The Saturday Share 3/19/05

In case you didn’t know, I am/was/might still be a huge fan of Nine Inch Nails.  In fact, it was NIN that brought my wife and I together in the Usenet newsgroup alt.music.nin.  Tat was back when you could still get on Springer for dating online.  :)

Anyway, I was truly disappointed with Trent’s last opus, “the fragile.” I found it meandering, ponderous, pretentious, self-inflated and bombastic.  It was like a Stephen King book post-1990, only audio.  It needed a good editor.

So I am kind of looking forward to the new NIN record now though after hearing the two “leaked” songs and the promo clips, which you can get here.  That is an 18MB zip file with MP3s inside, and they are:

# Archive C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\nin_with_teeth_promo.zip

Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 01 - all the love in the world.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 02 - you know what you are.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 03 - the collector.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 04 - the hand that feeds.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 05 - love is not enough.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 06 - every day is exactly the same.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 07 - with teeth.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 08 - only.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 09 - getting smaller.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 10 - sunspots.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 11 - the line begins to blur.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 12 - right where it belongs.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 13 - Promo track.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 14 - Getting Smaller.mp3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (Promo) - 15 - Hand That Feeds.mp3

The last two are full-length songs.  I don’t know if they are the album versions or a single version made just for “leaking,” but they;re full.  Also, there is a video for “hand that feeds” which you can get here also (34.6MB Quicktime).

My take: Some of it is alt-rocky, too White Stripes for me.  P.S. - I fucking hate the White Stripes.  But, some of it is goddamned good, harkening back to the old days when TR was all raw anger and balls and pain.  “you know what you are” made me sit right up and take notice, very Broken-era NIN.  Some is a bit Pretty Hate Machine, which is also perfectly OK with me.  A few tracks just blow if the samples are any indication.  But...there’s enough of the good stuff that I definitely want to buy the record.

That’s right...buy.  Not download, not pirate...buy.  I still do that sometimes.  :)

Posted by JimK at 03:09 AM on March 19, 2005
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The Saturday Share 2/19/05

This week’s track is just a fun romp through an old Steppenwolf classic.  It’s the Philip Stier remix of “Magic Carpet Ride” from the soundtrack of the 1999 movie Go!.

Steir is well-known as a producer and remixer, and has done work for everyone from No Doubt to Rob Zombie to Pete Townsend.  I love this remix because it captures the non-stop drive of the original song and brings it into the modern realm of big beat electronica, a genre of which I am particularly fond.

Mostly it’s just a fun little track though.  Nothing deep or spiritual or meaningful.  Sometimes music is just supposed to be fun. :)

Posted by JimK at 01:34 PM on February 19, 2005
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The Saturday Share

This week’s track is MC 900FT Jesus, If I Only Had A Brain.  I’ve loved this song for years now.

MC 900FT Jesus is Mark Griffin, who started in 1989 with a couple of albums that never really came together.  but the 1994 release One Step Ahead Of The Spider was brilliant.  A strange, other-wordly blend of jazz, story-telling and hip-hop, Griffin was ahead of his time.

In 2003, Griffin released Hell with the Lid Off, but it doesn’t have that special something of the 1994 record.

Last word anyone had was that he was still in Dallas training to be a pilot.

Posted by JimK at 11:41 PM on February 12, 2005
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Something new: The Saturday Share

I love music...my whole life, since I was little, music has been a big part of everything about me.  I don’t pay enough attention to it on the blog, so to rectify that, I’m going to try something...the Saturday Share.  I’ll throw up a song that I think people should have in their collection, along with some history and whatever else I feel like saying about it.

First up: Dusty Springfield, Son of a Preacher Man (MP3, --alt preset extreme, 4.29MB).  Released in 1968, written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins, it peaked at #10 on the charts.  It sits at #240 on the Rolling Stone 500 greatest songs of all time.  The album it was released on, “Dusty in Memphis,” was a bit of a flop, as Ms. Springfield’s career was on it’s way down by 1968.

While the single strongest selling point of this song is Dusty’s silky, sexy voice, the amazing vocal melody and simple musical accompaniment make it one of the most perfect songs of all time.  It’s also a testament to what a great singer can do: Dusty was a white chick from England.  Listening to this song, you’d swear she was the daughter of a black preacher in Mississippi.

Dusty Springfield never had much of a career after “Dusty in Memphis.” She did a few things with various people over the years, including something with The Pet Shop Boys in the late 80’s.  Springfield died in March 1999, succumbing to a four-year battle with breast cancer.

You’ll find the lyrics below.

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Billy-ray was a preacher’s son
And when his daddy would visit he’d come along
When they gathered round and started talkin’
That’s when billy would take me walkin’
A-through the back yard we’d go walkin’
Then he’d look into my eyes
Lord knows to my surprise

The only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
Yes he was, he was, mmm, yes he was

Being good isn’t always easy
No matter how hard I try
When he started sweet-talkin’ to me
He’d come and tell me everything is all right
He’d kiss and tell me everything is all right
Can I get away again tonight?

The only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
Yes he was, he was, lord knows he was

How well I remember
The look that was in his eyes
Stealin’ kisses from me on the sly
Takin’ time to make time
Tellin’ me that he’s all mine
Learnin’ from each other’s knowing
Lookin’ to see how much we’ve grown

And the only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
Yes he was, he was, oh, yes he was
He was the sweet-talking son of a preacher man
I guessed he was the son of a preacher man
Sweet-lovin’ son of a preacher man
Ahh, move me

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Posted by JimK at 05:45 AM on February 05, 2005
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Ray Charles dies

Rest in Peace, Ray

In his honor, I will be listening to a Ray Charles playlist tonight to lull me to sleep.  In the meantime, here’s a little Georgia On My Mind for you. (128K MP3)

Posted by JimK at 03:57 PM on June 10, 2004
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