Week Ninety-One: Workout Tunes - Blink-182 - "All the Small Things" - Enema of the State

Many years ago, I invested in a Sansa/SanDisk/SlotRadio mp3 player that arrived with an SD-card pre-loaded with 1000 songs. As an added bonus, they even arranged the songs into playlists, one such playlist being Workout Tunes. Since I have kept true to my New Year's resolution of walking around White Rock Lake, I have been making use of these Workout Tunes and will share a few with you this week:

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I will start today's post by telling you that the first Blink-182 song that I ever heard was "M+M's" back in the early 90's (included below the lyrics). Therefore, when I heard "All the Small Things", I could hardly believe that it was the same band. It was unnerving, in fact! Their original punk sound had turned so tame and poppy...

When I was walking around the lake, however, I realized that pop-punk provides a fantastic soundtrack for working out, and I totally understand why they chose to add today's song to that playlist.

Another Blink-182 song that appears on the Alternative playlist is "I Miss You", so I will include that one for you today too...

All the, small things

True care, truth brings

I'll take, one lift

Your ride, best trip

Always, I know

You'll be at my show

Watching, waiting, commiserating

Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home

Na, na...

Late night, come home

Work sucks, I know

She left me roses by the stairs, surprises let me know she cares

Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home

Na, na...

Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home

Keep your head still, I'll be your thrill, the night will go on, my little windmill

Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home

Keep your head still, I'll be your thrill, the night will go on, my little windmill

Week Ninety: Bow Wow Wow - "Where's My Snake?" - The Best of Bow Wow Wow

Today, I'm just going to give you a hodge-podge mix-up of some of my other favorites by Bow Wow Wow. There is no real rhyme or reason to these selections, other than the fact that I like them. In addition to "Where's My Snake?", I'll also include "Golly! Golly! Go Buddy!" and "What's the Time? (Hey Buddy)"...Finally, I'll leave you with their super-amazing cover of The Smiths tune, "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish"...

Also, I'm going to include a scan of the first page of the Best of CD liner notes, as well as one of my favorite pics of Annabella:

Since this was a previously unreleased track, before making it onto the Best of CD, there are no readily available lyrics online, but you still should be able to enjoy the song just the same without them!!! :-D

Week Ninety: Bow Wow Wow - "C30, C60, C90 Go" - The Best of Bow Wow Wow

So, yes, I am borrowing today's post from the post that I made about The Buzzcocks, but that's because the story applies to today's song, as well... I'll expand more in a bit:

Before my senior year of high school, I saved all of my money from “the deli” and sent myself to England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. I had three primary goals for my trip: (a) to purchase a pair of Docs from the Doc Marten Factory; (b) to acquire as much music memorabilia as my budget would allow; (c) to drink as much ale as I could get my grubby little seventeen-year-old hands on. I accomplished all three of my tasks and even managed to fall in love with a Scottish lad while there – well, it was more like drunken infatuation, but it felt like love at the time.

Prior to my departure, I made myself at least five or so mixed tapes because I knew that the plane ride was going to be looooooooong! We landed in Ireland and hopped a tour bus to the tiny town of Killarney, which was actually the birthplace of many of the Irish Roman Catholic nuns who taught me in elementary school. We quickly made the acquaintance of some Irish teens, who were enjoying some ale in a local pub, who were right around our age, and who were fascinated by America and American bands. So you know what I did? I reached into my backpack and handed them all five or so of my mixed tapes.

The next day on the tour bus, while nursing a killer hangover, I deeply regretted my alcohol-induced decision – well, more so, the fact that I did not at least hang onto one cassette for myself. Eventually, we had to stop for petrol, and the fuel station where we stopped had an amazing music section. I picked up this double cassette of UK 80s hits in this awesomely packaged cover unlike anything I had ever seen in the States.

Well, it was on that same double cassette of UK 80s hits that I first heard today's song, "C30, C60, C90 Go"... Yet another favorite that was on the same double cassette was "Go Wild in the Country", which I will also include for you today; however, before I depart, I will share with you a snippet of the write-up on Bow Wow Wow from the Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music:

Every day I get a brand new show

off TV record and radio

I breeze with the sleaze on my cassette

'cause I got the affirmative

C30 C60 C90 Go

C30 C60 C90 Go

C30 C60

C30 C60 C90 Go

30 60 90 Go

A bit bam-boogie and a booga-rooga

my cassette's just like a bazooka

a bligger a blagger a blippity-blop

well I'm going down to the record shop

Yeah!

And the boss said

"LP, single, picture cover or plain

I've got all the hits and all the big names

I've got biggest discounts in my store

if you buy three records, I'll give you four"

C30 C60 C90 Go

off the radio I get a constant flow

hit it, pause it, record it and play

turn it, rewind, and rub it away

C30 C60 C90 Go

C30 C60 C90 Go

C30 C60 C90 Go

C30 C60

C30 C60 C90 Go

30 60 90 Go

It used to break my heart when I went in your shop

and you said my records were out of stock

so I don't buy records in your shop

now I tape them all, 'cause I'm Top of the Pops!

Yeah!

Now I got a new way to move

it's shiny and black and don't need a groove

now I don't need no album rack

I carry my collection over my back

C30 C60 C90 Go

off the radio I get a constant flow

hit it, pause it, record it and play

turn it, rewind, and rub it away

Policeman stopped me in my tracks

said "Hey you, you can't tape that

you're under arrest 'cause it's illegal"

So I shoved him off and blew his whistle

I'm a pirate and I keep my loot

So I blew him out with my bazooka

C30 C60 C90 Go

off the radio I get a constant flow

hit it, pause it, record it and play

turn it, rewind, and rub it away

You're rich enough to have a record collection

I'll bring my bazooka round for inspection

Sometimes it better get hit twice as fast

so I press my playback to make it last

I breeze with the sleaze on my cassette

I've got the affirmative

C30 C60 C90 Go

off the radio I get a constant flow

hit it, pause it, record it and play

turn it, rewind, and rub it away

C30 C60 C90 Go

C30 C60 C90 Go

C30 C60 C90 Go

C30 360

C30 C60 C90 Go

30 60 90 Go