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. 😎

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

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

steve simels said...

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

Anonymous said...

Mission accomplished.

Jai Guru Dave

steve simels said...

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

Sal Nunziato said...

MC 900 Ft. Nunziato

steve simels said...

Heh.😎

Allan Rosenberg said...

Now to totally offend everyone:

MC Moose Cock!

Captain Al

steve simels said...

Yipes.