Link Wray and his Ray Men – Rumble
The new trend in online content is streaming radio stations. It’s a relatively new development, and every day more and more stations are popping up; as of today I can number myself among the broadcasters. If you have iTunes or Quicktime or anything that can play streaming audio, go check out Radio Peasprout. I only broadcast sporadically, as I am hosting the station on my computer, but from time to time I sign in and play songs. Such as this one:
Currently Playing: Link Wray – Rumble
(Odds are I’m not streaming Link Wray right now, so you will have to click the “currently playing” link to open the mp3 in your browser.)
This is one of my favorite songs, ever. It was regularly heard blaring from the stereo of my Thunderbird as I cruised the moonlit streets of turn-of-the-century Oakland. Wow, it feels weird to write that. In fact, everything about this post seems out of time. The epigraph is from Kraftwerk, and reads like an archaic document, though it was vastly futuristic sounding when released. The song, from 1958, playing in a 1962 vehicle, is utterly incongruous with the streets of Oakland in the year 2000. Even the concept of radio– that medium which predates even television, now being ushered into the digital age– makes for an even greater temporal jumble.
This is widely considered to be the song that invented the heavy metal sound. You can certainly hear the roots of the genre in the trembling, distorted guitar riffs, and heavy has to be one of the first words that comes to mind when trying to describe the sound. The song was written to emulate the feel of a gang fight, hence the title. It made it to #16 on Billboard’s pop music chart, and would likely have gone higher, but was banned in some markets for being “too suggestive.” It is the only instrumental song to have ever been banned for that reason. Go impress your friends with that interesting bit of trivia.
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thanks for taking my radio request. gotta love django!
toxic by britney spears… is this what you mean by request? or is it that “with fries” request???
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Hm – I cn’t listen at work (no streamg allwd!) – it’s a crime. & my connection is jckd at home. How vry sad for me. No PSprt Radio !! :(
In other news – Peasprout is nvr on AIM. Altho, this is smthg else I’m not allwd to do at work. So maybe tht’s why I nvr see you ! ~PK
radio’s sounding good! listened for about 15 minutes – iTunes rebuffered only once.
I remember tuning into radio pea while you did an all night repeats of George Michael’s latest single, and I thought that was really cool. I’ve always like GM and thought father figure was a really cool song.
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