Renzie's 100 Songs: Retro Trip

One fine Tuesday afternoon, I find myself doing some cleaning at home, sorting out through some stuff and trying to figure which stuff I'm taking with me to Los Angeles, and which ones to get rid of.

I felt retro-ish today, so I cued up some oldies on my player. So here are a hundred songs you might actually like as well if you're into a variety of 60's and 70's stuff- though looking at the list now, it seems there are more 70's stuff on this playlist.

Enjoy!

1. 10CC - I'm Not In Love
2. ABBA - Take A Chance On Me
3. America - Sister Golden Hair
   
4. Argent - Hold Your Head Up
5. Bachman Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care of Business
6. The Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
   
7. The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
8. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love
   
9. Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law
10. David Bowie - Fame
11. Blood, Sweat and Tears - Spinning Wheel
12. Blue Magic - Sideshow
13. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
14. Boston - More Than A Feeling
15. Brownsville Station - Smoking In The Boys' Room
16. Steve Carlisle - WKRP in Cincinatti
17. Chad and Jeremy - Before and After
    
18. Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
19. Chicago - Saturday In The Park
20. Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right
21. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
22. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
23. Pablo Cruise - Worlds Away
    
24. Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It?)
25. The Doobie Brothers - Jesus Is Just Alright With Me
26. The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets
27. The Edgar Wynter Group - Free Ride
    
28. Exile - Kiss You All Over
29. Firefall - Always
30. Flash and the Pan - And The Band Played On (Down Among The Dead Men)
    
31. Free - All Right Now
32. Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up, Part 1
33. Dobie Gray - Drift Away
    
34. Al Green - Let's Stay Together
    
35. Nick Gilder - Hot Child In The City
36. Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City
    
37. Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds - Fallin' In Love
    
38. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
39. Heart - Barracuda
    
40. Heatwave - Mind Blowing Decisions
41. The Hollies - Bus Stop
42. Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
43. Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
    
44. The Ides of March - Vehicle
45. The Isley Brothers - Fight The Power
46. Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
    
47. Jigsaw - Sky High
48. Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breakin' My Heart
49. KC & The Sunshine Band - My Boogie Shoes
    
50. Carole King - You're So Vain
51. Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
52. Led Zeppelin - The Immigrant Song
    
53. Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
    
54. Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
55. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
    
56. The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreaming
57. Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis
    
58. Malo - Suavecito
59. The Marshall Tucker Band - Last of the Singing Cowboys
60. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
    
61. Paul McCartney and the Wings - Band On The Run
    
62. Paul McCartney and the Wings - Silly Love Songs
63. Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
64. MFSB ft The Three Degrees - T.S.O.P.
65. Van Morrison King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight
    
66. David Naughton - Makin' It
    
67. The New Beats - I Like Bread and Butter
68. The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
69. The Nylons - Duke of Earl
70. Odyssey - Native New Yorker
    
71. Ocean - Put Your Hand In The Hand
    
72. The O'Jays - For The Love of Money
73. The O'Jays - I Love Music
74. Parliament - Give Up The Funk
75. The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
76. Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - Young Girl
    
77. Ram Jam - Black Betty
78. Rare Earth - I Just Wanna Celebrate
79. Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find
    
80. Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)
81. Rhythm Heritage - The Theme from S.W.A.T.
82. Santana - Evil Ways
83. Sniff N' The Tears - Driver's Seat
84. The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
85. Spiral Starecase - Our Day Will Come
    
86. The Stampeders - Sweet City Woman
87. Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
88. Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
    
89. Sutherland Brothers and Quiver - Arms of Mary
    
90. Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen
91. T-Rex - 20th Century Boy
    
92. Tower of Power - So Very Hard To Go
93. The Turtles - Happy Together
94. Vanity Fair - Hitching A Ride
    
95. The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
96. WAR - Why Can't We Be Friends?
97. Bill Withers - Lovely Day
    
98. Stevie Wonder - As
99. Stevie Wonder - I Wish
100. Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
     

Wanna know what Renzie is listening to right now? Welcome to "Renzie's 100 Songs"- a special feature on "My Thoughts In Stereo" featuring a hundred songs currently playing on Renzie's digital music player- a little over 7 hours worth of great tuneage to set the mood for whatever it is you need to get done.

Share your list by emailing Renzie, or by posting a list of your own via a comment.

Cheers, everyone!

Damn These International Licensing Issues

"We're sorry, but this video is unavailable in your country."

Reviewing bits of this particular blog of mine, "My Thoughts In Stereo: Renzie on Music", has revealed a truly annoying trend. As you all know, I have a number of blog posts which incorporates video- so thanks to other music fans all over the world posting their favorites on video-sharing services such as YouTube, AoL Music and other sites, this is all very much possible.

Lately, however, and more particularly on some of my posts I've written while I was in Los Angeles, I've noticed that I couldn't play back some of my embedded videos- mostly due to restraints on certain pieces which cannot be played outside the United States.

So anyway, here I am trying to make my blog more world-friendly, fixing whatever broken links I find, or trying to find alternate links or sites to videos that can, apparently, only be played in the US.

If you've been reading through my blog, and for some reason, come across some video that can't be played or follow a link that can't get you what you want- please do let me know. I realize I may have quite a bit of work going on then.

Cheers, everyone.

Last Song Syndrome: Fergie ft Ludacris - "Glamorous" (2007)

Man, I love this song. It is, for me, Fergie's best piece of work thus far.

For me, it's memories of soaking in the hot tub at this one particular hotel I stayed in, playing this song over and over 'til I got me enough of the lyrics right to sing to it.

Anyway- lately, some family flew on in from Canada for my brother's wedding- and wouldn't you know it? The lucky ducks get bumped up to first class for their 16+ hour flight from Toronto to Hong Kong. The furthest I ever got upgraded was to Business Class :).

So here we have "Glamorous", the third single released from Fergie's debut solo project, The Dutchess- after "London Bridge" and "Fergalicious", and right before "Big Girls Don't Cry".

Produced by Polow Da Don, "Glamorous" was a massive worldwide hit- in terms of radio airplay, downloads, album sales and saw some really hot rotation on music video channels.

As far as I'm concerned though, it's my all-time favorite Fergie jam, and it's still in my player today.

So check it out, ladies and gentlemen, and sing along to some of Fergie's "The Glamorous Life".


Fergie ft. Ludacris "Glamorous" (2007)

Are you ready? Yeah. Polow da Don. It's Fergie!
If you ain't got no money take your broke ass home
You say: If you ain't got no money take your broke ass home
G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S, yeah
G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S

We flyin' first class
Up in the sky
Poppin' champagne
Livin' the life
From the fast lane
And I wont change
By the Glamorous, oh the flossy flossy

The glamorous,
The glamorous, glamorous (the glamorous life)
By the Glamorous, oh the flossy flossy
The glamorous,
The glamorous, glamorous (the glamorous life)
By the Glamorous, oh the flossy flossy

Wear them gold and diamonds rings
All them things don't mean a thing
Chaperons and limousines
Shopping for expensive things
I be on the movie screens
Magazines and bougie scenes
I'm not clean, I'm not pristine
I'm no queen, I'm no machine

I still go to Taco Bell
Drive through, raw as hell
I don't care, I'm still real
No matter how many records I sell
After the show or after the Grammies
I like to go cool out with the family
Sippin', reminiscing on days when I had a Mustang
And now I'm in...

First class
Up in the sky
Poppin' champagne
Livin' the life
From the fast lane
And I wont change
By the Glamorous, oh the flossy flossy

The glamorous,
The glamorous, glamorous (the glamorous life)
By the Glamorous, oh the flossy flossy
The glamorous,
The glamorous, glamorous (the glamorous life)
By the Glamorous, oh the flossy flossy

[Ludacris:]
I'm talking Champagne wishes, caviar dreams
You deserve nothing but all the finer things
Now this whole world has no clue what to do with us
I've got enough money in the bank for the two of us
Plus I gotta keep enough lettuce
To support your shoe fetish
Lifestyles so rich and famous
Robin Leach will get jealous
Half a million for the stones
Taking trips from here to Rome
So if you ain't got no money take your broke ass home

G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S, yeah
G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S

We flyin' first class
Up in the sky
Poppin' champagne
Livin' the life
In the fast lane
And I wont change
By the Glamorous, oh the flossy flossy

The glamorous,
The glamorous, glamorous (the glamorous life)
By the Glamorous, oh the flossy flossy
The glamorous,
The glamorous, glamorous (the glamorous life)
By the Glamorous, oh the flossy flossy

I got problems up to here
I've got people in my ear
Telling me these crazy things
That I don't want to know (fuck y'all)
I've got money in the bank
And I'd really like to thank
All the fans, I'd like to thank
Thank you really though

Cause I remember yesterday
When I dreamt about the days
When I'd rock on MTV, that be really dope
Damn, It's been a long road
And the industry is cold
I'm glad my daddy told me so, he let his daughter know.
(If you ain't got no money, get yo' broke ass home)
I'm glad my daddy told me so,
(If you ain't got no money, get yo' broke ass home)
He let his daughter know.
(If you ain't got no money, get yo' broke ass home)
I'm glad my daddy told me so,
(If you ain't got no money, get yo' broke ass home)
He let his daughter know.

Video from Jack2102 on YouTube. Wanna read more about Fergie and her work? Check out her entry on Wikipedia, or even better- check out her official website.

Can't get that song out of your head? Then check out more of Renzie's Last Song Syndrome Project, the only blog service dedicated to getting that persistent tune out of your system- by giving you lots more of it!

Cheers, everyone!