although maybe it’s just someone meant to sound like him. I couldn’t find a definitive answer on that when I googled the hell out of it. And I think my favorite line is about “trying different things and smoking funny things“. Oh, the good old days.
So, a song ABOUT another song (Sweet Home Alabama), with Bob Seger (possibly) singing background over a Werewolves of London sample? It doesn’t get much more songspeak than that, my friends.
Tags: 00s music, 70s music, all summer long, bob seger, kid rock, lynyrd skynyrd, smoking funny things, sweet home alabama, travis tritt, trying different things, warren zevon, werewolves of london
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songspeak
BNL singer Steven Page arrested on cocaine charges in upstate New York
Having been to many a Barenaked Ladies show throughout the years, it’s unfortunate for us at Songspeak to learn that Steven Page was arrested on cocaine charges in Fayetteville, NY on July 11, 2008. He was charged with “fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance” and is due to appear in Syracuse court on Friday, July 18.
From the AP article:
Police say Steven Page was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance on Friday in the Syracuse area.
Authorities say the arrest occurred at about 2 a.m. after police noticed a suspicious car with its driver’s side door left open. They say they found Page and two women in a nearby apartment, along with cocaine and marijuana.
Barenaked Ladies recently released a cd of kids music called Snacktime, so this drug charge comes at a particularly bad time for the band.
Tags: 00s music, 90s music, barenaked ladies, bnl, canadian, cocaine, drug charges, fayetteville, snacktime, steven page, syracuse
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songspeak
Look at this photograph
Over 2 1/2 years ago, at my 30th birthday dinner at the Olive Garden, Matt, Heather, and I lamented about how ridiculous and overplayed the song Photograph by Nickelback was. We made fun of the lyrics, and how we’d hear it at least 3 times a day on the radio. So why post about it now? Because, over 2 1/2 years later, I still hear it at least once a day on mix 93.1. I guess Chad Kroeger never figured out how their eyes got so red, or what the hell was on Joey’s head.
I won’t torture you by posting the video as I usually do. So instead, look at this photograph. Every time I do it makes me laugh. (And what the hell is on that bunny’s head?):
Tags: 00s music, bunny with pancake on head, chad kroeger, joey, nickelback, olive garden, photograph
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songspeak
Can you tell Feist how to get to Sesame Street?
The Feist song, 1 2 3 4 has popped up in an Apple iPod Nano commercial of course, but she found a whole new audience by kid-i-fying her song on Sesame Street recently. And though maybe not as much as this guy, she just loves counting to 4, what can she say.
Here’s the Apple iPod Nano commercial and here’s the music video for the actual song.
Tags: 00s music, 00s tv, 1 2 3 4, apple, feist, i love counting, ipod, kids tv, nano, sesame street, the count
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