My apologies to you all.
I had in my mind to have a "guest poster" today. The Marvelous Miss "M". She reads my blog quite often and has suggested a song or two to post on occasion.
We discussed it.
I know she picked out a song.
I asked her about it last night so I could write it all up today.
And we BOTH forgot which song it was.
Ain't gettin' old fun?
Then - things got busy at work and I spaced out there for a little while and ...
Excuses, excuses, excuses!
:::sigh:::
SO....I found myself scrambling around for something to post.
Finding no inspiration on the 3500 songs I have on my iPod, I went to my vinyl collection to see what kind of obscure piece o' musical brilliance I could WOW you all with.
You all have seen my posts...you know my taste in music is crap...but it's FUN crap!
I found a few albums that I think don't belong to me. Or at least not originally anyway. I may "borrowed" them from someone else and then have forgotten to return them later. My memory has always been a bit flaky.
Conveniently so.
A few things I learned about my vinyl collection that I never realized before:
There are some interesting highlights though:
- I forgot I had Stevie Nicks Bella Donna album.
- The Debbie Harry KooKoo album cover still freaks me out.
- I think I own the only album Quarterflash ever made.
- When the hell did I buy Paul Simon's Graceland album and why?
Hmmmm...oh well.
One little gem shined out through all the rest though. I had completely forgotten I had this and I just grinned from ear to ear as soon as I saw the cover.
Gilda Radner Live from New York!
This album never fails to cheer me up when I'm feelin' down. I LOVE Gilda! She was such a cutie and so talented too. She is surely missed.
I looked at the back cover and there are all over her characters that she created over the years:
Candy Slice
Emily Litella (Nevermind!)
Lisa Loopner
Rhonda Weiss and the Rhondettes
and of course - Rosanne Roassnadanna!
I don't have a turntable anymore unfortunately so I can't play this at the moment, but I found a few segments on YouTube and I have the VHS of this show that I still watch occasionally.
Gilda was another one of those comic geniuses whose life was cut way too short.
So for this weeks Musical Musings I leave you with the opening song from that performance and hope it brings a little smile to your day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SVmQMPaLMQ <- Click here to view it, YouTube has disabled the embedding feature for this video! Have a great weekend all!
Peace!
(sorry about the formatting for this post...I fought with Blogger and Blogger won...the bugger)
10 comments:
Hey, Shaz,
I've been rather tied up with dealings with my dad's situation, but I thought I'd pop round and see what you're up to. (I am "following" you with the Blogger thingy).
Quarterflash, huh? Was that, "Harden my Heart"? I never bought their album, but I did like that song.
Gilda was GREAT! I loved Lisa Loopner and Todd - it really cracked me up that Mr. Loopner was in a basket by the door because he had no spine!!! Noogies - ah, memories.
My husband was a big fan of Gene Wilder's too - so sad, they are both gone. I hope they are together somewhere, making souls laugh.
Kat
I forgot. My Gen-X blog is featuring K-C and the Sunshine Band today...pop in for some disco, baby!
Kat
Well hot damn, Shazza.
I had to stop reading halfway through this, dig through my vinyl and unearth Stevie Nicks' Bella Donna album.
She's now revolving sexily on my turntable and singing about a white winged dove (Ooh, baby, Ooh, say Ooh).
And Gilda Radner! Woohoo! A true comic genius. That song just cracked me up!
Thanks for making my day (as you so often do).
And hey, Poetikat! I do hope Gene is still around. I met him last year and he seemed pretty perky.
Shoot! Dive, when you reach a certain age you start asking the questions: "Is so-and-so still alive?"
Both my husband and I were under the impression that he was gone. We must be mixing him up with someone else.
Also, I think he was battling cancer, wasn't he?
According to the Imdb, he's alive and well.
Sorry everyone! My apologies, Gene.
Kat
Kat - a blog stalker! Oh my! LOL
I think Gene Wilder is still alive.
Dive - Revolving sexually on your turntable...that sounds like Stevie.
Hey Shaz,
I liked quarterflash. Stevie Nicks was hot, no matter what your gender or sexual orientation. I still think she's hot.
Yeah, Gene was pretty slow and frail and his hair is bright white, but he still had that magical sparkle in his eye and he was a real gentleman, polite and patient and happy to talk to me.
I'm glad he's still around.
I had to see a different doctor on Friday night because mine was at the Loverboy concert. Loverboy concert?
I also own the Quarterflash album. It has a song on it about an art school female who has a crush on the lead singer. It's pretty subtle, but I still listened to it over and over....
Identity - Loverboy?
VC - I know that song! Valerie!
"Oh Valerie, oh I never thought it would go this far."
Wow...that was a flashback. I remember singing that one too. If I had admited to myself back then what I know now....oh...nevermind.
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