Blam!!

Track Listings

1. Ain't We Funkin' Now

2. So Won't You Stay

3. Blam!!

4. Rocket Countdown/Blastoff

5. Ride-O-Rocket

6. Mista' Cool

7. It's You Girl

8. Streetwave

Blam!!,The Brothers Johnson,A&M,Funk,Pop,Pop/Rock,R&B,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

Blam!!

Tracks:

Pastures of Heaven
David Harley's Son
Fruit Pickers (In Dubious Battle)
Suicidewinder
The Devil and Coltrane Henry
Rattlesnake Moonshine
In The trunk of a Black Lexus
Badmuthafunkster
Bad Day
Gunsligin' Dog

Product Description

I'm Johnny Cash when I'm drinkin', I'm the Clash when I'm thinkin I'm Mad Max when I'm drivin', I'm Mike Diamond when I'm rhymin' I'm Humphrey Bogart when I'm smokin', I'm Bob Marley when I'm tokin And in bed when I'm dreamin I'm a guitar slingin' demon.

Album Description

Produced by Chin Injeti, and full of instantly memorable songs, 'Blam' is 11 tracks recorded in a style that you haven't heard before. Its addictiveness is evident in first-time listeners. One spin is enough to 'get it' and generate an instinctive hunger

Album Details

Produced by Chin Injeti, and Full of Instantly Memorable Songs, "Blam" is 11 Tracks the Likes of which You Ain't Never Heard Before. Its Addictiveness is Evident in First-time Listeners. One Spin is Enough to "Get It" and Generate an Instinctive Hunger for More.

Customer Reviews:

A Rockin' Guilty Pleasure.......2006-07-26

Ridley Bent's "Blam" is an infectious CD which is funny, thoughtful, rockin, cool. The best tracks are the amazing Suicidewinder ("I'm Johnny Cash When I'm Drinking" Etc.) and David Harley's Son (a kind of countrified noir tale). Think Charlie Daniels crossed with Eminem crossed with Rage Against the Machine. Can't imagine it? Listen! It's a blast!

AMAZING CD BY RIDLEY BENT! blam totally rules!.......2006-06-27

Ilove this cd! I've been listening to it all week!
Ridley Bent is so original.and utterly enjoyable!
I love his CD..go buy it!
cheers!

The rebirth of lyricism.......2005-05-21

I have been in a funk over the state of music lately. Too much empty-headed entertainment. No one seems to be able to tell a story any more.

Enter Ridley Bent. I have been hearing his name around Vancouver since I returned last year. A site came across my path with the lyrics to Suicidewinder on it:
I'm Johnny Cash when I'm drinkin',
I'm the Clash when I'm thinkin'
I'm Mad Max when I'm drivin',
I'm Mike Diamond when I'm rhymin'
I'm Humphrey Bogart when I'm smokin',
I'm Bob Marley when I'm tokin
And in bed when I'm dreamin'
I'm a guitar slingin' demon.

Now first of all that's quite a set of names to drop. And to understand that The Clash was music intended to make you think is evidence that he's seeing beyond "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" Besides that, this reads like a reader's digest version of my record collection.

I tracked down more of his music and was steadily and steadfastly sucked in.

Bent will be referred to as "Hick Hop", but don't let that mislead you. Yes, the hip hop and country influences are in evidence, but listen further and you'll also hear echos of Tom Waits and Pete Seeger, mixed with humour, aggression, affection, and just plain smarts. The rhythms are clear and infectious, without being overbearing. This is a man who is not to be underestimated.

Tracks:

Death Or Glory
Calm Down
Caveat Emptor
How Did The Flies Get In?
It's Not Personal
Writing On The Wall
Eliott
The Box Is For Me
I'm In A Panic
Everybody

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The Blam
The Blam
Manufacturer: Mootron Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Caveat Emptor

ASIN: B00008DVBP
Release Date: 2003-03-18

Tracks:

You're Making My Head Spin
Let's Go Away
8546
I Don't Care About Nobody Else
Various Disgraces
Brooklyn on My Mind
Little Pricks
Orchard 38
Easy to Be Good
Goat and Carrot (We Could Get Along)
Some Marry for Love
Sitting in the Sun

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As good as the beatles
Time is Tight. . . .
This band makes my head go blam
Kustard Kings Rule!

Blam!
Kustard Kings
Manufacturer: Confidential Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066BTL
Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

Hideko
Nina E.
The Golden Ram
Maya (Pick-Up Sticks)
Blam!
Scream Savers
Elena Laura
Space Nutz
Vampcamp
Jungle Boogie
Spiderman

Album Description

Blam! Is the first full-length album from The Kustard Kings, the house band for the critically acclaimed New York City based Loser's Lounge series.

The Kustard Kings are one of the most written-about, talked-about and in-demand bands in New York. The band has shared the stage with such diverse talents as Deborah Harry, James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), Lenny Kaye, J. Mascis, Bob Mould, Joey Ramone and Ronnie Spector. The group has received high praise from such notables as Burt Bacharach and Lee Hazelwood.

Blam! combines The Kustard Kings' years of honed stagecraft with their lounge- and surf-tinged originals into an instrumental-blend that will amaze you. Blam! is an album that bursts out of the speakers and puts the listener in the best seat in the lounge.

Customer Reviews:

As good as the beatles.......2004-11-20

We've been listening to this music for quite a while, ever since we were really young, and we've never tired of hearing it. The songs are excellent, and remind us of some of our favorite music group's music- the Beatles,and some of my dad's work (heehee). This music is awsome, and EVERYONE should listen to it. This cd is worth 10 stars, a million $, and lots more.

Fans of the Kustard Kings, ET, NET, and MKT =^..^=

Time is Tight. . . ........2002-05-24

. . . and so is the band. The final two cuts, covers of "Jungle Boogie" and "Spiderman," will hook many listeners, not simply because the tunes are familiar but because the Kustard Kings somehow make the songs their own--as if Spidey and Kool and the Gang never realized until now that their tunes would sound so fresh as lounge-fare-with-organ. But the rest of the CD is even livelier: Terhune, McGinty, and Woolsey are inventive songwriters, and the band is crisp and explosive. And really, really tight, too. A great record for parties *and* for good close bar-by-bar listening, right up there with the "Big Lazy" CD (you know, the band that provided half the soundtrack for the movie Startup.com)--

This band makes my head go blam.......2002-05-18

For my money, this is classical music. Everyone'll tell you these guys do the instrumental thing a la Meters...hip grinding, knee genuflecting, neck swivelling like an Egyption Hieroglyph cat. You get the idea, I'm sure. I heard they used to do gigs in the pyjamas...it figures...to play music that makes the listener get ready to go to bed (who said sleep?...I said "bed"), it is perfectly appropriate to be attired thusly.
So, to summarize: excellent instrumental music, original, but with enough points of reference so that the uninitiated can get it quick. They all seem like such nice people...can it really be 2002?

Kustard Kings Rule!.......2002-05-11

I must admit I was already a huge fan of The Kustard Kings before hearing "BLAM!" I have had the privilege of actually seeing The Kustard Kings perform twice as the house band of the wonderful Loser's Lounge shows when I was in New York City. The first show I saw was a tribute to Paul McCartney and the other was a tribute to Paul Williams (on the night Paul Williams, himself, attended with Richard Dreyfuss!). The band members (Joe McGinty, Joe Katz, Kris Woolsey, and Clem Waldmann) are all exceptional and the band's leader, David Terhune, is the consummate musician and entertainer. So, needless to say, I was very excited when I got this album, "BLAM!," as a gift! All the selections are exciting to hear, the arrangements are tight, and you just have to move to the rhythms! (I now play this album every day when I work out and I've lost 9 pounds so far!) It's difficult to choose a favorite on this album, but I am partial to the title song, "Blam!," "Elena Laura," Maya (Pick-Up Sticks)," and "Nina E." And you have to hear their arrangement of "Spiderman" - it's great! I appreciated this gift so much that I plan to order several to give as gifts myself. You just have to hear "BLAM!" for yourself - I can't recommend it highly enough!

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One of their best!
OUT OF PRINT!!? UNBELIVABLE!
CRYIN'
WHAT THE F.....
Huh?

Blam!!
The Brothers Johnson
Manufacturer: A&M
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002GAG
Release Date: 1996-04-16

Tracks:

Ain't We Funkin' Now
So Won't You Stay
Blam
Rocket Countdown / Blastoff
Ride - O - Rocket
Mista' Cool
It's You Girl
Streetwave

Customer Reviews:

One of their best!.......2006-10-06

The only explanation for this album being out of print that I can think of, this is the only Brothers Johnson CD not to have a pop top ten hit: the first album had "I'll Be Good To You", the second had "Strawberry Letter", the fourth had "Stomp!" Of course we know BLAM! is one of, if not the best Brothers album. That's too bad because while many songs on this album are on compilations, their best instrumental "Streetwave" is MIA. Well I have this CD and I put it in my hard drive and put the CD in a safe!

OUT OF PRINT!!? UNBELIVABLE!.......2006-08-17

I am a 44 year old DJ who lived through the Funk Era of the 70's-Early 80's and I believe The Brothers Johnson is one of the most undervalued and under rated groups of that time period, and they remain under rated to this day. If this album being out of print is not proof of that then I don't know what is. In my opinion this is their second best album (after "Look Out For Number One" and it is a shame to see it pulled. Sadly, if you are a true Funkmeister it is actually worth the $70. Don't believe me, check out the samples (esp. tracks 1,3,5,6,& 8).

CRYIN'.......2006-06-22

For all of you cats cryin' over the price of the cd from three years ago, good news! Your investment has appreciated!!! I hope y'all took good care in preserving the vinyl then later the cd. This was a bangin' album and obviously others feel the same. Supply and demand, baby! Simple economics.

WHAT THE F............2006-03-31

I purchased this CD from Amazon about 3 years ago for less than 12 bucks. Now its 50 buck (?).....Why!!

Huh?.......2005-11-12

I own the vinyl of this album. I love it and would love to have it on CD. Why the heck does it cost nearly 70 bux?

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Johnny Astro
Johnny Astro
Manufacturer: Oink Oink Blam
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000L0YCLM

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Spectacular jump blues & 50's style r&b

Blam
The Blue Suedes
Manufacturer: Hollywood Vintage
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000063Y25
Release Date: 2002-04-30

Tracks:

Seven Nights To Rock
Giddy-Up Baby
I Know What You're Talkin' About
I'm In The Mood
Teenage Eyes
Lord, Lord!
Wop Ding A Ling
Turn The Lights On Out
Everybody Shake It
Through With You Jivin'
Irene
Blam!

Customer Reviews:

Spectacular jump blues & 50's style r&b.......2004-08-25

The music of this cd falls inbetween two geners, the late 40's jump blues thru the late 50's r&b, complete with honking, screaming and wailing saxaphones, to earthy vocals in the Muddy Waters tradition. This cd continiously jumps, rocks and swings. Making it an essential aqcuisition for dancers of jitterbug, bop, jive and stroll. Fun music, that will also appeal to rockabilly's.

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(Cd) Henchmen Bullet Proof Love Volume 1: Henchmen Entertainment: These Muthaf***as Is Henchmen, B.p.l. / Bullet Proof Love, Money Aint Gonna Change Us, Henchmen Gs, How Many, Bullet Proof N***as, Trued Up, Dirty, Gone 2 Long, Blam Blam, Brownsville, Take It, Six in the Morning, How to Kill a Bootlegger, Gangstas Come & Go, Krazy F**k Em, Gang Bang Addict, the Argument, I Cant Wait, Head, the Courtroom, I Hate a Snitch

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ASIN: B000HDLBYE

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(CD) henchmen bullet proof love volume 1: henchmen entertainment: these muthaf***as is henchmen, B.P.L. / bullet proof love by JFK / jack floss karats, money aint gonna change us by prodigy w/ Bars-N-Hooks & sharissa, henchmen Gs by sharissa, how many by dangerr, bullet proof n***as, trued up by jayo felony, dirty by dreco w/ julay & tarboy, gone 2 long by sharissa, blam blam, Brownsville by JFK, take it by malerie knox, six in the morning by lucesse, how to kill a bootlegger, gangstas come & go by bogard w/ jaheim, krazy F**k Em by dangerr, gang bang addict by caviar w/ mack, the argument, I cant wait by sharissa, head by lucesse & malerie knox, the courtroom, I have a snitch by lucesse / bogard / dangerr / JFK / malerie knox / FA mob

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Art of a Rappin' Poet
605 Inc.
Manufacturer: 605 Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000T71RG
Release Date: 2003-11-01

Tracks:

Intro
3/5ths ofa Man
Different Steps
Ja'Wha
Modern Day Iscariots
SpeedBall
Interlude I
Let Me Twerpit
Love 2 Rebel
Ambitions-N-Intuitions
Can't Playwitcha'
Let Dat Go
Interlude II
We Miss U
Game ReArranged
Ion't Thank So
RangaTangTang
Buzzin' NonStop
Profit
Allupinmymix
Walking Deez Streets

Album Description

A perfect mesh of Pacific Northwest hip hop and poetic rap that illustrates a Black man's struggle in a racist power system. The 605 Inc. concept of family, roots, and the branches of a tree, infuriates ones perception of unity and what happens when your environment corners you in!