Category Archives: Music Review

Song of the Day: The Girl Who Invented Rock and Roll by Mamie Van Doren

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy 94th birthday to actress and singer, Mamie Van Doren!  Here she is performing today’s song of the day, The Girl Who Invented Rock and Roll! 

This scene is from 1958’s Teacher’s Pet.

 

Music Video Of The Day: you’re like me by Shower Curtain (2024, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s music video of the day is a rather moody piece of nightlife from Shower Curtain.  Watching this video really took me back to the day when they was nothing better than going out at one in the morning and being jaded.

Enjoy!

Song of the Day: Night Train to Mundo Fine by John Carradine

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

On this date, 119 years ago, the great actor John Carradine was born in New York City.

Over the course of his career, Carradine worked for just about everyone.  He appeared on stage.  He appeared in film and television.  He played the great roles of Shakespeare and he also played Dracula.  He was a part of both the John Ford and the Fred Olen Ray stock companies.  He had a reputation for taking almost any role offered to him and, as a result, his huge filmography offers up a wonderful amount of variety.

He was also a singer!  Here he is performing today’s song of the day, Night Train to Mundo Fine!  This song was featured Coleman Francis’s Red Zone Cuba.  Say what you may about the song or the film, how can you not love Carrdine’s dramatic (and perhaps slightly mocking) delivery of the lyrics?

Song of the Day: Time Has Come Today by The Chambers Brothers

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Since Erin shared a picture of our grandmother’s clock today (and, by the way, it’s over one hundred years old and still runs perfectly!) and it is Groundhog Day, it feels appropriate that today’s song of the day should be all about …. TIME!

Time has come today
Young hearts can go their way
Can’t put it off another day
I don’t care what others say
They say we don’t listen anyway
Time has come today
(Hey)

Oh
The rules have changed today (Hey)
I have no place to stay (Hey)
I’m thinking about the subway (Hey)
My love has flown away (Hey)
My tears have come and gone (Hey)
Oh my Lord, I have to roam (Hey)
I have no home (Hey)
I have no home (Hey)

Now the time has come (Time)
There’s no place to run (Time)
I might get burned up by the sun (Time)
But I had my fun (Time)
I’ve been loved and put aside (Time)
I’ve been crushed by the tumbling tide (Time)
And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time)

Now the time has come (Time)
There are things to realize (Time)
Time has come today (Time)
Time has come today (Time)

Time
Time
Time
Time
Time
Time
Time
Time
Time
Time
Time

Oh
Now the time has come (Time)
There’s no place to run (Time)
I might get burned up by the sun (Time)
But I had my fun (Time)
I’ve been loved and put aside (Time)
I’ve been crushed by tumbling tide (Time)
And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time)

Now the time has come (Time)
There are things to realize (Time)
Time has come today (Time)
Time has come today (Time)

Time
Time
Time
Time

Songwriters: Joseph Lamar Chambers / Willie Mack Chambers