Comments on: No Sleep 'til Brooklyn!

No Sleep 'til Brooklyn!

wobh — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:39:53 -0800

By: attackthetaxi

attackthetaxi — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:50:36 -0800

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By: funkbrain

funkbrain — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:54:08 -0800

Also see the Paul's Boutique Samples and References List. It's quite comprehensive.

By: plemeljr

plemeljr — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:07:31 -0800

It occurred to me that a wiki [much like wikipedia] would be awesome implementation for popular music lyrics. Think of how many cross-connections there would be to different musicians, ideas, memes, etc in recent pop music such as Beck, the Beasties, and the late Soul Coughing.

By: squirrel

squirrel — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:35:36 -0800

Awwww YEAH!

By: ShawnString

ShawnString — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:40:34 -0800

thank you! my brother has been looking to find what album the line, "If this is gonna be that kinda party I'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes" for about 3 months now. he is an odd guy.

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:47:49 -0800

[this is great]

By: reklaw

reklaw — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:06:12 -0800

plemeljr: I've been planning on doing a lyrics wiki thing for quite a while. Actually, I even registered a domain for it about a week back. Might even get around to getting it up and running soon, heh.

By: infidelpants

infidelpants — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:24:16 -0800

[this is ill] plemeljr, reklaw, doing such a thing would make you my eternal hero(es).

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:37:43 -0800

my brother has been looking to find what album the line, "If this is gonna be that kinda party I'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes" for about 3 months now. Ill Communication - B-Boys Making with the Freak Freak Unfortunately, there's no annotation for the sample. Bastards! This is pretty cool, although it does need some work. Big project to take on though, so good on this guy/gal. BTW, new album scheduled to come out June 15. Almost six years to the day from Hello Nasty.

By: digaman

digaman — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:41:34 -0800

In a similar vein: The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics page. (And yeah, wiseguy, some people like both bands.)

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:06:17 -0800

Paul's Boutique is one of the two or three greatest records I've ever heard, and it's awesome to see someone likes it as much as I do. The samples list alone is incredible. "Johnny Ryall" alone samples Ofra Haza, McCartney's first record, David Bromberg and Grandwizard Theodore Kevie Kev Mothafuckin' Rockwell? Hoo-hah! Yo, Garcon, the check! (Which I know is a misquote, but that's what I thought they were saying, and hey, it's my quote now.)

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:12:28 -0800

You're right, though, it is incomplete. In "Eggman," the rhythm guitar in the second half of the song comes from the second-last song on Abbey Road... The end of "Carry That Weight" or the beginning of "The End," depending on where the demarcation is. I'm pretty sure. If I'm wrong, it's awful close. And Ufez, I used to have a home-dubbed cassette with the routine that produced that "Mashed potatoes" line, and I can't for the life of me remember who it was. The tape had Moms Mabley on the other side of it. Any one of you seen that tape? You'd know, right?

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:15:43 -0800

This is a lot of fun, though like many of these projects it can be unintentionally funny. When you see this line, Rolled up a wooly and I watched Columbo which part of the lyric do you think more deserves explanation for more people? I, for one, am thoroughly familiar with what "watching Columbo" is. But maybe that's just me.

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:28:16 -0800

What, soyjoy? My apartment is drafty, and I like Peter Falk. I roll myself in woolies all the time. You're not implying there's a euphemism in there someplace, are ya?

By: chronic sublime

chronic sublime — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:56:08 -0800

[this is good] This has been one of my favourite websites for years, so thanks wobh for reminding me of its location. Fun stuff! I use rap lyrics to teach poetry in high school, and the B Boys are by far the most fun, but also the most confusing for my poor, culturally unenlightened students. Maybe the annotated versions would be the way to go, and use them as a segue into the world of referencing (name-dropping, product placement, sampling) as a way of creating an identity. I think I will have to go for a drive now with Licenced to Ill on the stereo, for old time's sake.

By: the biscuit man

the biscuit man — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:18:20 -0800

The line "If this is gonna be that kinda party I'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes" is by Red Foxx. I'm not sure which album it was on. If anyone cares, email me and I should be able to tell you in a few days. I think I have the album somewhere.