And now, Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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From John Williams’s score to Nixon: “The 1960s: The Turbulent Years”.
I’ve been remembering Oliver Stone’s fascinating reinterpretation of history in this movie ever since I heard of Henry Kissinger’s death. I wrote about the film years ago, and honestly I wouldn’t change a word of that. I consider Nixon a great film about a time when our country was led by terrible people.
As for Mr. Kissinger, well…my mother would not appreciate being outlived by him.
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Something for Thursday
Eighty-nine years ago today, Carl Sagan was born.
Sagan is one of the true giants of my life, the people whose work shaped me into who I am today. A very large part of how I view the world comes from him and his commitment to skeptical rationalism always leavened with captivated wonder.
Listen to his words as he reflects on the image of Earth taken by one of the Voyager spacecraft, when it was so far away that it’s just another pinpoint of light in what looks like a starfield.
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From The Muppet Show. This is one of my very favorite songs from that show; there’s just something about this that’s so pleasing…maybe it’s the simplicity of the song, combined with its lovely backing vocal, that gets me. The song was featured twice on The Muppet Show, once by Danny Kaye and this, by Charles Azvanour. I like this one better, with the kids in the schoolhouse singing the “two and two are four” bit in silhouette. I don’t think The Muppet Show always gets the credit it deserves for introducing sheer beauty to the world.
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For some reason–probably because it was an awesome show and I miss it–I’ve had Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on my mind of late, so I figured why not feature a song here from the show?
Midway through the second season, the character Greg starts to realize that his life is a dumpster fire for a lot of reasons–not the least of which is the drinking problem he didn’t even realize he had. He decides to discuss the subject with his friends, with said discussion being depicted in song. One of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend‘s particular bits of genius is how it often delved into serious topics through comedic songs that at first seem to be making light of the situation, but…really aren’t.
Here is “Greg’s Drinking Song”.
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I’m a rover, seldom sober
I’m a rover of high degree
It’s when I’m drinking,
I’m always thinking
how to gain my love’s company
For whatever reason–mainly the demands of time as other interests crop up–I realized recently that I’ve listened to very little Celtic music lately. As in, the entire last year.
This is not acceptable to me.
I found a suitable starting point with “I’m a Rover”, a song that’s been covered by just about everybody in the genre. Here’s Siobhan Miller’s version. Why hers, and not someone else’s? Because it’s the one I’ve just heard, and it’s good!