Oh, why not?
The Oscar nominations are due to be announced tomorrow and right now, I think everyone’s waiting to see who will be the next big thing. In honor of the occasion, here is Tony Wickes and the California Dreams with today’s song of the day.
All together now …. he’s so funky!
This video popped up in my YouTube recommendations, I assume because I’ve been watching a lot of Blondie videos recently. This has an enjoyably weird feel to it, with its caged clown on a typewriter and all the other carnival folks. I relate to the woman at the start of the video. That’s definitely the job and costume that I would want if I worked for a traveling circus.
Enjoy!
I watched the classic Terence Hill film Super Fuzz last night. As anyone who has seen the movie can tell you, the movie features a theme song that just won’t quit. It’s been stuck in my head since last night. And now, it can be stuck in yours!
There’s a man, do you see?
And he looks just like you and me
Didn’t he know?
Everything he got don’t show
There’s a cop, do you see?
And he looks like every cop on the street
You will discover
You can’t judge this cop by his cover
He’s a super snooper
Really super trooper
A wonder cop, a one like you never saw
He’s a super snooper
Really super trooper
A wonder cop, who roll the side of the law
There’s a stir on the floor
Super snooper open the door
Didn’t he know?
Everything he got don’t show
He’s a super snooper
Really super trooper
A wonder cop, a one like you never saw
He’s a super snooper
Really super trooper
He’s a super snooper
Really super trooper
A wonder cop, a one like you never saw
He’s a super snooper
Really super trooper
He’s a super snooper
Really super trooper
A wonder cop, a one like you never saw
He’s a super snooper
Really super trooper
A wonder cop who roll the side of the law
Songwriters: Angelo La Bionda / Carmelo La Bionda / Timothy Touchton
My friend Pat McCurry showed me this video over the weekend. I was like, “That’s the Osmonds!?”
Seriously, it’s a really good and loud song. I was surprised.
Enjoy!
I’ve always liked this song. It’s one of the few songs that I can kind of decently sing and it describes my feelings towards a lot of people who were important to me in years past. It also describes the way I feel about certain people now. This song was originally recorded and made famous by Lulu but my favorite version is this cover by Tina Arena.
Those schoolgirl days
Of telling tales and biting nails are gone
But in my mind
I know they will still live on and on
But how do you thank someone
Who has taken you from crayons to perfume?
It isn’t easy, but I’ll try
If you wanted the sky
I would write across the sky in letters
That would soar a thousand feet high
“To sir, with love”
The time has come
For closing books and long last looks must end
And as I leave
I know that I am leaving my best friend
A friend who taught me right from wrong
And weak from strong
That’s a lot to learn
What, what can I give you in return?
If you wanted the moon
I would try to make a start
But I would rather you let me give my heart
“To sir, with love”
Songwriters: Don Black / Mark London
When Twin Peaks: The Return initially aired, Agent Tamara Preston was the character to whom I instantly related, for all sorts of reasons. One of those reasons, of course, is that Agent Preston is the one who got to do all the research and write the book on life in Twin Peaks. Another reason is because Agent Preston was both a competent professional and a self-amused femme fatale. And finally, Agent Preston’s relationship with Gordon Cole reminded me of some of my most valued relationships. Agent Preston was just one of the many pieces to the puzzle that was Twin Peaks: The Return but she was the one who I felt was standing in for me.
This wonderfully enigmatic music video would turn out to be one of David Lynch’s final short films. Both the video and the song were made in collaboration with Crystabell, the Texan whose collaboration with Lynch began in 1999 and who, of course, played Agent Preston.
Enjoy!
Janis Joplin would have been 82 years old today. Here she is, singing “a song of social import.”
(Interestingly enough, Mercedes apparently later used this song in one of their commercials. I think they missed the point.)
For today’s music video of the day, we have one of David Lynch’s final short films. From his collaboration with Chrystabell, here is the haunting Sublime Eternal Love.
Enjoy!
The other night, I was watching Class of 1984 with a group of friends (including three TSL writers), and I we started discussing what our high schools were known for. When I was a student there, my high school was probably best known for the fact that Jessica Simpson attended the school in the 90s. She didn’t graduate because she left Texas for Hollywood but that was still our claim to fame. It’s interesting because people didn’t care that was my school was also named one of the best high schools in America and that it had an acclaimed drama department. But they definitely cared that Jessica Simpson dropped out before I was even old enough to attend.
(Is it a good thing when your school is best known for a student who dropped out and went on to become a success with G.E.D.?)
Today’s song of the day was inspired by that conversation. Here’s Jessica Simpson, covering These Boots Are Made For Walkin’.
(Yes, I know that no cover can compare to Nancy Sinatra’s other but I didn’t go to Nancy Sinatra’s high school. Plus, I’m a Southern girl with a closet full of boots. I relate to this version.)
You keep sayin’ you’ve got somethin’ for me
Somethin’ you call love but confess
You’ve been a’messin’ where you shouldn’t ‘ve been a’messin’
And now someone else is getting all your best
These boots are made for walkin’
And that’s just what they’ll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
Ya
You keep lyin’ when you oughta be truthin’
And you keep losing when you oughta not bet
You keep samin’ when you oughta be a’changin’
Now what’s right is right but you ain’t been right yet
These boots are made for walkin’
And that’s just what they’ll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
You keep playin’ where you shouldn’t be playin’
And you keep thinkin’ that you’ll never get burnt (ha)
I just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah
And what he knows you ain’t had time to learn
These boots are made for walkin’
And that’s just what they’ll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
Are you ready, boots? Start walkin’
(Lyrics by Lee Hazlewood)
How about starting the long weekend with X?
This video stars and was directed by Exene’s son, Henry Mortensen and co-stars her niece, Carolyn Allen. The video was shot in Cannery Row in Monterey, California.
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 