New music for the week of 11/29/2010

Tons of new music this week. Two from the Pokemon Best Wishes! single:

-Fanfare of the Heart
-Best Wishes TV BGM-M01

Two from Pokemon Black and White:

-Abandoned Lot of Dreams
-Team Plasma Appears!

Two from Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs:

-Mt. Layuda
-Sky Fortress

And three from the Pokemon anime:

-Battle (Vs. Rival) - Johto
-Bug-Catching Contest
-Bicycle

By the way, it's also post-Thanksgiving, so the usual holiday music has returned to the station.

New interview following Top 25

There will be a new Pokemon TCG City Championship interview following today's Top 25 Countdown.

New music for the week of 11/22/2010

Seven more this week. Two from Pokemon Black and White:

-Pokémon Center
-Trainer Battle!

Three from the Pokemon anime:

-Route 29
-Battle (Vs. Wild Pokemon) - Johto
-Ecruteak City

And two more from Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs:

-Mt. Sorbet
-Faldera Volcano

Don't forget to send in those nominations for the Pokemon: The First Movie Alternate Soundtrack Project!

Pokemon: The First Movie-The Alternate Soundtrack Project-Open for nominations!

What is the Pokemon: The First Movie-The Alternate Soundtrack Project? Take a look at this video to find out first:


To get you started, here are two artist lists. Keep in mind this is only a list of albums/singles released within the allowed time frame-it does not mean the songs are family friendly (though many of them are):

M2M

Album:
-Shades of Purple

Singles:
-Don't Say You Love Me Part 2

Britney Spears

Albums:
-...Baby One More Time
-Oops!... I Did It Again*

*Technically this album was released on 5/16/2000, however there is evidence that at least parts of it were recorded in late 1999, so I am including it here as it's possible parts of it could have been moved up in production to have them ready for the soundtrack.

Singles:
-...Baby One More Time
-Sometimes
-(You Drive Me) Crazy
-Born to Make You Happy
-From the Bottom of My Broken Heart
-Oops!... I Did It Again

New music for the week of 11/15/2010

Once again, seven is the lucky number. Two from Pokemon Black and White:

-Wild Pokémon Battle!
-Karakusa Town

Three from the Pokemon anime:

-Last Battle (Vs. Rival)
-Ending
-Title

And two more from Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs:

-Aqua Resort
-Canal Ruins

By the way, time is running out on our Guardian Signs/Shadows of Almia poll. Be sure to vote!

New music for the week of 11/8/2011

As usual, seven new tracks on the station this week. Two from Pokemon Black and White:

-Let's Go Together!
-Route 1

Three from the anime:

-The Sea (A)
-The Sea (B)
-Victory Road

And two from Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs:

-Submarine
-Escaping the Submarine

Daylight savings time ends today

Daylight savings time ended this morning, which means that the time for PIRN has moved back an hour from -5 GMT to -6 GMT. Those of you who observe daylight savings time should notice no difference (assuming I've adjusted the station correctly) but for those of you that do not, scheduled programs (such as today's Top 25) will start an hour later.

New music for the week of 11/1/2010

Seven new tracks this week. Two from Black and White:

-Battle! Cheren & Belle
-Pokémon Laboratory

Two from Guardian Signs:

-Old Mansion
-Daybreak Ruins

And three from the anime:

-Pokemon Tower (A)
-Pokemon Tower (B)
-Pokemon Flute

Looking at this weeks tracks-Happy belated Halloween!

New interview following Top 25 + "Ludicolo" - Behind the scenes

There is another new interview on the station following today's Top 25 Countdown. Also, I wanted to give some background info on how "Ludicolo", the Lady Gaga parody I posted yesterday, came to be:

It took me a while to write this one. It all started when I decided I needed to write another parody when I was headed to Pokemon Worlds this year. A few of the flight segments (Denver->LA and LA->Hawaii) had inflight audio, so I thought I would take a listen and see what I could come up with. I had a couple of ideas, but this one really jumped out at me, because after all in Pokemon, you really do "call their name". Once I figured out what the title was and who it was by, I decided to start writing. I wanted to tell a story with this one, so I came up with the idea of a Pokemon that had been defeated recently and was unsure of itself but had a trainer that was still willing to put her faith in it.

New Song Parody-Ludicolo (Parody of “Alejandro” by Lady Gaga)

From time, to time, I like to write parodies of popular music to turn them into Pokemon songs. Here's my latest work:

Ludicolo
Parody of “Alejandro” by Lady Gaga
With new lyrics by Steven “Yoshi” Reich (pokepress@gmail.com)

“I know that you’ve been hurt,
And I know that you may doubt me,
But we just have to try once more,
Ludicolo…”

She’s got monsters
In her pocket
And she just looks at you,
Just looks at you

She flies above
It’s you she speaks to
She’s like a Taillow
‘round a Wepear around you

“You know that I caught you boy,
Down in Mexico, but boy
At some point I’ve gotta choose,
Before I lose”

“Don’t call my name
Don’t call my name
‘Ludicolo’
I’ll lose the game
I’ll lose the game
I just know
Use Togekiss,
Use Camerupt”
“White smoke is makin’ this tough”
“Don’t call my name
Don’t call my name
Oh please no…”

Ludicolo, Ludicolo
Ludi-Ludicolo, Ludi-Ludicolo
Ludicolo, Ludicolo
Ludi-Ludicolo, Ludi-Ludicolo

“Stop, please, don’t make me go!”
“Ludicolo!”
“Don’t make me go!”


She was broken,
Cried like a baby
‘Cuz the last time went so bad
Just went so bad

(but) All those flames that
Burn inside her
Now she’s gonna fight the fight
Gonna earn a badge

“You know that I trust you boy,
Just one more to go, and boy
At this point I’ve gotta choose,
So I choose you”

“I call your name
I call your name
Ludicolo
You’re not to blame
You’re not to blame
It’s your show
Not Togekiss,
Not Camerupt
This smokescreen’s makin’ it tough
I call your name
I call your name
Now let’s go!”

Ludicolo, Ludicolo
Ludi-Ludicolo, Ludi-Ludicolo
Ludicolo, Ludicolo
Ludi-Ludicolo, Ludi-Ludicolo

“Just follow me
Just follow me (Lu-di-co-lo)
Don’t be afraid
Don’t be afraid (of that Tor-koal)
Today’s your day
Today’s your day (Lu-di-co-lo)
Not Togekiss,
Not Camerupt (Here we go…)”


“You called my name
You called my name
‘Ludicolo’
I’m in the game
I’m in the game
You said so
Not Togekiss,
Not Camerupt
This smokescreen isn’t that tough
You called my name
You called my name
Here I go…”

Ludicolo, Ludicolo
Ludi-Ludicolo, Ludi-Ludicolo
Ludicolo, Ludicolo
Ludi-Ludicolo, Ludi-Ludicolo

“You called my name
You called my name
‘Ludicolo’
(Ludicolo, Ludicolo)
We won the game
We won the game
Blow by blow
(Ludi-Ludicolo, Ludi-Ludicolo)
Hey Togekiss
Hey Camerupt
That’s why we never give up
(Ludicolo, Ludicolo)
You called my name
You called my name
How’d you know?”
(Ludi-Ludicolo, Ludi-Ludicolo)

Ludicolo