The Meters again, and No. 25 is their best joint. Or best-known, anyway. I’m still partial to “Cissy Strut.” No. 25 is “Hand Clapping Song.” Put ’em together.
10 October 2013, No. 24, Pleasure, ‘Bouncy Lady’
When I was a kid, I bit a woman who was trying to get me out of a bounce house at a fair because I wanted to keep bouncing. That’s what No. 24 made me
think of just now. Pleasure, “Bouncy Lady.”
8 October 2013, No. 23, Ednah Holt, ‘Serious, Sirius Space Party’
West End Records, Larry Levan, space-synth SFX, lyrics about Star Wars...basically everything is right about No. 23. Ednah Holt, “Serious, Sirius Space Party.”
7 October 2013, Nos. 21 and 22, The Meters, ‘Cissy Strut,’ ‘Look-Ka Py Py’
Doubling up again, nos. 21 and 22 are both rock solid tunes from The Meters. No. 21, “Cissy Strut,” is the better tune, but “Look-Ka Py Py” has its merits. Look-Ka [sic]? Who knows? Count that as Merit 1, I suppose. Leo Nocentelli’s guitar probably had a sticker that said: “This machine kills militant grammarians.” Heh.
6 October 2013, No. 20, Harlem Underground Band, ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’
It’s not Bill Withers, but it loses none of the soul. Plus, open drums. No. 20, Harlem Underground Band, “Ain’t No Sunshine.”
5 October 2013, Nos. 17, 18, and 19, Kenny Raw, ‘SEPTA Theme’; Redacted, ‘Redacted’; Kenny Raw, ‘Cochambamba’
No. 17 is another awesome Kenny Raw edit, and since I’ve skipped a few days, I’m also going to skip No. 18, which gives away Ken’s secret, since it’s the source track. And then No. 19 is Ken Raw again with “Cochambamba,” which immediately follows No. 17 on Left Handed Scissors. (Remember, our list is organized by tempo, hence the clumping).
No. 17, Kenny Raw, “SEPTA Theme,” starts at 8:37 on Left Handed Scissors.
No. 18, redacted, sample source for “SEPTA Theme.”
No. 19, Kenny Raw, “Cochambamba,” starts at 11:02 on Left Handed Scissors (right after “SEPTA Theme”).
1 October 2013 , No. 16, Isaac Hayes, ‘Breakthrough’
Isaac Hayes did lots of great tunes that weren’t the theme from Shaft. No. 16 has sick open drums and a rock-guitar kinda groove. “Breakthrough.”