Post #709 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - "I Wanna Be Like You" - This Beautiful Life

And now for my third (3rd) and final post for this lovely Sunday... so this fun little tune has been showing up on one of my Pandora stations lately, and Swing revival, how I love thee so!!! Apparently, this was recorded for the soundtrack for the film, Swingers, but it never actually made the cut in the film itself.

I think Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is such an awesome band!!  I just wish that I had more of an appreciation for them when they were at their peak, as opposed to being such an uber-goth princess that I turned my nose up at anything that wasn't dark and twisty!!!

Oh well, such is life, but I hope you enjoy their version of this song from The Jungle Book just as much as I do!!

I'll also include another sweet little tune called "It Only Took A Kiss" that they did with Meaghan Smith... and I'll try not to stay gone as long between postings!!!

Until next time...

XOXOXO
Anastasia

Now I'm the king of the swingers, boy, Jungle V.I.P

Well I've reached the top, and had to stop and that's what's bothering me

I wanna be a man, now man cub stroll right into town

Be just like the other men, I'm tired of monkeying around

So woo woo ooh, I wanna be just like you

Wanna walk like you, talk like you do

And you see it's true, an ape like me

Can learn to be human too, yeah

Now don't you mess with me man cub, I made a deal with you

What I desire is man's red fire so I can be just like you

And don't you mess with me man-cub, show me what to do

Give me the power of man's red flower so I can be just like you

So woo woo ooh, I wanna be just like you

Wanna walk like you, talk like you do

And you see it's true, an ape like me

Can learn to be human too, yeah

So woo woo ooh, I wanna be just like you

Wanna walk like you, talk like you do

And you see it's true, an ape like me

Can learn to be human too, yeah

So ooh, I wanna be just like you

Wanna walk like you, talk like you do

You see it's true, an ape like me

Can learn to be human too, yeah

Said ooh, I wanna be just like you

Wanna walk like you, talk like you do

You see it's true, an ape like me

Can learn to be human too, yeah

Post #708: Moses Snow - "Celebration of Elvis" - Plaza Theater (Garland, TX)

Oh folks, do I ever have someone to introduce you to today!!!  So I've had the pleasure of seeing quite a few shows at the Plaza Theater in downtown Garland.  However, the BEST performer that I have seen over the past few months is, without a doubt, Moses Snow!!!

If you are not familiar with him, he is an Elvis tribute artist, and it is my understanding that he recently won a competition (or maybe two) at Elvis Week 2018 in Memphis.  After seeing him perform live twice now, I have to say that he definitely deserved it!!

This kid is 15-years-old, and he has his Elvis moves down to a science!  Plus he's really energetic and lively, and he seems like a humble person!!

I haven't had a chance to see him perform "Such A Night" yet, but I found this on YouTube.  This has always been one of my favorite Elvis tunes, and he absolutely nails it in this video!!!

I already have my tickets to the Christmas show that he will be performing at on December 2nd at the Plaza Theater.  If you are in the area, be sure to grab your ticket too... I guarantee that you will have an absolute blast!!!

Until next time...

XOXOXO

Anastasia

It was a night oo-oo what a night
It was it really was such a night
The moon was bright oh how so bright
It was it really was such a night
The night was alight with stars above
Oo-oo when she kissed me
I had to fall in love

Oh it was a kiss oo-oo what a kiss
It was it really was such a kiss
Oh how she could kiss oh what a kiss
It was it really was such a kiss
Just the thought of her lips
Sets me afire
I reminisce and I'm filled with desire
But I'd gave my heart to her in sweet surrender
How well I remember, I'll always remember

Oh, what a night oo-oo what a night
It was it really was such a night
Came the dawn and my heart and her love
And the night was gone
But I'll never forget the kiss
The kiss in the moonlight
Oo-oo such a kiss, such a night

It was a night oo-oo what a night
It was it really was such a night
Came the dawn and my heart and her love
And the night was gone
But I'll never forget the kiss
The kiss in the moonlight
How well I remember, I'll always remember

That night oo-oo what a night
It was it really was such a night
When we kissed I had to fall in love
But I'd gave my heart to her in sweet surrender
How well I remember, I'll always remember

Oh that night oo-oo what a night
It was it really was such a night
When we kissed I had to fall in love
Well she's gone, gone, gone
Yes she's gone, gone, gone
Came the dawn, dawn, dawn
And my love was gone
But before that dawn
Yes before that dawn and before that dawn
Oo-oo, oo-oo, oo-oo, oo-oo, oo-oo
Such a night

Post #707: Wang Chung - "Dance Hall Days" - Points on the Curve

I know... I know... I've been just awful about updating this here blog lately, but honestly, I've been laying pretty low and not doing a whole, whole lot... all the while keeping my eye on my year-end goal of completely eliminating all debt.  I'm still on track to make that a reality!!!  Yay!!!  However, to make up for my long absence, I am going to give you three (3) posts right in a row today!

One extremely awesome event that I attended on August 24th was the Lost 80's Live Concert:

The line-up was as follows:

Christopher Anton of Information Society --- Doing... you guessed it... InSoc Tunes!!

Nu Shooz

When In Rome

Boys Don't Cry --- Anyone else remember that ridiculous tune, "I Wanna Be a Cowboy"???

Gene Loves Jezebel

Animotion

Book of Love

Missing Persons

Naked Eyes

Wang Chung

A Flock of Seagulls

For the most part, I have seen many of these bands over the years, but one that I had never caught was Wang Chung.  I can't say that they were my favorite performers of the evening... I think that award would go to Gene Loves Jezebel... but it was a treat to see them play "Dance Hall Days" live!!  And if you are not familiar with the above-listed bands... please check 'em out from previous posts on my blog or find their videos on YouTube!!!

And here are a few juicy details about today's song:

"Apparently, part of the song is based on the novel called 'Lolita', by Vladimir Nabokov. Written in 1955, the novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a 37-to-38-year-old literature professor called Humbert Humbert, who is obsessed with the 12-year-old Dolores Haze, with whom he becomes sexually involved after he becomes her stepfather. If you notice, 'Dolores Haze' rhymes with 'Dance Hall Days'. From Jack Hues the co-founder of Wang Chung,

“I wrote the music and lyrics to 'Dance Hall Days'. The song was influenced by the Burundi drums that were played everywhere on the radio and used on Adam & The Ants' 'Ant Music'. African drumming first hit me through the playing of Ginger Baker and I naturally feel rhythms from that perspective. The way the melody moves and the looseness of the rhythms were influenced a lot by Lowell George and Little Feet. Lowell George was, and still is, a hero of mine. I love his singing, slide playing and timeless songs like 'Long Distance Love' and 'Willing'. I had also been reading Nabokov’s Lolita around that time and Dolores Haze (the object of desire in the novel) shares some common thread with 'Dance Hall Days' in my head" ~ Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited by Randolph Michaels, pg 208"

Until next time...

XOXOXO

Anastasia

Take your baby by the hand
And make her do a high handstand
And take your baby by the heel
And do the next thing that you feel

We were so in vies
In our dance hall days
We were cool on cries
When all you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true

Dance hall days love

Take your baby by the hair
And pull her close and there, there, there
And take your baby by the ears
And play upon her darkest fears

We were so in vies
In our dance hall days
We were cool on cries
When all you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true

Dance hall days love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days love

Take your baby by the wrist
And in her mouth an amethyst
And in her eyes two sapphires blue
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you

We were so in vies
In our dance hall days
We were cool on cries
When all you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true

Dance hall days love
Dance hall days love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days love