I was thinking about events that happened on September 3rd and the songs that instantly popped into my head so I hope you enjoy. I joined the Monday Music Moves Me which you should check out. By the way, doesnt my sweet Lexi look like she’s hyped on her favourite drug? Here we go…
1. I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU SUNG BY FRANK SINATRA-1962
I am praying I have the Sinatra version that sings the original lyrics which are pre-code. The original lyrics have “I get no kick from cocaine…” I always loved this Cole Porter song that was sung by Ethel Merman in the Broadway hit, “Anything Goes”. Today, that horrible woman, Griselda Blanco was shot to death while she was walking in 2012. To say she wasn’t a nice person is an understatement because she is responsible for many, many murders. She became a huge kingpin in the cocaine world of the 70s and 80s earning millions on the deaths of thousands. This song was written long ago for a Broadway show but the 1920s was rife with cocaine as well which is why the lyrics are in there.
2. RAPTURE BY BLONDIE-1980
I just love this song and, at one point, learned the lyrics which I found quite funky. It’s considered a hybrid of rock, 70s disco style, hip hop and rap. Back on this date, in 1976, there was the first Mars landing and what better way to celebrate than listening to this song. Her “Man from Mars” just made me laugh because it was so off the wall but works so well.
3. TILL THE END OF TIME SUNG BY PERRY COMO-1945
This became a big hit for Perry Como and his Pied Pipers in 1945 and was showcased in a film, of the same name, of the returning WW2. September 2nd was the end of the War when the Japanese finally surrendered. Sadly, it took the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for them to capitulate and freed the many soldiers and civilians from their POW camps where many were starving since the Japanese did not abide by the rules of the Geneva Convention. When I saw pictures of the soldiers in a Life Magazine spread, I was horrified how they looked. This song became a huge hit in August of 1945 and carried on into September when these men came home.
What songs come into your head when you think of drugs, Mars and coming home from War?
Hi, Birgit!
ReplyDeleteI hope that you, my buddy Harley and your other fur babies have been well and in good spirits since we last connected.
I know all three songs in your post. Thanks for reminding us about the cocaine reference in the original version of "I Get A Kick Out Of You" before it was changed to "champagne." Remember the song "Cocaine" written and originally recorded by JJ Cale and popularized by Eric Clapton?
Blondie's "Rapture" was a biggie on the disco circuit in my neck of the woods. I was friends with the DJ at one of the clubs I frequented, and he often played the lengthy track at my request. Hearing it again brings back an era when I was a lounge lizard and did plenty of hard partying. I am lucky to have survived.
As you recall, I featured Hal Hopper and his popular 1940s vocal group The Pied Pipers in my recent post on Dennis The Menace. My folks loved Perry Como and bought his records. I got to know several of his songs by playing them in the basement game room on my tiny tinny turntable.
I am returning to Blogland this Friday with a new post at Shady's Place and hope you can stop by. Meanwhile. I will be here again tamale, sitting in the balcony and waiting for you-- "At The Movies!" Have a wonderful Wednesday, dear friend BB!
Hi Shady..so happy to see you again and I replied to your post. Glad you know these songs and I do remember you showcasing The Pied Pipers. Yes, cocaine should be in the original lyrics because that's how he wrote them.
DeleteI danced to Rapture often at a place called " Charlie Chans" that would allow young people i on Sundays. They only served pop..no alcohol but it was fun.
Good music, Birgit! The oldies are a nice change but I really love the 80s. Blondie was such the craze in those days with hit after hit. Thanks for joining us on the dance floor, darlin'! xo
ReplyDeleteThe 80s was my scene and loved going to Discos and dance the nights away.
DeleteSorry, Sinatra sang "champagne", not "cocaine" in this one. Sofia Vergara was excellent in her portrayal of Griselda the Cocaine Queen, who came to a fitting end. She definitely was a nasty piece of work!
ReplyDeleteThe Blondie song is different, that's for sure! ☺ I don't remember it, but got a kick out of the funny lyrics.
Perry Como had a great voice and the song is also familiar. Wars are terrible and I wish we didn't have any more of them, but that's a pipedream.
I knew all three songs, or thought I did, because I only knew the version of the first song that used Champagne and not cocaine. And, alas, you didn't find a version with the original lyric. I loved Rapture from the first time I heard it, when it was first released. The Perry Como song is a memory of my early childhood. I never knew its connection with the ending of World War II because I didn't know it was originally from 1945.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Lexi got into the nip.
ReplyDeleteI can't think of any songs but I can think of a book by a fellow author that fits the criteria.