Tuesday's grey

Hello again! In an attempt to get my blogging mojo back, I am aiming to blog every day this week. It'll probably peter out by this afternoon, but now I have The Cure lyrics as my blog titles I have some incentive to keep going til Friday so I can finish the verse. (Early heads-up: I won't mean Thursday's title. I love you guys.)

Here is a song I've been listening to an awful lot this week, thanks to the magic that is Hype Machine. If you haven't discovered it yet, you are missing out - it streams music from various blogs and houses a scarily wide range of songs. And none of that scary "downloading" business either! Let's leave that to the young people.

Anyway, I'm rambling. A random search threw up Bill Cosby's cover of Reach Out (I'll Be There) - yes, that's the comedian Bill Cosby, taken from his ludicrous album Bill Cosby Sings Hooray For The Salvation Army Band. Clearly realising he'd never be taken seriously as a singer, he's adopted a somewhat tongue-in-cheek approach and doesn't so much reinterpret the song as rugby tackle it to the ground and kick it into submission with his brand-new lyrics and distracted singing style. My favourite bit is right at the start when he bellows "Hello!" like a crazy old man at a bus stop shouting at cars.

Anyway - go listen.

 

Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby

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Jando

Hello!

Bill - I've got one thing to say to you: Call the fashion police and get yourself arrested.

plubby
We are all very grumpy in my office today and that has cheered us up no end. So Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! But, as Jando says, not for Mr Cosby's style. Perhaps he kindly gave away his shirt to some passing vagrant? Then again, no self-respecting hobo would be seen in public in Hare Krishna orange.
fox in the snow
I was so distracted by the orange spiky waistcoat that I failed to notice Mr Cosby's shirtlessness. He seems to be colour co-ordinating himself with the parking meter.
Ms P
That waistcoat would look sooo much better on me. Rawwwk!
Colonel Knowledge

You can go to the original blog posts of all the songs on the Hype Machine and "download" them for free.

Get with the times, gramps.

fox in the snow

There you go, young people - follow CK's advice as long as you don't feel bad that HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC.

Hello NewMalden! YouTube is blocked at work so I'll have to wait til hometime to watch that.

newmalden
I wouldn't! It's likely to be a minute and a half of your life that you'll wish you had back.

Seems Lisa Williams of the Surrey Comet left a comment on my blog in May 2007 asking if she could put Matty B's Wimpy song on the Kingston Guardian website. Reckon it's too late to tell her, 'yes'?
fox in the snow
Naw, she may still be struggling for material. It's never too late to hear the Wimpy song.
newmalden
I've emailed her with a few things. I'll let you know how I get on.

Do you fancy coming to an 'I love the nineties' night tomorrow? I've been asked to Guest DJ. It's in Camden, which I had forgotten even existed. I'll play 'Friday I'm in Love', providing it was released in the nineties. I think it was!
fox in the snow
Oooh, I saw that on Facebook - "NewMalden and Amanda and Katey are going dancing!", my news feed told me. I've got plans for earlier in the evening but I might try to drag people along later to this so-called "Camden" of which you speak.
newmalden
My! That's sinister. But useful. Good old facebook! One day I will destroy thee.

It would be much appreciated if you could make it. It's right by the tube. I have no idea how I'm going to get home from it. I've decided just not to think about it.

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