Music – Page 102 – Prattling Before the Pratfall

Square Songs

The extent of my awareness of SpongeBob SquarePants is pretty much limited to knowing what it is. That changed just a bit when I heard this song on one of my favorite SiriusXM shows, Drew Carey’s Friday Night Freak-out.

It sounds like a song-writing collaboration between Brian Wilson and Margo Guryan. That turns out to not be surprising, because the song was written by former Brian Wilson producer Andy Paley.

How about another square song for kids? As featured in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Hmmm… that album cover looks square.

A Guy Named Pratt Talks Beatles

Bass player musician Guy Pratt and his podcast buddy Gary Kemp chat with George Martin’s son Giles.

The podcast before that one they talked with Bruce Springsteen’s bandmate Steven Van Zandt, aka Miami Steve, aka Little Steven.

Catch ’em While You Can

Two documentaries with a DogRat **** rating are available, for now, free with ads on YouTube.

Good ol’ Freda, about Beatles Fan Club UK secretary/president Freda Kelly.
https://youtu.be/bsaICbLWlD0

The Wrecking Crew Movie, about the legendary Los Angeles studio musicians of the 1960’s.

Petula, Singing Side Up

Yesterday there was a celebration of Petula Clark’s career. Highlights are presented at the start of the video.

After a review of past revues, Petula offered some memories.

Prue ’65

In celebration of Prue’s birthday, here is an item from The New Yorker during her first few months in the Big Apple. The author took a rather bemused tone regarding the proceedings. I heard from Prue today and she’s okay, avoiding Covid in Spain.

Jamaica, Mon

One of the tracks featured in the HBO Watchmen series is Desmond Dekker’s hit “Isrealites,” produced by Leslie Kong.

Debuting on May 17, 1969, the single cracked the Billboard Top 10 at #9. I heard it on WRKO-AM radio in Boston. I love YouTube videos like this one, with a budget record player. It sounds fantastic, and proves the magic is in the grooves, not the gear.

The reference in the song to the groundbreaking 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde presages the premise of Jimmy Cliff’s The Harder They Come.

She's busy taking care of her husband.

Yes, excellent motivation to get our girl up and moving over The Pond!

My feeling is that it inflames rather than informs.

Jet fuel for flights between France and America is running out!

Well, if it's AI, it's one of the most coherent and powerful essays it's ever produced. Why reduce to one…