maniac cop – Halloween Shindig

TRACK #282:

Children of the Night by Buddy Miles

With that bit of seasonal tabling setting out of the way, let’s move onto a straight up banger from Buddy Miles.

Buddy has quite storied musical career. He began early, playing in his dad’s band The Bebops. Then, as a teenager no less, he performed with acts such as Wilson Pickett and the Delfonics. Eventually Buddy teamed up with Mike Bloomfield to form Electric Flag and later became a founding member of Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys. Solid repertoire.

What’s more? Buddy is actually the lead singer of The California Raisins. Yep, Will Vinton’s iconically 80’s claymation spokes-band. That’s this guy. Well, I guess.

See, all of this info leads me to believe that Children of the Night, which sounds almost nothing like anything Buddy had been involved with up to that point, is sung by a totally different Buddy Miles altogether.

But apparently, no. After a bit of cross referencing, it seems that they are in fact the same Buddy Miles. Not shocking, given Buddy’s numerous musical projects, but if some new info came to light disputing that claim, I think I’d believe it.

But I’ll only I say “think” because Buddy here, whichever Buddy it may be, is straight belting it. And OG Buddy Miles can fuckin’ belt it. So yeah, maybe this really is that Buddy Miles, cause this tune is a stone cold jam.

You can find it playing during Cheryl’s dance at The Club 69 in Larry Cohen and William Lustig’s more than worthy follow-up, Maniac Cop 2.

Now, I never went to any in a strip clubs in 1990. At least none that I remember anyway, so I can’t confirm if this is the sort of thing they would have been playing. It certainly isn’t anything close to something I’ve heard in a strip club, but maybe that’s how they got down 30 years ago. I dunno. Or maybe I’m just goin to the wrong damn strip clubs, cause if I went to one that was bumpin tracks from the Maniac Cop 2 soundtrack, I’d pull up a stool and open a fuckin’ tab, real quick.

So let’s do just that, and maybe even hit the buffet, as we join Buddy and his new fiends, the Children of the Night, for a little October striptease.

TRACK #69:

Maniac Cop Rap by Yeshwua Barnes & B Dub Woods

As longtime followers are probably (painfully) aware, Monster Raps are load bearing supports in the Halloween Shindig rotation.

And when it comes to Monster Raps, few come as tailor-made awesome as Yeshwua Barnes and B Dub Woods’ Maniac Cop Rap.

Check the stats:

Does it take the movie’s score and mix into an awesome beat? Check.
Does it play during the end credits? Check.
Does it feature the title repeated ad nauseum? Check
Does it talk about how badass the main character is? Check
Does it feature the most ridiculous lyrics you can image? Check plus.

Here’s some choice selection from the track…

Set ‘em on fire, I shoot ‘em with a Uzi
But he’ll show up in you’re jacuzzi!”

Gold.

And don’t waste time dialin’ 9-1-1
Forget karate and forget yer gun!

Forgotten.

You won’t get a ticket or pay a fine
You might as well be dealin’ with Frankenstein!

Fair Enough.

Without any further ado, segueing out of our 80’s Oddball Sequel Dance Party, from a sequel that’s arguably better than the original, 1990’s Maniac Cop 2, here’s the Manaic Cop Rap.