Since today is John Glen’s birthday, it only seems appropriate that today’s song of the day should be one of my favorite James Bond themes. From the underrated Octopussy, here’s one of the few songs that I can sing (though I don’t sound anywhere near as good as Rita Coolidge), All Time High!
All I wanted was a sweet distraction for an hour or two Had no intention to do the things we’ve done Funny how it always goes with love, when you don’t look, you find But then we’re two of a kind, we move as one
We’re an all-time high We’ll change all that’s gone before Doing so much more than falling in love On an all-time high We’ll take on the world and win So hold on tight, let the flight begin
I don’t want to waste a waking moment, I don’t want to sleep I’m in so strong and so deep, and so are you In my time, I’ve said these words before, but now I realize My heart was telling me lies, for you, they’re true
We’re an all-time high We’ll change all that’s gone before Doing so much more than falling in love On an all-time high We’ll take on the world and win So hold on tight, let the flight begin
So hold on tight, let the flight begin We’re an all-time high
Since today is Robert Zemeckis’s birthday, today’s song of the day is an obvious one. Here is The Power of Love, by Huey Lewis and the News!
The power of love is a curious thing Make a one man weep, make another man sing Change a hawk to a little white dove More than a feeling, that’s the power of love
Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream Stronger and harder than a bad girl’s dream Make a bad one good, mm, make a wrong one right Power of love that keep you home at night
You don’t need money, don’t take fame Don’t need no credit card to ride this train It’s strong and it’s sudden, and it’s cruel sometimes But it might just save your life That’s the power of love That’s the power of love
First time you feel it, it might make you sad Next time you feel it, it might make you mad But you’ll be glad, baby, when you’ve found That’s the power makes the world go ’round
And it don’t take money, don’t take fame Don’t need no credit card to ride this train It’s strong and it’s sudden, it can be cruel sometimes But it might just save your life
They say that all in love is fair Yeah, but you don’t care (ooh) But you know what to do (what to do) When it gets hold of you And with a little help from above You feel the power of love You feel the power of love Can you feel it? Hm-hm
It don’t take money, and it don’t take fame Don’t need no credit card to ride this train Tougher than diamonds and stronger than steel But you won’t feel nothin’ ’til you feel
You feel the power, just feel the power of love That’s the power, mm, that’s the power of love You feel the power of love You feel the power of love Feel the power of love
Songwriters: Huey Lewis / John Victor Colla / Christopher John Hayes
Today’s music video of the day is the first music video to have been directed by Sofia Coppola. In fact, this may be her first directorial credit. While the song itself is a bit generic, the video is pure Sofia Coppola. Watching it, it’s hard not to see the same vision that, a few years later, would give us The Virgin Suicides, Somewhere, and The Bling Ring. This video was filmed at the Coppola vineyard in Rutherford, California.
Interesting to note that the film’s editor was Spike Jonze, who would later marry Coppola in 1999 (they would get divorced in 2003) and who is thought to have been the inspiration for Giovanni Ribisi’s character in Lost In Translation.
Technically, the French composer Marius Constant did not set out to write the theme song for TheTwilight Zone. In the 50s, CBS commissioned Constant to compose a number of short pieces for CBS stock music library, basically as musical stingers that could be used for radio shows. In 1960, when TheTwilightZone needed a theme song, an enterprising CBS employee combined two of Constant’s composition to create the iconic TwilightZone theme.
This is the song that gave it’s title to one of the best films ever made.
My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay It’s better to burn out Than to fade away My my, hey hey.
Out of the blue and into the black They give you this, but you pay for that And once you’re gone, you can never come back When you’re out of the blue and into the black.
The king is gone but he’s not forgotten This is the story of a Johnny Rotten It’s better to burn out than it is to rust The king is gone but he’s not forgotten.
Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die There’s more to the picture Than meets the eye. Hey hey, my my.
Today’s song of the day comes to us from the soundtrack of the 1983 film, Revenge of the Ninja. Composed by Robert J. Walsh, this soundtrack will definitely leave you prepared to defeat all of your enemies, ninja-style!
(Actually, don’t try to do that without getting some training once. I speak with the experience who sprained her ankle multiple times as a result of trying to duplicated Kate Beckinsale’s Underworld moves.)