POWERFUL, Weird and Awesome.....that is all

Jazz Fest NOLA....best pic ever

When thinking of what to write for this I was graced by the awesome sound of the first song and remembered the video being super powerful.  And now I am sharing them with you.....



10 Years - Wasteland


Now that you understand what this about you will see that most of these are goofy & funny while some are just plain weird. See Aphex Twin.  Some try and send a message and some are just brilliant.  See video below.

Wax - California
The stuntman is only running a half a block, ut they slowed it down to make it fit the length of the song......BRILLIANCE....the kid at the end is fucking brilliant


Ultravox - Vienna
I fucking love this song.....black and white....MTV beginnings....just plain incredible.



Foo Fighters - The Pretender
What needs to be said that hasn't been said.  Incredible song and even more incredible video.



Butthole Surfers - Who Was In My Room Last Night?
Freaking love this song and the video is just out there.


The Avalanches - Since I Left you


Pulp - Bad Cover Version
Here is the list of impersonators for those of you, like me, that care about that shit.
Robbie Williams 0:24 Liam Gallagher 0:32 Phil Collins 0:41 Kylie Minogue 0:43 David Bowie 0:53 Noel Gallagher 1:00 Missy Elliott 1:10 George Michael 1:12 Bono 1:26 Paul McCartney 1:36 Craig David 1:49 Tom Jones 1:59 Keith Richards 2:04 Bjork 2:10 Kurt Cobain 2:21 Rod Stewart 2:25 Meat Loaf 2:31 Cher 2:36 Jay Kay 2:50 Jarvis Cocker 2:55Mick Jagger 3:00 Jennifer Lopez 3:12 Elton John 3:19 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 3:36 Gary Numan3:46 Brian May 3:50



Moby - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
Song is brilliant and video is even stranger


Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do
You make your own assessment of this but whoever made this is flipping out there


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I boxed the next two in for a reason......you will see....READ

Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (UNCENSORED) 

 ....I still remember the first time I saw this in like 1997.  It was midnight and I was flipping channels and go figure MTV is playing a video.  After I watched it I was floored at what it got away with....it came with a disclaimer.  FANTASTIC VIDEO....All Time Favorite.


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Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy SCARY!!!!  if you can make it to 3:50 mark I guarantee if you have not crapped yourself you will.....this is quite possibly the freakiest video ever.  I remember waking up at like 3am and seeing this and not being well.  ENJOY!!!!


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David Hasselhoff - Hooked On A Feeling
Just fucking funny and weird and Hasselhoff



Living Sisters - How Are You Doing?
You might have to watch this one 3 times....out there.....WOW



Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
Cameos cameos and more cameos.....and its the Beastie Boys....RIP MCA



Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc


MC 900Ft Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain

Can't go wrong with a Spike Jonze video



Metallica - One
Look I know you've heard the song a billion times but just watch this video and let it take you back in time to first time you saw it.....YES!!!!!



and just a damn good song!!!!!

Eminem - Stan
Brilliant video for and even more brilliant song



Cheers to a beautiful weekend. And an even better weekend for my son's lacrosse team in the playoffs, NHL Playoffs, Kentucky Derby, Jazz Fest In NOLA and of course......Talladega

No clue what's going on here but it's funny. I think.


and THIS!!!!!!

No SEX, No DRUGS, No WINE, No WOMEN, No FUN, No SIN, No YOU, No Wonder it's DARK

This one is going to be LENGTHY but have some GIRTH.  
Sit down, get comfortable and ENJOY the trip back.   
I even added some alternative pop stuff to the end but they are OK songs and not the WORST ones...Sorry Its my blog and my music choice.  GUILTY PLEASURES if you must.  I think I am going to broaden this 80s College Tune thing as what was done back in the Early 80s and into the 90s is primarily what you are hearing today just redone with different packaging.  Only back then it was ORIGINAL and GROUNDBREAKING and RAW.


I could EASILY do an ENTIRE list with just Pixies, The Replacements and R.E.M., but that is just TOO EASY and we don't like EASY unless I am single and then I still searched for challenges both mentally and so on....Ask anyone between 25 and 40 and I mean ANYONE and I guarantee they will cite Pixies as one of their favorites.....VERY influential!!!


For shits and giggles.....TWO of my FAVORITE Pixies song of all time....


Pixies - Gouge Away (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO2HP8msjC0

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"They thought he was real smart alec. He thought big, they called it a phallic. They didn't know he was panoramic. Little eiffel stands in the archway. Keeping low doesn't make no sense. Sometimes people can be oh so dense"  - 

Pixies - Alec Eiffel (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf20Effo6ds



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Frank Black - Los Angeles (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXxjQmvbHIs

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VERY UNDERRATED band again....

Echo & The Bunnymen - "Do It Clean" (Live Early 80s) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9OEdlU0eqo

"Hands down, this version of 'Do It Clean' is the greatest song ever recorded."

MY ALLTIME FAVORITE VERSION of this song and its one of the FIRST videos I ever saw on MTV.  Check out the feel and the way they are dressed.

Echo and The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (Live 1983)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCAKE1v2oFU

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I had to throw this in as I see the LIVE Echo and IMMEDIATELY think of this....that guitar is so AWESOME in this live version.....YEA!!


The Cure - "The Walk" (Live 1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-X0_0oEM4s

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Just a quick reminisce as the LONG version of this song STILL stands the test of time.....so fucking good when it came out...


Duran Duran - "Planet Earth" (Night Version)(1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnNH7B_JdBA


and the long lost club video for those of you jonesing for Duran Duran....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOmWQuCYufU

"Yes - we really did dress and dance like that. And by God we had a good time!"

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and JUST think back to when you first saw this.....still FUCKING jams today and what a cool smooth video....


Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf" (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOg5VxrRTi0

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I will never forget how INCREDIBLE this song and video were back in the day...NOW its just FUCKING KILLER!!!!   Loud is GOOD for this one!!!!


Ultravox - Vienna (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WdUgn0XkU

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If you remember this song, it still has a killer beat but weird to say the least....very underrated....written and performed by two lawyers, Ned "EBN" Liben (synthesizer) and Robert "OZN" Rosen (organ & vocals)

EBN-OZN - "AEIOU Sometimes Y" (1983)

http://www.lmpd.com/arcade/index.php?action=play&aid=787

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The origin of SKA came with these champs....

The Specials - "Gangsters" (1979)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co

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AND this band took it to the 90s....FUCKING KILLER HORNS....great jam here!!!

Reel Big Fish - "Sellout" (1996)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEKbFMvkLIc

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Madness - "One Step Beyond" (1979)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAx2GHUUoSo

AND a GREAT COVER of a 1971 song written and originally recorded in 1971 by Labi Siffre.

Madness - "It Must Be Love" (1981)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puYt7B-tKQ8

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Its NOT EARLY 80s MTV without this one.....a staple and every time it came on.....TURNED IT UP.....STILL DO!!!! and this was their FIRST ALBUM!!!


The Pretenders - "Tattoed Love Boys" (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF_kUB_mdmA



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same goes for this one....but CLASSIC to say the least....


Pete Townshend - "Rough Boys"  (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkT8W6u81Ks



and love this quote about the song: 
"Pete's sexuality is only part of the song. I's about his relationship to the "punks" of that era and his relationship to himself -- seeing himself in them as well as his elder statesman role -- and his own "bitter mind." I'm not trying to diss anyone but to slough this off as "gay" really misses the point, alhtough I understand that aspect of it.

A powerful song, one of his best, and a great video."

BELOW IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME!!!!...Incredible Great SONG!!

Pete Townshend "Slit Skirts" (1982)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTXSnez3WM

AND a bonus....

Pete Townshend - "Face The Face" (1985)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_N2kJg29v4

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CLASSIC!!! needs no intro

The Vapors - "Turning Japanese" (1980)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4

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and another EXTREMELY influential band XTC who just don't get the credit they deserve.....and look at the YEARS on these.


XTC - "Senses Working Overtime" (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyX75NpibdU
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XTC - "Making Plans For Nigel" (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6bVckO_CM
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XTC - "Mayor Of Simpleton" (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo

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Sugar - "If I Can't Change Your Mind" (1992)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHnFIaLp_ys

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Hüsker Dü -"Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely" (1986)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1sYN0PuRs4

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OK time for the 80s CHEESE factor....and you have to remember this....

T

he Hooters - "All You Zombies" (1983)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LE0KpcP05I

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OK back to the lecture at hand.....with some just good old rocking jams....

X - "Burnin'House Of Love"(1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t2_06xtVRg

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country punks....YEAH!!!


Jason & The Scorchers - "White Lies" (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9uRjbE9qFU

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AND Yes here are the Red Rockers who I actually snuck out at the age of 14 to see one night only to be locked out when I got home...and they are from New Orleans...


Red Rockers - "China" (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN5OgiwprP8

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THEN you get into this kind of psychedelic alternative to which all I can say is thanks as looks like Oasis, Ride and The Charlatans came out of it....some samples....


The Three O'Clock - "Her Heads Revolving" (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6j6AlM62Bo

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I first heard this on DMX cable radio back in 1992 and was blown away at the old yet new sound to it.....took me YEARS to find this song.....once I get a song in my head I will find it....

The House Of Love - "You Don't Understand" (1992)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj1O7c7vRkI

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Many of you who know me will instantly recognize me from my CASSETTE TAPES of late 80s early 90s titled Pete's Alternative Classics...volume 1-6....cause EVERY one of these songs I called my favorite...

The Charlatans UK - "The Only One I Know" (1990)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h74hoTYaReQ

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Ned's Atomic Dustbin -Nothing Like (1991)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB90hGufrS4

Ned's Atomic Dustbin - "Happy" (1991)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmD08Na5VKI

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Nirvana - "Sappy" (Hidden Track on NO Alternative CD) (1993)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etUXKqC5_J8

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IF you attended college anytime between 1987 and 1994 you could NOT avoid the next band.....so with that said.....

"Nobody said it would be fair

But in the end I think it is.
Karma, justice, whatever you call it.
It's really there just keep looking for it"

Drivin' 'N' Cryin' - "Scarred But Smarter" (Live)(1986)

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This album takes me back to when I was in the ARMY in 89/90.  This and Depeche Mode 101 are STILL very important in my life to this day.  Many FRIENDS were made lifelong and otherwise.

Drivin' 'N' Cryin' - "Peacemaker" (1989)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_exF2Nfd0E

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Drivin' 'N' Cryin' - "Build A Fire" (1990)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INXSTzGavec

Drivin' 'N' Cryin' - "The Innocent" (1990)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxeJhPJkktk

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The Cavedogs - "Leave Me ALone" (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LPks6qJYAE

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The La's - "Timeless Melody" (1990)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iM4aDitCoc



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First time I heard this song I was blown away at the beauty of it....


"Your knuckles whiten on the wheel
The last thing that your hands will feel
Your final flight can't be delayed"

The Stone Roses - Made Of Stone (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9rNxab2pRM

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Then we were introduced to the GENIUS of LIVE the band.....just listen as it takes you back.....and fucking WOW!!!! and this is their FIRST ALBUM

Live - "10000 Years (Peace Is Now)" (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j71k9af-9vA



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In the early to mid-90s after Pearl Jam / Nirvana broke we had the Hole, L7, Veruca Salt and Breeders girl bands starting to come out from all over....one of the best is LUSH....

Lush - "Hypocrite" (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ib__QLz45I









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Lush - "Ladykillers" (1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSgYHzACvMI
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...say what you want about Courtney Love but this song KICKS ASS!!!!







Hole - "Violet" (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR0QobUoPiA

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and what a FUCKING VOICE!!!!!

K's Choice - "A Sound That Only You Can Hear" (1996)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRZxcg0XhPY

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Days Of The New - "The Down Town" (1997)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHQcdj5stHk

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Freedy Johnston - "Bad Reputation" (1994)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVqBYkrlsmw

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GUILTY PLEASURE SECTION!!!!!

OK NOW THE NEXT FEW SONGS ARE VERY DEAR TO ME AS THEY REMIND ME A TRANSITIONAL TIME IN MY LIFE...SON BEING BORN, MOVING FROM NEW ORLEANS TO HOUSTON AFTER 35 YEARS...SO WITH THAT SAID....ENJOY

"I can’t stand to fly, I’m not that naive, I’m just out to find the better part of me"

Five For Fighting - "Superman" (2000)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRz4FY0ZcwI

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Dishwalla - "Charlie's Brown's Parents (1995)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubdmyms-Lts

Dishwalla - "Once In A While" (1998)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVNEJEJWj94

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Vertical Horizon - "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)" (1999)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bOCEp2lETI

Vertical Horizon - Eveything You Want (1999)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZoD8JEFjAE

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Now a killer version of a FANTASTIC SONG!!!

Ben Folds - "Tiny Dancer" (Live) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgjWb1TNnsM





Crowd singing along is AWESOME!!!!.....STAY TUNED.....
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A friend ran into Dave Grohl the other day in Perdido Key, FLA with his family so it reminded me of TWO CLASSICS by them.....Foo Fighters are the ONLY REALLY good band these days....


"I am a new day rising
I’m a brand new sky
To hang the stars upon tonight
I am a little divided
Do I stay or run away
And leave it all behind?"


Foo Fighters - Times Like These (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw_v9E2D6Ag

Foo Fighters - Monkeywrench (1997)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7rCNiiNPxA

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and then there are the Offspring who are still truckin along and always tend to put out something good....sans the radio stuff ......

Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far Kid (2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_LxyhCJpsM

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I leave you with this.....

Penny Lane's line in this scene is AWESOME!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qn3tel9FWU