Lisa asked me to pick a music video for today and I was so excited that I yelled, “Backstreet Boys!”
Who was your favorite Backstreet Boy? I liked Nick!
Trivia about this video? AJ McClean didn’t know the lyrics for the song until he showed up for the video shoot. That tells you everything you need to know about the Lou Pearlman boy band era.
There’s always been something very annoying about the cult surrounding Che Guevara. Because his face looked good on a poster and his execution was probably carried out by the CIA, a lot of people have deified a shallow-minded rich kid whose main accomplishment was executing several of his fellow countrymen and then totally failing in his attempts to overthrow the government of Bolivia.
Thankfully, there’s a song that tells the truth. From Ola Fresca, here is El Chacal.
It’s Charles Bronson’s birthday so it only makes sense that today’s music video should be for a performance of the Ennio Morricone-composed theme of one of his best films.
Still don’t know what I was waiting for And my time was running wild, a million dead-end streets and Every time I thought I’d got it made It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me But I’ve never caught a glimpse Of how the others must see the faker I’m much too fast to take that test
Ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-changes (Don’t want to be a richer man)
Ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-changes (Just gonna have to be a different man)
Time may change me But I can’t trace time
I watch the ripples change their size But never leave the stream of warm impermanence and So the days float through my eyes But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They’re quite aware of what they’re going through
Ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-changes (Don’t tell them to grow up and out of it)
Ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-changes (Where’s your shame, you’ve left us up to our necks in it)
Time may change me But you can’t trace time
Strange fascination, fascinating me Ah changes are taking the pace I’m going through
Ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-changes (Oh, look out you rock ‘n rollers)
Ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-changes (Pretty soon now you’re gonna get older)
Time may change me But I can’t trace time
I said that time may change me But I can’t trace time
Let’s start of November with Tina Arena’s cover of To Sir, With Love. This is one of those cases where the cover version is actually superior to the original version.