Good one.
Slipping into feels-so-bad-it-feels-good territory? Do you want extra cheese with that? OK
Just “going with the flow.”
The angsty stuf from the 60s and 70s is probably the best of the period, though the R&B charts from the time are pretty evenly divided between R and B and is all good. (I’m not just saying that because my dad used to sell it, and it put food on our table.) For some reason I’ve mainly been listening to 40s and 50s tunes lately, but here’s something great from just inside the 60s (it was recently used as the theme for an Australian TV show, Upper Middle Bogan, which was either hilarious or terrible, I can’t decide which):
The Velvet Fog himself.
It occurs to me that since I posted James Brown singing in the terrible movie Ski Party, I should post the best song from another ski movie, the subversive (really!) Get Yourself a College Girl:
(This bizarre movie has some of the best music ever to appear in one place.)
I know the song; it’s a classic jazz standard now.
I know about Astrud, and I even know about the real girl the song was based upon, Heloísa Pinheiro:
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But I know nothing about that movie.
This recording was the one that was the big hit in the 60s, and while it wasn’t made for this movie the movie is what gave it wide exposure.
But I know nothing about that movie.
It is loaded with good music (The Animals, Dave Clark Five, Stan Getz, Jimmie Smith, etc) and sneaks in all kinds of early feminist, anti-authoritarian themes, also has the most believable depiction of a college dean I’ve ever seen in a movie. Like anything from the period, it is also full of cringe-y stuff. It shows up occasionally on TCM, I don’t know if it is streamable anywhere.
So I heard you like ski movies:
I’ve never seen it (the title doesn’t exactly sell it), but I’ll check it out. Thanks for the tip.
It’s a formula ‘beach/spring break’ film set at a ski resort with a plethora of acts from the time. The main character has an alter ego as a singer/feminist which would be a scandal for the uptight all girls college she attends. Hijinks ensue and traditional values are somewhat upheld at the end of the story. It’s fun and a nice peek at 1964.
ETA: I found it at the library so it is available…
I love that (both the movie and the scene/song). For some reason it reminds me of Philippe Clay singing Le noyé assassiné in Bell, Book and Candle:
Now, that movie I do know.
Apologies if previously posted:
Nina Simone is always worth hearing again.
Agreed.
That’s my favorite song by her.
So funky even Sir Nose must dance:
So this is an old 1973 song and before you read the spoiler below, see if you can figure out the lyrics.
It’s an Italian comedian singing fake English
I recall Xeni sharing this gem several years ago. Absolutely one of my favorite anythings in music.
