This might be too narrow a thread topic, but I am going to try anyway.
Pretend you have three dollars to spend on Itunes, to find the most off the wall, “what were they smoking” Whiskey Tango Foxtrot stuff you can find.
What do you spend your three dollars on, and why?
Food and Pussy - Dan Reeder
I’ve never owned an mp3 player or used iTunes. So tell me how many songs can be downloaded for $3, and I’ll give you my answer(s)
Buck a song, I think.
I’ll nominate “Homecoming” by The Teenagers. No idea if it’s on iTunes or not, but here is the YouTube video.
Despite the innocuous name, it’s quite possibly the only song ever written with a chorus containing the line “I fucked my American cunt.” Good song, too, IMHO. Definitely odd, though. Crazy French synth-pop bastards…
“Young Girl”. Not the Gary Puckett song, the kunt and the gang song.
I’ve got a feeling in my trousers
Makes me want to take it further
Than the law allows us;
Young Girl
I can’t stick it in you.
Three songs? Okay
‘Montana’ by Frank Zappa
‘Sir Satanic Magic Bamboo Jerks Off’ by Acid mothers Temple
‘Shattering Song’ by Sausage
Don’t know if it’s so much a WTF or not, but I bought Yes’ Relayer CD for just three dollars. It’s only three songs, but it’s a full length album. I saw it was still listed if you look carefully (try their “see all albums by this artist” page).
Oh, and one more if we’re going for almost totally unlistenable:
"Pajama Party Horror " by Mike Patton, former lead singer of Faith No More.
They should have these, but I refuse to install iTunes on my system.
Sigh, Ecstatic Transformation
The Berzerker, All About You
Rasputina, Gingerbread Coffin
Man after my own heart. I won’t have that shit on my computer. HATE ITUNES!
If we’re going for kind of out-there music, there’s
The Locust. Try The Half-Eaten Sausage Would Like to See You In His Office or Psst…Is That a Halfie in Your Pants. I don’t really know much about the band, but I do kind of find them fascinating. Not something I could listen to everyday, but I think the way they cram about twenty different musical ideas into a one-minute space is quite nothing like I’ve ever heard before.
Xiu Xiu. Try Apistat Commander. I’m only really familiar with their album “The Promise,” but never has a band made me feel so, I dunno, uneasy with their music. It’s like listening to the musical equivalent of a mental breakdown. Very effective, in my opinion.
Messer Chups. Crazy experimental electronic horror surf circus cartoon music from St. Petersburg. Here’s “Go Satan Go.” Wacky stuff.
NOM. Perhaps the original Russian indie band. I could ease you in with this familiar tune. Or try this one. Unfortunately, I don’t think they’re available on iTunes. Eastern European absurdism at its finest.
I’m also sure something by Slovenian rockers Laibach would fit the spirit of this thread.
The Moog Cookbook. This duo does instrumental covers of pop songs, with stylistic twists, on vintage analog synthesizers. Blackhole Sun. Are You Gonna Go My Way. As goofy as the music may sound, listen carefully. It’s obviously tongue-in-cheek and fun, but there’s a deep musicality underneath it with the wonderful subtleties to the synthesized textures and orchestration.
What’s wrong with iTunes? Is it their way of doing business? An issue with the software itself? Or something else I should know about? I’m just curious.
Two suggestions: (sorry, they’re you-tube)
Billie Holliday, “God Bless the Child Who’s Got His Own” & "Baby, Make up Your Mind"http://youtube.com/watch?v=7IYTx60s07A
CCR’s “Favorite Son” (I love the story behind this song…the lead singer for CCR wrote this the day he got his draft notice.)"http://youtube.com/watch?v=CiA15bdJRmU
Love, Phil
Uh, my bad…the CCR song was “Fortunate Son” http://youtube.com/watch?v=4Kn4ASeRaPg
Great song, though.
Love, Phil
Most…addicting…noise…ever.
“Barbie Girl” by Aqua. Scandinavian techno/dance that apparently provoked legal action! :)I’m too lazy to find out if that last bit is true.
This is awesome. They’ve got that rhythmic swing that escapes most Death Metal bands but to me keeps the genre listenable. Anyone can do a Hate Eternal kind of constant blast beat shreiking guitars thing, but this, this has style. The vocal patterns are well done as well.
Sort of all of the above. For the software itself I find it doesn’t offer options to let me manage my music the way I want to. It has preconceived notions about how my music should be arranged and I don’t agree with them. I have tried it a few times in the past and on all occasions have been unable to tweak the settings in a way that would work for me. Apple products are just like that. They figure out what the majority of users like, and then try to force everyone else to do it like that. That’s fine if you’re in that majority, but if you’re not, you’re SOL.
The installer for the latest version has a checkbox for you to tell it to let you manage your music library yourself. No idea if that would allow you to do what exactly you want, though.
Heh… I bought that song from iTunes. In a similar vein, I also have *A lapdance is so much better when the stripper is cryin’ * by The Bloodhound Gang. It’s pretty much all NSFW, so I’ll leave it to you to look up.