{"id":455,"date":"2010-06-25T15:12:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T19:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?p=455"},"modified":"2010-06-25T15:14:33","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T19:14:33","slug":"62510-the-java-cat-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/2010\/06\/25\/62510-the-java-cat-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"6\/25\/10 &#8211; The &#8220;Java&#8221; Cat Fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Friday Night Cat Fight Show<\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8220;Java&#8221;<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"&quot;Java&quot; Al Hirt\" src=\"http:\/\/a5.vox.com\/6a00d414298a4e3c7f01101812dbed860f-320pi\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">The Cat Fight puts 3 versions of the instrumental &#8220;Java,&#8221; by 3 different cats from Louisiana up against each other this week.\u00a0 All 3 versions appeared on RCA Victor.\u00a0 Allen Toussaint, who originally recorded for RCA under the name &#8220;Tousan,&#8221; wrote the tune and recorded the first version.\u00a0 Then, piano master Floyd Cramer took it to the charts in 1963.\u00a0 But &#8220;Java&#8221; didn&#8217;t really heat up until Al Hirt hit #4 with it back in 1964.\u00a0 Listen to all 3 and vote for the one that moves you the most!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Plus, I&#8217;ll feature a terrible cover of the Buchanan &amp; Goodman classic, &#8220;The Flying Saucer&#8221; as well as a groovy tune that got a lot of inspiration from Santo &amp; Johnny.\u00a0 All this and more on this week&#8217;s <strong>Friday Night Cat Fight Show!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><div id=\"polls-74\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_74\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/FNCF\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_74_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"e0692f4309\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"74\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which One Do You DIG The MOST? 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