With a new president ready to take office, this video looks back on the Bush years. This song is like a sequel to “Political Science” shown below. Earlier this year I had to show the funniest Newman clip of all time from Family Guy (since removed) and Short People, so Newman’s latest “Harps and Angels” came out in August. The old man still got it.
Category: Moldy Oldies and Guilty Pleasures
Men’s Synchronized Swimming
After reading and listening to this guilty pleasure from Popdose.com my mind began to wander and I was reminded of this great SNL skit. Before finding success with Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer combined forces on this hilarious mockumentary about a pair of men trying to qualify for the U.S. Olympic synchronized swimming team. There’s just one problem: The U.S. doesn’t allow men to compete… oh, and one of the swimmers can’t actually swim. And that cheesy theme, Frank Stallone’s “Far From Over” is parodied in the background music.
OUT OF LEFT FIELD: There is some buzz online that mentions the Faces reunion could be possible. The original members would include Ron Wood, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones and Rod Stewart. I would love to see Stewart recapture his old glory, as this would go a long way in bringing Stewart back his street cred.
The story of 10cc’s "I’m Not in Love"
The song most identified with mid 1975 – “I’m not in Love ” was a huge hit that put 10cc on the map in the USA. This is from a Japanese documentary about 10cc (with band members today). Using now revealed “secret” recording techniques that created sounds years ahead of it’s time (before synthesizers were common). To me it was fascinating, but you’ll need to know Japanese to understand the narration.
listen to Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
A moment of zen from "Animals"
Minilogue – Animals from ljudbilden on Vimeo.
Sometimes you just see a fun vid. And you wanna chill out – knowwhatimean? I love the animation and use of color here. Note: Do not take acid and watch this, you could see these “animals” come out of the computer and crawl all over you.
Eight Hit Songs from Obscure Movies
What the f___? You know these hit songs (some of them could fall under the category “Hit Songs we Love to Hate”) but do you know where they originally came from? I found this cool blog posting that goes into all the sordid details of these hits. Here is the list and links for each: