{"id":38,"date":"2007-04-17T17:35:07","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T22:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efsavage.com\/blog\/posts\/musical_addiction\/"},"modified":"2011-06-22T07:30:40","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T11:30:40","slug":"musical_addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/posts\/musical_addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every once in a while, I (and probably most of you) get addicted to a song or album.  The day just isn&#8217;t complete without hearing it a few times.  I&#8217;m currently addicted to a possibly-record 4.  It&#8217;s also very interesting that all 4 songs are available for free, legitimately!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Truth Is&#8221; and &#8220;Uncle Sam Goddamn&#8221;, both by Brother Ali, who seems to be the second best artist on the Rhymesayers label, behind Atmosphere.  Nice beats, plus Ali&#8217;s a very talented rapper, and an interesting fellow, a mixed-race albino who&#8217;s found himself in an extremely race-conscious industry\/genre.  You can hear both songs at <a href=\"http:\/\/brotherali.com\/\">brotherali.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other two are remixes by Ratatat (apparently unsigned), who I came across a while back when someone used them for a World of Warcraft video.  &#8220;Party and Bullshit&#8221; by Notorious B.I.G, and &#8220;The Mule&#8221; by Z-re, Devin the Dude &#038; Juvenile.  Both are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/myspace.com\/ratatatmusic\">myspace.com\/ratatatmusic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So this made me think of the albums (not songs, there&#8217;s been too many) that I&#8217;ve been addicted to over the years.  I&#8217;m going to set a threshold here of at least 3 months of compulsive daily listening.  Albums I just happened to have left in my CD player for too long don&#8217;t count either.  This means that there aren&#8217;t many, because it&#8217;s rare to be hooked for a week, never mind 12.  I&#8217;m actually surprised there&#8217;re even this many, but then again, I am getting old.  Note: I&#8217;m not making any claims to the objective Greatness of the albums on this list, though some are (OK Computer, Odelay), and some are clearly not (Fine Malt Lyrics).  It&#8217;s just that these are the ones that stuck the longest, for me, when thrown against the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Check your Head by the Beastie Boys<br \/>\nBlack Sunday by Cypress Hill<br \/>\nFine Malt Lyrics by House of Pain<br \/>\nDirt by Alice in Chains<br \/>\nMurder Ballads by Nick Cave &#038; the Bad Seeds<br \/>\nOdelay by Beck<br \/>\nDig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers<br \/>\nOK Computer by Radiohead<br \/>\nAmnesiac by Radiohead<br \/>\nReanimation by Linkin Park<br \/>\nSeven&#8217;s Travels by Atmosphere<\/p>\n<p>Current: None.<\/p>\n<p>What are yours?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not making any claims to the objective Greatness of the albums on this list, &#8230; it&#8217;s just that these are the ones that stuck the longest, for me, when thrown against the wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[284,285],"series":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-brother-ali","tag-ratatat"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1AkJt-C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}