Mayo 2, 2007

"Sha la la la la la la live for today."



Just a song that figures into the new Bloggingheads... which you'll have to wait for.

ADDED: And here's another clue for you all:

17 komento:

Synova ayon kay ...

I love those scarf things around their necks, like Freddie on Scooby-doo.

Latino ayon kay ...

The Grassroots stole that refrain from the Drifters I think... Sha la la la la la late at night...
Wonder if they ever got sued for it.

Peter Hoh ayon kay ...

So you chat with Sanjaya?

George M. Spencer ayon kay ...

Inka dinka doo, a dinka dee, a dinka doo simply means inka dinka dee-a dinka doo.

Isn't that right, Mrs. Calabash?

Ghost Dansing ayon kay ...

Those are some pretty groovy bands.... Jimmy Durante is vintage.

Tru ayon kay ...

First post - new reader.
I so enjoy the music videos you choose to post - I remember groovin' to the last one too (altho my mind is mush to recall artist after being on the 405 all day).

It's comforting to know there was a time when the music was real, the band was live, and naked girls waited at the hotel.

Those were the days....

Joan ayon kay ...

... the walrus was Paul?

Ruth Anne Adams ayon kay ...

Mmmm...that's good autoharp. And buy the book.

TMink ayon kay ...

Beat me to it Joan!

Trey

Simon ayon kay ...

I think I know who it is. :)

Jeff with one 'f' ayon kay ...

I always feel depressed when I see old stars like Jimmy Durante or Fred Astaire interact with the styles and culture of the late 60's and 1970's. They spent their whole lives around beautiful clothes and music only to spend their dotage confronted with a god-awful narcissistic youth culture that was bent on dispariging all that came before it. What was the matter with them, didn't they understand that sex was invented in 1963?

paul a'barge ayon kay ...

Yum. Lovin' Spoonful.

You know that thing that Zal Yanovsky does with his feet? I've seen two bulls doing that just before they get after it.

Oh, and the babes in the audience? Folks, they just don't look like that anymore. Hot. They make you think of the early pictures of Althouse.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Jeff, at the time I was mad that old guys like Durante were detracting from the mod/hippie look of it all.

reader_iam ayon kay ...

So, when's it scheduled to go up? I'd like to download it as a podcast for an out-of-town trip (leaving in a little under four hours) which I'm dreading. I'm collecting podcasts on my iPod right now for purposes of distraction, self-defense and escape.

Great choice, assuming I've gathered correctly who your partner is.

saintrussell ayon kay ...

Joe: You're quite right. The tune in question is "I Count The Tears" by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. Don't know if anyone got sued.

T.K. Tortch ayon kay ...

The Lovin' Spoonfull were a good band. They're obviously having fun -- and definately better live-music players than the Grass Roots were lip-sync'rs!

I always wondered how, when faking a live performance, the drummers managed to look convincing without actually hitting any cymbals or drums. . . .

George M. Spencer ayon kay ...

Check this out...

An elderly Jimmy Durante singing a medley of McCartney's "Yesterday" with an earlier song of the same name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ioG6-KQy2M

You'll get goosebumps.

A master entertainer.

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