I watched the whole 3 hour memorial. Serious chills when Stevie broke into They Won't Go When I Go. I've included the lyrics, they're pretty appropriate for the occasion.
No more lying friends
Wanting tragic ends
Though they do pretend
They won't go when I go
All those bleeding hearts
With sorrows to impart
Were right here from the start
And they won't go when I go
And I'll go where I've longed
To go so long
Away from tears
Gone from painful cries
Away from saddened eyes
Along with him I'll bide
Because they won't go when I go
Big men feeling small
Weak ones standing tall
I will watch them fall
They won't go when I go
And I'll go where I've longed
To go so long
Away from tears
Unclean minds mislead the pure
The innocent will leave for sure
For them there is a resting place
People sinning just for fun
They will never see the sun
For they can never show their faces
There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who will take more than he will give
He ain't hardly gonna give
The greed of man will be
Far away from me
And my soul will be free
They won't go when I go
Since my soul conceived
All that I believe
The kingdom I will see
'Cause they won't go when I go
When I go
Where I'll go
No one can keep me
From my destiny.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Stevie's Tribue to Michael Jackson
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Presidential Tunes
Ethan and I watched the election coverage at my house and had victory tacos. A few small points to make:
At Barack Obama's Grant Park rally, the song played before he took the stage was "Higher and Higher". I believe that the version they played was the Howard Huntsberry version featured in the statue of liberty scene in Ghostbusters 2.
The original version was by Jackie Wilson
On another note, he envoked "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke in his speech with the phrase, "It's been a long time coming... but a change is gonna come."
Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come (Ain't That Good News, 1964)
And lastly, I was really curious the whole time what music would be played when Obama finished his speech. I really wanted to hear "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder, but thought it would just be too funky and that a song with a really triumphant electric guitar would be necessary. But Barack kept it understated and hit us with some sweeping classical music that I know absolutely nothing about.
And lastly, I posted this video before but I've had the song in my head all day so here it is again, Cocoa Tea's "Barack Obama".
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Mt. Mix 2
I recorded this about three weeks ago and figured I'd redo it. It isn't flawless, but I've jammed it in my car a bit and I think it might be worth jamming in your car too.
Mt. Mix 2
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Beatconductor – Sumthin’ Betta
Kid Gusto – Come With It
Tito Puente – Ran Kan Kan
Biddu Orchestra – Boogiethon (Curtis Vodka’s White Light Orchestra Edit)
The Ultimates – Saturday Love
Estelle feat. Kanye West – American Boy (Dan’s Summer Jam Edit)
Stevie Wonder – All I Do (U-Tern Disco Edit)
D Train – Keep On (Original 12’ Vocal Mix)
B.B. & Q Band – On The Beat
Del Shannon – Gemini (Pilooski Edit)
Chriss Yoss – Wrong Alley Street
In Flagranti - Escapade
Friday, May 16, 2008
Second Night Out in Boulder
Much more successful.
Roommate #1 and I headed to a karaoki bar called the Dark Horse. Incredibly unpretentious western themed bar that had some sort of a circle fetish. There were wheels of many different shapes and sizes behind the bar, spinning by the power of some "dark horse" or perhaps a motor. Also the ceiling was lined with parts from old carriages, completely the wheel aesthetic.
I sang a feverish rendition of Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground and somehow got drunk for free. I also performed a slow midi-ed out version of Try a Little Tenderness by Otis Redding. I was really planning on singing the live Monterrey Pop Festival version, where he really rips into it, but the tempo never sped up. I kinda ignored that fact though and did pretty much the same adlibs he did in Monterrey (basically running out of breath on the chorus and shouting got got got got got and now now now), just at an incredibly drawn out tempo.
There were a few scene looking kids watching me and cheering me on for the Otis song and I talked to one of them afterwards. He was wearing a black jacket with rhinestones in the shape of a space shuttle so I asked him if he was into electro music. He said no, he was just into outer space, but he could see how I'd say that. He's in a garage rock band around these parts called Happy Jawbone Family Band that is actually fucking good. I'm curious to spend some time with this guy.
Afterwards we went to a place called The Foundry which was kind of confused about whether it wanted to be a pool hall of the Thursday night spot for your scantily clad college skank. It was a sprawling place, probably 10 pool tables and an adequate raised dance floor, in addition to a rooftop patio that was pretty sweet. The DJ was playing the hits. He definitely mixed One More Time by Daft Punk into Sir Mix-a-Lot's Baby Got Back into Salt n Pepa's Push It. So no brainer-generic party DJing. People were eating it up, to be expected.
Afterwards I grabbed a gyro and hit the sack. A much better night than the last.
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