morning babble / Friday 09-13-24
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This is the scribble that leads to the babble.
Sometimes, it gets tidied up; other times, not so much.
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(“Brass Monkey” cut)
Back in high school for a football game pep rally, I remember the cheerleaders dancing to the “Brass Monkey” song. It was 1987 and due to my freshman horomones, I remember that scene quite vividly.
(“Brass Monkey” cut)
(Morning Babble Intro)
Happy Weekend! I’ve warned you in the past – anytime I get the chance to play a Beastie Boys song . . . I will. (clip) I definitely think my high school horomones might be the reason why Beastie Boys are locked in as one of my favorites. “Brass Monkey” was actually the 2nd release off their infamous album – Licensed to Ill (“The New Style” cut) “The New Style” was the first release back in 1986, then “Brass Monkey”, and finally “Fight for Your Right” (clip) I remember my parents not liking the fact how much I was enjoying that MTV video.
(clip)
What did they say your mom threw away?
(Countdown Video)
New Music Friday:
I put together a Spotify playlist of the songs that I talked about and thought about today for New Music Friday. Click here for that!
- Let’s begin (“John Cena” clip) I’m embarassed to say that I’m late to the party on this one. It’s a sound that should have been on my rader since it’s similar to Limp Bizkit and one of my favorites – the Beastie Boys (clip of “Crank It Up”) “Crank It Up” is a song from 2021 via Joey Valence & Brae. Who are they (YouTube clip) Their sophomore album – No Hands – dropped this past June. Today though, we have a deluxe version of the album (clip) That’s the “badder” version of the song “The Baddest” but this time with Ayesha Erotica, which is one of the songs that can be found on the deluxe album. (clip) You also get the new song “Pineapple Fried Rice” along with the duo’s spin on Charli XCX’s BRAT summer hit “365” (clip)
- I’ve been a fan of LYELL for several years now. (“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”) and “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” is one of my favorites from her. Although her cover of blink-182’s “I Miss You” is pretty damn good too (“I Miss You”) So, does LYELL have a new album out – nope. But – Robert DeLong does. Have I listened to him before? Nope. (“Favorite Color is Blue”) I’ve got to listen to some more. That clip was Robert DeLong singing with K. Flay (who I like alot) the song “Favorite Color is Blue” – that was from 2018 though. He does have a new album out called Playlist of Doom – 30 minutes of new music spread out over 10 songs. How does all of this relate to LYELL? She sings on one of those 10 songs called “2 of Us” (clip of “2 of Us”)
- I really like the music of M.I.A. (M.I.A. “World Town”) Therefore, when I heard a song from this other band, I paused. (fcukers “UMPA”) “UMPA” is the name of the song and I can say that. I can say the name of the band, too, but I’ve kept this little video thing of mine clean for so long – I created a card (flash “fcukers”) Yes – it’s what you think it is. Local radio – gonna be a little tough on them. Anyway – a 6 pack of songs actually arrived last week, but I’ve been digging into their sound and thoroughly enjoy myself and (flash “fcukers”) (clip)
- Several quick hits of new music: The Cure took to social media to announce their first new album in 16 years – called Songs of a Lost World and is should arriving 11/1. Lead singer, Robert Smith, claims that it’s “the best thing we’ve done” – then again, has anyone ever really come out and been like here’s another crappy album. // Teddy Swims released a new song called “Bad Dreams” (clip) 2024 has already been a big one for Teddy – looking forward to maybe even more than “Bad Dreams”? // I know it’s September, but the first Christmas song of the year arrived down the chimney from Amy Grant called “When I Think of Christmas” – it’s off of a compilation album along with Vince Gill. Don’t worry – I won’t play it, so Merry Christmas // Nirvana is one of my all-time favorites (“Polly” clip) So when another band covers one of their songs, I’m intrigued. I am not familiar with the band – Daisy Grenade. I am now and they’ve got my attention. Here’s their cover of Nirvana’s “Polly” (clip)
Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork, Louder, Spill Magazine, Dan Deluca of the Philly Inquirer & I know there’s more.
Be sure to check out the playlist on Spotify. As I mentioned in the beginning, it’s a playlist of songs that I’ve talked about and thought about: so, you’ll see some new music there from Knox, Fuller, and Tate McCrae (clip) maybe that last one is a fun one to listen while watching – anything that I really messed up and missed – well, that’s why I’ll be doing Missed Music Monday on Monday.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Motion Before Motivation: It means you get started FIRST, then FEEL the Inspiration to keep going.” – by Mike D (a beastie boy)