24 Hours (The Kleptones album) explained

24 Hours – A drama in two acts
Type:remix
Artist:The Kleptones
Cover:Kleptones, The - 24 Hours.jpg
Released:March 2006
Recorded:2005–2006
Genre:Bastard pop
Length:2:16:24
Producer:The Kleptones
Prev Title:EP3
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Live'r Than You'll Ever Be
Next Year:2007

24 Hours is a 2006 mashup double concept album by The Kleptones. Like other albums by The Kleptones, the album intersperses quotes from movies and television in its songs.

In the three weeks preceding the online release, an EP was released weekly which featured one song along with two to three b-sides which were not included on the album.

On 16 May 2006 an edited version of the track "19:00 Careless Or Dead" was posted on the Bootie website under the title "Careless Or Dead (Bootie Version)".

Track listing

  1. "07:00 – Still Start" – 3:03
  2. "07:30 – Up" – 1:36
  3. "08:10 – Down On Bennies" – 3:36
  4. "08:35 – Kick The Bus, Kick The Train" – 4:13
  5. "09:00 – Daft Purple" – 4:06
  6. "10:25 – Sixteen Sisters" – 2:50
  7. "11:00 – Casbah Ain't Easy" – 4:27
    • Samples – Purple Rain
      • "That's life, man." | "Life my ass, motherfucker! This is a business, and you ain't too far gone to see that yet."
    • Samples – The Clash – Rock the Casbah
    • Samples – David Bowie – It Ain't Easy
    • Samples – Tha Alkaholiks – J-Ro Late Skit
    • Samples – Dilbert
      • "Remember, the first rule of brainstorming is to openly mock the opinions of others."
    • Samples – Another State of Mind
      • "There's — we're just living in too fast of a society, it's like — nobody has... a lot of people don't have time to do that, they're so preoccupied with other things"
  8. "11:50 – Closer to the Boxer" – 4:55
    • Samples – Waking Life
      • "It might be true that there are six billion people in this world, and counting, but nevertheless – what you do makes a difference. It makes a difference, first of all, in material terms, it makes a difference to other people, and it sets an example. In short, I think the message here is..."
    • Samples – Asheru & Blue Black of the Unspoken Heard feat. Lone Catalysts  – Think About
    • Samples – The Cure – Close to Me
    • Samples – Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer
  9. "12:30 – Nu Rip Off" – 3:29
    • Samples – Ozzy Osbourne
      • "Fuck that business shit man. Just give me cocaine and drugs and a flash car and a night club and a couple of groupies and I'll be sound you know."
    • Samples – Attack of the Show – Kevin Pereira
      • Insulting Kevin Federline appearing in a video where he displays his new song – "I gotta say like, I.. I respect artists, don't get me wrong, but this is something anybody could whip up in 10 minutes with GarageBand. And watch as the moron at the mixing board, like just loved his pathetic little track. Yeah, exactly."
      • "That's the fire! | That's the fire. | Fire! | That's the fire."
    • Samples – DJ Nu-Mark – Imagine – John Lennon cover
    • Samples – T. Rex – Rip-Off
    • Samples – The Jetsons – Uniblab
      • "Back to work, back to work! Everybody; work, work, work, work!"
  10. "13:30 – The Black Devil Is Not Enough" – 3:29
    • Samples – Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (BBC Radio Drama)
      • "Aahhhhhh" – Sirius Cybernetics Corporation door with a 'Genuine People Personality'
    • Samples – Footloose
      • "You know what it is, you've got an attitude problem. | Oh, I've got an attitude problem? | I'm not the only one who's noticed."
    • Samples – Bill Hicks
      • "I don't fit in anywhere, man. I really don't. I don't agree with anything either, not even what I just said, so I think you see the fucking problem here."
    • Samples – Nine Inch Nails – Love is Not Enough
    • Samples – The Doors – An American Prayer
      • "We're perched headlong on the edge of boredom. We're trying for something that has already found us."
    • Samples – Jarvis Cocker
      • "It's a bit like Groundhog Day..."
  11. "14:40 – Quicksilver Manuva" – 5:16
  12. "16:05 – Unfinished Turkey" – 4:38
  13. "17:00 – Run Outside" – 3:02
  14. "17:30 – Know How Frogs Function" – 3:23
  15. "18:00 – War of Confusion" – 4:13
  16. "19:00 – Careless Or Dead" – 5:51
    • Samples – Top of the Pops
    • Samples – Amerie – 1 Thing
    • Samples – George Michael – Careless Whisper
    • Samples – Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead or Alive
    • Samples – Krusty from The Simpsons
      • "Sorry about this, kids. Stay tuned, we got some real good commercials coming right up! I swear. Heh heh heh... ehh."
    • Samples – Waking Life
      • "Hey. You a dreamer?" "Yeah." "Haven't seen too many of you around lately. Things have been tough lately for dreamers. They say dreaming's dead: no one does it anymore. It's not dead, it's just that it's been forgotten. Removed from our language. Nobody teaches it, so nobody knows it exists. Dreamers are banished to obscurity. I'm trying to change all that, and I hope you are too. By dreaming, everyday. Dreaming with our hands and dreaming with our minds. Our planet is facing the greatest problems it's ever faced, ever. So whatever you do, don't be bored. This is absolutely the most exciting time we could have possibly hoped to be alive. Things have just started." "Hey, thanks." "Not a problem!"
  17. "21:00 – Uptight Jet" – 4:01
    • Samples – The Kleptones – Bite
    • Samples – The Kleptones – Really Rappin' Something
    • Samples – Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin from The Rat Pack Live At The Sands
      • "Let's have a drink!" "You are drinking." "Oh, is that my hand?"
    • Samples – Stevie Wonder – Uptight (Everything's Alright)
    • Samples – Jet – Get What You Need
  18. "22:00 – The Underground Hand That Buttoned The Widow" – 5:37
  19. "22:45 – Babua Number One" – 3:44
  20. "23:30 – Get it on the Long Hard Road" – 4:29
  21. "00:20 – Need You This Way" – 4:13
  22. "01:00 – What's The Matter With Your Lines, Baby?" – 2:56
  23. "01:30 – Psyche Haze" – 2:59
  24. "02:05 – Drunk Machine" – 5:58
    • Samples – The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine
    • Samples – Pierre Henry – Psyché Rock (William Orbit Invisible Mix)
    • Samples – Tha Alkaholiks – Only When I'm Drunk
    • Samples – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
      • "There's no dark side of the moon, really – matter of fact, it's all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the sun."
    • Samples – Pixies – La La Love You
    • Samples – Bob Dylan
      • "...sell my animal ... bathe my bird ... collect my clip and buy my bath ... return me back to the cigarette"
    • Samples – Simon & Garfunkel – Punky's Dilemma
    • Samples – The Breakfast Club
      • "WOAH SHIT! Jesus Christ almighty!" | "Go to hell!"
    • Samples – Kahlil Gibran – The Prophet
    • Samples – "Daisy Bell" — excerpt from synthesized speech created by John Larry Kelly Jr at Bell Labs in 1962 using an IBM 704 computer
  25. "02:45 – If Not for the Ambulance Driver" – 5:07
    • Samples –
      • "Relax. We've got him in a box! He's too far gone on the girl. | Is she very beautiful? | Yes!"
    • Samples – The Flaming Lips – Mr. Ambulance Driver
    • Samples – George Harrison – If Not For You
    • Samples – T. Rex – Life's a Gas
    • Samples – Godley & Creme – Consequences
      • "I wonder if there is an afterlife. I've given it a great deal of thought, read a fair share of learned tomes, but have yet to come down on one side or the other."
    • Samples – Harold and Maude
      • "A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they're not dead, really. They're just backing away from life."
    • Samples – "Accident and Emergency" (Sound No. 7 from Soundgrabs:::The Phone)
    • Samples – Waking Life
      • "I'm starting to think that I'm dead. | Doesn't it make sense that death too would be wrapped in dream? That after death, your conscious life would continue in what might be called a dream body? It would be the same dream body you experience in your everyday dream life. Except that in the post-mortal state, you could never again wake up."
  26. "03:15 – Imagine the End of the World" – 4:04
    • Samples – John Lennon – Imagine
    • Samples – Super Furry Animals – It's Not the End of the World?
    • Samples – Seven
      • "The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for. | I agree with the second part."
    • Samples – Flash Gordon
      • "Good morning! Are you injured? | The Lord knows why, but it seems not. | A Miracle. I expect you'd like to use my phone. | Thanks, I would. | Well it's right in there."
    • Samples – The Breakfast Club
      • "What's the matter with you? Come on!" | "What are you babbling about?" | "[...] the world's an imperfect place [...]"
    • Samples – Animal House
      • "What? Over? Did you say over?"
  27. "03:40 – Crazy Tonight = Strong Teeth" – 7:06
  28. "04:15 – Oops Speak Louder Than Words" – 4:02
    • Samples – The Breakfast Club
      • "It's kind of a double edged sword, isn't it? | "Obscene finger gestures from such a pristine girl" | "You want to but you can't and when you do you wish you didn't, right?" | "You're just feeling sorry for yourself..."
    • Samples – Bright Eyes – At The Bottom Of Everything
    • Samples – Britney Spears
      • "It's just me. And I need to do what I feel like doing. So let me go. And just listen."
    • Samples – Tweet & Missy Elliott – Oops (Oh My)
    • Samples – Chocolate Milk – Actions Speak Louder Than Words
  29. "04:40 – Amazing Temptation" – 4:41
    • Samples – Purple Rain
      • "I'm going to be totally honest with you. I think you've been full of shit."
    • Samples – Bright Eyes – At The Bottom Of Everything
    • Samples – The Breakfast Club
      • "It was an accident. | You're an asshole. | Let's end the suspense! | You did that on purpose just to fuck me over! | You're pretty sexy when you get angry."
    • Samples – Pixies – Hey
    • Samples – The Rolling Stones – Let's Spend the Night Together
    • Samples – Queen – Now I'm Here
    • Samples – Kill Bill
      • "You and I have unfinished business."
    • Samples – The Temptations – Get Ready
    • Samples – Madonna – Amazing
    • Samples – Cornelius – Smoke
  30. "05:10 – If Les Fleur Were Mine" – 4:05
  31. "05:35 – Anything New" – 4:22
  32. "06:10 – We All Fall Through The Air" – 3:40
  33. "07:00 – Still Ending" – 3:13
    • Samples – Foo Fighters – Still

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