Tuesday, February 11, 2025

The Last Great Rock Record?

From 1989, please behold in breathless wonder the much-missed (i.e., where's he been lately?) Tone Lōc and his immortal party classic "Funky Cold Medina."

Oh god, that's just perfect; hilarious lyrics, the cowbell digitally lifted from "Honky-Tonk Women," and those sampled guitars (from Foreigner and Kiss, primarily) which work together like a charm.

Serioiusly, first time I heard that I thought I'd gone to rock-and-roll heaven, and I'm only half-kidding about it being the last great etc.

The irony, of course, is that technically it's a rap record, but that's a subject for a whole 'nother time. 😎

9 comments:

  1. In my prime, I seem to recall I recorded several rap records under the moniker “Tone Def” which, inexplicably, were not well received.
    Perhaps because of the album title: “White Bread, Half-Baked”.

    Jai Guru Dave

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    1. Okay, that made me expel iced tea onto my computer screen. 😎

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  2. Mission accomplished.

    Jai Guru Dave

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  3. My rap names are gonna be MC Squared or Otto von Biz Markie

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  4. Now to totally offend everyone:

    MC Moose Cock!

    Captain Al

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  5. Oh, wow! I've always cherished this track as a guilty pleasure. Thanks for affirming that. Here's one for you:
    https://remix.audio/track/20634/dj-schmolli-fire-smoke-and-tone-loc-2008

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