Wednesday
Oct292008
Pop Music Thursdays (Flashback) - America
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 09:28PM
"Today"!
Truthfully I had another song in mind and no plans to go the "flashback" route this early. Instead, I'm banking that song for next week, and present to you The Jewish Elvis with his classic song "America".
My inspiration for this week's pick began with a LaLa recommendation of "America" from raygun01 (better known as BOL's Jason Howell). Oh yes, I'm outing him again! Then it came up as one of my shuffled songs on my iPhone as I was working out at the gym. As it played I picked up momentum on the elliptical and hit "repeat" -- three times!
The gym incident happened on the eve of Barack Obama's paid infomercial (which I thought was moving, positive, and inspiring). Now maybe i'm a little emotional in the midst of layoffs, a terrible economy and a growing uncertainty of the future, but listening to that song gave me a little bit of hope. I know I'm sappy and you might think I'm crazy, but that's seriously how I felt! That's the beauty of music, right?
Truthfully, I've always loved this song and the cheese of the lyrics like:
Plus this song came from one of my all-time favorite movies, The Jazz Singer (1980). I can't even count how many times I've seen it!
I hope you enjoy this week's pick and if you're in the US, I hope you VOTE! You don't have to vote for my candidate, but please exercise your right.
Truthfully I had another song in mind and no plans to go the "flashback" route this early. Instead, I'm banking that song for next week, and present to you The Jewish Elvis with his classic song "America".
My inspiration for this week's pick began with a LaLa recommendation of "America" from raygun01 (better known as BOL's Jason Howell). Oh yes, I'm outing him again! Then it came up as one of my shuffled songs on my iPhone as I was working out at the gym. As it played I picked up momentum on the elliptical and hit "repeat" -- three times!
The gym incident happened on the eve of Barack Obama's paid infomercial (which I thought was moving, positive, and inspiring). Now maybe i'm a little emotional in the midst of layoffs, a terrible economy and a growing uncertainty of the future, but listening to that song gave me a little bit of hope. I know I'm sappy and you might think I'm crazy, but that's seriously how I felt! That's the beauty of music, right?
Truthfully, I've always loved this song and the cheese of the lyrics like:
On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
Never looking back again
They're coming to America
Plus this song came from one of my all-time favorite movies, The Jazz Singer (1980). I can't even count how many times I've seen it!
I hope you enjoy this week's pick and if you're in the US, I hope you VOTE! You don't have to vote for my candidate, but please exercise your right.
Reader Comments (3)
When I was 14 and playing in a punk band we paused from rehearsal and this was on the radio - they were giving away tickets so our drummer called and won! The plan was to get trashed and make fun of the show all night amidst the blue hairs and housewives however his show was incredible...great showman. This song featured a huge indoor fireworks display and he belted it out HUGE I swear they turned everything up to 11. To this day one of the top 3 best live performances by a singer Ive seen (the other two were Marilyn Manson and Alice Cooper so he is in great company)
I approve of the glorious cheeze of this song! :)
Dude, I love it. Thanks. I need to NetFlix this one.