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The bit that you skip #276: Yasiin Bey – Quiet dog bite hard
On the subject of catching up with rap acts, back in 2002 I spent Memorial Day in Arkansas with my family. We were visiting my brother and we went to Circuit City as they had a massive sale for CDs on that particular weekend. Snagged some cool offers, especially on soundtracks like Queen of the…
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The bit that you skip #275: Collective Soul – Shine
How? How is it possible that Hints, Allegations & Things left unsaid by Collective Soul is a demo? Sure. It’s rough, unpolished and needs a good mixing. But every track is a winner. No wonder Ed Roland was aiming to sell himself as a song writer, in the style of Desmond Child or Diane Warren.…
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The bit that you skip #274: Ludacris – Southern Hospitality
Autumn of 2002 is when I started filling out all the gaps I had on my rap collection. Mexico was never keen on the genre and it was hard and expensive to get albums, whether it was Notorious B.I.G. or Krumbsnatcha (and his Gang Starr cohorts). I knew of Ludacris but never heard his music.…
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The bit that you skip #273: Pretenders – I’ll stand by you
Chrissie Hynde once mentioned her dislike of this song, as she felt she wrote for hit instead of from the heart. I understand the frustration but I quite like the song. It’s sad but uplifting at the same time, and it’s a feeling we all have gone through in our lives. Sure, it’s not a…
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The bit that you skip #272: James – Tomorrow
After the one-two punch of Laid and Wah Wah, both produced by Brian Eno, James’ time on the spotlight seemed wanting for extra innings. Singer Tim Booth, however, was also busy with his own side project with Angelo Badalamenti, Booth and the Bad Angel, whilst also recording Whiplash, the follow-up album for James. This sort…
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The bit that you skip #271: REO Speedwagon – I do’ wanna know
By the mid 80s, the AOR and MOR bands of the 70s had two choices: adopt to a mellower sound or face extinction. REO Speedwagon on their eleventh album, Wheels Are Turnin’ finds the band as far as possible from Dead at last, the proggy closer to their debut album. And it’s not a band…
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The bit that you skip #270: Bob Dylan – Things have changed
“I’ll listen to it later” is the common response we all have to classic acts when we kinda want to listen to them, but not make them a priority. As far as I remember, I heard about Bob Dylan, but barely knew about him for the majority of my life. Sure, Blowin’ in the wind…
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The bit that you skip #269: Black Machine -How Gee
File under “songs you spent a good chunk of a decade finding the name of”. Used to hear this damn song everywhere and whenever I tried to use Shazam, I would get the weirdest of results. That’s what happens when a song uses an extremely popular sample. In this case, a trumpet loop from Maceo…
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The bit that you skip #268: Tricky – Black Steel
I have nothing but utmost respect for Public Enemy. Spearheaded a movement and a scene. Fought against tide and time to get their albums released. Survived countless censorship attempts. With that said, Tricky’s cover of Black Steel is a thousandfold times better than Public Enemy’s original track, Black Steel in the hour of chaos. Frustrated…
