I’m a sucker for sweets (or candy, depending where you’re from) so anything new at the local shop will always get a sample. How could I turn something down threatening to be made from bona fide toxic waste and, I later discovered, created by Professor Sauernoggin?
These reminded me of Wham bars before they took out all the things that could kill you (boo to the 90s). Whoever knew nulcear waste tastes of apples?
Everyone knows the biggie – Hangin’ On A String (Contemplating) but there are quite a few people out there who have never heard much else by Loose Ends
What a tune. It’s been sampled in some hip hop tunes, I’m sure, but also a few random jungle tunes. None worth listing, though, just enjoy the tune
I love old crappy music videos. In fact, crappy’s not the word. These vids are great just, at times, a little misguided, at others baffling and often reveal things about the artists that I’m surprised people didn’t pick up on when they first came out.
First up in what I hope will be a regular series of posts if I can find the time to do them is a little dissection of some of my favs
Ratt – Round & Round
There’s not much I can say about this one, it’s amazing. An absolutely top tune with a video to match. Don’t really know what’s going on but it invovles a load of people dressed up having some dinner and Ratt looking totally awesome in a loft.
Finest moments
0:30 – Early high kicking action (there’s much more to come)
1:05 – Status Quo style syncopation needs slightly more practice from the axemen
2:09 – high kick straight into weird axe formation which looks like a big bunch of wobbling perms. Class
2:23 – They’re acting like this was a bad thing to have happened. Metal guitarist falling through the ceiling at my dinner party would make the night
You should probably watch this one in high quality on YouTube, it’s worth it
Another Ratt video, another party. Awesome song and a little beyond generic vid. I’m pretty sure that this tune came out on a wicked rat shaped 7″ picture disc which, sadly, I have yet to win on eBay.
Finest moments
0:42 – I’m guessing this is what God would look like with a perm?
0:58 – I don’t care what anyone says – that look is damn HOT!
1:40 – This just creeps me out a little
2:50 – When drummers attack
Ratt – Back For More
Not as great a tune but the vid makes up for it. Big stuff
Finest moments
1:02 – How could any woman resist this? Playa for real
2:00 – Man from Del Monte gets shown up by ugly, skinny rockers. Love it
3:31 – Least convincing bike stunt ever. Spare no expense, lads
I guess I could do these posts for years, especially seeing as we have thousands of them posted over at the rolldabeats sample forum but I might try to do a few more non-dnb/jungle/hardcore ones here when I come across them
Massive one here, anyway.
Everyone who has ever heard a jungle tune (or watched Father Ted ;] ) should know this one
This popped up randomly in my life the other day…what a blast from the past!
Back to 1987 with this one, can’t believe I was 9 at the time and still remember it well. Perhaps it’s another of those tunes that appears on Heart or Magic FM on the drunken cab journeys home.
