'Dirty Girls'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Eno is such a friendly guy! Why do I always expect these men-of-mystery (or men-who-raraly-appear-on-tv, anyway) to be dark and serious?
I know! I was also, for no particularly good reason, surprised by his speaking voice, which I don't think I've ever heard outside of singing.
That was awesome. And Eno is adorable.
For those who missed it (or want to watch again): [link]
A signed, custom-made to order, limited edition copy of the infamous Jimi Hendrix Plaster Cast can be yours! [link]
Lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower took one of the silly jokes in my book as a challenge! [link]
RIP Andrea True:
Desperate for work, she decided to pursue a career as a porn star. She appeared in more than 60 hardcore porn films throughout the 1970s and early to mid-80s, and distinguished herself as one of the more recognizable porn stars in the early New York adult-film industry.
During her heyday as a porn actress, True was hired by a real estate business in Jamaica to appear in their commercial ads. During her stay on Jamaica, a political crisis gripped the island, and no one was allowed to leave with any money. Not wanting to lose her hard-earned pay, True asked her friend, record producer Gregg Diamond, to travel to the island and produce a track for her, which she would finance locally. Diamond arrived with a composition in hand, to which True added her vocals. The result of their collaboration was "More, More, More."
Listening to the new Follies sountrack on NPR's First Listen, I am reminded of my old observation re: Sondheim songs. Once you hear them in context, hearing them played straight, it is hard to take the sentiment seriously. My classic example is "Not While I'm Around" (The only outside-the-show proper use I have ever come up with is a vid about Cordy and Conner), but a number of the love songs in Follies also qualify.
The Sondheim review Putting It Together, which had Carol Burnett and John Barrowman, was really quite good, but I was wincing when they made "I Am Unworthy of Your Love" into a straight love song. It was a duet for Squeaky Fromme and John Hinckley! It's a song about destructive, obsessional love, not a romantic one, damnit!
Even without the context, just taking the words at face-value, I find that use disturbing.