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Breaking up with Garfield is hard to do
Even fictional comic strip characters songspeak. At least Garfield does, as seen in this 1983 strip:
In it, Garfield is referencing the 1962 Neil Sedaka hit, Breaking Up is Hard to Do. If I recall correctly, this is one of Jim Davis’ personal favorite Garfield strips. Know why? ‘Cause everyone loves songspeak.
And here’s the actual song in action:
Tags: 1962, 1983, 60s music, 80s comic strips, breaking up is hard to do, comma comma down dooby doo down down, garfield, jim davis, neil sedaka
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Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran
See? Even John McCain songspeaks!
I don’t know what reminded me of this truly hideous songspeak from over a year ago, but, well, here it is. The clip pretty much speaks for itself, but basically McCain is asked about his opinion regarding Iran, and he replies by making light of WAGING WAR ON ANOTHER NATION by performing his own version of Barbara Ann by the Beach Boys (actually, in doing my research for this post, I’ve discovered that the Beach Boys version is a cover and it was originally written and performed by The Regents) . I don’t know what’s more disturbing, the fact that he does it at all, or the fact that the people in the crowd seem to think it’s funny. Maybe it was nervous laughter. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Although, any politician capable of this, is surely capable of this:
Tags: 60s music, barbara ann, beach boys, bomb iran, iran, john mccain, politics, presidential candidate, the regents
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Strangers in my pants
I have to attend/work NACA shows from time to time. The Mid-Atlantic Regional NACA Regional Conference happens to be in Lancaster, PA most years. My wife Jo and daughter Quinn come along with me.
Getting ready to leave for the big road trip from Massachusetts to Lancaster, PA we stopped by Cumberland Farms so Jo could get some chocolate milk and water for the trip. While she was inside and I was in the car with our daughter Quinn, I had my window open. A guy wearing a baseball cap and jeans (very Joe Schmo looking) was getting into a pickup truck parked nearby and sang, “Strangers in my pants” to the tune of Strangers In The Night by Frank Sinatra. One of the most random songspeaks I’ve ever experienced.Tags: 60s music, cumberland farms, frank sinatra, joe schmo, lancaster, naca, pennsylvania
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It’s Mrs. Dalloway
Jamie and I used to work at the Smith College bookstore in our college days and of course, had various songspeaks for various book titles. One time, Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones came on the radio and I walked by Jamie holding a copy of Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. He knew what I was talking about, and started singing “It’s Mrs. Dalloway, it’s Mrs. Dalloway-y-aaaay!” instead of “It’s just a shout away”.
Other songspeak moments for this song include:
- Watching early seasons of ER and singing “It’s Carol Hathaway, It’s Carol Hathaway-y-aaaay!” whenever Julianna Margulies was on screen.
- Corresponding via email between Jamie and myself about how far our friend’s house in NJ is from my grandmother’s house on Long Island and typing “It’s just an hour away, it’s just an hour away-y-aaaay!”
Tags: 20s books, 60s music, ER, gimme shelter, julianna margulies, mrs. dalloway, rolling stones, virginia woolf
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Instant karma’s gonna get you
A number of years ago, while visiting New York City (New York City?!…Get a rope) me, Matt, and our friends Erica and Julia saw a guy that had Instant Karma handwritten in marker on the back of his jacket. Matt pointed at it, and said, “It’s gonna get you, Jame”. The line is from the John Lennon song, Instant Karma.
Tags: 60s music, john lennon, new york city, pace picante
