As the risk of being a little too obviously obsessive here, I’ll follow up on a comment I added to my Cilla Black post, about a video that shows Petula Clark’s style, that you can compare to Cilla Black, who was at the cute and coy end of the sexiness spectrum. The video is a little dark, but serviceable. At this link you can read about the TV special they’re promoting.
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Pop Quiz
I would hope by now you can put names to the faces. Remember how the Beatles looked the same at first? Here you have a blond, a brunette and a redhead, so it’s easy. C’mon, you can do it!
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If you have any doubts that the three K’s really can sing, and do quiet material, this video has them singing live, with only a piano accompaniment. The song is “Je hebt een vriend” — “You Have a Friend.” The video for the original recording can be seen here on YouTube.
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The Making of K3’s “Kissing Day”
I’m still not ready with my intended posts, and embedding YouTube videos is so quick and easy that’s what I’ll do. And, guess what? Once again it’s K3’s greatest song, “Kusjesdag” — Kissing Day!
Most of you will run screaming from the room, or maybe just click away from here, but I think this is one of the best bits of pre-fab fluff I’ve ever heard. I love this song. It’s an anthem! An antidote to all of the terrible events, man-made and natural, on this Friday the 13th.
So here we go with a short “making of” about the “Kusjesdag” video. The ladies could be saying rude things for all I know, and if they are, you’d have to know Flemish to know that. Following the mini-documentary is another live (undoubtedly lip-synched) performance. This one was, I assume, done at one of the Studio 100 theme parks. I think I just about have the dance moves memorized. 😉
Karen, Kristel, Kathleen
Yes, I’m back with more K3. Amateur video from, I think, Antwerp, Belgium. This is the sort of thing I bet you wouldn’t see in America, except perhaps at Disneyworld.
Belgian Beauties Belting It Out
More music from Belgium, but it’s very different from the Studio 100 pop stuff. This is the Scala & Kolacny Brothers Choir. The video player starts with their version of radiohead’s “Creep”, that you can see here I featured many months ago. There’s just a still picture for that one, but in the second clip you’ll see them performing a well-known U2 tune. And the last one is a video of “The Blower’s Daughter”, as featured in the the movie Closer.
Eye Am OK
In the middle of lunch today at work I suddenly saw a new, dark floater in my eye that still has a vitreous. I knew immediately it couldn’t be ignored, so I called my eye surgeon. He wanted to see me right away, and he found a small hole in the retina. He patched it with a laser, and it seems OK now, but I’m prohibited from running until my follow-up appointment next week. I can’t imagine what could have caused this, other than watching the K3 videos. 😉