All right everyone, it’s nearly spring, which as you all of you know means MARCH MADNESS!!!!! In honor of this wonderful month, this month’s challenge is to create a mix with the following theme: Sports & Leisure. No minimum song requirement or anything, but HERE IS THE DEAL of course you don’t HAVE to make a mix with this theme, but by the end of this week I’ll have a mix blog up that we can all post to — by MARCH 31 post your mix, and I will choose a winner. The winner will then get to assign the theme/ challenge for April!!! Then that person will be able to judge the winner of that month’s contest, and so on and so forth. If you don’t finish your mix in time, guess what, you don’t get to pick a winner or compete! Also, if you win…you are entitle to one (1) free beer from me. That’s right, I’ll buy you one beer of your choice, even something slightly above the quality of Pabst. This setup is not by any means set in stone, but let’s see how it goes. Also, you can’t pick yourself as winner, that is outlawed, and you will be murdered by highly skilled pigeons if you do that. Also, If you don’t get your mix sent by the due date, you will be deemed a CUNT. That’s right, a CUNT.
So, with that all said, here’s the rotation for March, mixes due by MARCH 31!!!!!!
Vic —> Rob
Farrell –> Jacob
Nate —-> James
Brad —> Nate
Trav —> Marcus
Tree —> Farrell
JB —-> Vic
Rob —> Trav
Jacob —> JB
James —> Brad
Marcus —> Tree
Ready….GO!!!
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I need addresses…or at least one for Jacob
1. This Is The Ultimate – Billy Blanks (It is not very well know that former olympic kickboxer, turned Ti Bo Instructor writes, produces and performs musical songs as well. They are to accompany his videos. With lyrics like ‘work it like a washing machine, got to get it lean, who can’t help but be motivated.
2. Boatman Dance – Elizabeth Cotten (I’m not sure what the boatman dance is, but Liz sure makes it sound fun!)
3. M-A-R-T-I-N-A – Phranc ( This song is a tribute to Miss Navretelova from Chezclselvakia, with a spelling lesson which I have apparently not learned from)
4. Take The Skinheads Bowling – Camper Van Beethoven (Pretty obvious leisure song.)
5. Rowboat – Johnny Cash (Rowing a boat can be either Leisurely or Sporty, depending on how Johnny sings it.)
6. Atlantic City – Hank Williams III (Originally done by the Boss, this song is about Gambling)
7. River Euphrates – Pixies (This well know sport of riding the tiger down river euphrates was made popular in the mid 1930’s by a guy name Charles Thompson.)
8. Whatever Happened to Pong – Frank Blank (You know, Pong!)
9 Resisting Tyrannical Government – Propagandhi ( Nice little didley about Oppression with some hockey metaphors.
10 Beat on the Brat – Nomeansno (Beat on the Brat with a Baseball bat. Oh yeah.)
11 Running, Swimming & Sinking – Small Brown Bike
12 Witch Hunt – The Cows (This sport was popular back in the olden days, in the Massachusettes area. )
13 Long Distance Runner – Fugazi
14 The Loneliness of a Long distance Runner – Iron Maiden
15 Deep Blue, Congratulations – Servotron (Great song congratulating the powerful computer in defeating Kasparov at chess)
16 Hunter – Bjork (Hunting, man’s most challenging sport.)
17 Swimming Horses – Siouxsie & The Banshees (Not much is known about this sport, only a few humans have ever been invited to a horse swimming event)
18 Better of Without a Wife – Tom Waits (I don’t need permission, to go out Fishing)
19 Big Boat – M Ward
20 Out of Limits – The Marketts (Surfing, of course)
21 Pipeline – The Chantays (More Surfing)
22 Surf Wax America – Weezer (And finally, surfing)
Alright, I took some liberty here with this month’s theme… I figure that while watching sports, we tend to do a lot of drinking. Drinking is a leisure activity. So is smoking grass. So is a number of other things we might imbibe from time to time. Anyhow, I think the track list says the rest:
01 – Let’s Get Stoned – Ray Charles
02 – Champagne and Reefer – Muddy Waters
03 – One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – John Lee Hooker
04 – Alligator Wine – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
05 – Straight, No Chaser – Thelonius Monk
06 – Sunday Morning Coming Down – Johnny Cash
07 – Drinkin’ and Drivin’ – Johnny Paycheck
08 – Family Tradition – Hank Williams Jr.
09 – Tequila – The Champs
10 – Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles
11 – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 – Bob Dylan
12 – Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
13 – Black Dog – Led Zeppelin
14 – Roadhouse Blues – The Doors
15 – Heroin – The Velvet Underground
16 – Casey Jones – Grateful Dead
17 – Hotel California – Eagles
18 – The Joker – Steve Miller Band
19 – Cocaine – Eric Clapton
20 – Have a Drink on Me – AC/DC
21 – I Drink Alone – George Thorougood
22 – Take Your Whiskey Home – Van Halen
23 – Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
24 – Mary Jane’s Last Dance – Tom Petty
25 – Kaya – Bob Marley
26 – Six Pack – Black Flag
27 – Brass Monkey – Beastie Boys
28 – Beercan – Beck
29 – Out of My Mind – Pearl Jam
30 – Sensimilla – Slightly Stoopid
31 – It’s Martini Time – Reverend Horton Heat
32 – Gin and Juice – Snoop Dogg
33 – My Fault – Eminem
34 – This one is a surprise….
Wow, looks like me and Trav are the only one’s who aren’t deemed a “cunt” (that’s right a cunt). He’s set quite a high bar but I think I can match it.
Tom Hedden – A New Game (Football. This is the theme to NFL Films.) http://www.tracksounds.com/reviews/power_glory_sam_spence_tom_hedden_david_robidoux.htm)
John Tesh – Roundball Rock (Basketball. This was the theme to the NBA on NBC. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the studio version. Luckily there are no major flubs in this version recorded live in Australia. Maybe Tesh was actually sober for once!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gr5ccyg1ZM
Kleenex Girl Wonder – Prince of the Major Leagues (Baseball. From the bombastic synths of Tesh to the bombastic synths of Smith)
Ligh Blub Project – If I Liked Sports, I’d Be One (Sports! A charming little ditty with lines that could only have been written by a non-native English speaker)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVDICIfbnKc
Atom and His Package – If you Own the Washington, You’re a Cock (Football. Atom, from the liner notes to Attention! Blah Blah Blah: “This is a song about the fuckheadedness of sports teams that name themselves after Native Americans and think it’s somehow flattering to stereotype, since it’s in a “positive” way…that is, making charicatures of an entire group of people as brave warrior types is okay. Fuck them. Let’s not root for them.”)
http://www.lyricsdir.com/atom-and-his-package-if-you-own-the-washington-redskins-youre-a-cock-lyrics.html
The Mountain Goats – Cubs in Five (Baseball. I was always associate this song with the 2003 Mountain Goats show I saw. The Cubs were in the playoffs and had just gone up 1-0 and had a great shot at going to their first world series since 1945. This annoying guy in the crowd kept yelling for this song but they refused to play it saying – “I will not play that song because the cubs WILL win in five and I don’t want to jinx them” I think we all remember how that series turned out
)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman
The Zambonis – The Goalie is Drunk! (Hockey. This is the most annoying song on the album
http://www.thezambonis.com/
Mel and Tim – Backfield in Motion (Football)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX7jtHJqfn8
The Replacements – All He Wants to Do Is Fish (Fishing!) Written by drummer Chris Mars (my favorite Replacement)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Mars
David Geddes – Last Game of the Season (Football) A real tear jerker.
http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/l/last_game_of_the_season.txt
Luthor Vandross – One Shining Moment (Basketball) I wait all year for one shining moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpo55XmKXeI (this isn’t the vandross version but 1993 is my personal favorite tourny)
Vincent Price – Casey at the Bat (Baseball)
So there’s my humble contribution. Thanks for the great mix idea James!
Just to clarify. The lyrics to River Euphrates is “Ride the Tire down river Euphrates”, which is more of a tubing song than a wild animal riding song I thought it once was.
Good stuff so far, folks, very very nice work. Although Hotel California can drive a man to kill….it’s telling me to kill….AHHHHHHH!
Anywho, I probably should have won this month I tried mostly to group by sport:
1. Man or Astro Man? – Nitrous Burnout 2012 (Racing). This song is about the Indianapolis 500 in 2012.
2. Weird “Al” Yankovich – Rye or the Kaiser (Boxing. An interesting take a “Rocky” like champion who has grown a bit overweight. Legally exempt from lawsuits.
3. Ghostface Killah – The Champ (Boxing). Beginning with some old guy apparently trying to get Ghostface pumped up for a big fight, this song would also work for playing b-ball on the street, playa.
4. G- Love and Special Sauce – I-76 (Basketball). “Get alooooong, seventy-sixers: Dr. Jay, and Iverson!”
5. Curtis Blow – Basketball (Trapeze). An old school rap homage that not only describes how to play the game, but does it in a somehow sexual way.
6. Tai Mai Shu – Yao Ming Song (Basketball). Apocalypse Yao. Being Yao Mingavich.
7. Straight Playin’ – Shaq (Basketball). Shaq makes peace with his trade: “I love playing for da eastside (straight playin’), I miss playin’ fo’ the west side (straight playin’)”.
8. Erase Errata – Marathon (Running).
9. Je Suis France – Forklift Rodeos (Forklift Rodeos). As with Horse Swimming (see Trav’s mix) not many humans have been invited to these rodeos, but when they go they “meet people I don’t wanna know.”
10. Belle and Sebastian – Piazza, NY Catcher (Baseball). “Piazza New York catcher are you straight or are you gay?”
11. Black Flag – T.V. Party (Parties, Football). This one covers both sports AND leisure: “We’ve got, nuthin’ better to do / than sit around and have a couple of brews / We’re gonna watch all our favorite shows!….Monday Night Football!!!”
12. Ben Folds Five – Sports & Wine (you get the idea).
13. The Frogs – Lifeguard of Love (Swimming). “It’s wrong to love women you know.”
14. Imperial Teen – Waterboy (Various sports). The waterboy is an underrated member of any ball club. Little known fact: Greg Oden was once the waterboy for the 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates.
15. Guided By Voices – 14 Cheerleader Coldfront (Cheerleading). Ironically, this song comes in at number 15 while having 14 in its name.
16. Camper Van Beethoven – Take the Skinheads Bowling (Bowling). Yes, I too put this song on my mix. I was going to delete it, but then — OOPS, already hit burn.
17. Let’s Go Bowling – Let’s Go Bowling (Bowling). “Let’s go bowling!”
18. Nerf Herder – Golfshirt (Golf Apparel). An anthem for all those guys that wear golfshirts yet can’t get a girlfriend.
19. The 1985 Chicago Bears – Superbowl Shuffle (Football, shuffling). “I didn’t come here, lookin’ for trouble, I just came, to do the Superbowl Shuffle. We are the Bears, shufflin’ crew…/ We’re so bad, we knw we’ere good, blowin’ your mind like we know we should!”
20. Nada Surf – Popular (Football, being a Jock in high school). Fuck you jocks! I’m into fucking alternative!
21. Cornershop – Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III (Boxing). There’s more to to Rockies 1-3 than you think.
22. Paxcercise – Mr. Pacman (Aerobics).
23. Luther Vandross – One Shining Moment. I was hoping Brad would forget, but I think he’ll appreciate it none the less.
A sad farewell to March Madness. Rock Chalk Jayhawk go KU!
James have you ever made a mix without the Frogs on it? Not that I’m complaining…
James, dude, I got your CD and you put fucking Ricky Martin’s “Copa de La Vida” on it. You lose, dude. Automatically. You should be ashamed of yourself.
I don’t know what that song is, but it sounds great. Wasn’t me!
1. Byrd, Joe & The Field Hippies – Leisure World
“Leisure World – community for active young senior citizens in seal beach California”
2. Gary Glitter – Rock and Roll (Part 1)
How could I not put a convicted pedophile (currently jailed in Vietnam) on this mix? This is the ultimate sports & leisure song. It’s played throughout Happy Gilmore (a sports movie I watch in my leisure time!)….the “hey!” song
3. Fugazi – Ex-Spectator
start warming up to the idea of participating is sports…
4. At the Drive-In – Extracurricular
extracurricular activities include sports..
5. Decahedron – Movement
sports make you move
6. J.K. & CO. – Speed
faster…
7. Air – Run
running now…
8. Jawbox – Breathe
remember to breathe when you exercise
9. The National – Racing Like A Pro
now you’re going…
but it’s time for a break and a couple of good leisure sports:
10. John Frusciante – Sailing Outdoors
11. Primus – Fish On
12. Goran Bregovic – Hunting
more specifically…
13. Radiohead – Hunting Bears
14. Deerhoof – New Sneakers
time for some B-Ball after getting the new sneakers..
15. Operation Ivy – Bankshot
now it’s time for some Olympic sports..
16. Millencolin – Olympic
17. Tom Waits – In The Colosseum
18. The Good, The Bad & The Queen – Herculean
boxing…
19. The Heroine Sheiks – Let’s Fight
20. Gallows – Rolling with the Punches
21. The Thermals – Time to Lose
getting your ass kicked…
and down for the count…
22. Season to Risk – Gameover
Ah James, I was just kidding. I like to kid about Ricky Martin. Anyhow, my CD should be in your mailbox today. Huah.
You DO like to kid about ricky martin, Nate. We will be getting wasted to your mix this summer many times!
Yes, Vic, sports do involve moving
I told you!
I see that no one used Chariots of Fire. I could have totally played the age card and used that, Flashdance and the music from American Flyers and Quicksilver. But I didn’t.
1. Jurassic 5 – The Game (verbal basketball)
2. Village People – YMCA (pocket pool)
3. Henry Mancini – The Days of Wine and Roses (wedding crashing)
4. The Groovy Ghoulies – I Wanna Have Fun (fighting)
5. The Chemical Bros. – The Boxer (fighting)
6. The Drifters – Under the Boardwalk (”making love”)
7. Reverend Horton Heat – It’s Martini Time (see Nate’s list)
8. The Stray Cats – Rev It Up and Go (street racing)
9. Queen – Bicycle Race (alleycat racing and drinking games)
10. Smashmouth – All Star (ha ha!! the equivalent of a mixtape rickroll!)
11. The Scofflaws – Nude Beach (leisure)
12. Leroy Van Dyke – The Auctioneer (consumerism)
13. Dean Martin – Cha Cha Cha D’Amour (maccin’)
14. The Toasters – Pool Shark (billiards)
15. Django Reinhardt – Nagasaki (alcohol and prostitutes)
16. Duke Ellington – Carnival in Caroline (carnival….ing?)
17. Mary Poppins – I love to Laugh (drinking)
18. The Descendants – Dog and Pony Show (livestock)
19. Kraftwerk – Tour de France Etape 2 (doping)
20. Let the Good Times Roll – Fishbone (all of the above)
Alright, here it is….Late, but hopefully not last. It’s a strange mix of sports & leisure…enjoy!
1. Mashup – All kinds of Jock Jam mixed with Pennywise – Fight Till You Die
2. Lunatic Fringe – Red Ryder (sweet training track for kickin ass)
3. Crowd Chant – Joe Satriani (after all that trainin, you need some crowd noise)
4. Kung Fu Fighting – Air Lovers (now it’s time to fight!)
5. Fortunate Son – CCR (too much fighting each other, let’s protest…it’s leisurely)
6. Rainy Day Women – Dylan (…and get stoned)
7. Hound Dog – Elvis (…then have lots of sex)
8. Hockey Hair – Pansy Division (….with a guy with hockey hair??)
9. …..then Run Like Hell – Pink Floyd (and running is leisurely for some of us)
10. Running on Empty – Jackson Browne (I’ve been running a long time…)
11. On the Road Again – Willy (Leisure = being on the road…again)
12. Hearts on Fire – From Rocky (…no idea who sings this, but I’m done running)
13. Mudfootball – Jack Johnson (ah yes…mudfootball….leisurely and sporty)
14. California Dreamin’ – Mama’s & Papa’s (Yes….I’m dreamin’ now)
15. Raindrops keep Falling on My Head – B.J. Thomas (then is started raining 1/2 way through my dream)
16. Centerfield – John Fogerty (…but I was dreaming about baseball and….)
17. Bicycle Race – Queen (..riding my bicycle..)
18. Mashup about baseball, OSU buckeyes, final countdown, back to the Buckeyes, then finish up Fighting with Competition Song – Pennywise.
Well Shit! My Ultimate Mix didn’t post last night. I’ll have to get it tonight when I get home….effin internet…damn Al Gore. What a dick!
Sorry, Marcus, that was my fault. Sometimes it wants me to ‘moderate’ comments. And judging by your little Al Gore remark, I see why.
Ready? I’ll send it after I receive Farrell’s address. Fittingly, it is titled Better Laettner Than Never, as is Final Four themed:
1. Call Me Lighting-”We Be Dragons”
Call Me Lightning from Milwaukee, WI; Marquette University; 3 Final Four appearances; 1 championship.
2. Brainiac-”Vincent Come On Down”
Brainiac form Dayton, OH; the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Play-In Game is played in Dayton.
3. Polvo-”Snowstorm in Iowa”
Polvo from Chapel Hill, NC; University of North Carolina; 16 Final Four appearances; 4 championships.
4. Zoom-”Flunkie”
Zoom from Lawrence, KS; Kansas University; 12 Final Four appearances; 2 championships.
5. HUM-”Pinch & Roll”
HUM from Champaign-Urbana, IL; University of Illinois; 5 Final Four appearances.
6. Form of Rocket-”Keep Smiling Ed Smart”
Form of Rocket from Salt Lake City, UT; University of Utah; 4 Final Four appearances; 1 championship.
7. Ten Grand-”Thank You Ma’am May I Have Several Thousand More”
Ten Grand from Iowa City, IA; University of Iowa; 3 Final Four appearances.
8. Jawbox-”Lil’ Shaver”
Jawbox from Washington, D.C.; Georgetown University; 5 Final Four appearances; 1 championship.
9. Bastro-”Goiter Blazes”
Bastro from Louisville, KY; University of Louisville; 8 Final Four appearances; 2 championships.
10. The Weirdos-”Terrain”
The Weirdos from Los Angeles, CA; UCLA; 18 Final Four appearances; 11 championships (as of this writing), including 7 in a row.
11. Dicks-”Rich Daddy”
In honor of college basketball broadcasting legend Dick Vitale.
12. Pissed Jeans-”Closet Marine”
Pissed Jeans from Philadelphia, PA; Villanova University; 3 Final Four appearances; 1 championship, one of sport’s all-time upsets in 1985 over the insanely favored Georgetown Hoyas.
13. Push-Pull-”3 Songs”
Push-Pull from Bloomington, IN; Indiana University; 9 Final Four appearances; 5 championships; last unbeaten team, 1976.
14. Hurl-”All Lines Have Been Erased”
In honor of Final Four legend Bobby Hurley.
15. Bright Channel-”Ice Field”
Bright Channel from Louisville and Denver, CO; to get from Louisville to Denver, you have to go through Broomfield, home to Denver sports personality Irv Brown, who refereed every Final Four game for nearly a decade in the 1970s.
16. Bellini-”Furious”
Bellini, half-Italian and half-American, in honor of college basketball’s proud tradition of Italian-American coaches, such as Jimmy Valvano, Rick Pitino, Rollie Massimino, and John Calipari.
17. Mule-”X and 29″
Mule from Ann Arbor, MI; University of Michigan; 6 Final Four appearances; 1 championship, the famed “Fab Five” team.
If this month taught me anything it’s that I’m a little thin on the jock rock. Some of the songs are less about sports than what it feels like to get your ass handed to you on a platter. But I’m pretty proud of what I could pull off. I think most of my songs were just making fun of GWU and Davidson.
1 You Are a Runner and I Am My Father’s Son 2:55 Wolf Parade Apologies to the Queen Mary
2 Worlds Apart 2:56 And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Worlds Apart
3 White Gymnasium 2:40 Talk Demonic Beat Romantic
4 We Will Rock You 2:03 Queen Greatest Hits
5 Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes 2:38 Propagandhi Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s As
6 Time to Lose 2:24 The Thermals More Parts Per Million
7 surfin on a rocket 3:45 air talkie walkie
8 Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down 6:28 Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights
9 Red Eyes And Tears 4:02 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club B.R.M.C.
10 Pipeline 2:20 The Ventures Surfing
11 Our Swords 2:26 Band Of Horses Everything All The Time
12 Nothing Better 3:47 The Postal Service Give Up
13 Non-Zero Possibility 5:38 At The Drive-In Relationship Of Command
14 I Love You Golden Blue 7:03 Sonic Youth Sonic Nurse
15 Do The Rump 2:39 The Black Keys The Big Come Up
16 Death Rides a Horse 5:46 Russian Circles Enter
17 Bankshot 1:33 Operation Ivy Energy