SFist (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
We can't get it out of our heads now that we mentioned it in conjunction with the Todd Rundgren show tonight at the Palace of Fine Arts. It's a good song, and it's been covered by the likes of Robert Palmer and Mandy Moore . It also figured in a somewhat infamous threeway sex scene from Nip/Tuck a few seasons back. Above, a simple concert version from 1978, with Todd alone at the piano.
Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of... (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Kicking off a new feature that will run for the next twenty-five days or so: a daily video or music clip related to Christmas. So let's kick things off with the incredibly gooey and silly song from Love Actually . Here's "Christmas is All Around", sung by the wonderful Bill Nighy in the actual music video they shot for the movie (obviously an homage to Robert Palmer). So if you really love...
The Time Traveller's Strife (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Not an earworm, just fancied watching the video, haven't seen it in ages. . . . . Robert Palmer- Addicted To Love Uploaded by ghovingh . - Watch more music videos, in HD!
Exploit Boston (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
It’s an annual tradition for Boston bands to perform Halloween shows covering bands they love or just feel inspired to cover for the night. This year I got some great performances recorded on video: John Powhida and Chris Cote as Robert Palmer, Preacher Roe as The Replacements, The Luxury as Duran Duran and The Lights [...]
ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Britney Spears' "Toxic" was just named The Sexiest Video of All Time by Muzu.tv . Fans voted on the winners. We really can't argue: it's a fabulous video. The costumes for Britney were all done by designer Jeremy Scott . Britney looks absolutely amazing. Take a Toxic walk down memory lane: The runners up for the sexiest video were: 2. Shakira - She Wolf 3. JLS - Beat Again 4. Girls Aloud...
Idolator (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
In one of those online polls that makes you fear for the sexual development of Internet-enabled persons as a whole; Britney Spears' clip for "Toxic" has been named the "Most Sexy Video" of all time by the users of the UK music-video site Muzu.tv ; No. 1 on the corresponding "Least Sexy" list, meanwhile, is Madonna's leotard-tastic "Hung Up" . In case you're...
BritneyAddiction - Your Addiction Starts Here. Latest... (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Britney Spears won the sexiest video vote for her 2004 single Toxic, with Shakira in second place with She Wolf and boy band JLS in third with Beat Again. The rankings were decided by users of the music video website Muzu.tv. Top Ten Most Sexy Videos 1. Britney – Toxic 2. Shakira – She Wolf 3. JLS - Beat Again 4. Girls Aloud – Untouchable 5. Kylie – Spinning Around 6. Rihanna...
Norfolk 'n Good! (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands, Oh, where hae ye been? They hae slain the Earl Amurray, And Lady Mondegreen. Yes, this is a "Mondegreen" or misheard lyric (laid 'im on de green) which of course only works in this instance when said in Black and White Minstrels patois. I was reminded of the concept when Richard recently mentioned a Paul Simon Song about Chromosones and found several web sites...
Green Lung (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Some great telly last night on BBC Four, with Electric Dreams, narrated by Robert Llewellyn, followed by Micro Men. Unlike the rest of us kids of the 60s and 70s who had to endure the painfully slow and expensive evolution of technology, the family featured in Electric Dreams woke up each day to find that their technological world had advanced by a year, with new gadgets delivered to their door. Sure,...
Rose Red (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Speaking of the 80s, husby and I spent a reasonably large portion of the weekend watching the top 500 80s songs on the foxtel. No idea on what basis the list was made (sales, weeks in the chart etc) but it was too much fun not to share. The memories brought back by so many of these songs were in turns funny and cringeworthy! No images in this post but those of you who were around in the 80s will be...
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