August 23, 2011

Memorex dbs 2 (Fall 1996)




Side A

Devo-Whip It
Sneaker Pimps-6 Underground
Queen-We Will Rock You
Queen-We Are The Champions
Fiona Apple-Sleep To Dream
The Prodigy-Breathe
Smash Mouth-Walkin' On The Sun
2Pac-I Ain't Mad At Cha
Space-Female Of The Species
snippet of Oasis' "Champagne Supernova"
311-All Mixed Up
snippet of Collective Soul's "The World I Know"

Side B

ZZ Top-Legs
Garbage-Stupid Girl
Lauryn Hill-Sweetest Thing
snippet of Local H's "Bound For The Floor"
Metallica-Hero Of The Day
Peggy Scott Adams-Bill
Tori Amos-Silent All These Years
Ginuwine-Pony
Very very short snippet of Scarface's "Never Seen A Man Cry"

As I mentioned before in the previous entry, I also received this tape from my brother, who had previously used it when I was younger. That fact is most evident by a brief clip of him singing at the beginning of Side A that I never bothered to record over. He also included ZZ Top's "Legs," which I decided to keep also since I already liked the song. If I recall correctly, that might not have been the only ZZ Top song originally on here, but "Legs" was the only one I recognized.

August 12, 2011

Memorex dbs 1 (Summer/Fall 1996)

Sorry for the long wait. I was very busy with my Lollapalooza post on Hectic But Eclectic, which usually takes a long time to work on.







Side A

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
snippet of The Trammps' "Disco Inferno"
BLACKstreet-No Diggity
Red Hot Chili Peppers-Love Rollercoaster
Spice Girls-2 Become 1
snippet of Blues Traveler's "Hook"
Warren G-What's Love Got To Do With It?
slight snippet of OMC's "How Bizarre"
Boyzone-Words
En Vogue-Don't Let Go (Love)
Everclear-Santa Monica
New Edition-I'm Still In Love

Side B

New Edition-I'm Still In Love With You (continued)
snippet of Smashing Pumpkins' "Zero"
Joan Osbourne-One Of Us
Bush-Swallowed
Merril Bainbridge-Mouth
Spice Girls-Say You'll Be There
Jamiroquai-Virtual Insanity
snippet of 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up?"
Gloria Gaynor-I Will Survive
Smashing Pumpkins-Eye
snippet of Soundgarden's "Blow Up The Outside World"
snippet of Pearl Jam's "Black"


I actually have two of these tapes, which I both received from my brother who had used them back when he was a teenager in the 80s. This was another step towards going into the world of cassettes that were strictly for recording. These two tapes were a blessing for a kid with hardly any allowance and no job. The only way you can tell the difference between the two is that I replaced the pressure pad on this one with a piece of cardboard, which you can spot if you look closely at the second picture above. It wasn't the only time I had to play MacGyver with my tape collection, but I certainly can't remember having have to do that with this one. It was slightly puzzling to see that little piece of cardboard there when I dug this one up.

August 04, 2011

On second thought...

So perhaps I was bit presumptive when I said that there would be a post this week. The birthday celebration was prolonged and it looks like I might be going to Lollapalooza this year, something that was not certain even up until today. For those who read my other blog, Hectic But Eclectic, you know that it's a pretty big deal for me to go to this fest and it will take up all of my weekend. In short, there won't be a new post until Tuesday. Thank you for your patience.

August 01, 2011

New post coming later this week.

Since I'll be celebrating my birthday this Tuesday, this week's post will be delayed slightly, but only by a day or two hopefully. Stay tuned.