imtheocean
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Also updated the original post for today's prompt to correct "Maggie's farm now more" to "Maggie's farm no more" since it bugged me when I saw that I mistyped it.
September 2022 Vinyl Spin Challenge - 'Cause you can't, you won't, and you don't stop!
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TenderLovingKiller®
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Day 3: “ Now here's a little story I've got to tell about three bad brothers you know so well, It started way back in history with AdRock, M.C.A., and me - Mike D.”
Run-DMC - Raising Hell
“Three Bad Brothers” tag coulda easily been applied to their fellow De Jam label mates, Run, DMC, and Jam Master Jay, in fact Run & DMC have a songwriting credit on “Paul Revere”.
Run-DMC - Raising Hell
“Three Bad Brothers” tag coulda easily been applied to their fellow De Jam label mates, Run, DMC, and Jam Master Jay, in fact Run & DMC have a songwriting credit on “Paul Revere”.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Day 4: “I do not sing but I make a def song, you could live your whole life and I hope you live long. On the Gong Show we won't get gonged, we're the Beastie Boys not Cheech and Chong”
Willie Nelson - Phases & Stages
Willie has lived a long life (just recently turned 89) and I hope he continues to live long.
Willie Nelson - Phases & Stages
Willie has lived a long life (just recently turned 89) and I hope he continues to live long.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Day 5: “Now I rock a house party at the drop of a hat…”
Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way, Baby
Fatboy Slim could rock a “House” party at the drop of a hat…especially if he spins his remix of “Body Movin’”.
Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way, Baby
Fatboy Slim could rock a “House” party at the drop of a hat…especially if he spins his remix of “Body Movin’”.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Day 6: “Like Sam the butcher bringing Alice the meat, Like Fred Flinstone driving around with bald feet”
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
The Beastie Boys Brady Bunch and Flintstones bars are examples of why they are much beloved by Gen X. The semi-ironic appreciation of 60s and 70s Pop Culture that many latchkey kids can relate with after watching endless reruns after school while waiting for their parents to get home to make dinner. I think in the 90s many movie studios attempted to capitalize off this nostalgia to varying degrees of success. It a was a very fine line to walk. I would argue that two of the best examples of these movies actually being very good were the Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd staring Addams Family movies and The Shelly Long, Gary Cole, Michael McKean, Jean Smart, and RuPaul(!) starring Brady Bunch movies. Both worked on a similar conceit of dropping these iconic TV families in the modern era (the 1990s) with little explanation allowing the characters to ham it up while referencing each respective show. Both are much funnier than either has any right to be.
TL;DR: I the Beasties semi-ironic one-liners comp nicely with the same Gen X humor that The Brady Bunch Movie mines for great effect.
In the movie, in a reference to the original series; Dave’s Jones swings by to preform at the request of the Davey Jones Fan Club President, Marsha Brady. Also the rest of the Monkees (sans Mike Neamith) are judges at the talent show the Brady kids preform in.
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
The Beastie Boys Brady Bunch and Flintstones bars are examples of why they are much beloved by Gen X. The semi-ironic appreciation of 60s and 70s Pop Culture that many latchkey kids can relate with after watching endless reruns after school while waiting for their parents to get home to make dinner. I think in the 90s many movie studios attempted to capitalize off this nostalgia to varying degrees of success. It a was a very fine line to walk. I would argue that two of the best examples of these movies actually being very good were the Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd staring Addams Family movies and The Shelly Long, Gary Cole, Michael McKean, Jean Smart, and RuPaul(!) starring Brady Bunch movies. Both worked on a similar conceit of dropping these iconic TV families in the modern era (the 1990s) with little explanation allowing the characters to ham it up while referencing each respective show. Both are much funnier than either has any right to be.
TL;DR: I the Beasties semi-ironic one-liners comp nicely with the same Gen X humor that The Brady Bunch Movie mines for great effect.
In the movie, in a reference to the original series; Dave’s Jones swings by to preform at the request of the Davey Jones Fan Club President, Marsha Brady. Also the rest of the Monkees (sans Mike Neamith) are judges at the talent show the Brady kids preform in.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Day 7: “Washing windows on the Bowery at a quarter to four, ‘Cause he ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Sometimes it’s alright to take the path of least resistance.
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Sometimes it’s alright to take the path of least resistance.
imtheocean
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100%. Throw in Jimmy Walker 'Dy-No-Mite', Alfred E. Neumann, and so many others and that's what endeared me to the Beasties right off the bat.
ranbalam
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Day 6: “Like Sam the butcher bringing Alice the meat, Like Fred Flinstone driving around with bald feet”
I'm guessing Sam used some sort of meat machine....
As a Gen-Xer who was in elementary school in the 70s, I can say that I was OBSESSED with The Brady Bunch. And, I can still watch it today...and am always hoping there was some episode I missed somewhere.
I'm guessing Sam used some sort of meat machine....
As a Gen-Xer who was in elementary school in the 70s, I can say that I was OBSESSED with The Brady Bunch. And, I can still watch it today...and am always hoping there was some episode I missed somewhere.
Wicked Dreamer
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Day 7: “Washing windows on the Bowery at a quarter to four, ‘Cause he ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more”
“Wake up, Maggie, I think I got somethin’ to say to you…”
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
“Wake up, Maggie, I think I got somethin’ to say to you…”
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
tvham
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Dammit - sniped this right out from under me!
Day 7: “Washing windows on the Bowery at a quarter to four, ‘Cause he ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more.”
This song is about a man that fell from glory and is now homeless washing car windows. I find that the fall from glory is constantly echoed in this album. Not just Born in the USA but Working on the Highway is about a man that is required to work on the highway because he was put in jail and is on a chain gang. Downbound Train is probably the best one that fits the theme because it’s about a man that got laid off and is working at a car wash. Glory Days also echoes this theme of falling from grace—“just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of, well time slips away and leaves you with nothing.” The record ends with My Hometown which talks about what his hometown looked like when he was young and then the deterioration of the town after they closed the textile mill.
This song is about a man that fell from glory and is now homeless washing car windows. I find that the fall from glory is constantly echoed in this album. Not just Born in the USA but Working on the Highway is about a man that is required to work on the highway because he was put in jail and is on a chain gang. Downbound Train is probably the best one that fits the theme because it’s about a man that got laid off and is working at a car wash. Glory Days also echoes this theme of falling from grace—“just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of, well time slips away and leaves you with nothing.” The record ends with My Hometown which talks about what his hometown looked like when he was young and then the deterioration of the town after they closed the textile mill.
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Smartiepants
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Been away on a short Holiday having a bit of social media/Internet detox but i'm back for a few days at least
Day 3: “ Now here's a little story I've got to tell about three bad brothers you know so well, It started way back in history with AdRock, M.C.A., and me - Mike D.”
three brothers you say
yes I know there are two copies in the photo, I was saving postage for a friend
Day 3: “ Now here's a little story I've got to tell about three bad brothers you know so well, It started way back in history with AdRock, M.C.A., and me - Mike D.”
three brothers you say
yes I know there are two copies in the photo, I was saving postage for a friend
Day 8: “Rock my Addidas, never rock Fila”
This record has shoes on the cover. That’s about it, lol.
This is a 1996 repress of a really fun punk compilation from 1982 and it’s got some great songs.
Oi! Oi! That’s Yer Lot 4 - Various (The Business, Five O, The Oppressed, Sub Culture, Crux, The Warriors, Attak, Arthur & The Afters, Frankie & the Flames, The Magnificent Gonads, Attila the Stockbroker, Judge Dred, Skin Graft, coming Blood, The Strike)
This record has shoes on the cover. That’s about it, lol.
This is a 1996 repress of a really fun punk compilation from 1982 and it’s got some great songs.
Oi! Oi! That’s Yer Lot 4 - Various (The Business, Five O, The Oppressed, Sub Culture, Crux, The Warriors, Attak, Arthur & The Afters, Frankie & the Flames, The Magnificent Gonads, Attila the Stockbroker, Judge Dred, Skin Graft, coming Blood, The Strike)
imtheocean
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This might be the way to go today, I was curious where people would go with this beyond "My Addidas".
Gonna follow your lead with shoes on the cover. Plus @Smartiepants playing the Interrupters put me in the mood for some ska!
Various Artists ~ Dance Craze
Turbo
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And me, I go for the low lying fruit that remains unpicked.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Day 8: “Rock my Addidas, never rock Fila”
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Joe Mac
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well that sure looks like used bit of chewing gum spat out onto the pavement.
avecigrec
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The used chewing gum probably has more taste.