ADDED: As for the beans — to add to the endless succession of beans — Roger Daltrey got there first. Here's Rolling Stone in 1967:
April 8, 2023
"One of Ann-Margret’s most famous moments in 'Tommy' involved geysers of baked beans being shot directly at her."
"'They came down a chute and then — pow! — it threw me about five feet back!' she said. 'And it smelled!' She recalled that [Ken] Russell said her character was meant to be experiencing a nervous breakdown during the scene, but to some viewers it looked more like she was having an orgasm. 'That’s fine with me!' she added brightly.
Townshend thinks the director, Russell, took a bit too much pleasure in having her do the scene repeatedly. 'Ken loved to have a beautiful woman in his clutches covered in beans,' he said. 'Let’s just do it again!'
For the new album, he believes Ann-Margret made a perfect choice in having him perform with her on the Everly Brothers song. 'My acoustic guitar style is loosely based on Don Everly’s,' he said."
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When I saw Ann-Margret's name, I thought, "Oh, no, she's died!" So happy that's not the case and, instead, she's releasing new art. I have had a girl-crush on her since forever.
81 years old. Wow. But then, Ann-Margret could simply never be not beautiful, could she.
first bean explosion at 4:36
April is the cruellest month. Nowadays with me it's more the memory of desire than memory and desire, but it's good to read that she can still bring it. The photos in the accompanying article reveal that she has not overdosed on plastic surgery. I will definitely give her album a listen. Maybe the dull roots will be stirred. If you're a guy of a certain age, her scenes in Bye Bye Birdie remain a vivid memory....Great beauty seems to be a longevity factor in women. If so, she's got a good chance of breaking a hundred.
'Roger Daltrey go there first.'
Got.
If our politicians were as savvy as Heinz's marketing department, we'd have a lot less to complain about here. Alas...
In all of my decades, I never noticed the hyphen in her name.
Has it always been used?
I always thought her last name was 'Margret.'
Weird...is it a Mandela Effect kind of thing?
The Everly Brothers were so hugely influential to the Beatles among many others.
I never noticed the similarity between Townshend's acoustic guitar style and Don Everly's, but it's unmistakable once you listen for it.
Don's guitar intro after Simon & Garfunkel giving the their due on Wake Up Little Suzie.
And Bye, Bye Love.
How did I never notice, in all these years, that it's Townshend and not Townsend? Today, the h just popped right out of the page!
Someone (I can't remember who) wrote that she would have been a bigger movie star during the studio days, she had that much charisma and talent. I'm very happy to hear from her again.
I still remember her guest appearance on the Flintstones. Ann-Margrock rocked!
Townsend or Townshend, he's still intolerable.
Back in the Sixties was it really like the famous Mad Men episode?
All of the men ogling and panting over Ann-Margret in Bye Bye, Birdie and all of the women disgusted with them and none too pleased with her?
Or is that a rear-view mirror feminist take on the era?
“When I saw Ann-Margret's name, I thought, "Oh, no, she's died!" So happy that's not the case and, instead, she's releasing new art. I have had a girl-crush on her since forever.”
My partner, not so much.Maybe 45 years ago, she was running the floral shop at the Hilton, in Las Vegas. That was back when they were getting a lot of the top acts, including Ann-Margaret’s. Her favorite was Cosby. She would sneak his entire family in through the floral shop. And invited her, on occasion up to his suite for Champaign. Never alone though - always with his wife and 5 cute kids. Not too far behind Cosby was Elvis, who was always trying to tip her, or buy things for her. She didn’t take tips. Maybe the most generous star she ever worked with.
Which gets to Ann-Margaret. The conversation went something like this:
AM: I want to see Ann (the owner).
P: She’s not here. She’s out of town.
AM: do you know who I am?
P: Yes.
AM: I need to see Ann. Where is she?
P: Still out of town (she still has a mouth on her)
AM: Only she is allowed to do my flowers.
P: That’s surprising - I’ve been doing them for over a year now.
AM: I need to see Ann about my flowers.
P: Not going to happen today. If you want us to do them, tell me what you need. Otherwise…
AM: Ok…
But the bottom of her list was Red Skelton, who was foul mouthed, and continually spit tobacco out on the floor. That they had to clean up the minute he was gone.
I was a WHO fanatic. I saw Tommy at least 100 times...once at a drive in all by myself, because nobody else wanted to see it again with me!! I couldn't get enough of Roger Daltrey!!
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