No Need To Wallow In The Mire!

The Knife “Heartbeats” – I am completely obsessed with this song right now, and I’ve got to thank Mr. Nikon Driver from Home By The Sea for telling me about it yesterday. It’s basically sounds like the great (weird) lost Cyndi Lauper song, but not quite as 80s retro as you might be imagining. I can’t get enough of it.

Ween “(Extra) Cheese” – This is the ‘extended mix’ of the Ween Pizza Hut ads that I made, and it is here again by request of Mr. Deric Holloway.

Erma Franklin “Light My Fire” – I am relatively certain that just about every cover of “Light My Fire” except for the one performed by that guy from the UK Pop Idol show is superior to the Doors original. Well, maybe not the Jose Feliciano version. But you get the idea – it’s so much better as a soul song. A few years ago, I heard another more bombastic soul version, but I’ve never been able to figure out who did it. I only heard it once, but I have a very strong memory of it, and I’m fairly certain that it isn’t this Erma Franklin recording. I’m pretty sure that it wasn’t the Jackie Wilson version being played at a faster RPM too.

More soul/funk for you:

The Meters “Cabbage Alley”

Thelma Jones “This Is The House That Jack Built”

(Note about the “nunchucks” thing – it’s just a silly joke, and not a permanent name change. However, I’ve been trying to change it back, and for some reason, Blogger isn’t letting me. Hopefully this will get sorted out soon.)