I caught about 45 minutes of "Beyond The Sea" on TV, the film wherein Kevin Spacey gives new meaning to the term "triple threat": as an actor, writer, and director, he threatens to lower the already-perilously low bar for music-related biopics. There truly isn't a less-than-ludicrous moment in the section of the movie I was able to sit through, culminating when he throws a tantrum when he's "ro...
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I suppose with a title like Mack The Knife, I should have known this wasn't your average, happy go lucky song. While whipping up breakfast, and listening to the Oldies station on the A.M. (what can I say, I'm old!), this Bobby Darin classic came on. Check out these lryics.....Oh the shark has pretty teeth dear And he shows them pearly white Just a jack-knife has Mac-heath dear And he keeps it...
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Although Michael buble is good you still can not beat the one and only Bobby Darin .I think Kevin Spacey did a fantastic job portraying him .I think the movie should have done much better then it did .If I could fig out how to put the codes on her for you tube I would put the clip on here.
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01. Bobby Darin - "Beyond The Sea"02. Alicia Keys - "If I Can't Have You"03. Ryan Adams - "The Rescue Blues"04. Oasis - "Cast No Shadow"05. Patty Griffin - "Long Ride Home"
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Before we hooked up the gizmo that lets you play your iPod in the car ('92 model, cassette deck, no CD player), we used to listen to oldies on CBS-FM (101.1) till we lost the signal, then to a cassette or two, and then, when we got to the Hartford area, I'd slide the dial up to 102.9, WDRC ("dreck," haha), with a similar oldies format. (There's something comforting about that.) I liked CBS (thi...
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I was spinning the dial last night and came across "Beyond the Sea" on IFC - I hadn't seen it before. I couldn't take my eyes off of it...it was like seeing a dead animal on the side of the road: it's pretty gross and you don't want to stare at it but you can't look away either.How in world did this movie get made? Was Kevin Spacey on drugs while making this thing? Were studio executives on ...
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I'm sure there are other examples, but I was surprised to find so many good covers of Tim Hardin's "Don't Make Promises" were out there.The original by Tim Hardin. Covers by Gary Puckett, Three Dog Night, Helen Reddy, Paul Weller, Chris Smither. There are many more, including a fine rendition by Bobby Darin, all worth hearing.Oh, and what made me think of it in the first place: there's a new ve...
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Shuffle Sundays is a weekly feature in which we feature a cover chosen at random by my iTunes shuffle. The songs will usually be good, occasionally be bad, always be interesting. All songs will only be available for one week, so get them while you can. After you listen, discuss this week’s tune in the comments.Randy Newman seems to be the songwriter of choice for over-the-top emotive sings.
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"Lonesome Whistle" by Bobby Darin. I think Hank woulda liked it even though he wouldn't have done it this way. As always, don't bear the shame all alone, click pause on the music player located in the side bar before playing the YouTube.
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