Apologies to all of you who waited patiently last week for the post that never came. As most of you already know, I recently started a new job that’s been consuming a lot of my time (but I’m FINE with that )
So this weekend is a very close friend’s birthday so I’m going to feature some tracks that he and I used to just smile to whenever we heard them at parties. Before I start off, here’s the info for our party tomorrow, do come by and have a few drinks with us.
…………………..On second thoughts, from now on this will be done on Saturdays. I really don’t have time on Fridays anymore. So until tomorrow, take care
Today, being Good Friday, I’d like you all to have a listen to one of the best soundtracks to a musical…
…you may have guessed which one already. Yes, it’s Jesus Christ Superstar (1971).
Here’s a little excerpt from the Wikipedia article (link):
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera that became a musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. It highlights the political and interpersonal struggles of Judas Iscariot and Jesus that is not described in the Bible. The rock opera is based on St John’s Gospel account of the last week of Jesus’ life, beginning with the preparation for Jesus’ and his disciples arrival in Jerusalem and ending with the Crucifixion. Twentieth-century attitudes and sensibilities as well as contemporary slang pervade the lyrics and ironic allusions to modern life are scattered throughout the political depiction of the events. Stage and film productions accordingly feature many intentional anachronisms.
You may or may not be a Christian or for that matter even a theist. this soundtrack however was, and still is, a masterpiece.
My dad would play his records of this album as a tradition every Good Friday. I don’t know why we didn’t listen to it today…hmmm
Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT watch the movie from 1973 because that was just painfully stupid to watch (featuring aircrafts, tanks, guns etc)
Well lets just get down to a few of the tracks:
What’s The Buzz/Strange Thing Mistifying
I Don’t Know How To Love Him
Pilate’s Dream
This Jesus Must Die
And of course, If possible, pick up the album either digitally or at your local music store if those sparked an interest….definitely an album worth having in your music collection
Oh what a cold, rainy day it is, here, in Toronto. Many of you have been eagerly waiting for the Friday classics and no, I shall not be doing anything Oasis related for a while. ha.
I thought of a few themes for this week but they would be reading intensive (and I’m in such a lazy mood to type) so I’m just going to post some tracks from the past that hopefully will bring back memories to some and be an introduction to others.
ETA – Casual Sub (1997)
Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon (Propellerheads Mezzanine Mix) (1996)
Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate (1998)
Ian Pooley – Balmes (2001)
Sa Trincha – Sa Trincha (1997)
Prodigy – 3 Kilos (1994)
Don’t let the weather get you down. Have a great weekend, folks!
Thoughts? I for one think its a blast to the past and far from a new sound.
EDIT:
turns out that was not actually Daft Punk but rather someone named Pilot Priest from here, Toronto, and was just some pwnage over all the magazines that covered it. lol
If you haven’t heard or heard of this beach boys bootleg remix done by Stanton Warriors a few months ago, you’ve probably been under a rock. Here’s their youtube video for it and use the link at the bottom to download it in 320kbps off their site:
Well D-Monic, after a long long time has released a new mix entitled Exodus. This set is wild and has a lot of classics mashed up with new flavours that scream “you know you like this”. Download it here: http://purephunk.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/new-d-monic-mix/
Here’s the tracklisting:
Tracklist: # – Title – Artist – Label
1 – Byrdkick – Son Of Kick ft Arabyrd – Botchit & Scarper
2 – Bang (Stanton Warriors Remix) – Rye Rye feat M.I.A. – Punks
3 – I Like Skirts (Maelstrom & Redux Mix) – Shilas Bedroom Fashion – Katorza
4 – Shake It Naughty – DJ Fixx – Illeven:Eleven
5 – Ready For Your Love (Keith MacKenzie Remix) – Deekline & Wizard – Against The Grain
6 – Street Sounds – Defkline & Red Polo – Booty Breaks
7 – Good Vibrations (Stanton Warriors) – Beach Boys – Punks
8 – Ghosts n Stuff (Elite Force Re-Fix) – Deadmau5 – Unreleased
9 – Right Now – Lee Coombs feat. Uberzone – Lot49
10 – Put Em Up – Beat Assassins – Mofo Recordings
11 – Me Plus You – Black Noise – Southern Fried
12 – Default Groove (Ways & Means Remix) – Dandyskills – ChipSound Records
13 – On Point (Myagi Remix) – Jokr – Unreleased
14 – Come To Turn It Out (Ctrl Z Mix) – Shut Up & Dance – Shut Up & Dance Music
15 – Ruffneck ‘09 – The Freestylers vs. Ctrl Z ft Navigator – Unreleased
16 – Yo Yo Get Funky (Crissy Criss Mix) – Fast Eddie – Giant Pussy Records
17 – 2 Faced Rasta (Reso Remix) – Rob Sparx – Z Audio
18 – Exodus (HavocNdeeD RemiX) – Bob Marley – Unreleased
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