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Friday, January 31, 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Just to remind you, Our Throwback Thursday features a favorite song, something about the song and a cover version of the song. One of the songs that defined MTV in the 80s, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by the Eurythmics in 1983, gave them their only US chart topper.
In a 2007 New York Times interview, Annie Lennox recalled that this was written by the duo just after they'd had a bitter fight. "I thought it was the end of the road and that was that," she said. "We were trying to write, and I was miserable. And he just went, well, 'I'll do this anyway.' " Dave Stewart came up with a beat, Annie Lennox improvised the synthesizer riff, and suddenly they realized they had a potential hit.
In 1978, Squeeze had a UK hit with Take Me I'm Yours, which features the line "Dreams are made of this" in the chorus.
I could have gone with a number of covers but I had to go with the Marilyn Manson version and it's demented video.
Marilyn Manson recorded the song in 1995, giving a much darker tone to the song. Manson has claimed that the inspiration to cover this song came from his first acid trip. In Manson's auto-biography, he related to this song by mentioning that he met people who wanted to be abused by him; and who wanted to use him as well.
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In a 2007 New York Times interview, Annie Lennox recalled that this was written by the duo just after they'd had a bitter fight. "I thought it was the end of the road and that was that," she said. "We were trying to write, and I was miserable. And he just went, well, 'I'll do this anyway.' " Dave Stewart came up with a beat, Annie Lennox improvised the synthesizer riff, and suddenly they realized they had a potential hit.
In 1978, Squeeze had a UK hit with Take Me I'm Yours, which features the line "Dreams are made of this" in the chorus.
I could have gone with a number of covers but I had to go with the Marilyn Manson version and it's demented video.
Marilyn Manson recorded the song in 1995, giving a much darker tone to the song. Manson has claimed that the inspiration to cover this song came from his first acid trip. In Manson's auto-biography, he related to this song by mentioning that he met people who wanted to be abused by him; and who wanted to use him as well.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Monday, January 27, 2020
Sesquipedalian
- (of a word) having many syllables or (of a piece of writing) using many long words.
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Sunday, January 26, 2020
Saturday, January 25, 2020
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (157)
ACME would like to wishes all of their friends and family a happy and healthy New Year!
Gong Xi Fa Cai
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1949 Robert McKimson directed, Rebel Rabbit:
The Southern Congressman that says "This hare must die!" and Bugs Bunny's comeback "It's a joke, son, ya missed it!" is a reference to a catchphrase of Senator Claghorn, a movie character played by Kenny Delmar. Senator Claghorn inspired Foghorn Leghorn, and to some degree, Yosemite Sam. Financier and political consultant Bernard Baruch was famous for spending time on park benches in New York and Washington, an exceptionally obscure reference by today's standards.
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, today's episode of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour is sponsored by Nike:
Remember, Nike: taking respect to another level.
The Lunar New Year, among other things, is about spending time with your loved one, The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour can think of no better way to spend time with them than watching the 1978 Jackie Chan classic, The Drunken Master, (remember that Jackie performed most of those himself without stuntmen or special effects, something that is rarely seen in modern cinema.) So slam down you last mahjong tile, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Jackie Chan (Wong Fei-Hung) nearly lost an eye when Jang Lee Hwang (Jim Ti-Sam) kicked him in the head during the final fight scene. When Hwang became aware of this, he refused to do more takes for the shot.
Demand Euphoria!
Gong Xi Fa Cai
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1949 Robert McKimson directed, Rebel Rabbit:
The Southern Congressman that says "This hare must die!" and Bugs Bunny's comeback "It's a joke, son, ya missed it!" is a reference to a catchphrase of Senator Claghorn, a movie character played by Kenny Delmar. Senator Claghorn inspired Foghorn Leghorn, and to some degree, Yosemite Sam. Financier and political consultant Bernard Baruch was famous for spending time on park benches in New York and Washington, an exceptionally obscure reference by today's standards.
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, today's episode of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour is sponsored by Nike:
Remember, Nike: taking respect to another level.
The Lunar New Year, among other things, is about spending time with your loved one, The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour can think of no better way to spend time with them than watching the 1978 Jackie Chan classic, The Drunken Master, (remember that Jackie performed most of those himself without stuntmen or special effects, something that is rarely seen in modern cinema.) So slam down you last mahjong tile, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Jackie Chan (Wong Fei-Hung) nearly lost an eye when Jang Lee Hwang (Jim Ti-Sam) kicked him in the head during the final fight scene. When Hwang became aware of this, he refused to do more takes for the shot.
Demand Euphoria!
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