Random Song of the Week -- R. Kelly -- Gotham City

This seemed long overdue what with DKR owning at the box office for the past few weeks. From the Batman and Robin soundtrack -- one of the few good things about that movie.

-Deceptisean

Random Song of the Week -- Michael Buble -- Spider-Man

Random Song of the Week -- Classified -- Oh...Canada

My sentiments exactly.

-Deceptisean

Random Song of the Week -- Jerry Reed – East Bound and Down (from Smokey and the Bandit)

Random Song of the Week -- John Mayer -- Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967

John Mayer's new CD Born and Raised came out a couple weeks ago and my wife plays it excessively in her car. Most of the songs are about how he's making up for his douchy ways and how he's a new man, etc, etc. As nauseating as all of that self-congratulatory “look at me, I’m a new man” crap is, there is one song on the CD that's really cute and tells a simple story of a man who builds his own submarine, despite the disapproval of his family and friends who think he's crazy, and travels to Japan to prove them wrong. I really liked this song. And yes, I'm well aware of the fact that the bridge sounds like the chorus of the Jonas Bros.' Lovebug, but since the Jonas Bros. are no strangers to being accused of ripping off other peoples' tunes, I have no sympathy for them. This song is better anyway.



-Deceptisean

Random Song of the Week -- Super Mario Bros. theme medley

Who doesn't love the original Super Mario Bros. theme music? The above is a medley of Super Mario throught the ages (up to Super Mario 64) through orchestra. The music holds up surprisingly well, a testament to Japanese composer Koji Kondo's original compositions for the video games Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros. 64.

-Deceptisean

Random Song of the Week -- G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) theme

In reaction to the news a few days ago that G.I. Joe: Retaliation was being pulled by Paramount from the 2012 Summer schedule, one month before its release and amidst the usual marketing frenzy of trailers and celebrity interviews that accompanies such blockbusters, I thought I'd post a memory of what G.I. Joe used to be -- from a time when G.I. Joe was unabashedly patriotic and unashamedly marketed just to kids, disregarding any thought of being too cheezy or over the top. And guess what? The franchise was wildly successful for ten years doing this. Oh well, times have changed. The above clip is the openning of G.I. Joe: The Movie, a tie-in film to the cartoon of the 80's which was meant for thatrical release but was suddenly punted to straight-to-video status after the box office failure of Transformers: The Movie (1986). G.I. Joe: The Movie has its faults (mostly having to do with the introduction of the new villains from something called "Cobra-La" -- sheesh), but every scene having to do with the G.I. Joe team itself in the film is stellar, including this wonderful introduction which seemed to feature every action figure produced up to that point (now that's how you market a toyline!).

-Deceptisean

Random Song of the Week -- Presidents of the United States of America -- Peaches

It's stupid, but I like it. And it has ninjas. Look out!

-Deceptisean

Random Song of the Week -- The Marvel Superheroes Have Arrived

Not to be confused with the Merry Marvel Marching Society, The Marvel Superheroes Have Arrived was another song released in the 60's on a single exclusively for members of Marvel's first fan club. With the hype for Marvel's Avengers movie entering its final weeks, I thought it was appropriate.

-Deceptisean

Random Song of the Week -- Tina Turner -- One of the Living

Featured on the soundtrack album for 1985's Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (hell, it was the song over the opening credits), this song to my knowledge is only on the Thunderdome album and never appeared in any of Turner's other records. That's a shame as One of the Living is awesome, intense and the perfect intro to the third installment in the Mad Max franchise. I love We Don't Need Another Hero, but I feel One of the Living often gets short shrift over that track.

-Deceptisean

Random Song of the Week -- Police Academy (theme)

A reminder that even screwball comedies received epic musical scores in the 80's. I've been watching Police Academy movies lately and I can't get that theme song out of my head!


-Deceptisean

Random Song of the Week -- Wrestlemania!!

Wrestlemania XXVIII is 2 days away, baby!! Yeah, I could have posted the latest forgettable "official" Wrestlemania XXVIII song -- but was it written specifically for Wrestlemania? No! Does it have Wrestlers blabbing at you? No! Does it have Mean Gene asking "Who will survive?" in his epic voice? No! So the '93 song wins.

Wrestlemania XXVIII, please be worth my $54.99, even though I can buy you in a few months for $15 less on DVD with extra features...

-Deceptisean