15 posts tagged “boyz”
Two new remixes of M.I.A.'s song, "Boyz" from Kala have come out recently. Both of the remixes just add vocals to the song, and they both mention Barack Obama.
Jay-Z's remix seems very anti-war, which is fine with me. M.I.A. also has some additional vocals on this version of "Boyz" ...
Wale added some vocals to "Boyz", too. Here is his version ...
Here is another version of the song, "Get It Up" by Radioclit, featuring M.I.A. and Santogold. This version has vocals by Esau Mwamwaya instead of a rap by Gorilla Zoe (which is on the other version, here).
Here is a clip of the song, "Shells", which M.I.A.'s fans have been waiting on for a long time. The song was supposedly done by M.I.A. and Diplo (I think), and it sounds like a lot of fun.
http://84.45.101.210/mp3/XLCD281X-N.mp3 - you have to download it because it is a stream of music, not an actual mp3.
The problem I have with this clip is how sped up the vocals are. I hope that is a mistake because I don't like sped up vocals like that. However, the song is fun to listen to. "Shells" will finally be released on the re-released version of Kala, which is already available on some sites, I think.
In other news, Britney Spears has a new expensive video for her song, "Womanizer". The video looks very slick so that's good for her. The song is catchy enough. I am amazed at how many remixes of Womanizer are already floating around the internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-23EToh43M
I am sure there will be a higher quality version of the video above soon, but that's all I could find for right now.
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If you are wanting to watch a movie with the Netflix movie viewer, and you are using the Firefox 3 browser, the movie viewer will not work in the browser since it only works with Internet Explorer. However, you can install the IE tab add-on into Firefox 3, right-click on the movie's link, and choose the option, "open with IE tab", or something like that. Then, it will work perfectly and you will still be using Firefox 3 instead of Internet Explorer (the worst browser ever!).
Here is a link to the IE tab add-on for Firefox 3 ...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419
Here are two funny YouTube videos that feature Joan Rivers . . .
Cliff Richard is also in the above video.
Here is a video of Joan Rivers on the British version of "The View". She talks some smack about Russell Crowe, and she doesn't realize that they don't have a 5-second delay for the purpose of censorship on the show ...
I hate censorship and love the Freedom of Speech so I think it is great that Joan Rivers did this. Russell Crowe probably is an asshole. I hate his movies.
Here are two new (to me) M.I.A. remixes by Instinct (MySpace for Instinct) ...
The two photos of M.I.A. were taken by Mike Schreiber (and altered by me, of course).
A nice person emailed me this song. I had never heard it before, but a friend of mine would always tell me about it because she liked it. It's not bad. I have posted about it before.
Laura Hoch - My Town (Download)
This is from an album called "Call It What You Want This is Antifolk".
In other news aka M.I.A. news, Diplo posted two other versions of the song he did with M.I.A., "Paper Planes", for the album, Kala. You can listen to the songs, download them, and read about them at his Mad Decent blog here.
Here they are, too, just in case ...
M.I.A. - Paper Planes (Original Chorus version) [DOWNLOAD]
M.I.A. - Paper Planes (Gauchito Version or Guacharaca Mix) [DOWNLOAD]
According to M.I.A.'s MySpace bulletin, on November 3rd she will be in Borders bookstore near Westgate in Austin, TX around 4pm to sign stuff I guess. I am going to buy another copy of Kala for her to sign. Woohoo! She will be performing at Hogg Auditorium on UT campus later that day/night. I hope everything goes according to schedule. This will all be happening on my birthday, which is pretty cool.
Here is a remix of "Boyz" that I downloaded a while back, but I guess I never paid attention to it. It's not bad.
M.I.A. - Boyz (Rene Goulet's Backside Bump) [DOWNLOAD]
Make sure you watch David Letterman tonight if you are an M.I.A. fan. She will probably be at the end of the show, and I don't know what time that will be since the stupid presidential address was on. I hope she doesn't get bumped! If she does, then the universe really is cruel! Ha!
This blog entry about M.I.A.'s samples is pretty cool/informative ...
http://palmsout.blogspot.com/2007/09/sample-wednesday-39-mia.html
That picture is from Palms Out Sounds.
OK, I usually have a couple of songs playing in my head at any moment of the day so I like to post them here so other people can hear them. Most of these are old, but they're still great!
Madonna - Live To Tell (I went out last night and woke up with a mild hangover so this is kind of the song that I think of when I have to get through a bad moment)
I don't know that much about Uffie, but she seems to be associated with lots of cool DJs and fans of "electro" music. She has a MySpace here. She has lots of songs out there, but I am not even sure if you can buy an album by her. There is also a remix page for Uffie here. Here is the song I like by her ...
Uffie - Pop The Glock (and, yes, this song is very old ... but new to me)
Most people may know about this, but just in case they don't ... Fiona Apple's album, Extraordinary Machine, leaked on the internet a long, long time ago. However, it wasn't the album version that leaked, it was the original version by the very talented Jon Brion. Fiona's fans demanded that it be released by Epic, her label(Epic is owned by Sony, I think). They sent apples to Sony's offices in protest. Fiona's songs were placed into the hands of a new producer, Mike Elizondo, who gave the songs a more finished feel. I like both versions of the album, and a couple of the songs stayed the same, such as the title song, "Extraordinary Machine". Here is an article on Wikipedia that details the whole affair. Also, here are the old and new versions of "Better Version of Me" ...
Better Version of Me by Fiona Apple (The unreleased Jon Brion version)
Better Version of Me by Fiona Apple (The album version by producer, Mike Elizondo)
Here is a funny video of Fiona's song, Not About Love, that is also on the album, Extraordinary Machine ...
Another good song by Fiona is her cover of The Beatles' "Across The Universe", which is another good song to listen to if you are hungover. The song is on the soundtrack to the color-bending(I wanted to do a play on the phrase, "gender-bending") movie, Pleasantville.
Fiona Apple - Across The Universe
and the video ...
M.I.A.'s album, Kala, debuted on Billboard's Top Album Chart at #18. Her album came out August 21, 2007 in the U.S. I think she debuted around #39 on the UK chart. I am not sure about that one, though. #18 is great for her on the U.S. chart! Arular didn't get anywhere close to that. I hope she continues to have success without being compromised. Here is a remix of her song, "Boyz", that features Akon.
M.I.A. - Boyz (Akon and Rock City Remix)
I have "oldies" in my head all the time, and one song that has been repeating itself in my head a lot lately is The Shirelles' "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow".
The Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
If you buy M.I.A.'s new album, Kala, at Best Buy, you will get a bonus song, which is the Cavemen remix of Bird Flu. It's very good. Here it is ...
Here are three remixes of "Boyz" ...
M.I.A. - Boyz (The Twelves Remix) ...
M.I.A. - Boyz (Sick to the Back Teeth Remix) ...
M.I.A. - Boyz (Pomme De Terre Remix) ...
Kala came out in America today so buy it! =)
Well, really those two things have nothing in common, except for the fact that they are both released in America on August 21, 2007! Woohoo! Actually, I don't have an XBOX 360 so I don't think I will be able to play BioShock(a game that is supposedly based on an Ayn Rand Utopia gone horribly wrong) when it is released.
However, a trailer for BioShock was one of the first videos I uploaded to YouTube. It wasn't my video. I think I got it off of a site like IGN. I had to divide it up and upload it as two videos because it was so long. It's gotten several views so maybe by talking about BioShock here, I will be able to get some exposure for M.I.A.'s new album, Kala.
Here are the BioShock videos ...
You can download it here.
Here are some M.I.A. remixes I just found recently on Missing Toof ...
M.I.A. - URAQT (Luvtek Remix) ...
M.I.A. - Boyz (Kimono Kops Mix)
M.I.A. - Bucky Done Gun (Risk One B'Fix)
When I am not listening to M.I.A., I listen to a whole lot of Tori Amos(my obsession way before M.I.A.). Here is "Space Dog" from the album, Under The Pink ...
Here is a remix of Boyz and one of Bucky Done Gun by Rock Steady Drew ...
M.I.A. - Boyz (Rock Steady Drew Fight Remix) ... Download ...
M.I.A. - Bucky Done Gun (Rock Steady Drew One Shoe Mix) ... Download ...
Here is the acapella and instrumental versions of M.I.A.'s "Boyz" single for anyone out there who would like to make some remixes out of them. Please share them at http://miafans.co.uk when you are done!
M.I.A. - Boyz (acapella) ... Download