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Pass The Dust, I Think I'm Bowie
''Pass the Dust, I Think I'm Bowie'' is the sole studio album by Black Randy and the Metrosquad, released in 1979 by record label Dangerhouse. Reception Online magazine ''Tiny Mix Tapes ''Tiny Mix Tapes'' (also ''TMT'' or ''tinymixtapes'') is an online music and film webzine that focuses primarily on new music and related news. In addition to its reviews, it is noted for its subversive, political, and sometimes surreal news, a ...'' called it "heavily intoxicating, and despite all the nastiness abound, a pretty damn good time." Track listing #"I Slept in an Arcade" – 2:28 #"Marlon Brando" – 1:54 #"I Tell Lies Every Day" – 1:54 #"Down at the Laundrymat" – 3:27 #"I Wanna Be a Nark" – 1:45 #" Give It Up or Turn It A-Loose" – 2:15 #"Idi Amin" – 1:30 #"Sperm Bank Baby" – 1:20 #"Barefootin' on the Wicket Picket" – 4:02 #"San Francisco" – 1:54 #"Tellin' Lies" – 1:54 #" (Say It Loud) I'm Black and Proud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Randy And The Metrosquad
Black Randy and the Metrosquad was an American punk rock band from the late 1970s and early 1980s in the Los Angeles punk scene. They gained notoriety not only for their surreal and smutty sense of humor, but also for their amalgamation of proto-punk, 1970s porn, pop, and avant-garde music. History The band formed in Los Angeles in 1977 with Black Randy (born John Morris, January 5, 1952) as frontman, David Brown on keyboards, and other members, including Pat Garrett, on guitar.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 13-14 However, the band had a rotating line-up, which even included live back-up singers known as the Blackettes which often included Exene Cervenka, Alice Bag, Lorna Doom, Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, and featured several members of The Eyes.Uncle Dave Lewis " Black Randy & The Metrosquad Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2010-10-24 Black Randy's lyrics gave him a reputation for being as witty as he was offensive with songs ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerhouse Records
Dangerhouse Records was a Neff, Joseph (August 13, 2013)"(Re)Graded on a Curve: Dangerhouse Records' Compilation, ''Yes L.A.''" ''The Vinyl District''. Retrieved August 21, 2015. punk music record label based in Los Angeles, California Overview Dangerhouse was one of the first independent labels to document the burgeoning West Coast punk rock scene.Deming, Mark"''Dangerhouse, Vol. 1'': AllMusic Review by Mark Deming" ''AllMusic''. Retrieved March 9, 2016. Started in 1977 Yohannan, Tim (August 1991). Interview with David Brown from Dangerhouse Records. ''Maximumrocknroll'' (99).Richardson, RyanDangerhouse Records, in-depth history and complete commented discography(page 1/2). ''Break My Face''. Retrieved September 10, 2015.Lewis, Uncle Dave"Black Randy & The Metrosquad: Artist Biography by Uncle Dave Lewis" ''AllMusic''. Retrieved September 7, 2015. and collapsing by the end of 1980,MXV (August 18, 2013)"Yes L.A. vinyl reissue : The Punk Vault" ''The Punk Vault''. Retrieved Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiny Mix Tapes
''Tiny Mix Tapes'' (also ''TMT'' or ''tinymixtapes'') is an online music and film webzine that focuses primarily on new music and related news. In addition to its reviews, it is noted for its subversive, political, and sometimes surreal news, as well as a podcast and its mixtape generator. History Originally called ''Tiny Mixtapes Gone to Heaven'' and hosted on GeoCities, the webzine moved to its current domain in 2001. ''Tiny Mix Tapes'' is a featured reviewer on Metacritic. The writing staff is composed of volunteers who often use pen names (such as "Wolfman," "Mango Starr," "Chizzly St. Claw," and "Filmore Mescalito Holmes"). Some contributors, like Rebecca Armendariz and Alex Brown, go by their real names. Its cofounder and editor-in-chief is Minneapolis-resident Marvin Lin (who writes as "Mr. P"). The music reviews, features, news, film, comics, and the "DeLorean", "Cerberus", and "Automatic Mix Tapes" columns are edited by "Jay," "Gumshoe," "Dan Smart," Benjamin Pearson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" is a funk song recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1969, the song was a #1 R&B hit and also made the top 20 pop singles chart. "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" appeared as an instrumental on the '' Ain't It Funky'' (1970) album, removing Brown's vocals and adding guitar overdubs, while the vocal version was released on '' It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In'' (1970). Recorded history Brown recorded "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" again with The J.B.'s for his 1970 live double album ''Sex Machine''. Over five minutes long, this later recording used a substantially different instrumental arrangement, with an added organ riff and a florid bassline, as well as different lyrics. This version features Clyde Stubblefield on drum kit performing in tandem with congas. Note: The drums conga tandem is self-evident in minutes 4 and 5 of the recording. A remix of this recording by Tim Rogers appears on the 1986 compilation album ''In the Jungle Groo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Say It Loud – I'm Black And I'm Proud
"Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" is a funk song performed by James Brown, and written with his bandleader Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis in 1968. It was released as a two-part single which held the number-one spot on the R&B singles chart for six weeks, and peaked at number ten on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Both parts of the single were later included on James Brown's 1968 album ''A Soulful Christmas'' and on his 1969 album sharing the title of the song. The song became an unofficial anthem of the Black Power movement. "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" was Brown's first recording to feature trombonist Fred Wesley. Lyrics In the song, Brown addresses racism against Black Americans, and the need for Black empowerment. He proclaims that "we demands a chance to do things for ourself" and that "we're tired of beating our head against the wall and workin' for someone else." The song's call and response chorus is performed by a group of young children, who respond to Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theme From Shaft
"Theme from ''Shaft''", written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971, is the soul and funk-styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film ''Shaft''. The theme was released as a single (shortened and edited from the longer album version) two months after the movie's soundtrack by Stax Records' Enterprise label. "Theme from ''Shaft''" went to number two on the Billboard Soul Singles chart (behind "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" by Marvin Gaye) and to number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States in November 1971. The song was also well received by adult audiences, reaching number six on Billboard's Easy Listening chart. The song is considered by some to be one of the first disco songs. The following year, "Theme from ''Shaft''" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, with Hayes becoming the first African American to win that honor – or any Academy Award in a non-acting category – as well as the first recipient of the award who both wrote an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Debut Albums
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full Sino-American relations, diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, France, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's Chrysler Europe, European operations, which are based in United Kingdom, Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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