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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 5/28/2023: À la recherche du temps perdu [1]
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Date: 2023-05-28
Memory, from Cats, was the first one I thought of. This clip is from the 1998 movie, which was closely related to the stage show; Elaine Paige, playing Grizabella here, originated that role on the West End in London. I looked at a clip from the 2019 movie, because Jennifer Hudson is a very good singer, but it was so fucking horrifying to watch, I came scurrying back to this one. [5:24]
Remember Then is a doo-wop song that was a hit for The Earls in 1962. Since I was only eight at the time, the only thing I recalled about the song was the distinctive bass line. Did you know you can successfully google the words “Remem mem remem mem meber”, and it even autocompletes for you? There’s only audio of the record from The Earls, whereas Sha Na Na has this lively clip from their 1970s TV show, featuring bass Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, who is a very nice man and devoted Democrat. [2:10]
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) is performed by Nat King Cole in 1957, on his TV show The Nat King Cole Show. [2:02]
Paul McCartney’s original video for Mull of Kintyre was fun, but I kind of liked this live 2017 performance in Perth, featuring the Western Australia Police Pipe Band. [6:54]
Crocodile Rock, from a one-night-only Elton John appearance at Madison Square Garden in 2000. [4:13]
At Wembly Stadium in London in 1996, Bryan Adams wrests Summer of 69 back from the assembled crowd, who are determined to sing it for him. [6:58]
In 1986, Barbra Streisand gave her first full-length concert in many years, at her home in Malibu for 500 invited guests. It was initially a Democratic fundraiser, but was subsequently televised as a fundraiser for other causes. [Full concert here.] The song The Way We Were, from the 1973 movie of the same name, won an Oscar and a Golden Globe in 1974 for “Best Original Song”, as well as the Grammy for “Song of the Year” in 1975. [4:14]
Maroon 5’s song Memories, performed here in a 2019 Ellen DeGeneres Show segment, is a wholesale pirating of tribute to Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major, as well as a memorial for their recently-deceased manager. [3:50]
The Shangi-Las had a hit in 1964 with Remember (Walking in the Sand). At the time, the girls were still in high school in Queens, and their parents had to sign with Red Bird records for them. (Only two sets of parents, because the group was two pairs of sisters.) Trivia: depending on where on the internet you look, 15-16-ish-year-old Billy Joel played piano, unpaid, on a) the demo of Remember, or b) the actual recordings of both Remember and Leader of the Pack. (The latter is Billy Joel’s story, and it’s a much more entertaining story.) [3:00]
In 2012, Paul Simon reunited with the Graceland musicians for a Hard Rock-organized concert in Hyde Park in London. [The whole thing is available as both audio and video.] Kodachrome film has, in fact, been taken away since 2009, but Kodachrome is still a great song even if kids today have no clue what it’s talking about. [3:14]
These Are the Days of Our Lives is from Queen’s 1991 album Innuendo, the last one made before Freddie Mercury’s death. This official video was released in black and white because it was impossible in color to conceal how ill Mercury looked. It was his last video with the band. (That link on “this official video” is very touching.) [4:12]
I have perhaps been to musically more distinguished concerts than Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band, but not a more fun one. Ringo, now 83, is still touring with his ever-rotating cast of friends. This is Photograph from his July 2006 show at Mohegan Sun Casino. Personnel: Sheila E., Billy Squier, Hamish Stuart, Edgar Winter, Richard Marx, Rod Argent. [Complete show playlist here] [4:13]
I love this so much. This is Ella Fitzgerald, audio only I’m afraid, singing a late show live at Mister Kelly’s in Chicago in 1958. She’s been asked to sing Stardust, and she wants to sing the verse because it’s wonderful, but she doesn’t know the words. This does not even slow her down. [6:16]
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play Glory Days in Hyde Park, London, in 2009. Bruuuuuce is 60 in this video, and based on the amount of just silly fun he and the band are having, I’d say sitting around thinking about the old times isn’t going to be a problem he suffers from, for a while yet anyway. [4:40]
And, props to Little Steven for looking out for our man Jamie Raskin.
x That gift is from all of us who want to thank you every day for giving us hope that there is a politician that cares about justice! Here’s to a rapid complete recovery.
https://t.co/11WfFWAmrG — 🕉🇺🇦🟦Stevie Van Zandt☮️💙 (@StevieVanZandt) February 11, 2023
We saw this video a couple of years ago, in a KTK covering the works of Device Orchestra. That’s basically a Finnish software guy who entertains himself by controlling the motor speed, and thus pitch, of small electrical devices so as to play tunes. When John Denver’s Take Me Home, Country Roads crossed my mind, I knew that we needed to hear it from the cowboy electric toothbrush and his band as our finale. [2:00]
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