Saturday, December 22, 2012: Harry Connick, Jr. - Winter Wonderland

Worst.  Apocalypse.  Ever.

But, the good news is that, Christmas is back on the menu!  Onward, with  shouts of holiday cheer, and Seasonal music that warms the soul.

Enjoy

CSOTD Bonus Edition: Harry Nilsson - Jump Into The Fire

The problem with doing theme weeks is that, obviously, you need to leave some stuff out.

I can't post every single song that has Jump in the title, I just can't.

I mean, even with the word "Jump" alone, that in itself is a restriction. Notice I haven't included any songs about Jumping (vis-à-vis Jumping Jack Flash or Jumpin', Jumpin')

Now, often I'm ok with leaving out some stuff.  For this week, I was OK with not including Jump Then Fall by Taylor Swift or One Jump Ahead from Aladdin.

But, I wasn't OK with leaving out this frantic, raucous 7 minute thrill ride from the early 70's.

If you only know Harry Nilsson from such sleepy, dreamy ballads as Without You and Everybody's Talkin, then Mr Nilsson, and drummer Jim Gordon and a bassist Herbie Flowers, are about to wake you up.

With a fire extinguisher.  Filled with lead pellets.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011: TWOfer Tuesday - Old School Jump

There's no school like the old school.

We may think we know about fun and freedom here in the 21st Century, but we really need to go back and see how the true hipsters and hep cats blew wild to really show us bumpkins how to cut a rug proper.

The first lesson comes from Senior Louis Prima, the coolest of cool dudes who rocked the big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the 1950s, and also did pop-rock band in the 1960s. And he always looked great doing it.

However, if Mr Prima schooled us, then Mr Belefonte will not only administers our final exams but also grade our dissertations of cool while he sits as the Dean of Cool University. Our work, held up against the standards of the King of Calypso though, falls miserably short and we are all destined to flip burgers and wear name tags at our jobs for the rest of our miserable, uncool lives.

Or, we can just do what most university students do - crank up the music, have fun and dance!*

I dare you to sit still during this song, I double-dog dare you!





*well, obviously, there's also the drinking and the sex - but I do struggle to keep this blog strictly PG-13, gentle reader. I do try.