I liked the Bob Hope imitator clause, too.
Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.
'Objects In Space'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Oct 05, 2006 9:05:01 am PDT #4134 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
evil jimi - Oct 05, 2006 4:08:48 pm PDT #4135 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
That's a classic!
DavidS - Oct 05, 2006 5:12:11 pm PDT #4136 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm working on my new Halloween mix to be put up at Buffrawk.
This is last year's mix which is still available there:
DavidS "Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach" Oct 16, 2005 3:44:40 pm PDT
DavidS - Oct 05, 2006 9:12:58 pm PDT #4137 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Tidbit gleaned from the current issue of Mojo: Johnny Mercer (the great songwriter) had a fling with Judy Garland and fell deeply in love with her. He wrote the lyric to "That Old Black Magic" about her, and when they broke up...that's right..."One For My Baby (and One More For the Road)" is for her.
sumi - Oct 06, 2006 4:18:45 am PDT #4138 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
That's a cool story. Not fun for him -- but productive, no?
DavidS - Oct 06, 2006 6:50:09 am PDT #4139 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's a cool story. Not fun for him -- but productive, no?
You gotta keep your songwriters broken hearted if you want anything decent out of 'em.
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2006 7:00:21 am PDT #4140 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, Lou Reed started to suck once he was happily married.
OK, that's an exaggeration, but....
DavidS - Oct 06, 2006 7:10:20 am PDT #4141 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Apparently Mercer went back to the bar where he uttered the opening lines (in presumably less rhymey fashion) and apologized to the bartender, Tommy Joyce, that his name wouldn't scan in the lyric. Hence, "Set 'em up, Joe."
Yeah, Lou Reed started to suck once he was happily married.
There aren't a lot of instances of a songwriter doing great work when they were happy. Moondance. Graceland.
joe boucher - Oct 06, 2006 9:01:21 am PDT #4142 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
He wrote the lyric to "That Old Black Magic" about her, and when they broke up...that's right..."One For My Baby (and One More For the Road)" is for her.
I included both of them on a Buffistamix. Mercer was probably happier with what Sinatra did for the latter than what Spike Jones & Co. did to the former. ("Aflame with such a burning desire...OOWWWOOOO!!" I love Red Ingle!) I'll also note that Harold Arlen was the composer on both & that he wrote (with Yip Harburg) the songs for The Wizard of Oz starring whatshername.
Yeah, Lou Reed started to suck once he was happily married.
The Blue Mask sucked? Huh? And though I think the marriage was turning bad by the time of New Sensations it's a terrific album & pretty upbeat by his standards. (I love how he sounds happy when he sings "Hey, look, they're setting fire to that jeep!" in "High in the City.")
Frankenbuddha - Oct 06, 2006 9:06:30 am PDT #4143 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The Blue Mask sucked? Huh? And though I think the marriage was turning bad by the time of New Sensations it's a terrific album & pretty upbeat by his standards. (I love how he sounds happy when he sings "Hey, look, they're setting fire to that jeep!" in "High in the City.")
I was going to say, but I got distracted by work. Stupid work.