I was prompted by the news that The Carpenters' former home is at risk of being demolished to do this post. I have memories of seeing them on TV during the seventies and hearing their music all over radio as well. My childhood piano teacher reminded me of Karen Carpenter.
Okay, I'm a lot more excited about the new Indiana Jones movie now. Damn you, George Lucas! The same thing happened to me after seeing the trailers for every one of your asinine Star Wars prequels, and it's looks like I'm a sucker for it again. Will I ever learn?? But you had me from the moment Harrison Ford swings from that whip. Yay!:
"I Wish U Heaven" is a song from Prince's 1988's spiritual album, Lovesexy. It is a joyful, spiritual song with few lyrics that runs 2:43. The 12" single is substantially extended three-part suite that runs over ten minutes.
"Glam Slam" is a single from Prince's 1988 album, Lovesexy. The song has sexual overtones with a spiritual undertone and fits the Lovesexy theme. The song is complex musically, recalling "Life Can Be So Nice" from Parade. It ends with a chorus of strings (played on the keyboard).
Prince recorded a remix in 1991 called "Glam Slam '91" that later was the basis of "Gett Off" from Diamonds and Pearls.
In late 1989 Prince opened a nightclub in Minneapolis named after the song. After eight years of frustration vis a vis its more established rival, First Avenue, he sold it to new owners
Prince with the Lovesexy band outside of Paisley Park Studios (from the 1988 Lovesexy concert souvenir program). Original Revolution member Matt Fink is there (3rd from left), as well as Sheila E. (2nd from left).
No offense, but the only reason I really have to care that the television writers' strike may be close to an ending is there will be new episodes (hopefully) of The Office. One of the great things about The Office is the "character" named Creed Bratton. Creed Bratton is of course portrayed by Creed Bratton.
Anyone who has watched the show for a while knows Creed was a member of the rock band The Grass Roots (from 1966 to 1969). But how many know The Grass Roots showed up in the last movie (after a twenty year film career) made by Doris Day? Hmmm?
With Six You Get Eggroll was released in that culturally confused year of 1968. Cocktail culture was getting its behind kicked by counterculture. The death of cocktail culture, and the moving of the national zeitgeist towards the tastes and sensibilities of the counterculture, was one reason why With Six You Get Eggroll was Doris Day's last film.
I think Day must have sensed the cultural plates shifting beneath her feet. For example, she and her manager/husband Marty Melcher turned down the part of Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967) because they thought it was, heh, "vulgar." Oh the times, they had a-changed.
During this scene from With Six You Get Eggroll, set in a nightclub, Creed and The Grass Roots perform "Feelings," which is sort of like a poor man's "Under My Thumb." I don't know a whole lot about The Grass Roots, like how accomplished they were as musicians, for example. And I realize they were lip syncing, but it sure looks like they either aren't trying very hard to play along with the track, or they don't know how to play their parts. Perhaps studio musicians recorded the tracks for them, a la The Monkees(?). Again, I really don't know. Though as a guitar player, I can't help but notice such things.
After listening to "Feelings" several times during the creation of this post, I must admit--it's pretty catchy. I just wish I could tell who's playing that riff! There were bus tours people could take through Haight-Ashbury back during the '60s so as to gawk at all the hippies. That's sort of what the main cast (Doris Day included) does in this nightclub scene:
Fords Corner is a rural residential community located at the junction of State Highway 21 and Farm Road 1 about seven miles southeast of San Augustine in northeastern San Augustine County. Named after the Ford family, the community was probably in existence in the early 1900s. For years a general store served both travelers and farmers in the area. By 2000 only dispersed homes remained, and Fords Corner had a population of thirty.
There was a clowder of cats (in this case, five) nearby.
Some interesting information about Fords Corner via a commenter at texmarc's stupid rabbit:
"My grandfather 'Elbert' Ford opened that store in the 1920's. I remember him telling us kids about the time the infamous Bonnie & Clyde showed up at the store...this was about 1934. Scared the shit out of him...as he knew they were runnin the back-roads between Texas and Louisiana and that they loved to rob gas stations. Turned out...they were very nice and paid for their gas and drinks. After they left, a letter (that probably fell out of Clyde's pocket) was found on the floor that was written to his mother. My grandfather kept it for a while then turned it over to the San Augustine County Sheriff. I think it's displayed in some museum now. He always said he wished he'd kept it but my grandmother 'Vera' Ford said that the sheriff threatened him and made him turn it over. That store is still owned by a cousin that lives in the house behind it.
"To Live and Die in L.A." is a single from the soundtrack of the same name by Wang Chung. Released in September 1985, the song rose quickly up the Billboard Hot 100, until it hit its climax at #41.
On the To Live and Die in L.A. DVD audio commentary, director William Friedkin stated to Wang Chung that he “didn’t want a theme song for To Live and Die in L.A.” One day, though, Jack Hues & Nick Feldman gave Friedkin a copy of "To Live and Die in L.A." (to his dismay). Surprisingly, Friedkin was impressed and decided to keep the song as part of the movie and the soundtrack.
From the Wikipedia entry:
From the Wikipedia entry:
Prince recorded a remix in 1991 called "Glam Slam '91" that later was the basis of "Gett Off" from Diamonds and Pearls.
In late 1989 Prince opened a nightclub in Minneapolis named after the song. After eight years of frustration vis a vis its more established rival, First Avenue, he sold it to new owners
Prince with the Lovesexy band outside of Paisley Park Studios (from the 1988 Lovesexy concert souvenir program). Original Revolution member Matt Fink is there (3rd from left), as well as Sheila E. (2nd from left).
No offense, but the only reason I really have to care that the television writers' strike may be close to an ending is there will be new episodes (hopefully) of The Office. One of the great things about The Office is the "character" named Creed Bratton. Creed Bratton is of course portrayed by Creed Bratton. 
Anyone who has watched the show for a while knows Creed was a member of the rock band The Grass Roots (from 1966 to 1969). But how many know The Grass Roots showed up in the last movie (after a twenty year film career) made by Doris Day? Hmmm? 
With Six You Get Eggroll was released in that culturally confused year of 1968. Cocktail culture was getting its behind kicked by counterculture. The death of cocktail culture, and the moving of the national zeitgeist towards the tastes and sensibilities of the counterculture, was one reason why With Six You Get Eggroll was Doris Day's last film. 
I think Day must have sensed the cultural plates shifting beneath her feet. For example, she and her manager/husband Marty Melcher turned down the part of Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967) because they thought it was, heh, "vulgar." Oh the times, they had a-changed. 
During this scene from With Six You Get Eggroll, set in a nightclub, Creed and The Grass Roots perform "Feelings," which is sort of like a poor man's "Under My Thumb." I don't know a whole lot about The Grass Roots, like how accomplished they were as musicians, for example. And I realize they were lip syncing, but it sure looks like they either aren't trying very hard to play along with the track, or they don't know how to play their parts. Perhaps studio musicians recorded the tracks for them, a la The Monkees(?). Again, I really don't know. Though as a guitar player, I can't help but notice such things.
Wikipedia entry: