Non Medical: What I'm Listening To

This is a non-medical related post, but you know me, I gotta let you know what's on the Ipod these days...

Cymande, "Bra", Renegades of Funk
I first heard this on Spike Lee's "25th Hour" soundtrack and quickly fell in love. This song is burning a groove in my hard drive, I listen to it so much. Reminds me of the best of Fela and James Brown, with a little Bob Marley thrown in. Download this. Now.

Talking Heads, "Crosseyed and Painless", More Songs about Buildings and Food
The Heads are one of my favorite bands, and this song is in my top five list. David Berne and Brian Eno collaborate and turn african rhythms into a New Wave classic. Contains one of my most quoted lyrical phrases, "Facts all come with points of View / Facts don't do what I want them To." Well said.

Chuck Berry, "You Can't Catch Me", Best Of
John Lennon quoted this song in "Come Together." The song describes Chuck's purchase of a custom "Air Mobile," complete with hideaway airplane wings and a powerful motor. These accessories come in handy when Chuck, drag racing another car, encounters the State Police on the New Jersey Turnpike in the early morning, enabling him to outrun the fuzz by taking off ("bye bye, New Jersey, I've become airborne"). You have to hear it to really appreciate it. Makes me smile when I hear it, even for the umpteeth time.

George Harrison, "What Is Life", All Things Must Pass
This song is described in Wikipedia as "a groove based number." What an understatement that is. The opening guitar lick gets me every time. The lyrics are powerful too, but I can't seem to get past that lick. It stays with you.

OK, enough indulgence on my part for today.