Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in iTunes and list the first ten songs that play. Here are the ten tunes I heard today with a personal story about one of them.
- Position of Power - 50 Cent
- Awake - Godsmack
- Unexplainable Hunger - Classified
- Magic Johnson - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Ball & Chain - Big Mama Thornton
- Betterman - Pearl Jam
- Beat It Upright - Korn
- Woman From Tokyo - Deep Purple
- Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
- ATWA - System of a Down
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I heard a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" on Q107. It was by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, a California band I knew nothing about. I picked up Mother's Milk and gave it a spin.
It was frenetic fun from the get go, it just made me feel good. It was a play through too, and one of my favourite tracks on the disc was "Magic Johnson". It was a manic tribute to the best player on their basketball team and it had spunk. Many point to Blood Sugar Sex Magik as their breakthrough disc, but I believe it's Mother's Milk behind such tunes as the Wonder cover, "Knock Me Down", "Taste The Pain" and "Good Time Boys".
I eventually saw them live and they didn't disappoint. This band's a keeper.
