"Sydney The Sporting City" - Jennifer Ramos

Officially the weirdest compact discovery yet.

Sydney The Sporting City has no artist credit, but is apparently composed by "Jennifer Ramos". Australians are a very sporty people by nature, and in 1994 we were absolutely jubilant when the news hit that our 2000 Olympic bid was successful. This CD came out in 1998, as anticipation was rising. When I picked it up I expected some kind of cheesy ballad about how proud we are to host the world's athletes, etc. Instead, I found really bizarro 80's wobble-techno drenched in Casio. Where are the vocals? "Radio Edit" as if it'll get airplay? And is that gunfire on the track?

01. Sydney The Sporting City (Inst.)
02. Sydney The Sporting City (Radio Edit)
03. Sydney The Sporting City (Inst. - Second Version)
04. Sydney The Sporting City (Radio Edit - Second Version)
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Printed on the inside cover is what was apparently supposed to be the lyrics, including such golden poetry as "Everybody sings your name, Sydney city of Olympic Games/Sydney city of sweet dreams, we remember Harbour bridge." I've transcribed the full text here - you can almost sing along. Weird!

MP3(s) of the week: If there's one thing I love, it's a dope laid-back hip-hop groove, and this week we have two of them. A Tribe Called Quest with ''Same Ol' Thing'', and Will Smith with ''So Fresh'', a track from 1999's "Willenium" which sees him reunited with DJ Jazzy Jeff, as well as featuring guest MC Biz Markie amongst others. Smoooooth.