I'm not averse to rap being on the playlist, but it has to be something that people could sing along with. Gin and Juice would qualify, early Beastie Boys, Sir-Mix-Alot.
I have a version of Gin and Juice, but it's silly hard rock, and I heard a kind of girlie version by, I think, Sissy Bar.
I heard a kind of girlie version by, I think, Sissy Bar.
That cover rocks. So funny.
Any Tori Amos fans- I stumbled on a pre-release from her next album that got added to the iTunes store today. Is good.
That cover rocks. So funny.
I'm unsure why, but it makes me think of a parody of Six Pence None The Richer doing "There She Goes" and I laugh like a loon.
Any Tori Amos fans- I stumbled on a pre-release from her next album that got added to the iTunes store today. Is good.
Hey, cool, I didn't know she had a new one coming out.
I made a fun mix last night of South African music, for the dual purpose of sending to Angus and giving to a friend for a belated Christmas present. Angus, it should go out tomorrow along with my Buffista mix CD. If anyone else wants a copy, let me know. (I don't have it with me or I'd post the setlist: some Miriam Makeba, a few tracks from the
Indestructible Beat of Soweto
album and the
Radio Freedom
album, Hugh Masekela, Brenda Fassie, a couple of big-chorus gospel songs, etc.)
Any Juluka/Savuka, Kate? Or Ladysmith Black Mambazo?
Hey, cool, I didn't know she had a new one coming out.
I didn't either, so I toddled over to Amazon to check. The album is
The Beekeeper
, due Feb. 22nd, and the track is called
Sleeps with Butterflies.
Any Juluka/Savuka, Kate? Or Ladysmith Black Mambazo?
Nope and nope. I don't have any Juluka/Savuka, and I do have LBM, but I figure that's usually the first thing people know about South African music, and I wanted this mix to skew a little more towards the relatively-unknown (er, you know, apart from the Hugh Masekela and the Miriam Makeba...).
Hee. I learned about LBM, Hugh and Miriam all from the same place, Paul Simon's Graceland tour. People will say what they will about him, but that tour/album did make people much more aware of South African music at the time. Johnny Clegg and crew(s) I knew previously from my sister's year in RSA.
Thanks for the Tori Amos heads-up! I'll have to check that out. "Scarlet's Walk" didn't thrill me, but I always look forward to something new from her.
Also heard this morning that the new Garbage CD is coming out in April. Huzzah!