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04 August 2006

It's a YSI party, and everyone's invited! Let's get this party started! Here's a burning version of Fela Kuti's 'Waka Waka!' All my sentences end with exclamation marks!

post by: box at: 10:25 | 27 comments

And here's Big Youth's 'Screaming Target!'

posted by box 04 August | 10:28

Here's a Supremes song called 'Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)!'

posted by box 04 August | 10:34

Here's Stevie Wonder's 'A Place in the Sun!'

posted by box 04 August | 10:37

Here's Ice Cube's 'I'm Only Out for One Thing,' with a guest appearance from reality-teevee star Flavor Flav! I think he may have been intoxicated at the time!

posted by box 04 August | 10:44

"Out Here In The Middle" (the Robert Earl Keen version)

posted by essexjan 04 August | 10:54

Yay! Hi essexjan! I'm glad I'm not the only one at this party!

Here's a song from that newish album from Michigan Afrobeat revivalists Nomo: New Tones: 'Discontinued!' It's got thumb piano in it!

posted by box 04 August | 11:01

Here's a request for jonmc!! With lots of exclamation points! When I lost my hard drive full of music I also lost some of my favorite songs that you YSIed long ago! Please will you send them again?!?!?!
Manfred Mann, Pretty Flamingo
The Dictators, Pussy & Money
Bottle Rockets, I forget the name of the song but it goes like this: Gotta get up, gotta go to work, then I get home and I gotta go to bed 'cause I gotta get up, gotta go to work -
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

posted by mygothlaundry 04 August | 11:03

Here's a positive, uplifting rap song to go with that Ice Cube number: Blackalicious' 'Making Progress!'

posted by box 04 August | 11:06

And here's Warren Zevon with Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, because I've been slowly replacing my music!

posted by mygothlaundry 04 August | 11:09

Here's Bonde Do Role's 'Melo Do Tobaco,' with Alice in Chains samples and rhyming in Portugese!

posted by box 04 August | 11:28

Here's Charles Mingus and his band doing the Dizzy Gillespie number, 'Salt Peanuts!' Salt peanuts, salt peanuts! Salt peanuts, salt peanuts!

posted by box 04 August | 11:31

Dictators - Pussy & Money

Bottle Rockets - Gotta Get Up

(the rest I have at home)

posted by jonmc 04 August | 11:32

Here's an Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra cover of the salsa classic, 'Che Che Cole!'

posted by box 04 August | 11:41

Islands - Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby!
The Mountain Goats - No Children!
The National - All the Wine!

All exclamation points! No explanation, rhyme, theme, or reason!

posted by togdon 04 August | 11:42

can i make a request! It's really embarrassing, but I'm jonesing to hear "Silly Love Songs" by Wings! I'm really not sure why! Anyone YSI it for me!?

posted by Hellbient 04 August | 11:59

Here's the 'How Strange/Ole Jed' suite, from one of the albums that Fontella Bass did with the Art Ensemble of Chicago!

(Wish I could help, hellbient!)

posted by box 04 August | 12:11

Maybe I can interest you in Stevie Wonder singing 'We Can Work It Out,' though?!

posted by box 04 August | 12:15

Drat, this is so my thing and I am at work with no access to my mp3 library. Maddening.

posted by getoffmylawn 04 August | 12:27

Here's something that will cheer you up, getoffmylawn--Nick Catchdubs' Eric Clapton-heavy remix of The Clipse's 'Re-Up Anthem!'

posted by box 04 August | 12:37

Or maybe you'd prefer the Talking Heads' 'Fela's Riff!'

posted by box 04 August | 12:41

Nope, but thank you for thinking of me box. I have no way to save or play music on pathetic work PC.

posted by getoffmylawn 04 August | 12:41

Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo
And
Mamie Smith Her Jazz Hounds - Crazy Blues

posted by arse_hat 04 August | 12:47

Here is something you won't find anywhere else! Personally ripped from my own LP collection!

From the great Seeco label, a 1960 release:

Baile el Merecumbé - Orquesta Pedro J Belisario
Celosa (Cara Sucia)
A Bailar Maracumbé

(I had planned on doing more but, man, YSI is sloooooooooow.)

posted by Otis 04 August | 13:49

Awesome--thanks, Otis!

Here's lounge/exotica legend Les Baxter's 'One Thousand Cockatoos,' from the Jungle Jazz album!

posted by box 04 August | 14:17

Wish I could help, hellbient!

maybe you should be thankful you can't (and maybe I should as well)!

posted by Hellbient 04 August | 15:43

Ooh, here we go: the 'Say Say Say' video! (Youtube)

posted by box 04 August | 15:47

Since we started with Fela, and I guess we should end with Femi.

beng, beng, beng - femi kuti

posted by getoffmylawn 04 August | 19:58

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