Well it’s Sunday. Had a long Friday and Saturday night so today was all about relaxing. I decided what better way than watching a movie or two. I scanned my DVDs and went with Phone Booth first because I hadn’t seen it in awhile. Then when that was done (it is only 81 minutes), I chose Spike Lee’s 25th Hour, which apparently was still sealed from when I bought it 2-3 years ago. I’d seen it but I guess never watched me own copy.
Anyway, when they got done, I was looking some stuff up online about the movies and it turns out I chose to watch two movies from the same year: 2002. I thought, “Why not post a song from 2002 to stick with this unplanned theme?” So I looked up the charts from 2002 because I can’t remember what was hot from 8 years ago. Turns out the number one song was Nickelback. THERE IS NO WAY I’M POSTING NICKELBACK!!!
So I kept searching my own music collection and justified “Down With The Sickness.” I know Disturbed released in 2000 instead of 2002 but Richard Cheese and The Lounge Against The Machine covered it on their 2002 album “Tuxicity.” Cheese’s cover didn’t really take off until its use as a backing track for zombie killing in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead.
Anyway, here’s Richard Cheese lounge-ifying Disturb as well as the original. I couldn’t possibly let this go without both being posted.
Richard Cheese – Down With The Sickness [YSI]
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Disturbed – Down With The Sickness [YSI]
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One more thing, here’s one of my favorite lines from 25th Hour:
“Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends.” – Ed Norton as Monty Brogan
And check out his rant here.