Sex Machine

LP of the day is Sex Machine by James Brown! CMON!


"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" (usually known as just "Sex Machine") is a funk song recorded by James Brown in 1970 and released as a two-part single on King Records.
"Sex Machine" was one of the first songs Brown recorded with his new band, The J.B.'s. In comparison with his 1960s soul hits such as "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" and "Cold Sweat", it is notable for the de-emphasis of the horn section. Instead, the song centers on the insistent riff played by brothers Bootsy and Catfish Collins on bass and guitar and Jabo Starks on drums, along with the call and response interplay between Brown and Bobby Byrd's vocals.

The original single version of "Sex Machine" begins with a brief spoken dialogue between Brown and the members of his band, which was recreated (with minor variations) in live performances:

"Fellas, I'm ready to get up and do my thing! (Yeah! That's right! Do it!) I want to get into it, man, you know? (Go ahead! Yeah!) Like a, like a sex machine, man, (Yeah!) movin', doin' it, y'know? (Yeah!) Can I count it off? (Okay! Alright!) One, two, three, four!"

The song's freeform lyrics consist mostly of Brown's exhortations to "Get up / stay on the scene / like a sex machine" along with Byrd's regular shouts of "Get on up." The piece is harmonically static, aside from a move to the subdominant on the bridge.

In 2004, "Sex Machine" was ranked number 326 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

Other versions

Brown recorded two reworkings of the original: One for his 1970 live album Sex Machine (the studio version appeared on the 1996 compilation Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang) and a disco-friendly re-recording (featuring lyrics such as "I'm going to the discotheque", and self references other popular songs and dances of the time) re-titled "Sex Machine Parts I and II" for his 1975 album Sex Machine Today. In the early 1990's, he did an adapted version for Japan's Miso Soup commercials. 

The Flying Lizards recorded a successful cover of "Sex Machine" in 1984 which appeared on their album Top Ten.

In 1986 the Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono and his band F.O.E. recorded vocal and instrumental cover versions of "Sex Machine" for the album F.O.E. #1: Sex, Energy and Star. The instrumental version featured a guest solo by Brown's longtime saxophonist Maceo Parker.

Making Movies

Making Movies is the third album by English rock band Dire Straits, released in 1980.
The title of the album comes from a line in the song "Skateaway" and the unreleased song "Making Movies". Rolling Stone ranked the album #52 in their survey of the "100 Best Albums of the 80s". Making Movies was the biggest selling album in Italy in 1981 with one million copies; in Europe the album sold 3.8 million copies.
It was remastered and released with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 for most of the world outside the U.S. and on September 19, 2000 in the United States.
The songs "Making Movies" and "Suicide Towers" were recorded during the sessions and were never officially released. They do however appear on bootlegs.

The popular singer, guitarist, composer and leader, has cleared the ideas and decides to push in the direction of success, without compromising on quality. And 'mature as a composer and musician, but also as a manager of his talent. A talent and ambition that in later years would have led to self-produced discs of the Straits, as well as to produce work of others (Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Aztec Camera, Tina Turner, etc..): The road to success for Ours is a relatively late begun, almost 30 years, but has been a dizzying speed, so that in the mid 80s the character showed signs of slowing down, choosing to pass on their ideas for the most side-projects, away from the spotlight and dall'insulso world of heavy rotation (but not before he made ​​money hand over fist, selling tens of millions of records).
"Making Movies" then is the son of the most explosive phase of the ambitious and career Knopfler. Not surprisingly, the rhythm guitarist of the Straits, which is the little brother David, has moved away just when recording this album, apparently as a result of quarrels and misunderstandings with Mark, whose dominant figure and whose talents were probably incompatible with the despotic relationship of kin within the group.

The lyrics, from the beginning, are now 'universal' and more removed from direct personal experience of the author. At the base there are always hints of Dire Straits roots: the country-blues J. J. Cale, Springsteen ballads, echoes Dylaniani, guitar, and of excellent quality. But the music has evolved, perhaps a bit 'at the expense of simplicity and freshness in a fine mainstream rock, the kind that' infect 'the listener quickly. Credit goes to the production of solid Jimmy Iovine (who produced for Patti Smith, Tom Petty and many other tutelary deities in the 80s), which highlights the sounds, adds some splash of Hammond organ and piano, the guitar and makes a bit 'more aggressive and persuasive.

Explosive mix: perfect to enliven an evening in a pub on the road, or even to listen with headphones in your bedroom. The album is a hit (at the time, sells a lot in Italy) and has the merit to enrich the world of rock - after the historic "Sultans Of Swing" - with a couple of classics made ​​by Dire Straits' Tunnel of Love "and" Romeo and Juliet ".

Lioness: Hidden Treasures

This is the posthumous album by Amy Winehouse, entitled Lioness: Hidden Treasures. The album is strongly desired by the producers of Amy and her family, collects 12 unreleased tracks from old records never recorded and covers of existing songs.
Published December 2nd, 2011 by Island. The album contains previously unreleased tracks and demos collected by Mark Ronson, Salaam Remi and family of the singer, including the first single, Body and Soul, with Tony Bennett.

Just the artist's father died prematurely in August 2011, said the release of this recording work of her daughter: "If this album was not up to the other two, we would not have allowed the publication, but instead is the best tribute to Amy's artistic greatness. "


Curiosity: The fifth track on the album, Like Smoke, initially was not called in this way. In fact, the original tracklist of the album (which today is seen primarily in the album itself) the song was called "Never Wanted You (To Be My Man)".

Let's be honest: there is someone who truly believes that this remains the only posthumous disc of Amy Winehouse as has been repeatedly stated to the press? Killing is business and business is fine Agnostic Front said.

Amy has never been my favorite artist, but some songs I liked and listened.
After her death came out since I bought this album and also the previous one decided to buy this too.
When I put it on the turntable to hear I was really impressed.
Although we have made ​​a lot of controversy over her, because consuming alcohol and drugs, there is no denying it was a great singer.