Hello and welcome to another post on RopBop. This one is going to be a short one, the reason for this is because I have been working on this blog like mad the past few days. What have I been doing you might ask? Well, I went through all the posts and updated the songs that were no longer available and directed them to the songs youtube link and I also updated every band name so it now directs you to a link for the band! I tried as much as I could to post to official music videos or live performances, I'd say about 70% should go to something you can watch. There will be some that just aren't there, but look close cause sometimes I link to a different song by the band. Also don't worry I'll still leave the past few posts up for a while before converting the links to strictly youtube. I hope you have just as much fun going back through the old posts as what I did (even though it was a daunting task). I'll be back next week with the normal sized post. Time to get a victory sandwich!
Rock on,
-Brad-
I am sure that I have talked about the ADD mashup master Girl Talk before, and I am about to give him critical praise once again on his latest release All Day. Weather you love to dance, love music, or need something to get the party started this should be an immediate go to. Where else can you hear Biggie rapping over Smoke On The Water, or Missy Elliot gettin' her freak on over Blitzkreig Bop. Listening to this album is so much fun and will have your head bobbing until the end. Oh did I mention the album free? Why wouldn't you at least give it a try!? As a side not I would definitely suggest Girl Talks other albums.
Girl Talk - Oh No
I recently made a mix for a friend of mine, because I'm a nice guy like that, and I included a lot of rap and R&B stuff and other geeky songs that I knew he would like. This friend works with developmentally challenged kids at an inner city elementary school. He is always telling me how he is breaking up fights, or sending kids to the principals office for being bad. It sounds like a tough job but he's a cool guy with a level head so he's perfect for the job. In the mix I gave him I added this song called Manners by indie rapper Big Don. He called me a few days later telling me that he is going to use it in one of his lessons. First of all it made me happy that I finally made a mix that he liked, secondly I am thankful for people like Big Don who decide to make a sweet rap song and keep it on a positive level. We need more of that in this world.
Big Don - The Manners (No Longer Available)
As I have mentioned on this blog before I listen to a lot of Podcasts. I am particularly addicted to The Preston And Steve Show on 93.3 WMMR. They have this great game that they play called Crackshot. Basically each member of the morning show has a category that they are "experts" in. Someone is an expert in Saved By The Bell trivia, someone else is an expert in 80's movies and so on. The listening audience calls in and tries to stump the DJ. If they do they get a prize and the expert gets shot in the ass with a BB gun. They roll a die to see how many times the gun gets pumped. If you roll a six you can pass the shot to someone else. It definitely makes for some interesting and hilarious listening. At the beginning they always play this song. Roger is also a cousin to Jackass's Johnny Knoxville
Roger Alan Wade - B.B. Gun
