Shiny Round Thing Inside
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| Studio album by DJ Particle | ||
| Released | March 3, 2006 | |
| Recorded | 2006 | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Length | 53:07 | |
| Label | Reika Recordings | |
| Producer(s) | Emi M. Briet and Amelia M. Samples | |
| DJ Particle chronology | ||
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| Shiny Round Thing Inside (2006) |
Oh Dear FSM... Not Another One! (2007) |
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Shiny Round Thing Inside is the first studio album released by comedy music artist DJ Particle. The album contains 13 parody songs and two hidden amalgam remix tracks.
1. Sadako Came To The Arcade 3:58
- Parody of The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels
- A song about Sadako Yamamura challenging the greatest Dance Dance Revolution player in the world, Yasu, to a match of said game. If Yasu wins, he and his gaming buddies get to live.
- This parody features drastically different instrumentals than the song it parodies. The instrumentals are an amalgam remix of "B4U" by Naoki, "Dive" by Be For U, "Max. (period)" by 2MB, "Dance Dance Revolution" by DDR All-Stars, and "Samara's Song" from the soundtrack to The Ring
2. Goodbye Bill 4:44
- Parody of Goodbye Earl by The Dixie Chicks
- A song retelling the events in the Quentin Tarantino movie series Kill Bill.
3. Agents of the TSA 3:52
- Parody of Harper Valley PTA by Jeannie C. Riley
- A song about the uselessness of post-Patriot Act airport rules
4. Triple-A 4:09
- Parody of Drift Away by Dobie Gray
- A song about the American Automobile Association and their long wait times.
5. Green Green Glass of Home 3:28
- Parody of Green Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones
- A song about the aftermath of the nuclear destruction of Minneapolis
6. Mommy's Broken (Alien Abduction Mix) 0:08
- Parody of Mommy's Broken by Worm Quartet
- A song about what happened when "Mommy" got abducted by space aliens!
7. Cat-Girl 4:06
- Parody of Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani featuring Eve
- A song about the benefits of being an anime cat-girl.
- This song was inspired by another parody lyric "If I Were a Cat-Girl" by webcomic artist Ghastly, which was a parody of Stefani's inspiration "If I Were a Rich Man" from the hit musical Fiddler on the Roof
8. Dragonball Fighting 3:18
- Parody of Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
- A song about the anime series Dragon Ball, its many spinoffs, and how the plots seem to drag on.
9. Native Cape Coddah 3:54
- Parody of Native New Yorker by Odyssey
- A song about living among and barely tolerating the tourists on Cape Cod.
10. Pizza Is Pizza 3:11
- Parody of People Are People by Depeche Mode
- A song about ordering and happily eating pizza
11. Cool Dancer 1:57
- Parody of Hey, Big Spender by Shirley Bassey
- A song about admiring a skilled player of Dance Dance Revolution
12. Friends In High Places 3:29
- Parody of Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks
- A song turning the tables on Brooks' tune, telling her side of the story.
13. Silver Bells and Godless Hells 3:31
- Parody of the traditional Christmas carol, Silver Bells
- A song about the fact that retail stores start selling the Christmas season long before they should.
[edit] Hidden Tracks
14. Injected With A Brilliant Poison (Praga Khan & B 4 U Mix) 4:43
- Amalgam remix of Injected With A Poison by Praga Khan & Jade 4 U and B4U by Naoki
15. Blogger Board of Broken Spoofs 4:39
- Parody of Boulevard of Broken Songs by Dean Gray vs. Green Day
- Amalgam remix of I Blog Alone and King Kong by spaff.com, and Wonderbra by Bob Ricci, mixed together in similar style to Dean Gray's mash-up Boulevard of Broken Songs
[edit] Miscellanea
- The building in the shot on the album cover is the former Club Semesters in Ithaca, New York, which is the first professional venue DJ Particle ever performed at in 1994. She spun house on weekends and disco on Thursdays as a volunteer guest DJ.
- This album is the first to be released on the label Reika Recordings.
