Tag Archives: Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s song of the day was the second James Bond theme song to receive an Oscar nomination, Carly Simon’s Nobody Does It Better.  It’s a song that I’m picking for today because, in 2025, nobody is going to do it better than the crew here at the Shattered Lens!

Add to that, it’s just a really good song and a great way to start of the New Year.  This is one of the few songs that I can sing, though not as well as Carly Simon.  Still, there was one summer night when I totally slayed this song during karaoke night at Grandpa Tony’s.  The audience was full of drunk yankees who were in Dallas for some sort of pharmaceutical convention and they loved me!

Here is Carly Simon performing today’s song of the day.

Nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, you’re the best

I wasn’t lookin’ but somehow you found me
I tried to hide from your love light
But like heaven above me
The spy who loved me
Is keepin’ all my secrets safe tonight

And nobody does it better
Though sometimes I wish someone could
Nobody does it quite the way you do
Why’d you have to be so good?

The way that you hold me
Whenever you hold me
There’s some kind of magic inside you
That keeps me from runnin’
But just keep it comin’
How’d you learn to do the things you do?

And nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, baby
Darlin’, you’re the best

Baby, you’re the best
Baby, you’re the best
Sweet baby, you’re the best
Darlin’, you’re the best
Darlin’, you’re the best
Sweet baby, you’re the best
Baby, you’re the best
Sweet baby

Songwriters: Carole Sager / Marvin Hamlisch

Song of the Day: Hooray for Santa Claus by Milton DeLugg and the Little Eskimos

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Did everyone have a good Christmas?  Did everyone get everything that they wanted?

If the answer’s yes, you have one man to thank for that!

Hooray for Santy Claus!

(You might recognize this song from one of our favorite holiday classics, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians!)

Song of the Day: Under the Eye of the Electric Storm by Depth Charge (RIP, J. Saul Kane)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s song of the day is in tribute to Jonathan Saul Kane, who died earlier this month at the age of 55.  This British DJ was also known as Depth Charge and The Octagon Man and he is one of the many people who have been credited, over the years, as being the inventor of both trip hop and big beat.  Along with founding several key independent record labels, Kane was also sampling Kung Fu movies before it was cool.  In fact, as one of the founders Made In Hong Kong, Kane played a key role in introducing Hong Kong action to the west.

As for today’s song of the day, Under The Eye Of The Electric Storm was first released in 1991.

RIP, J. Saul Kane.

Bonus Song of the Day: Mr. Sandman by The Chordettes

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Thanks to the one and only John Carpenter, the version of this sweet little song that The Chordettes recorded in the 1950s will be forever associated with the Night He Came Home.  Sadly, none of the Chordettes are with us anymore and I haven’t been able to find any interviews about how they felt about their song of teenage love being used in Halloween.

I’d like to think they would have appreciated it.  Michael Myers may not have had hair like Liberace but he did have a mask that looked a lot like William Shatner.

 

Horror Song Of The Day: Dawn of the Dead Main Theme by Goblin

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Dawn of the Dead (1978, dir by George Romero, DP: Michael Gornick)

Dario Argento not only produced and edited the European cut for 1978’s Dawn of the Dead, he also introduced George Romero to Goblin.  The Italian band, famous for their horror movie soundtracks, provided the classic score to Dawn of the Dead.

(Admittedly, the score is is used far more prominently in Argento’s cut of the film than in Romero’s.)

For today’s horror song of the day, here is Goblin’s Main Theme From Dawn of the Dead.

Horror Song of The Day: Cat People (Putting Out Fire) by Giorgio Moroder and David Bowie

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s song comes the hypnotic soundtrack of Paul Schrader’s Cat People.  This song was so good that it later showed up and was used to equally strong effect in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds.