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What's your favorite? Right now I really like The Fabulous Originals' "It Ain't Fair But It's Fun".

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 13 July 2003 03:43 (twenty-two years ago)

This very minute: Weldon Irvine "Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk".

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Sunday, 13 July 2003 03:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield

― weatheringdaleson (weatheringdaleson), Sunday, 13 July 2003 04:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"Cookie Jar" by Parlet

― django (django), Sunday, 13 July 2003 05:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't know enough to say anything other than something really obvious which will have the ILM geeks scorning me.

― Mark C (Mark C), Sunday, 13 July 2003 07:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Who cares?
Right now: 'Stormy' by the Meters

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 13 July 2003 07:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm tempted by James Brown, as ever, but I think I'll nominate Dyke & the Blazers, funkiest group ever in my view, but I'll mention their slow and hysterically funny 'The Wrong House'.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 13 July 2003 10:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark C, Level 42 get a bad press - don't be intimidated.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 13 July 2003 10:40 (twenty-two years ago)

just listened to: Timothy McNeely 'Sagittarius Black'

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 13 July 2003 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, do The Mohawks count?

And N., why are you following me round?

― Mark C (Mark C), Sunday, 13 July 2003 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)

You smell nice.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 13 July 2003 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I listened to the Electric Flag yesterday; does that count?

― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 13 July 2003 13:42 (twenty-two years ago)

That's better.

― Rockist Scientist, Sunday, 13 July 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

(I mean this thread in general, not the post above.)

― Rockist Scientist, Sunday, 13 July 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

fine, then.

― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 13 July 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Counts "Rhythm Changes"

― dave q, Sunday, 13 July 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

"The message", "Brothers on the slide"-Cymande

― Michael B, Sunday, 13 July 2003 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

HOT BUTTER! POPCORN!

― Club Dad (starry), Sunday, 13 July 2003 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

right now: masterplan - kaygees

― gaz (gaz), Sunday, 13 July 2003 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

"Poppin' Popcorn" by the South Street Soul Guitars on the Silver Fox label. It totally sounds like Jeff Beck sitting in with the Nite-Liters or something.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Sunday, 13 July 2003 22:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to love collecting old funk 45's from warehouses on the South Side of Chicago. Waaay before that cocksucker DJ Shadow came along and encouraged a bunch of dorky indie boys to do it.

Oh well. At least I was there, and I got mine. Loads of 'em. Someday I might think about selling them on eBay to the dorky indie boys who will overpay for them.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Sunday, 13 July 2003 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

LCD Soundsystem to thread

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 13 July 2003 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, well, what can I say, Nate? I have a better record collection than you, and I collected these things because I love the small-band aesthetic, I love the DIY nature of the phenomenon (that tons of black americans in the 70's put out reams of this shit is so fucking more cool and kick-ass and important than idiotic British '77 punk rock), and the music is fucking FANTASTIC. I guess this is just a big bugbear of mine. Yeah, it pisses me off that a great musical movement has been corrupted by stupid indie fucks putting their fucking Ashleigh Banfield glasses all over it. Me and my good friend Bob and my good friend James - the best writer nobody knows and needs to get off his ass and write a book and kick everybody's ass with his goodness - used to spend HOURS on hands and knees in the early 90's searching for this shit on the south side because we loved the music.

I have zero interest in fucking DJ Shadow or fucking "beat-mining" culture or dorks that think that Black Chains and Exhaust thing is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Also, search Ernest Van Treose and the McDaniel Mary Street Band - "Popcorn Push Push"

And search "Scorpio" by the South Suburban Strings on Nickel (produced by Chicago legend Richard Pegue)

And search "Funky in Here" by Willard Burton on Capitol.

And especially search ANYTHING produced by the great, magnanimous Chicagoan Burgess Gardner, especially the gloriously out-of-tune "Funky Jive" by the Soul Crusaders Orchestra.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Monday, 14 July 2003 02:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Ghosts N' Goblins - Level 1

― chaki (chaki), Monday, 14 July 2003 02:14 (twenty-two years ago)

DJ Shadow probably spent as much/more time than you searching for that same shit. Don't front. I know he has the irritating tendency to be secretive about his sources but he likes the music for the same reason you do. Most of these so called "indie dorks" (present company included) do too. I could give half a shit whether I own the original limited-edition 7" 100-pressing test vinyl. Hell, even if I have a 96kbps MP3, so long as I can hear it, great. The moment it becomes about whose vinyl dong is bigger, that's when it becomes obnoxious.

Also, Chains and Black Exhaust is fucking great.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Monday, 14 July 2003 02:44 (twenty-two years ago)

vinyl dong

We have a new bandname.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 July 2003 03:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Fifty bucks says they're comedy electroclash

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Monday, 14 July 2003 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)

(also, no malice intended, I am suddenly picturing Mr. Diamond escaping a collapsing booby-trap-riddled Goodwill carrying a shoebox crammed with long-lost Music Merchant singles, only to be accosted by Cut Chemist outside the door -- who, goons in tow, snatches it away and sneers "again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away.")

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Monday, 14 July 2003 03:54 (twenty-two years ago)

my favorite part of "Popcorn" is the banjos

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 14 July 2003 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Right on.......Ray Barretto
Bold soul sister.......Ike and Tina (so good i thought it was James Brown when i first heard it)

― james (james), Monday, 14 July 2003 07:12 (twenty-two years ago)

carleen and the groovers - "can we rap" is marvellous.

― steve w, Monday, 14 July 2003 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I was listening to some Meters today. That's great too. I love this stuff, but I love Shadow and co too. I don't see how what they do damages the music at all, which is what I care about, even if it does damage the collecting, which I don't. Actually, I think more of this stuff gets rereleased on CD and stuff nowadays, so as a lover of this music I think I benefit.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 14 July 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

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