CD Wallet Secrets
Aug. 02, 2006 by Barndon
So for those of you who know me, I’m a card carrying indie rocker. I’ve played in enough bands, and enough smokey no name bars with 99.9% original music to guarantee me that card for life. However, as I look through my CD wallet, I realize that I have some treasures in there that I love, but who probably catch my Indie Rock Card on fire if it came in contact with them. So I’m going to run down my list of not-so-indie-rock treasures, and hope that you in return will open up your CD skeleton closet.
1. Pussycat Dolls - PCD, I’m not sure why I like the Pussycat Dolls so much. Could it be neon lights and the pretty pretty girls? Could it be Busta Rhymes and Snoop Dog? Or could it be that their producer knows how to make some sweet ass beats and those bitches can sing? Yes, I think so. Ever since Don’t Cha, I’ve been hooked. I’d say about 70% of the CD is pretty fucking good. And even if you don’t like the music, you probably want to sleep with them, so fuck off.
2. Polaris - Adventures of Pete & Pete, Hopefully everyone reading this is a die hard Pete and Pete fan much like myself. If not, then here is a little background. Pete & Pete was a show on Nickelodeon way back in the day. The Petes lived in Wellsville which has got to be somewhere around D.C., San Antone, and the Liberty town. They had some pretty crazy adventures, all of which now look pretty silly, but at the time and for us die hards, is still the shit. They had a house band called Polaris and they fucking rocked. And yes, I downloaded all their tunes and rock to it at least weekly. I also bought Pete & Pete seasons 1 & 2 on DVD.
3. Justin Timberlake - Justified, JT….what more can I say. That boy knows how to make that shit funky. He’s the MJ of a new generation, if he would ever put out another album (I know, its coming). I love this CD. Of course it’s still that same old back beat rhythm, but he adds some spice to it. And he can fucking dance too! And fly! I saw the video. I would love to see him and Walken have a mid-air dance/fight contest. That would rule. I have high hopes for the new CD, but I could go on forever with the first 6 tracks on Justified. It rules.
4. Huey Lewis & The News - Greatest Hits, what can I say, this man is a fucking genius. Maybe it was the fact that he had the theme song for Back To The Future, but ever since I got my first copy of Sports I was hooked. You can not deny the power of HLATN. They rule, come on, Jacob’s Ladder….fucking Jacob’s Ladder people, that shit is awesome. Now the old boy may be barely breathing, but he did have a duet with Gwyneth Paltrow recently in “Duets” of all things. And oddly enough, she can sing. Oh well, Huey Lewis rules.
5. Shania Twain - Come On Over, Country…I know. But I like my country with a lot of flash. I can’t say too much about this one. We had one of her songs as our “Wedding” song. Lyrics were appropriate, so……fuck off.
There it is. Now, please share with us some of the CDs you don’t talk about in public. Also, I’ve sprinkled in some lyrics from a song that was playing while I wrote this. If you can tell me the artist and the track title, I will send you a new Case Logic CD wallet with a copy of each of these discs in it.
Carry on.
August 2nd, 2006
Man I’m ashamed to say this but:
*Bobby Brown “Don’t Be Cruel”
*Color Me Badd
Yikes.
August 2nd, 2006
Oh and my guess would be “The Heart of Rock & Roll”
August 2nd, 2006
HL&TN of course. Damn. 3 Comments just to get out one answer. I suck.
August 2nd, 2006
Damn, I hoped it would take longer than that…….:( oh well. Bobby Brown and Color Me Badd!? NICE!
Send me your address and the CD Wallet and discs is yours: tehremo (at) hotmail.com
August 2nd, 2006
I owned HL&TN Sports on cassette when I was but a wee lad. In fact, Huey Lewis was the first concert I ever attended. I think I was like 6. My mommy and daddy took me.
Embarrassing CD’s in my collection?
Hmmm… Let me think of some non-indie rock stuff I actually listen to…
1. Ludacris. Dude fucking kills. Move bitch! Get out tha way! Get out tha way, Bitch! Get out tha way!
2. Cheap Trick. Live at Budokan on original vinyl, suckas!
3. Jackson Browne. Runnin’ on Empty… Somebody’s Baby… Stay… Fuckin’ classics.
4. Comedy. I know it’s not particularly uncool or anything - but mixed among my indie rock daily-listen shit, I’ve got a shitload of stand-up comedy CD’s. Dave Attell, Mitch Hedberg, David Cross, Dane Cook, Mitch Fatel, etc…
That’s all for now.
August 2nd, 2006
I have the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Soundtrack. It is so not good.
August 2nd, 2006
TMNT Soundtrack YES!!!! I had that back in the day! And in that day it fucking ruled!!! Didn’t the turtles rap on that one? Or am I making that up?
August 2nd, 2006
Naturally I don’t have anything embarrassing in my CD collection *cough*nSync*cough…but I’m married to a dude with a Paula Abdul CD…and maybe even an Amy Grant one…
August 2nd, 2006
Not indie, rock or metal ones and probably annoying to have are surely ‘Escapology’ from Robbie WIlliams and (not that annoying) Young MC ‘Stone Cold Buggin”
August 3rd, 2006
*hangs head in shame*
Onyx - Baccdafucup
August 3rd, 2006
Move back motherfuckers - the ONYX is here
BACDAFUCUP BACDAFUCUP
Move back motherfuckers - the ONYX is here
BACDAFUCUP just BACDAFUCUP
Move back motherfuckers - the ONYX is here
BACDAFUCUP you betta’ BACDAFUCUP
Move back motherfuckers - the ONYX is here
BACDAFUCUP BACDAFUCUP
BACDAFUCUP BACDAFUCUP
BACDAFUCUP you betta’ BACDAFUCUP
Move back motherfuckers - the ONYX is here
BACDAFUCUP BACDAFUCUP
Move back motherfuckers - the ONYX is here
August 4th, 2006
I’m totally a music-tard, so nothing I own embarrasses me until a cooler friend points to it & laughs. Poo.
August 9th, 2006
Best of Abba - because every girl needs to be a dancing queen sometime.
Jimmy Buffett - what can I say? I live in Florida, and A Pirate Looks at 40 is just a damn fine song.
Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz - Kings of Crunk - It’s wrong, and Get Low is completely vulgar and disgusting and misogynistic and sick, but I love it.
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet - Makes me feel 18 again.
August 13th, 2006
Huey Lewis..the use of Hip to be square in American Pyscho..loved that.
Embarrassing..
The first Spice Girls album.