Speaking of Mr T, I saw the trailer the other day for a brand new film of The A Team.
Didn't really understand the labeling on the Sea Sand and Sun song, but it was nice anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0F5II5MWD8
@edgarblythe,
I chose that song for it's visual and lyrics, edgar.
Well, I am stunned. A new film of The A Team? Hope it's better than some of the others today, Texas. Noticed that some lady is suing James Cameron for stealing her ideas with his movie Avatar.
Love that one by Donovan, buddy. Great choice cause most of the time someone is singing on WA2K radio. Reminds me of my hippie days.
Today is Leo Sayer's birthday, and I checked around for some music that didn't feature his falsetto type voice, and found this one, y'all. Hmmm, seems to me I've heard that song before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjFXvQVcqQk&feature=related
On this date in:
1832 The first Democratic National Convention got under way, in Baltimore.
1840 New Zealand was declared a British colony.
1881 Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
1892 The opera "I Pagliacci" by Ruggiero Leoncavallo was first performed, in Milan, Italy.
1924 Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, two students at the University of Chicago, killed a 14-year-old boy in a "thrill killing."
1956 The United States exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb, over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
1959 The musical "Gypsy" starring Ethel Merman opened on Broadway.
1979 Former San Francisco City Supervisor Dan White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk; White's argument that junk food had fueled his rampage was derided as the "Twinkie defense."
1991 Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber.
1999 Susan Lucci, star of the ABC soap opera "All My Children," won her first Daytime Emmy Award for best actress in the 19th straight year she was nominated.
2008 David Cook won "American Idol" in a landslide over David Archuleta.
@edgarblythe,
edgar, Cherry Poppin' Daddies? Wow! more retro, and it was great. Wonder if the swing era will be back.
Uhoh, Texas. I zeroed in on one of your dates in history. Guess what I'm going to play. The following is three different sessions of the same aria, folks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL7wdUPXpiM&feature=related
Al Capone loved him!
Enrico can sing, letty.
Smokey can, too, just not the same way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2E_RSJAhYU
@edgarblythe,
I love that one by Smokey, edgar. The Tears of a Clown is great, and here's another clown song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPSuJfLGKGQ&feature=related
I love that Everly Brothers song. Got another clown song here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewAhqjfMiEY
@edgarblythe,
Never heard Goobye Cruel World by James Darren, edgar. Thanks for the introduction.
Here's a funny one, y'all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_BPcDOjJCc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0euWCR6Ysc
Funny letty. I didn't see that one, but I saw this circus film
Tony Randall
@edgarblythe,
Wow! I have been searching a lot this evening, edgar. Found out that the only two songs from the 1964 version of Dr. Lao were Bach and the strange quote Sumer is Icumen in Loudly sing cuckoo.
Didn't have much luck with "the jester's" Bo Jangles, either.
Ah, well, it's time for me to say goodnight, so I'll let Robbie Williams do the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEFFK1xaQu8&feature=related
And, back to Bach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoyr_FyFw&feature=related
Thinking of Dave tonight,
From Mom with love
"Mr. Bojangles" is a popular country folk song written and recorded by country music artist Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968 and covered by many other artists. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band took the song to #9 on the Billboard pop chart in 1971.
The song was inspired by an encounter with a street performer in the New Orleans First Precinct jail and does not refer to the famous stage and movie dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
According to Walker, a murder on the 4th of July weekend in 1965 precipitated the arrest of all the street people in the area. In the crowded cell, a disheveled homeless old man began to talk to Walker, who had been arrested earlier for drunkenness. The man told various stories of his life, but the tone darkened after 'Mr Bojangles' recalled his dog who'd been run over. Someone then asked for something to lighten the mood, and the man obliged with a tap dance. The song is notated in two aurally equivalent time signatures, 3/4 and 6/8. Walker mentions that all the men in the cell had nicknames to prevent easy identification by the police. The dancer's nickname was 'Mr Bojangles'. In his autobiography 'Gypsy Songman', Walker makes it clear that the man he met was white. Further, in an interview with BBC Radio 4 in August 2008 he pointed out that, at the time, the jail cells in New Orleans were segregated by color.
That's my favorite piece by Bach, letty. It could have been written by members of The Band.
Just my little joke for the evening. Be not dismayed. I am signing of til the morrow. Good night.
@edgarblythe,
Good morning, edgar. I cannot tell you what memories The Ballad of the Harp Weaver bring to me. One of my dear students, Lynette, did that at my suggestion in a competetion. She was a sweet black gal who called me Mia. (Vulcan for mother) Because she had a bad stutter, and because there was some prejudice, she did not win. She was by far the best contestant. I wonder where the child is today. Thanks, Texas.
Today is Peter Nero's birthday, so here is a great one by him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqdbY01uHZg&feature=related
Well, happy birthday Pete. Keep on making that music.
The following is a tribute to Ramblin Jack Elliot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCTY17uwtFs&feature=related
@Letty,
afternoon miss letty. ed.
let's do the wilbury twist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mri_BzkSGg&feature=channel
@edgarblythe,
ah, edgar, I missed your bit about Bojangles. So it was not Bill Robinson? Thanks for that info. Loved that tribute to Ramblin' Jack Elliott and let's hope The Anthem of America is still "land of the free; home of the brave"
This gives to meaning to Born Free about Elsa the lion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_BXiyOyoQs
Today is Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday. Can't miss that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0n_U9lrdhw
Oops, missed the mooseman. Back later to acknowledge
My boss actually called me into the office, yesterday, just to share that gorilla reunion video, letty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdO1YpVSTWs
Good song and tribute to Doyle.
Howdy rock.
@Rockhead,
Welcome back, Rock. The Wilbury's Twist was funny, Kansas, but it did make me want to get up and dance, even with my sore foot.
Daktari movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxdxk0RpBQg
Wasn't this song from the movie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf8BT3wbZSo&feature=related
