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Sublime ft. Elephant Man - Waiting For My Ruca (Chopped and Screwed by the Saturday Club)

Let's hear it for bad Photoshoppery.

Today's track has been slowed and throwed especially for Screw Rock 'n' Roll reader Lucas Molter, who requested that I do it. And, hell, I didn't know I did requests, but apparently I do. So, anyone out there who has any desire to hear something chopped and screwed, holler at saturdayclubproductions at gmail.com, and I'll see what I can do. No promises - if it's just going to sound shit I won't do it (unless there's cash involved, of course), but most of the time I reckon I'll be able to accomodate you.

So, Lucas wanted this Sublime track screwed, which was kind of a new experience for me, since prior to this I'd heard one Sublime track in my life. And I have no idea what it was. Blink-182 played it when they guest programmed Rage, and I think the video may have been black and white and involved people jumping off a cliff. But I could have some/all the details wrong. I kind of get the impression that Sublime are one of those bands that are super popular in America but not so much anywhere else. So... Sublime... I can't say I've been converted into a fan, but I don't mind today's track, "Waiting For My Ruca." I especially like it screwed, because that way it's even more dubby and warped. And in tribute to the Jamaican influence in the original, I added an Elephant Man rap, which comes from... hold up, let me check... "Elephant Message." Anyways, check it out - I think it worked really well, and it was a lot of fun to do.

Minutemen - History Lesson [Part II] (Chopped and Screwed by the Saturday Club)

I must admit, however, that my favorite part of "Ruca" was the snippet of Minutemen's "History Lesson [Part II]" that opens the track. I must admit my woeful ignorance of this band, which, I assure you, is being rapidly remedied, but nevertheless, I fell in love with this track pretty much straight away. Apart from the R.E.M.ish guitar line (R.E.M. heads - does it remind you vaguely of "Walter's Theme"?) it's got all these great lyrics about "this is Bob Dylan to me," that sense that, hey, much as I think Bob Dylan had some good songs, there are some of us who grew up in a different time, and our meaningful music arrived in a different package. And... OK, this track has some DJ Michael Watts in it. I'm sorry. I couldn't resist. Mike Watt... Michael Watts... yeah...

Anyways, this turned out really great, and it was so easy to do - everything just feel into place like that, so dammit, grab it quick. It's right up there with the best I've done, I think.

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