Aquarionics

Aquarion And The Start Of The Grand Tradition

So, a new thing for a new week then, and the start of a grand tradition whereby I introduce you to tracks you never ever would have even have considered listening to. In this case, you probably shouldn't, but you will anyway, because you should be too intriged not to.

The first track is an offical, chartered, _disco remix_ of the Star Wars soundtrack medly, and this is what it is from:

The Star Wars Holiday Special

(Nov 17,1978) The most infamous 2 hours of Star Wars programming ever to grace television sets! This show was so bad that it was never re-aired or released to video, and has become a cult classic among Star Wars fans.

The story surrounds Chewbacca's family preparing for Life Day back on their home planet. The show features all of the major cast members from the movie(Luke, Leia, Han, R2 & C-3PO & Vader). Carrie Fisher even makes an attempt at singing! It's so bad that it is fun to watch! Also features Art Carney, Bea Arthur, Harvey Korman, Diahann Carroll and the Jefferson Starship. The show is most noted for the 1st appearence of Boba Fett and the Holiday Special Cartoon. The program even included a classic Kenner Star Wars toy commercial with R2D2 & C3PO.

From TimewarpTV's page

George Lucas [...] did once state in an interview that he wishes he could track down and destroy every last copy of the Holiday Special, which isn't that great a condemnation of the special itself, considering this is the same man who wants to track down and destroy every last copy of the original version of Star Wars before he added all the digital effects, extra jawas, and made Greedo shoot first.

From Teleport City's page

The holiday special is what happens when an exec at Lucasfilm decides to do a Holiday Special. Lucas hates it, it's available on E-Bay, and one of the best things to come out of it was the remixed sound-track, which (while not containing Carrie Fisher singing the lyrics (There are lyrics?!) to the Star Wars theme) does contain a funky remix of it.

The MotW files will only be available until the following MotW is launched, so if this post is over a week old, you're out of luck.

Download the MotW: Star Wars Remix Too late, folks

MP3OTW - Milla Jovavich

This week, I bring you someone you may have heard of, but probably didn’t know was a singer. This person is Milla Jovavich.

Milla is probably most famous for being “Leeloo Minai Lekarariba-Laminai-Tchai Ekbat De Sebat” in the the movie ‘The Fifth Element’ (She’s the star that isn’t Bruce Willis) and the Red-Dressed heroine “Alice” in the so-so action violence very-very-video-game movie ‘Resident Evil’ (To which a sequal ‘RE: Apocalypse’ is in pre-production right now)

She’s also a singer. She has a couple of albums out, but I tripped over her when searching Audiogalaxy for obscure Divine Comedy tracks because her first album is called ‘Divine Comedy’. Anyway, This is my favourite track of hers that I own. It’s called “The Gentlemen who fell” and is this weeks’ Aquarionics.com MP3 of the Week.

Milla Jovavich – The Gentlemen Who Fell

MP3OTW - Summertime

Due to overwhelming lack of public demand, MP3 Of The Week is back. This week it’s too damn hot to make any real selection, and because I can’t find “Too Damn Hot” in my collection, you get the rockenist version of “Summertime (And the living is easy)” this side of The Beermonsters, covered by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

(FIle Gone)

10:23 Corrected URL
2003-08-31 – Deleted the file

Mp3OTW - The Bricklayer's Lament

This is funny. Listen carefully. It’s by the Corries

Go Get It Deleted 2003-08-31, Too late, folks

MP3otW - Misirlou

You know the music from Pulp Fiction? The guitar thing? Then you probably know it's called Misirlou, and is one of the most covered pieces in the world.

Here it is, with electric guitars and bagpipes.

Off Kilter, Misirlou

There is no such thing as a mirror that makes chocolate biscuits

In our neverending quest to being you the weird, the strange, the B-Sides and the just plain odd, we have brought you Disco remixes of Star Wars, Bagpipe music with electric guitars, and the signing talents of movie stars.

Thus, it's with great pleasure, we bring you the biggest star of them all, with a tartan cap, remixed for the new generation.

Diffusion, Craig David/Bagpuss Remix

Deadant

Lack of imagination this week, but two of them to make up for it. Both are versions of the infamous Pink Panther Themetune by Henry Mancini.

Pink Panther, Acapella, by Bobby Mcferrin

Pink Panther, Techno Dance Remix

Music to collect magic mushrooms to

So, what’s the most twisted remix we could put up here? The garage remix of the Ski Sunday theme? 187 Lockdown? Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson remixed with Alien Ant Farm version)

Nope.

I’d say it was, fairly conclusivly, Nine Inch Nails – Closer

I probably should apologise for this.

Music

Recovered from cold.

Will start back on actual content in November.

10 entries in a month not good.

Full sentances also not good.

Recreated version of The Divine Comedy’s track “The Booklovers” as filked to 80’s kids TV shows.

The BodLovers

Play On

If music be the food of love, here we have sprouts marinated in marmite.

I present, for your delectation and possible fear, The video of Lenoard Nimoy’s classic single: ‘The Ballard of Bilbo Baggins’

(Requires Quicktime)

On the first day of christmas

So, the first in this series of christmassy MP3s leading up to christmas is:

The Goodfella’s Christmas: 12 Days of Christmas

Music to max your visa to

And second in our countdown of Christmas Music you may not yet have heard:

Bob Rivers: Wreck The Malls

More Christmas Music

To make up for yesterday’s lack:

• Barenaked Ladies Carol Medley
• Dar Williams, The Christian’s Verses the Pagans – Live (Thanks to AdrianO for pointing me at this)

Sounds Delightful

Upon the new bronze statue of Mick Jagger there is a plaque that reads: ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone’.

And, in more seasonal entertainment this Christmas Eve’s Eve:

• Bob Rivers – Be Claus I Got High

And, in less festive, but still great, music:

• Funkapella – The Klingon Song (Via Ruthi)

Eve

Louis Armstrong reads ‘The Night Before Christmas’

Own reword

MP3 of the $time, first one since christmas. It’s been up a while, but I don’t think I originally announced it here.

The ISIRTA Eurovision Pun Contest Entry

Banjo Music

It’s back, and more evil than ever before. This week, we present:

Carmina Burana played on a banjo

(Okay, so the graphic should be “ogg of the week” but never mind)

MOTW - My Big Fat Starship

This week’s (Actually, something like January 16^th’s) entry for the increasingly inaccuratly named “MP3 of the week” is:

My Big Fat Starship (Lyrics) by Zong of the week

The engine’s powered by confusion
When it clogs, all the windows steam up
We’ve got a great big five-year mission
To see worlds we could never dream up

I’ll be singing this for weeks…

MP3otW - Kings Singers

In 1978, the BBC changed the frequencies of its radio stations.

The Kings Singers do the announcement

(From CTony)

Lost in the music

Today, I was on the train.

This is not an extraordinary thing, really. I spend between an hour and two hours on trains every week day (depending on which trains I manage to catch). I was using my laptop (Well, work’s laptop) as an MP3 player (Tell laptop not to shut down when the lid closes, turn on iTunes, put laptop in backpack with headphones plugged in, listen, occasionally wishing I could access iTunes with bluetooth so I could do “Next Track” from my phone) and prance merrily on my way.

Except I was on a train, so I was coding (work, regretably. I need to finish this project before I leave) whilst listening to the music, so I nearly didn’t notice that we were passing Hitchin, so I had a few minutes to pack up before we hit Letchworth – my stop.
At this point, for the first time in my history of commuting to and from London, the ticket inspecter tried to make his way down a packed commuter train.

Normally they know better than this, since all the trains from four ‘til six have people sitting in the aisles. This one didn’t, so a couple of minutes fumbling for the ticket and photocard, and we were pulling into Letchworth. Panic!

Shut laptop, shove in bag, get coat, put in earphones, stand up. And the earphones. Come out. Of the Socket meaning that the laptop plays the current track on full volume. Said track happens to be Liposuction by Da Vinci’s Notebook. Not ideal for saving face in a commutor environment. This would have been better if I hadn’t accidentally done that another twice. Argh.

So, in conclusion half a train full of commuters I’ll see every day for the next month or so now think I’m a fool. Still, could have been worse

But the MP3 of the week is neither of those. It’s a band I can find no mention of anywhere on the InterWeb, which is kinda freaky as I have to assume they don’t really exist. So, to introduce you to these people, who are good, the Little Screaming Pilgrims, Better Sideburns

Same deal as ever, they’ll be gone next week.

Mailbox, lets get the baby high

A song for you. It’s called Let’s Get the Baby High and it’s by Mailbox. And we shall learn more of their wisdom later.

Merry

It’s half past ten. The Christmas dinner was a qualified success (A couple of things were a little overdone) and my new breadmaker is quietly cooling in the background. The Christmas pudding was set alight, and was gorgeous.

I have both port and stilton, new games to play, book to read (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell). In a couple of days we will be invaded by parents & possibly even siblings (who I haven’t seen since May), and a couple of days after that I’ll wander up to spend New Years with friends.

I don’t post enough when stuff is good and I’m not stressing, so consider this a “Life is good” post.

And, as a Christmas gift from my MP3 collection to you lot, a piece of festive family fun.

• Mailbox – Let’s get the baby high

Happy holidays.

Underground

My birthday present to you. May contrain traces of the word “Fuck”:

London Underground

(Buy their CD)

Messup

So, what happens if you mix The Beatles – Come Together with the Nine Inch Nails – Closer?

DJ Zebra. Come Closer

More Tunes

(Yeah, I’m trying to make up for three months of lack of content in a week, Sosumi)

Another MP3 of the $TIMEPERIOD, this time from… someplace.

• The Spiderman Backstory, in jazz form

(from Spiderman, The Album)

Raggy Dolls

Did you know that the theme from Raggy Dolls was composed and sung by Neil Innes of the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band?

Um

So, I present without comment, this time period’s MP3OTW:

The Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Song

MotW - Pirates

Music: The pirates who don’t do anything

Get better elections!

Once again, we have entered the realms of a General Election. I’ve been trying to sort an article in my head on my thoughts on the current block of politicos, and have given up for the time being. Instead, a summary, by the Bonzos.

No matter who you vote for

Mashed

So, time to make up for however many weeks MP3OTW I missed in one go.

DJ Zebra’s SixxMixx

A half-hour MP3 of mashups, featuring:

1. Franz Ferdinand vs. DJ Zebra feat. Neimo “Take Me Out (Saturday Night)”
2. House of Pain Jump Around
3. Kasabian vs. De La Soul Processed Ring (DJ Zebra mashup)
4. Prince vs. Jet Are You Gonna Be My Girl (US Version) (DJ Zebra mashup)
5. Fatboy Slim vs. Stooges Slash ‘69 (DJ Zebra mashup)
6. Michael Jackson vs. The Clash Should I Stay or Should I Boogie (Loo and Placido mashup)
7. Cypress Hill vs. JB’s More Insane (DJ Zebra mashup)
8. Fatboy Slim vs Sloy Gangsta Pop (DJ Zebra mashup)
9. Depeche Mode vs. Radio 4 Master of the Underground (DJ Zebra mashup)
10. Grand National vs. Bee Gees National Dancing (DJ Zebra mashup)
11. The Kinks You Really Got Me (DJ Zebra remix)
12. LCD Soundsystem vs. Rick James Superfreak is Playing at My House (DJ Zebra vs. DJ Godzilla mashup)
13. Shaggy vs. Rage Against the Machine Killing Boombastic (DJ Zebra mashup)

More? See the Website

Melodic Dirtbag

Teenage Dirtbag, as sung by a Brazilian Cabaret singer

I’m not sure I need to say anything else.

Rapping Wartime

Because it’s important to revere history and worship it in faith and sincerity:

The Churchill Rap

Dylan. Not the rabbit

For various reasons, none of which I’m going to explain here.

The MP3 of the whatever.

Eddie from Ohio, covering Bob Dylan’s Don’t think twice

Play On

I’ve been lax in the MP3 of the week thing, so:

• EFO - Rolling Pin
• Avenue Q – Schadenfreude
• ELO + Pink – Get This Party Started mashup

Talk like a pirate day

So, I’m sat here at work, and it’s Talk Like Pirate Day. So I’m going to do what I did last time I mentioned it.

The Pirate Training Day sketch

Which is _my_ MP3, despite the fact that someone called “Steve” posted it to Boing Boing last month. Which I didn’t notice, because I don’t read it.

Traces of politics

From the Capitol Steps, to the tune of the Beach Boys’ ‘Kokomo’:

Guantanamo

Cursed

The mp3 of the introduction to Monkey Island III

Because it was one of the best bits, and I’m playing MI4.

Hustle

Because if it’s going to be spinning around my head, I might as well make it spin around other people’s heads:

• Simon Rogers: The Theme From BBC’s ‘Hustle’

Thirty, Part One

Thirty, part one of thirty

I have spent three days being fifteen people, most of them dead. I will explain later.

MP3 of the time period

Kid Galahad – Makes Me Smile

MP3 of the time period

From the archive.org live music archive, Griffin House and other people singing a happy song called Volkswagen:

(If you can’t see this, try the website)

Attachments

• Volkswagen