Friday and the Random 10 (50% New Edition)

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Friday and the Random 10 (I'm Running Edition)

Welcome to a new and improved, simplified and stripped down Random 10! 

Here's a picture.

But seriously I never run.

Friday and the Random 10 (Apartment Finale Edition)

Yeah, I know it has been awhile but I have been dealing with the culmination of the whole bad apartment management scenario. Basically, I wouldn't put up with their condescending (and anti-white person) attitude and just moved out. Me and a good friend were wanting to be in a house again, found one we liked, and moved in over the last two weeks. Sawyer Estates can suck it!

So now I am trying to get back into the normal routine around here, and that starts with music! 

Friday and the Random 10 (Refurbishment Edition)

So another week has gone by and I finally get to my new days off. I switched from Tues/Wed to Fri/Sat. I also went to all morning shifts in an effort to be able to do as much blogging as I can. 

The bad news though is that when I get back on Sunday it is the last day of steam trains for six weeks. Yeah, it's the refurbishment time of the year. Instead, I will be hanging with Mickey and Tinkerbell in the Town Square Theater (TST), while trying to save the whole park from that villain Hades over at Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom (SOMK). Yeah, I'll be using a lot of vacation time in the next six weeks...

But for now, I have a Random 10 to do. Looking back at last week I see that Chicago joined RW on Exile Island. Yeah it's a new thing, inspired obviously by Survivor.

As usual the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top.

Here we go...

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1) Faith No More/Crack Hitler - I have no idea. I'm not really familiar with any of their stuff past their first album.

2) Styx/Witch Wolf - Bet you've never heard of this one. Be thankful. Very early stuff (before Tommy Shaw) from an album that made completely no sense to me. I do plan to cover all their albums on Music Monday when I am done with all the Yes.

3) Dream Theater/Trial of Tears - Like I said before it's a little heavier than I like my prog, but I could get into them I think if I took more time to listen.

4) Styx/I Am the Walrus - Well, my boys go and get themselves banned. Beatles remake obviously, but I think they did a good job of it. Enjoy the video:

5) Camel/Arubaluba - Album cover winner because, hey a train:

6) Michael Jackson/Leave Me Alone - Wow, that's two weeks in a row. Enjoy another messed up video:

Okay I just watched that whole thing.

7) The Moody Blues/The Voyage - Old school, eerie sounding stuff from them. Moody is right. Most of their stuff sounds like a soundtrack from a dream. Ooh, I like the way that sounds.

8) Chicago/An Hour in the Shower

8) Trans-Siberian Orchestra/Christmas Dreams - Well it is officially fall right?

9) Utada Hikaru/Sanctuary - Wow, yeah. You gamers will know this one. Love this song from Kingdom Hearts II.

10) Ratt/Dangerous But Worth the Risk - Exactly.

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And there we have it. Chicago tried to sneak back in but the Tarkus took care of them. Banned for another week, but they have some company in Styx (who was originally based in Chicago BTW). RW is now free to join his tribe. The STCS for this week is Tom Petty/Here Comes My Girl. Good ole southern boy there.

As always, stay cool and dry wherever you are, and Roll Tide!

Play us out!

Friday and the Random 10 (Viggle Edition)

I have been playing around with this app called Viggle. Some of you may know about it already. Apparently you can earn points just for watching TV that you can redeem for gift cards and such. I haven't gotten that far just yet, but I have noticed that it also has a music option that will identify what you are playing for points as well. Been using that on my drive to and from work. Figured I might as well use it here as well. Points are points right?

Well anyway, looking back at last week I see there was a lot of activity. The Beatles got the monthly ban, and Mr. Pina Colada-burg got Tarkus'd so we won't be seeing him this week either (I have no idea how to make the tilde over the "n"). As always the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top.

Let's Viggle away!

1) Van Halen/Girl Gone Bad - Yeah that's the way to start off. Classic album cover:

2) Ratt/Back for More - Oh it looks like we're rockin' this week.

3) Billy Joel/The Longest Time - Well at least it was still in the 80's.

4) Camel/Drafted - Wow, Viggle identified this before I could figure it out who it was. I still love their sound.

5) The Beatles/Tell Me Why

5) Kansas/The Pinnacle - Completely epic. No one does music like this anymore.

6) Chicago/Where Do We Go From Here - Now this is some old school stuff back when they were still hippies.

7) Casting Crowns/Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me) - Wow, it's been a long time since they've shown up.

8) Styx/Kiss Your Ass Goodbye - Okay apparently Viggle doesn't work too well with live versions. Sounds crappy anyway.

9) Steve Howe/Never Stop Learning - Viggle had a hard time with this demo but it eventually matched it. Yes, this demo did end up on ABWH as Brother of Mine.

10) Jimi Hendrix/May This Be Love - Believe it or not I'm not very familiar with a lot of his stuff. Working on changing that.

Well there it is. The Fab Four tried but the Tarkus got them. Everything else was pretty cool. The STCS this week is Jimmy Buffett/Creola Err, umm, no. I'm going to ignore that and go with the next one which is Jimi Hendrix/Purple Haze. Much better, but now Jimi can't show up next week. Ugh. That's the way it goes.

As always stay cool and dry central Florida, and Roll Tide!

Play us out magnificently boys!

Friday and the Random 10

Well another week has passed us by, but you know what that means! It's Friday! And time to be random! Don't worry, I'm not going to end every sentence with an exclamation point! Oops, I mean "." Anyway, looking back at last week, I see that Def Leppard got banned. As usual, the rules and whatnot are over there → to the right.

Here we go!

1) Across The Universe/Soundtrack (Across the Universe) - I mean it wasn't Sgt Peppers with the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton (what is?), but it was a decent movie.

2) The Alan Parsons Project/Can't Take It With You - You know, in their off time from building that giant death laser on the moon.

3) The Alan Parsons Project/What Goes Up... - And we have our first banning of the day. Too bad cuz I like them.

4) Def Leppard/Hell Raiser Yes/Clear Days - The Tarkus has eliminated its target, allowing Yes to proceed. I have previously covered this song and album here.

5) ELO/Julie Don't Live Here Anymore - Did you ever buy a record and end up liking the bonus track/B-side more? This was the case with both of the singles from their album Time. And this song didn't even make the album.

6) Van Halen/You Really Got Me - Anyone else notice they did a lot of remakes of other people's stuff?

7) Jimmy Buffet/Who's The Blonde Stranger - Oh Jimmy and your comedic ways...

8) Ratt/Way Cool Jr. - Yes I am and welcome to the party pal!

9) Thomas Dolby/I Love You Goodbye - This is how I feel about a lot of things lately. Good song.

10) ABBA/Take a Chance on Me - Move along. Nothing to see here. Ignore the women in go-go boots behind the curtain.

So there we go. Alan Parsons shows up and gets banned while Def Leppard tries to sneak back in but got Tarkus'd. The STCS for this week is Yes/Soft as a Dove. Does that get them banned? I'm going to say yes to Yes for doing two wimpy songs. I love you goodbye (see what I did there?). Anyway, stay cool central Florida, and Roll Tide!

I love this song.