Skunk, Skin, and Sevendust

A few weeks ago, I got a CD from the UK with a wide selection of bands on it. Of course, me being the metalhead, got attached quickly to one song by a band called Skunk Anansie. I'm still amazed by the lead vocalists voice.

I ended up picking up that CD, and although the song I first heard, Charlie Big Potato is the heaviest song on the disc, and the other stuff is a bit more pop rock, I really dig the CD and will probably order another disc from amazon by them.

I've been catching a lot of music videos via Utube lately, thanks to Miss Gothie Goodness, so I looked them up. I found the video for the song that got me hooked.



Then I looked at the sidebar, and I found out that the lead singer from this band that broke up 5 years ago happened to record a duet that I was actually very familiar with, as it was with the band Sevendust, a metal band I'm particularly addicted to.

small world eh?

No Soup For You!!!

The city of Las Vegas has banned soup kitchens for the homeless. Seems residents are taking issue with the 12,000 homeless in Vegas clamoring about outside of them trying to actually eat. Shame on the homeless for wanting to have a daily fix of food.

The city isn't banning its crowded shelters though, that have even longer lines than the soup kitchens.

I've got another idea though. Since we are supposed to accept people sneaking into our country, and working here, why don't we just start filling up planes, trains, and automobies of homeless, and dropping them off in foreign countries. That way we have a bit of an exchange going on.

To make things a little bit better money wise, we'll send each homeless person off with $50. That's enough cash to jump start these countries economies. $50 will buy some silver bracelets, a new outfit, and even a bottle of their finest spirits.

Win/win situation, right?

America and Its Penis

While reading Froyd's blog, I found a comment that got me thinking. It involved America and its Penis. Just a brief warning, this post has some lewd sexual referances to it.

As I, and pretty much every Liberal and Conservative American feel, America has the biggest and best penis in the world. We walk around the world, head held high, wearing spandex shorts to showcase our enormous bulge. Usually the mere site of it causes all those problem nations in the world to cower in fear of it. About five years ago, we got a good swift kick to it, and it dropped us to our knees for five seconds.

We got right up, and we were pissed. We knew it came from the middle east, as it has been naughty for some time. We went over there, bent the middle east over, and gave it to em right in their Afghanistan. Took care of that, right?

Wrong.

dubs, being the devout Conservative christian boy that he is, felt empowered by it. He wanted to continue to use the penis. He just lost his virginity, and wasn't going to go on a drought without using it. So, he looked, and dove straight into the first hole he saw.

It was Iraq. Too bad Iraq was the belly button of the middle east. Its a hole and all, but... not the one that needed to be stuck. We needed to sit back a few more minutes, instead of being an excited little boy. The spot that needed to be stuck turned out to be a little further away in Iran.

Bubba wouldn't have made a mistake like that. He knows where to stick it, as any other liberal would. Leave it to a conservative, and the first hole that pops up gets stuck, be it a belly button, an ear...

Now, the mouth of the middle east that we normally kiss, Israel, is spewing a lot of filth. Now, are we going to threaten that mouth, or are we gonna stick it a little farther north in the nostril?

Song of the Week

Everyone else is doing random tens, not so random tens, earworms, and whatever else on fridays. I've decided I'm going to do a song of the week. It may be something I've been listening to avidly. It may be just appropriate to things going on in the world.

This weeks song of the week is dedicated to g dubs, H-Ballas, Israeli-lite, and all my peeps in the middle east.

It is the cover of the Genesis classic "Land of Confusion" by Disturbed.


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I must have dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street

Now, did you read the news today?
They say the danger has gone away
But I can see the fire's still alight
They're burning into the night

There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go around
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in

Oh, superman, where are you now?
When everything's gone wrong somehow?
The men of steel, these men of power
Are losing control by the hour

This is the time, this is the place
So we look for the future
But there's not much love to go around
Tell me why this is a land of confusion

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in

I remember long ago
When the sun was shining
And all the stars were bright all through the night
In the wake of this madness, as I held you tight
So long ago

I won't be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right
We're not just making promises
That we know we'll never keep

There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go round
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?

Now, this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for

This is the world we live in
And these are the names we're given
Stand up and let's start showing
Just where our lives are going to

Successors

As many of you may know, my brother's high and exaulted cat, the mighty Foo Fighter, passed away last October.

A few weeks ago he got a... nay... two successors. A cat as great as the Foo Fighter could not be succeeded by one mortal kitten.

So, I hereby officially introduce to the world... The Macaroni and Noodle (nicknames subject to change)

HELP!!! We Need Your Deep Insight

We require your platinum haired wisdom in a world gone conservative.

Where are you? Save us!!!

Caught In The Wave of The World Around Me

I've been avoiding it.

I've been searching for things to write about but I just haven't been able to find much, since everywhere I turn... IT'S in my face.

Now, I'm going to finally break the silence on what I've been avoiding: Israel.

Lets get to the basics, shall we?

Israel has two of its soldiers captured by a terror cell operating in southern Lebenon. Since Lebenon has been just beginning to establish a Democracy after years of Syrian control, they don't have any sort of military. Because of that, when Israel had their soldiers captured, the country simply didn't have the resources to control the problem. Of course, the terrorist idiots start firing rockets into Israel.

So, Israel does what is well within its rights and defends itself. Problem is, Israel has historically tended to use every weapon in their power as a counter strike. Its like trying to kill the mosquito that bit you with a sledge hammer. If you manage to connect, your going to take out a lot more than the offending mosquito. Their reaction is akin to if the US responded to 9/11 by turning Afghanistan into "Radioactivstan."

In other words, the whole world gets bent over and violated by a small group of yahoos.

Israel looks worse because they are defending themselves from terror cells, and it destroys the small amount of relations they have with other middle eastern countries. Of course the only reason why it goes on as long as it does is because the west has been on its knees servicing Israel since its long time ago historical beginning... 1947 right?

Lebenon, which was developing into what we want in the Middle east, a democracy, ends up getting bombed back to the stone age, practically destroying everything the country had been working towards.

All because of a handful of crazies.

Hopefully the UN actually works for a change, and gets things under control, or the Middle East situation is going to continue to spiral down into World War III... or WW4 if you count the cold war as WW3.

Then again, with Israel "accidentally" killing the UN forces getting deployed... who knows how well that's gonna go.

Mass Forwards and the Dumbasses that Believe Them

I got another one of those mass forward things today, that is just so heart warmingly stupid I had to share. I got it via the bulletins on myspace. Here is the forward:

Girl: Slow down, I'm scared.

Guy: No, this is fun.

Girl: No it's not. Please it's too scary!

Guy: Then tell me you love me.

Girl: Fine I love you. Slow down!

Guy: Now give me a BIG hug.

Girl : *hugs him*

Guy: Can you take my helmet off and put it on yourself? It's bugging me.

Girl: Alright, now slow down

Guy: I love you babe


(in the paper the next day):
A motorcycle had crashed into a building because of brake failure. Two people were on it, but only 1 had survived.


The truth was that halfway down the road, the guy realized that his brakes broke, but he didn't want to let the girl know. Instead, he had her say she loved him and felt her hug one last time, then he had her wear his helmet so that she would live even though it meant that he would die.

If u love any one this much re-post this ....and....the love of your life will relize they feel the same .... DONT BREAK THIS . 2morow will be the best day of your life.

Repost under "Do You Love Someone this Much?"

Just fills your heart with goo, doesn't it?

Of course they forgot to include the interview with the surviving girlfriend. I'm sure it would have went like this:

"I wish he would have said something to me. I would have told him to lay off the throttle, coast down, then cut the engine. When the bike slowed down to about 15 he could drag his feet until we stopped. I knew he was stupid and all, but damn. He'd still be alive and I wouldn't be all screwed up if it wasn't for his ingenius idea to stop the bike with a brick wall."

War is a-Brewin So Lets Have a Meme!!!

1. what can i learn about you in under five minutes?

I'm pale, I have blue eyes and long hair. I'm about six foot, 250lbs. If I manage to speak, you will notice I have a disturbingly low voice, and either conclude I'm funny or intelligent.

2. how do you use blogging to build friendships?

This blog is mostly the comedic, political, and music side of me. With some of my targets (such as conservatism, republicans, etc.) I know I have the ability to do some offending. To a well written, respectful response, I'll return the favor. To some asshat who feels the need to insult and talk down... I return the favor.

3. who do you read every day, rain or shine?

my blogroll. My LJ friends list. Any new myspace blogs I'm subscribed to. A few other blogs.

4. how would you describe your writing style?

It changes. I can write an off the wall insane story, to something intelligent and considerate. My style ranges greatly. The one thing I've always had difficulty with is honest fiction. That probably stems from me being the furthest thing from an avid reader one can find.

5. if you could spend time with one person (other than your spouse) who would it be?

I have such a list, and I'm not sharing HA!!!

6. what don't you write about? anything a no-no in your book?

In the overall scheme of my writing outlets, I write about everything. Just depends on which one you read as to what you get.

7. what is your favorite thing that you wrote?

On my first blog I took up several years back, I blogged about something I read that really affected me. It was really emotional for me. That one shall remain hidden to most though.

8. are you and your blogging persona the same person?

We are the same person, but the blog is more so a partial view.

9. if you had a super power, what would it be?

To smack stupid people in the back of the head, whenever they make stupid decisions from across the globe. (i.e. there would be a lot of people in Washington, and the Middle East with some big bumps on their heads at this point.)

10. have you anonymously posted on a site to flame them?

I did in the past, although I continued to return, and created an account just for that purpose. Actually... that's how this blog started... I wouldn't call it flaming though, I'd call it disagreement. Me and the individual were very respectful early on, at the end we began to get on each other's nerves. Just lasted a bit too long.

11. i guess i'm supposed to post a photograph that represents me so here goes:



12. where do you live?

In the land of corn, just a short drive away from the city of wind.

13. what do you do for a living?

Full time student, developer of porn peoples pictures at a large chain store.

14. what are some things you can't live without?

coffee, my iPod, my car, beer, scotch, GOOD food.

15. if you're reading this meme, you're tagged. hop to it.

The Motif Behind the Madness

As I had spoken about in a previous post, I was part of a thirty person CD exchange that transcended the globe. The lucky/unlucky blogger who got my CD was Captain Cobald, who reviewed my disc here.

Now, that he has done his review, I am going to explain my motifs behind each song I included.

1. Both Sides of the Gun by Ben Harper - I'm a big fan of Ben Harper. His musical style ranges from Reggae to R&B to Rock to Folk... The hard part was picking a song. Being that I knew most of my songs were going to be rock songs, I decided to go with one of his more R&B tracks.
2. Prayer by Disturbed - This is probably the most mainstream track I put on the disc. Band is huge in the US. I listened to this song repeatedly when my mom was in the hospital in intensive care a few years back (she's doing quite well now). The lyrics to the chorus still give me goosebumps to this day. "Living just isn't hard enough, Burn me alive, inside. Living my life's not hard enough, Take everything away."
3. Admit by Sister Machine Gun - This band never made it big since they were labeled Nine Inch Nails rip offs, even though they had been recording a similar style of music in the late 80's before NIN became houshold names. This song was literally playing when I was in the process of getting dumped... which of course with it being a relationship over song... stuck with me.
4. The Idiot Kings by Soul Coughing - Another band that never made it too big, but established a strong cult following. I wanted to put something by them on the disc, and since my disc could use more upbeat songs... this got the vote.
5. The River of Deceit by Mad Season - Supergroup. I was a child of the grunge era. Early to mid nineties I was addicted to bands like Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, the Screaming Trees... Low and behond Layne Staley the lead singer from AIC, Mike McCready lead guitar from Pearl Jam, and Barrett Martin from the Screaming Trees get together after they all got out of rehab for one reason or another, and put together a CD. This gave me a way to include that era of my music listening in one song. Laynes vocals are amazing, along with his lyrics on this one.
6. What Kind of Woman Is This by Buddy Guy - Rock and roll hall of famer. Man who inspired Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and many others to pick up a guitar. I've become an addict of his music. Just amazing blues guitar work. One of my favorite Buddy Guy tracks.
7. Cure for Pain by Morphine - This is one of those instances of hearing a song for the first time at the right time. I heard this song while I was going through all sorts of undiagnosed medical problems. I was just in a lot of pain and no one could figure out why. This song sort of became my theme song at the time.
8. Destroy the World Around Me by Mushroomhead - This band has become one of my favorite bands. They can be really loud and shouty, melodic at times, and their music is much more complex than someone would give a band full of guys who wear masks credit for. (to anyone who yells slipknot rip offs, they've been recording and wearing mask since 1992). One of my favorite things about this band is that they don't use profanity. They think it cheapens your ability as a writer. After a long debate, I decided to include this song because it showcased every side of the band. The loud shouts. The more melodic vocals. The use of piano and samples of strings.
9. Doesn't Remind Me by Audioslave - Several reasons for this song. First it allowed me to include Chris Cornell's vocals (he was also vocalist for Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and has done solo work.) Second, it allowed me to include Rage Against the Machine (as all the members minus Zach are in the band.) Third, this is one of my favorite songs ever written. Amazing vocals, good lyrics, plus one of Tom Morello's best guitar solos.
10. Running the Gauntlet by Les Claypools Frog Brigade - I needed to include some live music. Some jam band type stuff. Me being a huge fan of Les Claypool (Primus, Sausage, Oysterhead, Colonol Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Frog Brigade) picked this one out. Why? Les's bass solo in it is disgustingly good. Not as in musically, but as in how the HELL does the man play a bass guitar that fast.
11. Happy To Be Here by Todd Snider - Another one of my favorite artists. He falls into that odd singer/songwriter/folk/country/rock catagory. He writes songs that will bring you to tears, he'll write songs that will make you laugh, he'll write songs that will make you want to go out drinking... I've heard his live show is amazing. He'll talk about a song, why it was written, and have the audience on the floor from laughing between songs.
12. 10,000 Days by Tool - Tools lead singer, Maynard James Keehan is a god. (He later got another band together, A Perfect Circle, and alternates albums between them and Tool.) This band is dark. Their early albums were full of 5 minute long angry songs. They've since developed into something much more complex. The songwriting is phenominal. Lyrically. Musically. It doesn't get much better. I couldn't give anyone a CD without at least one track with Maynard on vocals. This is off his most recent disc so... that's why its here.

And that my friends is the method behind my madness.

On Second Thought... I'll Stay Here

Recently, out of my usual far off thoughts, had found myself thinking of fleeing my homeland to go to the foggier pastures of the UK.

Thanks to international commerce, and ordering things online, I'd still be able to keep up with the American music I loved, but would be able to have a first hand experiance of British music which I've learned is pretty damn good too.

My second thought on fleeing was because of my introduction to The Mighty Boosh, which just seems to be one of the funniest and most twisted shows to ever hit television. Since Aqua Teen Hunger Force and the Chappelle Show were cancelled, I see television as being pointless now.

Then, today I learned why I could never leave. Something I use DAILY is illegal in the UK.

My iTrip. Yes, the simple little FM modulator I use to listen to my iPod through my cars stereo is illegal out there. Therefore, the UK is off my list as where I will move to when I grow up.

In other words, I shall remain in Chicagoland.

Now, time to update that list of mine...

Canada - I'd look funny in a Touque/Trying to copy US by electing Conservative Government/City of Toronto has Highest Asshole per Capita rating in civilized world.

Australia - Aboriginees will shrink my head and eat me/Koala bear attacks.

U.K. - Can't use my iTrip.

Damn, I'm running out of industrialized, english speaking countries.

International Witchcraft Trial For Michael Jackson

This is breaking news, that only I could bring you all.

Michael Jackson is being sought on international crimes of witchcraft and possession.

It seems Jacko somehow managed to send his spirit out, and take over the body of powerful Russian leader Vladamir Putin.

While in control of the President's body, Jacko lifted up the shirt of a young boy, and kissed his stomach. He then compared the boy to a kitten.

Pope Palpatine XIII is expected to be brought in to exorcise Jacko's hold on the Russian President.

I Feel Less Safe Already

What a country we live in. How can we feel safe with humans being held captive without being charged for any crimes having rights? I mean, who needed to officially charge them anyway, just look at them... don't they look like terrorists?

How can I sleep tonight knowing that these evil, evil men aren't getting sodomized?

How is our country going to go on being religious and pure without denying these men religion?

Then again... it was always the policy of giving these men the rights as defined by the Geneva convention. We just denied we had to during the time we said that, and this week, and fought against it...

Doesn't that make sense?

*sigh*

Don't know how I'm going to sleep knowing that someone isn't getting tortured tonight. It always made me feel so safe and free... plus it showed an example to the world how just we really are.

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But I Wanted It To Call Me a Commie...

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Global Warming "Junk Science"

It's the hot topic nowadays. Global warming. On one side of the fight, you have Al Gore, who is championing the we have to make a change now or in ten years the world is gonna be trashed campaign. On the other side, we have Neo-Cons who write off anything said as being "Junk Science" and that global warming is a myth.

So, I've decided to look at things from another perspective. What if we try to make these recommended changes to curb global warming, but for other reasons?

One of the biggest factors in the global warming campaign is reduced automotive emissions. The ways to reduce them are designing more fuel efficient vehicles. By doing so, what does that gain us?

First it would decrease our oil consumption. We would be less dependent on foreign oil. I'm always reading about evil Iran, the evil Saudi's, evil Venezuela... lowering oil consumption lowers their economic grip on the world and us. It makes economic sanctions against countries that much easier on us.

Second, with more fuel efficient vehicles, people and businesses will save money. Instead of spending money on fuel for transport, that money can be invested in other infrastructure. Companies investing in themselves is good for economics last I checked. So in increased consumer spending. Yet another win.

Third, increased research and development in obtaining those more fuel efficient vehicles. Current fuel prices are a benefit towards this one, since at $3.19 a gallon out here, people are paying a bit more attention to the gas mileage the new ride gets. There is a genuine interest and demand for fuel efficiency nowadays. We have our gas electric hybrids. BMW is designing a hybrid that derives its power from escaped heat via a small steam engine. Increasing our ability to produce ethanol to supliment gasoline is also a possiblility, as it can be mixed (up to 10%) with gasoline to more or less, stretch out our gas and lower emissions (as it burns cleaner).

The other steps involve decreasing our electrical usage from fossil fuels. This doesn't necessarily mean leave the lights off. It means more efficient bulbs. How did we get those? Research and development. Investment. Those two things pop up regularly, don't they? Yes, those more efficient bulbs cost more initially. Thing is, they last a lot longer too. Less replacement=save time and money. Using less electricity=save money. Might just balance out huh?

Thats just a small portion of what can be done. I'm not going to sit here and research out ten billion things, or crawl on my knees shouting Hail Gore savior of all from dubs. The scientists who claim global warming might be wrong, they might be right. I don't know, I'm a college student who knows more about computer architecture and C++ programming. I just see a much bigger picture than the global warming debate when it comes to the argument.

What Independence Day Means

Many of you don't know exactly what the US's Independence day really means. So, I shall explain how mine usually works out. This year was a little different, as I had to work, so I'll instead use bits and pieces from other years to sub in for my working in the morning.

Get woken up at around 10AM by explosions, people congregating, and a really bad marching band. The corner my house sits on, literally marks the beginning of the parade route for my towns fourth of july parade. This is a joy because people block off our driveway, and leave empty beer bottles and cans at the edge of our yard, showing their independence from decency.

After the parade is over, I usually end up at a party at a friends house. Since it is summer, it is the BBQ season. Nothing better than meat cooked over an open fire. This ranges from your basic hot dogs and burgers, to various sausages (bratwurst, italian sausage), chicken, ribs, cabobs, vegetables... good food. It also involves drinking. What good is gathering with friends and cooking food over fire without putting away 2-30 beers?

While all this is going on, you slowly light off about half a gross of bottle rockets, 50 packs of firecrackers, some m-80's... just your basic stuff that explodes, and is relatively cheap. Its all slow and random. What makes it so much more fun is that technically lighting off fireworks is illegal. Even in my horrid backwords ass state of Indiana. Out here, its legal to buy the fireworks, but illegal to light them off. (make sense, right?) So, here we show our independence from logical thought.

Then, right after sundown, something magical happens. Every neighborhood across the US turns into... Iraq, Sarajevo, Vietnam... any infamous war zone as explosions are everywhere. Its literally non-stop. Machine gun fire (full packs of firecrackers), artillary (m-80's), to the occasional bomb (quarter sticks, half sticks...). You'll see stuff in the air, on the ground... everywhere. Nonstop explosions. I don't mean like every five minutes, or every minute, I mean you hear five things explode every second non stop for hours. After about 11 at night, things calm. Its like the amount of pops of popcorn in the microwave when it has 30 seconds to go. Things are still going, but there is a little space now between pops.

THAT is the biggest meaning behind independence day: blowing shit up. We American's declare our independence from everyone else, and show off our right to blow shit up.

The next day, the battlefield is mostly quiet. A few pops here and there, where someones stockpile of WMDs hasn't been all fired off yet. The streets, and peoples yards are all covered in paper from fireworks, and EVERYONES yard has a few hundred sticks from bottle rockets in them, since once that thing is fired in the air... can't control where it lands.

Everyone should have an independence day, simply because of one reason: as moronic as some of the activity is, it is a hell of a lot of fun. Food, alcohol, good friends, and explosives.

What more could a person ask for?

Half the Way through 2006 Music - The Singles

It is now the midway point of 2006, and a good year for music it has been. So I put together a little iTunes smart playlist of songs I added since dec 05, and ordered them by most plays. I then went through and picked out my ten favorites, without picking a song from the same artist twice (made narrowing things down MUCH easier.)

Of course, all these songs are new to me for that time period. If the CD came out in 1974, and I never heard the song before... but added it to my music during this time period, its eligible.

So, here we go... the top ten singles of the first half of 2006.
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10. Love the One You're With by the Isley Brothers

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This one came out in the seventies, but I had never heard it. Then, someone recommended the 1970s era Isley Brother's to me, so I picked up a cd and gave it a listen... I was quite impressed. A lot of their songs from that era are just incredible.

9. To the Edge by Lacuna Coil

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For some odd reason, I rated this song low when I first heard it. Now its my favorite off the album. (i have a feeling my iTunes playlist was out of order or something when I had my first listen). Italian Goth/Metal at its finest. Besides, Cristina Scabbia has the best female vocals in metal. Just amazing.

8. Better Way by Ben Harper

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Ben Harper managed to put out another great album this year. Its his usual blend of folk, rock, marvin gaye/stevie wonder inspired 1970's funk, reggae... It was a difficult decision, since I had several songs within a play of each other (all near 30 plays this year). Decided to go with this one.

7. A Song For You (live) by Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, and Ray Charles

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This song came off of a live recording of Willie Nelson's 70th birthday party. The song was written in the seventies by Leon Russell, and Ray Charles had recorded it in the late eighties. Ray of course steals the show (Leon's vocals are Dylanesque, and Willie's voice is a love it or hate it thing). Willie tears up during Ray's session on vocals. Just an amazing live performance with a group of Legends on stage.

6. One Better by Les Claypool

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Les brings out his own eclectic version of funk on this one. A great addition to his sound, Skerik on Saxaphone (he was in his Flying Frog Brigade project). One of Les's better songs lyrically, as he ties in the story of "Silk Johnson" and "Conrad Smith's Cadilacs with Kruschev and Eisenhower with Sputnik. Plus, how many songs have funky bass leads, sax and marimba solo's?

5. Twisted Transistor by Korn

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They do it yet again. Manage to combine metal with something almost... dance like. All in an album with two ok remixes of this track. (of course the album is ok overall, with one standout track. How the mighty have fallen.) This song is some damn fine catchy pop/metal.

4. Vicarious by Tool

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Ahhh... the mighty Tool. Another band whose song to pick was a difficult one, so I went with a more mainstream oriented song... this one is only 7 minutes long (two on the disc that are also excellent are 11 minutes.) They've really developed into an amazing band. Amazing vocals out of Maynard, and the band gets tighter and better every disc. They compose these long, elaborate, morphing songs that are just spectacular.

3. The Undertaker (Renholder Mix) by Puscifer

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Maynard is a god. When he isn't doing vocals for Tool, he's doing them for A Perfect Circle. When he's not doing that, he's running his own Winery. When he has time from that... He did a few songs for soundtracks with a band they called Puscifer. It features Danny Lohner (who was once a driving force behind the early Nine Inch Nails CD's). Just yet another amazing song.

2. Crazy Bitch by Buckcherry

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Dirty. Fun. Vulgar. Catchy... and it rocks. I got addicted to this one about a month ago, and its now second all time on my iTunes number of plays at 35. This song is just a great party song.

1. Time of Your Song by Matisyahu

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Which brings us to #1 on my all time plays (48). Amazing blend of Reggae, hip hop, religion, rock... At first you'd think the guy was a gimmick, but the music goes so far beyond that. He's broken down styles and barriers. Just an amazing sound. Uplifting.