These are a few of my favorite things.
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 28th, 2008 8 Comments »
Dear Uncle Sam,
This evening finds me in an ornery mood. I feel such disdain for 80 percent of the popular music produced after 1970, and I daresay we’re now witnessing the foulest era of it since the invention of recorded sound. I’m becoming increasingly embarrassed to be associated with this art form, in which art has become so scarce.
It’s times like these that I like to make myself feel better by listing a few of my favorite things, just as Maria did in “the Sound of Music”. I also encourage my readers to submit a few of their own favorite things in the comments section.
Let’s see now, what do I love?
I love the moment when John Lennon’s voice cracks on the track “I’m So Tired” from the Beatles wonderfully disturbing self-titled album… as he sings “I’d give you everything I’ve got for a little piece of mind.”
I love When David Letterman and Paul Schaffer play “Will It Float?” and “Is This Anything?” on the Late Show
I love the scene in Fred Astaire’s 1935 film “Top Hat”, in which Fred Astaire “shoots down” a chorus line of tuxedoed men using his cane and some rapid fire tapping from beneath his spats.
I love the way dogs sometimes look at you, cocking their head to one side, and raising one doggy-eyebrow, almost quizzically.
I love seeing my family laugh hysterically.
And I’d love it if some of you would take a look at this video sample from my upcoming Muller and Patton DVD “The Jonathan and Bailey Companion”.
There, see? I feel better already.
