Oh, here we go again - back to work...
Never mind, eh? It's a short week thanks to Easter, I'll be trawling the garden centres of Essex on the weekend, and I am off all next week, so that's something to look forward to!
We have another raft of birthday celebrants today, including Sir Michael Caine, Albert Einstein, Quincy Jones, Mrs (Isabella) Beeton, Eleanor Bron, Bill Owen (aka "Compo" from Last of the Summer Wine), Johann Strauss I, Billy Crystal, Diane Arbus, Casey Jones, Rita Tushingham, Les Brown, Jasper Carrott, Jona Lewie and the gorgeous Ansel Elgort...
...and it would also have been the birthday of (another) "King of Lounge Music", the creator of the sound fondly known as "exotica" Mr Les Baxter!
On This Tacky Music Monday, here's a perfect way to awake from our dreams...
Have a good week, dear reader.
What absolutely bizarre videos! Melodrama? Oh boy!
ReplyDeleteThe video that accompanies Mr Baxter's choon is taken from a classic film of the Art Deco era (that, to my chagrin, I have yet to see) Madam Satan. As for the chap in the gif, no idea. Jx
DeleteClaude Rains. He was born in Camberwell. But I have no idea what film that’s from.
DeleteMichael Rennie was ill
DeleteThe day the Earth stood still
But he told us where we stand
And Flash Gordon was there
In silver underwear
Claude Rains was The Invisible Man.
That's all I know him for. Jx
LOL. Never read it.
DeleteSee here. Jx
DeleteBet you can't wait until Friday! Have a good week 'til then.
ReplyDeleteThe rain has arrived in Devon.
Sx
I have booked my coach to Essex on Good Friday morning, and I always look forward to a weekend of plant-shopping!
DeleteWe've had some light showers here in London - yesterday was particularly grey and gloomy - but no real rain. Yet. Jx
Still miss Bill Owen. But thank heavens we have a bevy of Last Of the Summer Wine episodes.
ReplyDeleteA fascinating man - he was actually born in Acton, West London (nowhere near Yorkshire, where the show was made), and had a brief career as a songwriter (Cliff Richard even recorded his English translation of a Eurovision song called Marianne) before landing the role of "Compo" that made his career.
DeleteWhat did you think of the music, btw? Jx
Dare you ask???? I'm a HUGE Les Baxter fan. Perfect for happy hours around here I also dare say I see future Mummer material in there.....
DeleteLes Baxter's music always cheers me up, too!
Delete"Madam Satan" would be a great Pride theme for our gang! Jx
What on earth are all those people in the vid getting up to? It looks like the director told most of them "look busy."
ReplyDeleteThat's Cecil B. DeMille for you - the man who (possibly apocryphally) once said of one of his epics when someone pointed out the poor script: "Just fill the screen with tits!" Jx
DeleteOh I do love a bit of Les Baxter.
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