“Slaughter” – Billy Preston

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From the Jim Brown blaxploitation classic “Slaughter” (and more recently, from Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 Oscar-nominated revenge thriller “Inglorious Basterds”) comes this kick-ass hard-funk song from Billy Preston.  Hearing those guitars that slash like razor blades against that organ that rocks harder than the guitars, my advice to you is this: if you shoot at him bruthah, you betta not miss!!!!

“Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” – David Bowie and Giorgio Moroder

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpdHMaccjw4

The theme song for Paul Schrader’s underrated and wonderfully bats–t crazy Freudian horror film from 1982, in its better original version recorded for the film. (There’s a remake on Bowie’s gazillion-selling 1983 album “Let’s Dance,” which is decent, but not as good as this one). Quentin Tarantino had the good taste to include this on the soundtrack for “Inglorious Basterds” during the scene where Shoshanna gets ready for a night of revenge.