Friday, March 04, 2005

hootie's picks of the week 050304

i've been hanging around chicks half my age and its been making me feel melancholically paternal. have you eaten dinner... make sure you drink more, its been so hot... dont stay back so late...


john legend - ordinary people
videos here
if norah jones grew a goatee, she will be john legend. i must be getting so damn old to be diggin such class 95 mush like this. but like i said, johnny boy has a great voice. and old geezers like me approach love at a different velocity these days. this time we take it slow.




plain sunset - plain sunset
words here
my vote for the most courteous rock song ever. its the last song in their second album, and after 6 big rock songs, they end by thanking the listener for listening, supporting, buying and loving plain sunset. listening to this song brings me back to the guiness theatre at their farewell gig, hands in the air, singing along to every word in the song, knowing that after this, plain sunset is no more. niceness is underrated here in singapore, and the sunset boys prove that you can be nice and kick ass at the same time



The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
download here
ok i gotta admit, i love their desktops design better than the music. the deaf tone singing gives hope to tone deaf singers everywhere, that with a killer hook, a working drum machine and some well placed strings, you can indeed go far in the pop world.



mashup of Sum 41 - Pieces vs Coldplay - Clocks
download here courtesy of SarongPartyFrens
my fav bastard pop of the moment. no idea who did it, but i love it. such a simple idea its a wonder no one had thought of it earlier. brilliant



ok. so enough of this moping.

The Game feat 50 cents - Envy Me

in the Marshall Mathers album, em reveals the marketing strategy of a typical rap album. in a skit, record exec steve berman explains
"Do you know why Dre's record was so sucessful? He's rapping about big screen tvs, blunts, 40's and bitches. You're rapping about homosexuals and vicodin... I can't sell this shit."
no worries here. 50 cents's latest protege, The Game is ALL about blunts, 40's and bitches. business as usual in the G Unit factory. being the risk adverse investor, 50 wisely props The Game with the best beats money can buy, and Envy Me has a killer hook. Westwood has been dropping an awesome mix in his Friday's show now, check it here




Ludacris - Southern Hospitality
singalong here

the only way you can ever put me in a karaoke bar, is if they have luda on tap.
heh heh heh. altogether now,

Cadillac grills! Cadillac bills!
Check out the oil! My Cadillac spills!
Matter of fact, Candy Paint, Cadillac kills!
So check out the hoes my Cadillac fills!

Pretty ass clothes! Pretty ass toes!
Oh how I love these pretty ass hoes!
Pretty ass high class anything goes!
Catch them in the club throwing pretty ass 'bows!


hootie

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