She's gone today but for two days it's been Lily Allen's new one Air Balloon. Now I don't mind Lily in the normal course of events, but I fear this one will prove terribly tiresome.
My friend Chris was once out driving and forgot his 3-year-old daughter was sitting quietly in the back. Didn't think about his choice of music until a quiet voice announced solemnly from behind him, "Fuck tha police."
Those Guys - Tonite. Over 11 minutes of Deep House Baltimorean perfection.
Incidentally, if anyone knows where the spoken intro to this record was sampled from you would be solving a 23 year old question for me. Sounds like it's from a film, but the doo-woppy bit might have it's own story.
I'm stuck with Langhorne Slim & The Law — The Way We Move. It has more hooks than a gooseberry bush but has been totally suborned by Microsoft, which makes me feel kind of itchy.
I've got the theme from fucking Knight Rider thanks to Confused.com.
Following the Adam Ant gig this week, my friend had the chorus from Whip in my Valise ("Who taught you to torture, WHO TAUGHT YER?!!") running though her head whilst presenting at a corporate global conference.
I always hear the "London is full of Arabs" bit when I'm in Edgware Road. Got "Hong Kong is up for grabs" in HK a few weeks ago. So it's often in my mind.
Generational probably but what struck me after a couple of listenings is that the entire thing seems to be built around the first couple of bars of Mustang Sally.
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