Well, it's a TMBG cover. That's an old song.
Megan beat me to it. Original version is from the 50s or thereabouts.
The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.
Buffy ,'First Date'
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jessica - Mar 04, 2009 3:56:17 am PST #8503 of 28431
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Kat - Mar 04, 2009 4:23:49 am PST #8504 of 28431
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
There is no earthly reason for those words to even be in the story unless they're a reference to something, and it's driving me nuts
Well, it could be about constancy and almost a deeper reference to the idea that a "rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Changing the name of Constantinople changes little about the history, character or architecture of the city. It's a re-reference to that idea, perhaps.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 04, 2009 4:49:58 am PST #8505 of 28431
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Earwormed now. Not unpleasant, though.
Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam...
Fred Pete - Mar 04, 2009 4:57:47 am PST #8506 of 28431
Ann, that's a ferret.
Original version is from the 50s or thereabouts.
Popularized by the Four Lads.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 04, 2009 4:59:52 am PST #8507 of 28431
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My grandpa had that song on a greatest Hits of the 50's tape that I loved, and I was so surprised when everyone kept talking about the TMBG's version as if it were a new song.
Connie Neil - Mar 04, 2009 5:59:03 am PST #8508 of 28431
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My mother had a 78rpm record of some 40s/50s group doing the song.
Kathy A - Mar 04, 2009 6:01:20 am PST #8509 of 28431
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I remember driving my mom somewhere while I was playing a mix tape in my car which included a bunch of TMBG songs. She was just half-listening until "Istanbul" came on, then she started singing along. I had no clue it was a cover until she said she knew it from when she was in high school.
flea - Mar 04, 2009 6:39:05 am PST #8510 of 28431
information libertarian
My daughter has a whole dance routine to the TMBG version that she learned at the YMCA last summer.
Laga - Mar 04, 2009 7:53:18 am PST #8511 of 28431
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I remember driving my mom somewhere while I was playing a mix tape in my car which included a bunch of TMBG songs. She was just half-listening until "Istanbul" came on, then she started singing along. I had no clue it was a cover until she said she knew it from when she was in high school.
wait, I thought that was me and my mom. Did she then go on to tell you about what a great song, "SH-Boom" is?
Kathy A - Mar 04, 2009 8:02:47 am PST #8512 of 28431
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hee! No, she knows that, through my oldies-loving brother, I'm probably more familiar with songs from the '50s than she is. (I actually stumped the oldies station DJ in Milwaukee when I was in college by asking if he could play "When You Wish Upon a Star" by Dion and the Belmonts. He'd never heard of it, while I had it on one of my mix tapes!)
(Actually, Mom is pretty open to newer songs, too. I was playing a concert album by Poi Dog Pondering, and she really got into some of the jazzy numbers as well as the ballads, so I made her a mix CD of those. I avoided the rock songs, especially the ones with swear words in them.)