late xXx-mas present

i originally intended to post some of the different christmas-type songs i have, which pretty much ends up being 2-3. so i didn't do that and instead decided to just share more music. so here we go, your late christmas present.

The Ramones
Any Way You Want It

here is the other bonus studio track from "greatest hits live". it's a cover of a dave clarke five song which i've never heard. i'm not entirely sure why this song hasn't appeared on any other ramones compilation as it's definitely one of my favorites.

The Prodigy
Firestarter [Empirion Mix]
Molotov Bitch

2 tracks from the "firestarter" single. i would've included the other two, but an edit and an instrumental version didn't seem like much of a post, so here are the other two. the first one is the empirion mix of "firestarter". it's damn near 8 minutes long and definitely one of the best remixes i've ever heard. this is just one of those songs with the fast keyboard & drum beat that just make it appropriate for any sort of fast paced video game. the other track "molotov bitch", i really don't know what to say about this one. it's a great b-side, but it just reminds me of the chemical brothers track "buzz tracks" from the "setting sun" single which is really just a tool for DJ's. it also reminds me of the original mix of "under my wheels", like it could've been something else, but just ended up as is. you be the judge on that one. either way, it's a good listen.

the last two tracks come from the same soundtrack. on my list of favorite soundtracks, its definitely up in the top 5. the soundtrack in question is the "escape from l.a." soundtrack.

Ministry
Paisley

i think if there's one thing one could notice about this post is that it's chock-full of favorites of mine. moving on, here's a ministry track that if you were to look at user reviews of said soundtrack on amazon.com, you'd see just how many people hate it. it's a b-side from "filth pig" but i can't seem to remember what single it actually appeared on. but in any case, the fact it came from the "filth pig" era has pretty much earned this song the same reputation the album received. it's definitely one of the most depressing songs i've ever heard ministry do...at least it seems depressing. the lyric "if paisley could fly" and jourgenson's vocals sure point me in that direction. i wish ministry would release a b-sides album with this track so i can retire my damn soundtrack heh.

deftones
Can't Hardly Breathe

now here's a song that strangely was missing from the deftones b-side album, which just as well have been the deftones cover album. this song along with "teething" from "the crow: city of angels" should've been included, but alas they were not. don't know why, but i wasn't the only one to notice. also, the fact that album claims to have a complete videography on the second disc is bullshit. it'd be complete if the "street carp" video was included. anywho, this song is somewhere between "adrenaline" and "around the fur" as it sounds like it could've been a first taste of new material to come at the time. shit it's hard to write anything about this song as my mind pretty much just wants to say "it's a deftones song." i like this song, but it's just one of those songs that just blends in pretty well with the rest of the songs that appeared on their albums.

but alas, it's out of print...so here you go.

i'll definitely get around to posting some more from "escape from l.a." especially the white zombie song "the one" just in case it's not included on the forthcoming box set. also, i really no clue what the hell else on that soundtrack than 5 songs actually appeared on someone else's albums (tori amos, tool & sugar ray don't count as i know where those came from).

hopefully i'll get those up soon as opposed on a day when macabre theatre is on heh.

she was a liar

i know i said i was going leave posts up for 1 week and 1 week only, and as you can tell it's been longer than that and the previous posts are still up. well, t'is the season and i'm going to leave them up until the day after xXx-mas. now let's get on with the musiks.


The Ramones
R.A.M.O.N.E.S. [C.J. Vocal Version]
R.A.M.O.N.E.S. [Joey Vocal Version]

first up, we the ramones. both tracks are the exact same song but with two different members singing. the first version has c.j. ramone singing and was originally a bonus track on the japanese version of "adios amigos", but was also included the on 1999 "anthology" cd. the second has joey ramone singing on it and was one of two bonus studio tracks on a live c.d. named "greatest hits live" that apparently nobody really likes. now this song is a cover of a motorhead song that lemmy wrote in tribute to them (obviously heh.) other than the two different ramones singing, theres only 1 difference between the two and it's way the guitar sounds between the two.

i think i may post the other studio track from "greatest hits live" another day.


Mindless Self Indulgence
777-Bitches
Molly [Industrial Dub Mix]

second up is MSI. now i really wanted to include a remix from the "straight to video" single, but i was really annoyed that all the remixes (except 1) used urine's vocals in it's entirety. it's odd to hear his vocals complete with different music for 15tracks. i prefer remixes that just reinvent the song, but alas...

as for what i did pick. these are both off the "bitches" single. the first is...well, i don't know what the hell you'd call it. it's not really a remix as it's more of a mock automated phone answering system using lyrics from "bitches" in it. it's quite amusing actually. the other is a remix of "molly" and it was an interesting choice for the single since it was a song that was out of print by the time the "bitches" single came out. i'm not entirely sure if the words "industrial dub" do the mix justice as it sounds not really industrial at all, but still it's a pretty good short mix.

it's as extreme as you make it

ok, i'm going to dispense with half the shit i said in the previous post as it didn't sound like me at all. anywho, this post is very appropriate today as it was just one of those days where you couldn't help but feel like it was crazy no matter where you went. i went out shopping for birthday presents and due to the fact that it was the day before thanksgiving, it felt like it was black friday. we tried to find at parking space and actually did find one, but some lady in a yellow car with batman license plates cut us off and took it. the store was packed too...it was wild. now on the matter at hand, the track of this post is:

Pantera
>Pre-Hibernation

now this track came off a spongebob squarepants cd that i found in the discount bin at my favorite record store ever. i'm not sure how many pantera fans know about this, let alone would actually buy a spongebob cd for this track alone. its only a minute long and it definitely stands out amongst the 6 other spongebobby-type songs on the disc. no words, just instrumental, which is something i don't think i've ever heard pantera do. kinda like that tres diablos track that had dimebag and rex trade off vocals.

anyway, enjoy the "extreme" track (i guess you need to see that episode to get that joke heh) as black friday is right around the corner.

you never forget your first time

ahh...first post. i guess i should post some sort of brief intro...even though i suck at it.

intro.

over, thank you. now on to the business at hand as my subject for the first post is:

the smashing pumpkins.

the end is the beginning is the end

the beginning is the end is the beginning

my first favorite band, second if you don't cyndi lauper hehe. these tracks came from the "batman & robin" soundtrack (horrible fucking movie). i originally was going to post the underworld & moloko tracks as well, but time constraints left it to be these two. anywho, i remember being in high school when this track was released as a single and everyone went nuts for it. what makes this so amusing for me is the fact that everyone who loved it were the exact people who hated "eye" that was released on the "lost highway" soundtrack the previous year. this track is not that huge of a leap from "eye" as the electronic element is a still present but a bit more subdued due to presence of the bands traditional rock instrumentation.

the other half of this post is "the beginning is the end is the beginning". this one is nowhere near as fast and rocky as "the end...", but it definitely is more slow and moody in it's presentation. it's probably the more electronic of the two. even though the song is pretty much the same as the former, it's a completely different song with only the chorus remaining. i think i like this one a bit more than the other.

wow...i think i just noticed i said "presentation" and "instrumentation" a bit. i hope that doesn't make me sound pretentious as hell coz i seriously thought using words such as "like", "ya know", "radical" make me sound a bit stupid. anywho...that'll pretty much do it for today.