Tuesday 25 November 2008

AND ANOTHER ONE...

YES, ANOTHER STREETWEAR BRAND WITH A BLOG.  I HAVE INFACT WRITTEN A BLOG IN THE PAST, ONLY I WASN'T VERY GOOD AT REGULARLY UPDATING IT.  I HAD MANY ATTEMPTS AT STARTING A CLEAN SLATE WITH REGARDS TO BLOG-RELATED MOTIVATION BUT THESE ALL HAD A SIMILAR FATE TO THAT OF MY ATTEMPTS TO PUT DOWN CIGARETTES.
HOWEVER, WITH THE NEW LINE, NEW WEBSITE, NEW BRAND NAME AND RENEWED AND HEIGHTENED INTEREST I FIND A NEW SOURCE OF BLOG-ENTHUSIASM, SO I SHALL HAVE ANOTHER GO, AND SEE HOW FAITHFUL I CAN BE.

THIS FIRST POST I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY, IT IS ONE OF ALMOST ENTIRELY MUSICAL CONTENT, INSPIRED BY THE RECENT, POPULAR MUSINGS OF GREG TEE AT BNTL, HOWEVER VERY DIFFERENT IN GENRE.

I GIVE YOU THE INFINITELY TALENTED, LARGELY SLEPT-ON, PAINFULLY SMOOTH, EFFORTLESSLY FUNKY ORAN 'JUICE' JONES.

NOW IT HURTS ME TO SAY THAT OF ALL THE MAN'S RECORDINGS, MY FAVOURITE OF ALL; UNDERWORLD, DOES NOT APPEAR AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET IN ANY FORM AND I CAN NOT FIND MY COPY AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME.  SO MAKE DO, WE SHALL WITH FEW OFFERINGS BEQUEATHED BY YOUTUBE.

FIRST UP IS GANGSTER ATTITUDE, AN ALMOST PRINCE-LIKE TRACK AND VERY CATCHY.



NEXT UP IS A SONG I LIKE A LOT, ENTITLED 'WE WERE FRIENDS', A SONG THAT TELLS A TALE OF SOLID PROVERBIAL BROTHERHOOD IN THE FACE OF SKANKY FEMALE ADVERSITY.  EVEN IF THE SONG ITSELF IS NOT TO YOUR TASTES, PLEASE WIND TO NEAR THE END AND LISTEN TO JUICE KICKING HIS FAMOUS PIMP-TALK BADNESS.



THIRD IS OFF MY FAVOURITE JUICE ALBUM ; PLAYER'S CALL.
THE TRACK IS CALLED "POPPIN' THAT FLY" AND FEATURES CAMP LO AS WELL AS THE ALBUM'S FREQUENT FIXTURE, STU LARGE.
AGAIN IN THE LATTER PART OF THE VIDEO SOME SERIOUS QUOTES ARE MADE IN THE SLICK, HILARIOUS WAY ONLY ORAN AND POSSIBLY FEW OTHER WORLD CLASS PIMPS CAN.



LAST UP, AS THIS IS GETTING MAD LONG NOW, IS THE ABSOLUTE CLASSIC, THE RAIN.
THE TRACK THAT NOT ONLY MADE ORAN 'JUICE' JONES FAMOUS BUT ALSO IS THE ONLY TRACK THAT HAS REALLY LASTED THE TEST OF TIME, IN INTERNET RECOGNITION ANYWAY.
THERE IS AN EXCELLENT 80'S VIDEO FOR THIS, BUT SADLY IT IS UNABLE TO BE EMBEDDED 'BY REQUEST'.
ONCE AGAIN LISTEN AS IT PLAYS OUT FOR SOME WISE TEACHINGS.


ALTHOUGH I SAID THE LAST VIDEO WAS GOING TO BE THE LAST, I MUST NOW SPECIFY THAT THAT WAS ONLY IN TERMS OF JUICE VIDEOS. HERE IS THE REAL LAST VIDEO, A SONG INSPIRED BY THE ABOVE TRACK, FROM A VERY UNDERRATED ALBUM THAT CONTAINED SEVERAL REFERENCES TO, AND SAMPLES FROM, MR. JONES. THE ALBUM IS CALLED THA HARDWAY BY 213,
AND THIS TRACK IS THE DELIGHTFULLY NAMED 'MY DIRRTY HOE'

(DON'T WATCH THE INTRO, I DIDN'T ACCIDENTLY POST 'VATO')

"TELL ME SOMETHING DARLING, YOU DON'T GOT A TOOTH ACHE DO YOU?"
AC