Monday, December 20, 2010

Tribute/Parody to Bing Crosby &David Bowie Performance

I saw Bing Crosby and David Bowie perform Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth in 1977. They performed it on a ChriaIt was a great performance with two generations and two different styles of musicians meshing to produce this recording. Here is a video of the performance:



Thirty Three years later a couple of new versions have been done,one is an animated version with Jack Black and Jason Seagal.





This version is pretty good,too. Will Ferrell is David Bowie. Check out the hair and the British Accent. John C Reilly is Bing Crosby, they both do a great job. They add their own little touch of comedy at the end

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Aretha Franklin

I have been a fan of Aretha Franklin's since I was in high school, many years ago. Her songs have given me solace through many sad times, and joy in happy times. Natural Woman and Respect are powerful songs for women. I have danced to them, sang along with them, and cried with them. Aretha's  music means as much to me at 59 as it did at 17.
My thoughts and prayers go out to Aretha in her illness.  Aretha was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,according to unconfirmed reports. She underwent surgery last week.