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27 October 2005

Now Is The Time On MeCha When We Dance! →[More:]for those inclined to sing along.

post by: jonmc at: 20:33 | 23 comments

Wow, I actually already have this song!

*bounces around enthusiastically*

posted by Specklet 27 October | 20:46

Spicy McHaggis, my hero and role model.

*wobbles soddenly*

posted by jonmc 27 October | 20:47

And just for the hell of it, here's one of my all time favorite songs, possibly one of the best songs of idealistic disillusionment ever.

posted by jonmc 27 October | 20:55

and the Georgia Peach, The Bronze Liberace singing a latter-day gem featuring a young Jimi Hendrix on guitar.

posted by jonmc 27 October | 21:01

[this is good]

posted by iconomy 27 October | 21:05

jonmc, I wish you would say what the songs are. Blind links make me a-skeered.

posted by cali 27 October | 21:07

They're all safe, trust me, and the titles are revealed in the links before you download. And I drop a shitload of clues.

Also (last upload I swear), one of the true gems, if you don't like this song, you don't like rock and roll, period:

Quarter To Three - Gary US Bonds (just for you, cali)

posted by jonmc 27 October | 21:10

jonmc, I wish you would post these when I'm at home instead of waiting till I get to work so I can't download them.

posted by nomis 27 October | 21:10

The other ones are:

The Spicy McHaggis Jig - Dropkick Murphys
Can You Get To That - Funkadelic
I Don't Know What You Got (But It's Got Me) - Little Richard (feat. Jimi Hendrix)

posted by jonmc 27 October | 21:12

yousendit lasts for 7 days, nomis.

posted by jonmc 27 October | 21:13

I know, it's just that by the time I get home there'll be so much more stuff on the front page, and it'll be too late to join the fun in the thread and blah blah boohoo poor me etc. etc.

posted by nomis 27 October | 21:20

e-mail the links to yourself

posted by jonmc 27 October | 21:21

I'll do that.
I'm sure I had some music trivia question I wanted to ask you but I can't remember it now. I'll try thinking about other stuff and see if it comes back...

posted by nomis 27 October | 21:28

"I'm sure I had some music trivia question I wanted to ask you but I can't remember it now."

The answer is "Led Zeppelin and a live fish".

posted by mr_crash_davis 27 October | 21:51

What about the David Bowie song about a decade or so...I don't remember the title but it said "let's dance" and talked about "get your red shoes on" and so on and so forth. They played it at Spin class the other day and that's all I could think of when I saw this thread...

posted by bunnyfire 27 October | 22:19

Let's dance put on your red shoes and dance the blues
Let's dance to the song they're playin' on the radio

Let's sway while colour lights up your face
Let's sway sway through the crowd to an empty space

If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower

posted by bunnyfire 27 October | 22:21

... which is, surprisingly enough, called "Let's Dance".

posted by dg 27 October | 22:44

One of Bowie's better efforts, in my opinion.

Is that the one with the video in Australia?

posted by nomis 28 October | 01:49

"Led Zeppelin and a live fish"

At least it wasn't a candiru.

posted by nomis 28 October | 01:55

We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind.

Because your friends don't dance, and if they don't dance: Well, they're no friends of mine.

posted by AlexReynolds 28 October | 02:14

Interesting tidbit about Let's Dance: Stevie Ray Vaughan plays guitar on that song. Bowie wanted Vaughan to tour with him but also only wanted to pay him about $200 a night [the going rate for a trench musician]. Needless to say, Stevie Ray declined.

posted by sciurus 28 October | 07:32

Stevie Ray plays on China Girl, too.

You shouldn’t mess with me
I’ll ruin everything you are
I’ll give you television
I’ll give you eyes of blue
I’ll give you men who want to rule the world

And when I get excited
My little china girl says
Oh baby just you shut your mouth
She says... shh

posted by Hugh Janus 28 October | 09:04

You shouldn’t mess with me
I’ll ruin everything you are
I’ll give you television
I’ll give you eyes of blue
I’ll give you men who want to rule the world

And when I get excited
My little china girl says
Oh baby just you shut your mouth
She says... shh

The 'china girl' character has always been a hero of mine because of those lines. Love her.

posted by Frisbee Girl 28 October | 12:06

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