Connect A Song
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Depeche Mode - "In Your Room"
In my room? In your room!
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Butthole Surfers - "Who Was in My Room Last Night?"
Song titles posed as questions comprised entirely of monosyllabic words.
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The Beatles - Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
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Connection: monkey comparison
>McCartney wrote the song after seeing two monkeys copulating in the street while on retreat in Rishikesh, India, with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He marvelled in the simplicity of this natural scenario when compared to the emotional turmoil of human relationships. He later said: >>A male [monkey] just hopped on the back of this female and gave her one, as they say in the vernacular. Within two or three seconds he hopped off again and looked around as if to say "It wasn't me!" and she looked around as if there'd been some mild disturbance ... And I thought ... that's how simple the act of procreation is ... We have horrendous problems with it, and yet animals don't.
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Pearl Jam - "Do the Evolution"
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Much like the "return to monke" meme, the themes of this song and video explore the dubious privilege of the "higher beings."
Also, similar groove and vocal performance.
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Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey (Live in Athens 1987)
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Monkey see monkey do.
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Rolling Stones - Monkey Man
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Bonobos are apes, not monkeys, but I thought it was close enough.
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Bonobo - 'Kiara'
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Blockhead being on the Ninja Tune label that has many artists I admire, this track by Bonobo I discovered through playing the game Sleeping Dogs, included in the OST.
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Blockhead - "The Music Scene"
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How do you do, fellow Blockheads?
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Ian Dury and The Blockheads - What A Waste
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Stiff Records, in that time Elvis Costello and Ian Dury where signed to the same label in the beginning of their careers and they where on tour together as well.
What a Waste was sampled by Tribe called Quest on one of the versions of Can I Kick It.
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Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives
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Baker Street is where Sherlock Holmes, the most famous fictional detective of all time, lived.
"Baker Street" -> Sherlock Holmes -> Detective -> "Watching the Detectives"
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Disco Twins & Starchild - Do That Right
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Paul C produced both tracks. He was pioneer for sampling and was murdered at the age 24. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_C
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Ultramagnetic MC's - Give the Drummer Some
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Dr Octagon -\> Kool Keith, member of Ultramagnetic MCs
Another Keith sampled parts of this track and made a big hit out of it.
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Dr. Octagon - Halfsharkalligatorhalfman
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Infirmary -> Doctor Octagon
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Bridge City Sinners - St. James Infirmary
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Connection: reimagined traditional folk with female vocals
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Skáld - Rún
m.youtube.com SKÁLD - Rún (Official Music Video)SKÁLD’s new album « Huldufólk » available on pre-order: https://skald.lnk.to/HuldufolkFollow SKÁLD:Youtube: https://skald.lnk.to/YouTubeIDFacebook: https://s...
Connection: run - run
Well, technically it's spelled Rún not Run
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Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
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Songs about cars as a means of escaping everyday life
And I know it's cool to hate on Springsteen (trust me, I hated on him, too) but seriously folks, listen to the album Born to Run in it's entirety and think back to being in your early 20's and that bone-deep need to get away from everything you grew up around. If you can't relate on some level, then i think you need to do some serious self-reflection on your relationship with your hometown/family
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The Dead Milkmen - Bitchin' Camaro
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For whatever reason, I can't hear The Aquabats without immediately thinking of this gem of a song.
More formal connection, The Dead Milkmen and The Aquabats are both known for their comedic punk
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Ugly Casanova - "Cat Faces"
music.youtube.com Cat Faces - YouTube MusicProvided to YouTube by Sub Pop Records Cat Faces · Ugly Casanova Sharpen Your Teeth ℗ 2002 Sub Pop Records Released on: 2015-10-30 Mixer: Brian Deck Pro...
Modest Mouse side project
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Modest Mouse - Willful Suspension Of Disbelief
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The chorus from "Chewing Gum" is about opening your ears up to hearing things you don't want to hear, or ceasing "Willful Suspension of Disbelief"
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Elvis Costello - Chewing Gum
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Way down in the hole and chewing gum both feature Marc Ribot on guitar.
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Tom Waits - "Way Down In The Hole"
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I could keep going with Johnny Cash all day, but "Down There by the Train" sends me down the Tom Waits rabbit hole, and while there's a lot to mine there, I thought I'd keep it in the pseudo-neo-gospel vein with "Way Down in the Hole"
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Johnny Cash - "Down There by the Train"
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Not exactly a cover, but written for Johnny by Tom Waits, who also did his own version.
That fucking cover art is legendary.
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Johnny Cash - I Won't Back Down
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Let's keep the American Recordings streak going
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Johnny Cash - "Personal Jesus"
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More American Recordings tracks wherein Johnny Cash covers songs you'd think he'd have no business getting near, but he pulls it off just the same.
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Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage
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When I was in my late teens, I was obsessed with Johnny Cash and Rick Rubin's American Recordings, so now I can't hear "Rusty Cage" without thinking of Cash's version
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Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
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Connections to Pearl Jam are many. Where I worked here in the lowlands, back in the day they used the vinyl sleeve of Badmotorfinger as packing material. Must have been misprints, but that is how I learned they existed and after getting my ass to the record shop learned how good that album is.
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Pearl Jam - "Brain of J"
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"Who's got the brain of JFK?"
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SWOLLEN SHUT - JFK'S HEAD JUST DID THAT
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The last song is by "The Dead Kenny Gs" which made me think of "The Dead Kennedys" which made me think of JFK and how his head just sorta did that.
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The Dead Kenny G's - Kill The Poor
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I’m not sure if killing the poors would technically count as a genocide, but it’s similar at the least
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The Offspring - Genocide
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From one 90's anti-religion SoCal punk band with a PhD to another.
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Five Iron Frenzy - Dandelions
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Another band from the Christian ska/punk boom of the 90's. One of my earliest concerts was The W's opening for Five Iron Frenzy at a roller rink in 1999, so this one is pretty nostalgic for me.
Also, flower tattoo -> Dandelions, so a double connection