July 2020 Record Challenge (The Raffle Strikes Back)
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Dirtbag Auntie
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I had this song as a ringtone during the end of the song where she is screaming and I’ll tell you what. Those ladies at the yarn store I hung out at were not fans and jumped every time. Hahahahahahaha
Dirtbag Auntie
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Day 2: Album cover worthy of museums
this isn’t my fave fave album cover but I would love to see this hanging anywhere
Peaches - Rub remix album
this isn’t my fave fave album cover but I would love to see this hanging anywhere
Peaches - Rub remix album
debianlinux
Well-Known Member
I feel like a DEB is in order but then that just confuses me greatly.
Skeletonframes
Active Member
JULY 4
DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Play something revolutionary
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Where to start here....
Well, we can talk about what the Beastie Boys did career wise....choosing not to create a sequel to their record-breaking debut album, jumping ship from their record label, moving to the other side of the country, trading their well-known producer for some up-and-coming brothers.
Or we can talk about the sound of the album in general.....much more intricate, no clear radio-friendly hits, a collage of sounds you're kind of familiar with mashed together into beats that are both fresh and known, comforting and challenging.
But, what I feel is truly revolutionary about this album is it changed the way Samples were used in hip-hop (and music in general) both for better and for worse. It took the idea of "theft as art" to a whole new level. There isn't a square inch of this album that isn't touched by the work of another artist. But, when you take enough small parts of other people's work you can create something that isn't derivative of that work, but almost wholly original and your own. Not a new idea, for sure, but the Dust Brothers and the Beasties decided it was time to create the Masterwork of that idea. One that can still be studied to this day. Would there be a Wu-Tang if Rza had never heard these type of samples cut-up and repurposed to create beats? Would there be a Kanye if not for the 15 years of sampling old rock and soul songs in the musical time between this and College Drop-out?
And to take it further Paul's Boutique doesn't just sample crate-digger singles; it takes sacred cows and said "look, we got away with sampling the Beatles and Zeppelin. Nothing is taboo." Which leads the downside of what the album did. After licensing and music rights this album would cost in the millions to make in 2020. I think I read somewhere that they paid, like, $250,000 in the 80's to clear samples. That number (not even adjusted for inflation) would be quadruple that, now. Mostly because of this album. Haha. And then there's the bands that wouldn't even think about licensing their music to an album like this, anymore.
Here's just a "sampling" of artists that are sampled on this album:
The Beatles - 4 times in 1 song
Led Zeppelin
The Eagles (that you can't even cover on youtube without being de-monitized)
Curtis Mayfield
Mountain
The Commodores
James Brown
Mutliple songs from the Car Wash soundtrack
Bob Marley (both in his music and from an interview he did)
Afrika Bambaataa
Psycho soundtrack and Jaws soundtrack in the same song
Paul McCartney
Sugarhill Gang (on what I feel is the best beat of the album Shadrach)
Pink Floyd
and let's not forget....the Beastie Boys (which, I don't know the specifics of it back then, but using a sample from their previous album on a different label probably involved some agreement)
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DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Play something revolutionary
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Where to start here....
Well, we can talk about what the Beastie Boys did career wise....choosing not to create a sequel to their record-breaking debut album, jumping ship from their record label, moving to the other side of the country, trading their well-known producer for some up-and-coming brothers.
Or we can talk about the sound of the album in general.....much more intricate, no clear radio-friendly hits, a collage of sounds you're kind of familiar with mashed together into beats that are both fresh and known, comforting and challenging.
But, what I feel is truly revolutionary about this album is it changed the way Samples were used in hip-hop (and music in general) both for better and for worse. It took the idea of "theft as art" to a whole new level. There isn't a square inch of this album that isn't touched by the work of another artist. But, when you take enough small parts of other people's work you can create something that isn't derivative of that work, but almost wholly original and your own. Not a new idea, for sure, but the Dust Brothers and the Beasties decided it was time to create the Masterwork of that idea. One that can still be studied to this day. Would there be a Wu-Tang if Rza had never heard these type of samples cut-up and repurposed to create beats? Would there be a Kanye if not for the 15 years of sampling old rock and soul songs in the musical time between this and College Drop-out?
And to take it further Paul's Boutique doesn't just sample crate-digger singles; it takes sacred cows and said "look, we got away with sampling the Beatles and Zeppelin. Nothing is taboo." Which leads the downside of what the album did. After licensing and music rights this album would cost in the millions to make in 2020. I think I read somewhere that they paid, like, $250,000 in the 80's to clear samples. That number (not even adjusted for inflation) would be quadruple that, now. Mostly because of this album. Haha. And then there's the bands that wouldn't even think about licensing their music to an album like this, anymore.
Here's just a "sampling" of artists that are sampled on this album:
The Beatles - 4 times in 1 song
Led Zeppelin
The Eagles (that you can't even cover on youtube without being de-monitized)
Curtis Mayfield
Mountain
The Commodores
James Brown
Mutliple songs from the Car Wash soundtrack
Bob Marley (both in his music and from an interview he did)
Afrika Bambaataa
Psycho soundtrack and Jaws soundtrack in the same song
Paul McCartney
Sugarhill Gang (on what I feel is the best beat of the album Shadrach)
Pink Floyd
and let's not forget....the Beastie Boys (which, I don't know the specifics of it back then, but using a sample from their previous album on a different label probably involved some agreement)
MadLucas
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DAY 3 - IT'S A HIT
Beat Happening - Sea Hunt b/w Knock On Any Door
I bought this for a dollar on a high school band trip to Virginia Beach in 1996. I was only peripherally aware of this band, and was ill-prepared for the sound of Calvin's voice. To say this has grown on me over time is putting it mildly... These are two of my favorite songs that this band ever recorded. Best dollar I ever spent on a record.
Beat Happening - Sea Hunt b/w Knock On Any Door
I bought this for a dollar on a high school band trip to Virginia Beach in 1996. I was only peripherally aware of this band, and was ill-prepared for the sound of Calvin's voice. To say this has grown on me over time is putting it mildly... These are two of my favorite songs that this band ever recorded. Best dollar I ever spent on a record.
TenderLovingKiller®
Well-Known Member
Day 04: DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Play something revolutionary
The National - Alligator
More like INDIE-pendence day amirite!?!! Seriously though, their band name is The National what more could you ask for on the 4th of July
Play something revolutionary
The National - Alligator
More like INDIE-pendence day amirite!?!! Seriously though, their band name is The National what more could you ask for on the 4th of July
day 4 - declare independence
phil ochs - chords of fame
“It's always the old to lead us to the war
It's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun
Tell me is it worth it all
For I stole California from the Mexican land
Fought in the bloody Civil War
Yes I even killed my brother
And so many others
And I ain't marchin' anymore”
phil ochs - chords of fame
“It's always the old to lead us to the war
It's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun
Tell me is it worth it all
For I stole California from the Mexican land
Fought in the bloody Civil War
Yes I even killed my brother
And so many others
And I ain't marchin' anymore”
jackduff13
Member
JULY 4
DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Play something revolutionary
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
With respect to Paul's Boutique, I think we all know which album really revolutionized sampling in hip hop
But in all seriousness both are absolutely phenomenal and groundbreaking.
DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Play something revolutionary
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
With respect to Paul's Boutique, I think we all know which album really revolutionized sampling in hip hop
But in all seriousness both are absolutely phenomenal and groundbreaking.
Nee Lewman
बैस्टर्ड
Day 3
Single
The first one in the 45 flipbin:
The Altons - When You Go (That’s When You’ll Know) b/w Over and Over
Single
The first one in the 45 flipbin:
The Altons - When You Go (That’s When You’ll Know) b/w Over and Over
Nee Lewman
बैस्टर्ड
Day 4
Revolution
Sumney recorded this after attending his first protest in reaction to the acquittal of Michael Brown’s murderer. I can think of nothing more apropos for today’s topic than a non-binary African American who has turned music upside down the past few years at his most political.
Moses Sumney - Black in Deep Red, 2014
Revolution
Sumney recorded this after attending his first protest in reaction to the acquittal of Michael Brown’s murderer. I can think of nothing more apropos for today’s topic than a non-binary African American who has turned music upside down the past few years at his most political.
Moses Sumney - Black in Deep Red, 2014
RowBearToe
Well-Known Member
Day 4 - DECLARE INDEPENDENCE: Play something revolutionary
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
Doesn't get much more revolutionary than this (by name and content)!
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
Doesn't get much more revolutionary than this (by name and content)!
sahomerrocks
Well-Known Member
JULY 4
DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Play something revolutionary
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day
I guess I'm not the only one to have this idea, but for a bonus the name of the album is one revolution around the world. And there's a song titled America.
DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Play something revolutionary
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day
I guess I'm not the only one to have this idea, but for a bonus the name of the album is one revolution around the world. And there's a song titled America.
jamieanderson1968
ninniest jackaninny
JULY 4
DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Play something revolutionary
It takes juuust fiiiiiiive seconds….
Spacemen 3 - Playing with Fire
DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Play something revolutionary
It takes juuust fiiiiiiive seconds….
Spacemen 3 - Playing with Fire
LeSamourai
Well-Known Member
JULY 4
DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Play something revolutionary
Sufjan Stevens - Come On, Feel The Illinoise!
Released 15 years ago today, this may be one of the most "American" albums ever made, one that sees that America is both Abraham Lincoln and killer clowns, Jesus and Superman, World's Fairs and zombies. That it comes in a beautifully bombastic package of sounds that are uniquely Sufjan adds to its quietly revolutionary nature.
DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Play something revolutionary
Sufjan Stevens - Come On, Feel The Illinoise!
Released 15 years ago today, this may be one of the most "American" albums ever made, one that sees that America is both Abraham Lincoln and killer clowns, Jesus and Superman, World's Fairs and zombies. That it comes in a beautifully bombastic package of sounds that are uniquely Sufjan adds to its quietly revolutionary nature.
