Songs

Tim Curry – Worst Witch – Halloween Song

Posted by John Klein III on October 29, 2015
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Every year, I get this need to listen to this song but I get around to it, maybe every three years or so.

Thanks to Youtuber harrypottersdaddy for hosting the video.

The visuals for this song are completely bonkers.

Worst Witch came out in 1986, but I must have watched it when it aired on television or something.

Thanks to Jen Wolford for hosting this video.  The film is barely an hour and ten minutes.

 

Meghan Trainor – Guest Edition

Posted by John Klein III on October 26, 2015
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Meghan Trainor has treated us to two songs, wherein she either appeared on someone’s track or got someone one her track.

She guests on Charlie Puth’s Marvin Gaye –

Thanks to Charlie Puth for hosting his own video.

She got Oscar winner, John Legend, to guest on her song, Like I’m Gonna Lose You –

Thanks to MeganTrainorVEVO for hosting her video.

Both are such good songs!

Favorite Saturday Night Live Songs

Posted by John Klein III on September 6, 2015
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There are times when I go on a real kick and watch a slew of SNL music videos, from originals to clever usages of proper songs.  I’m a real sucker for people singing.

Here are a few of my favorites –

Ooh Child

Thanks to WonderlandAlison for hosting this video!

So funny that Lena Dunham can’t sing along.  I had to go with a bootleg version, as the music rights were not cleared for infinity.

Paul Rudd’s Divorce Skit

Thanks to Monica Alimonti for hosting this video.  I do wish there was a higher quality, as I have to turn the volume way up, just to hear it.  The song is –

Fleetwood Mac’s I Don’t Want to Know

Thanks to mander pie for hosting a video with the lyrics!

The last of the Proper Songs is –

Josh Hutcherson’s 80s Skit, using The Outfield’s Your Love (with Jessie’s Girl at the end, by Rick Springfield)

Thanks to Toye Mason for hosting this video.  This one also has an audio problem.

Here is the song proper –

Thanks to TheOutfieldVEVO for hosting their own song.

Now for the Original Songs, all songs hosted by NBC or SNL –

The Two Back Home Ballers songs –

(Do It On) My Twin Bed

NBC

Back Home Ballers

Saturday Night Live

Keeping with the ladies, here is

Dongs All Over The World

Saturday Night Live

Now for the guys –

Boy Dance Party, the one that usually starts the marathon –

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Wishing Boot is so great, with the twist at the end –

Saturday Night Live

I looked for two more songs that I hadn’t featured before but I couldn’t find two to round the list out.  Enjoy the bonus two videos!

Velvet Revolver – Come On Come In

Posted by John Klein III on August 12, 2015
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Thanks to YouTuber Stardust for hosting the video.

I thought there were three songs from the first Fantastic Four soundtrack.  I recall the film having a decent soundtrack (we played it quite often at Hastings).

Velvet Revolver was Slash’s other big band.  I’ve always been a huge fan of Slash, especially when he was on Conan O’Brien.

He did a Secrets segment on Conan that was so funny!   I can’t find his solo one but here is a video with one of his –

Thanks to YouTuber HyperTransience for hosting the video!

I wish the Axl Rose is a sexual anagram, had made the cut.

Nice, I found a website that has all of Slash’s secrets –

http://community.us.playstation.com/t5/Music-General/Slash-s-Secrets/td-p/280306

SLASH SECRETS
“I got into rock-and-roll because I wanted the chicks. The Dixie Chicks.”

“I got the name Slash because I used to work in a grocery store and I was in charge of reducing prices for really big sales.”

“One time we played a concert in Antwerp, Belgium. At least I thought it was Antwerp, Belgium. Turns out it was a Stop ‘n Shop in Wisconsin somewhere, but it was fun man.”

“If I ever go bald, I’ll kill myself.”

“The original name for Guns ‘n Roses was Roses ‘n Guns, but that just sounded stupid.”

“I once asked Axl why he left the ‘E’ off his name. He started crying and said he thought he’d spelled it right.”

“Almost every night I have a dream where one of my pet snakes eats all those boys in Hanson.”

“Someone once asked me what I liked better-kittens or puppies. And I said “‘It’s a tie man.’ They said- ‘Too close to call?’ I said, ‘No, man, too cute to call.'”

“My original nickname was ‘Splash’ because I loved that movie so much.”

“I guess you could say there are two Slashes. There’s the crazy, rock-and-roll Slash, he’s wild. And then there’s the real Slash- he collects miniature soaps and treats his hookers real nice.”

“An anagram of Axl Rose is oral sex. Why do I know? Because when I’m not playing music I love solving erotic jumbles.”

“Originally, I wanted to call the band ‘Guns ‘n Robots.’ I still believe that if we had just called ourselves ‘Guns ‘n Robots’ we’d still be together.”

Thanks for compiling these, ReddDragon!

One sad note, with the Secrets, was back in the Joe Quesada Message Board days, we were talking about our favorite Secrets, and the very next day, John Ritter died.  He had such a great segment!

Thanks to Mrsilenciobackgammon for hosting the video!

The other music video released for the Fantastic Four soundtrack was –

Everything Burns, by Anastacia featuring Bed Moody

Thanks to markjohn1987 for hosting this video!

Though this song seems to have inspired –

Ellie Goulding’s Burn Burn Burn

Thanks to YouTuber EllieGouldingVEVO for hosting her own video.

It is like the exactly same song!

I do like how the music videos do make it seem like the first Fantastic Four film, was going to be pretty good.

Sort of like how Seal’s Kiss from a Rose, makes Batman Forever look like a good film

Thanks to IntheBeginning for hosting the video.

These films really do benefit from being condensed to three minute commercials with a pop song.

Michelle Pfeiffer Referenced Songs

Posted by John Klein III on July 18, 2015
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The always amazing, Michelle Pfeiffer, is referenced in two songs – though she ought to be in more!

Vance Joy’s Riptide

Thanks to LiberationMusicAus for hosting the video!

I really like how this song is essentially just all of the lyrics, brought to live.

“I swear she’s destined for the screen, Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you’ve ever seen”

The other song is :

Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk

Thanks to MarkRonsonVEVO for hosting this video!

I’m not a huge Bruno Mars fan, the radio overplays him.  I was thinking about how he was due for another single but now that he has a shared one, with Mark Ronson, I’m already over this song.  But I do like hearing Michelle Pfeiffer’s name being sung.

“That ice cold, Michelle Pfeiffer, That white gold”

I mean, seriously, after her star making performance in Grease 2 and the way she performed Cool Rider, she deserves to be immortalized in song.

Thanks to YouTuber videomolly for hosting this video!

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Jason Mraz – I Won’t Give Up

Posted by John Klein III on June 23, 2015
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Thanks to YouTuber Jason Mraz for hosting his own video!

I really adore this song, especially that middle section that sounds like Mraz must have incredible lung control to hold his breath that long.  Are there other songs with that type of speed or tempo change?

Gavin DeGraw’s Best I Ever Had doesn’t quite have that same moment but I do like how it does speed up in its own way –

Thanks to YouTuber GavinDeGrawVEVO for hosting this video.

Which this song seems like it shares the same tempo, sort of, with Train’s 50 Ways to Say Goodbye

Thanks to TrainVEVO for hosting this video.

or maybe I just like listening to all three songs in a row.  That’s probably it.

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Ed Sheeran – Photograph

Posted by John Klein III on May 29, 2015
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With this video, I feel like I have to announce that I am a fan of Ed Sheeran.  Or at the very least, that I’m a fan of his hit songs.

Thanks again to Ed Sheeran for hosting his own video!

This is a very cute music video.  When he was younger and with the glasses, he looks like my nephew Hunter but with red hair.

Referring to Ed Sheeran songs, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) showed up on Jimmy Fallon and performed a very fun song –

Thanks to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for hosting the video!

I’m addicted to watching this and I doubt I will ever tire of it.

I’ve been a fan of Jeremy Renner since his ABC show, The Unusuals, which was a great comedy police show, with some real heart.  It is a shame that it only lasted ten episodes.

Referring to Renner’s Hawkeye, remember when we first saw him in Thor’s first film?

Thanks to tiliavengers16 for hosting this video!

It is editted (I imagine for length and to keep it mostly about Hawkeye) but this is by far my favorite scene of Thor’s first movie.  Most other scenes with Kat Dennings and Stellan Skarsgard will round out the rest of my top five scenes from the first film.  Especially when Thor and Dr. Erik Selvig are drunk after Thor’s failed attempt to lift Mjolnir.

Imagine how much better that film would have been (or how awesome that scene would have been) if he lifted the hammer and had that glorious reunion with his powers?  That would have been such a great moment!

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Daredevil Film

Posted by John Klein III on April 28, 2015
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In 2003, we were treated to Ben Affleck’s Daredevil.

Daredevil Film

I remember being the first one there, one February morning, and realizing that this film isn’t going to make anywhere near the money Spider-Man did, only a few months earlier.

Daredevil Director's Cut

I like the film but once the Director’s Cut came out, that’s all I can watch.  It, coincidentally, has less Jennifer Garner, which may be what makes it more into a movie.  There are more scenes involving the plot and such.

Thanks to MrKARproducitonslife for hosting this video!

I was a giant Ben Affleck film, circa 2003 – though I still am but I’m so far behind in my movie watching, largely because of how often Affleck worked with Kevin Smith.

Here is the trailer –

Thanks to QualityIsNumber1 for hosting this video!

I was perfectly cool with the late Michael Clark Duncan portraying Kingpin, that just made perfect sense to me.

I imagine that this film is fun to watch at the ol’ Affleck / Garner home, their children must really like it.

I mostly remember the film for the Evanscenece songs.  (which isn’t a great sign)

Bring Me to Live

Thanks to DJ Pasa for hosting this video!

My Immortal

Thanks to ARC7409 for hosting this video!

Thanks to CinemaSins for hosting this video!

I didn’t want to go negative with this post, as I do enjoy the film – though the graphics are super dated.  There were two moments, when I watched it in the theater, that struck me as just plain wrong.

One being when Joey Pants throws the match down, to reveal the Double Ds.  Like, seriously?  That is a crime scene!!!  You can’t just be throwing matches on the ground and the cops are more like “whoa cool” instead of “hey buddy, you just tampered with evidence!”

The second, and it is right at the end, so you leave the theater thinking about how silly the moment is.  When Joey Pants (who did a decent job as Ben Urich) has his expose on Daredevil, all written up.  He then presses the delete button, just once, and it instantly starts erasing the entire document from word to word, in backwards order.  The heck!?!  I’m glad my computer doesn’t have that “delete everything” button.  They should color that death button something else, so that you don’t accidentally erase your entire thesis paper!  Good grief, that was bad!

Trial of the Incredible Hulk

Posted by John Klein III on April 26, 2015
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It dawns on me that I wasn’t going to have any tie-in to Daredevil’s first Live Action Adaption.

1989 Daredevil Trial of Incredible Hulkjpg

That will not do!

Trial of Incredible Hulk

This was an amazing return to the Incredible Hulk television series, starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno.  This TV film came out on May 7, 1989.

This had Rex Smith as Matt Murdock / Daredevil and Sliders alumni, John Rhys-Davis as the Kingpin.  Though he never called that.

Such a fun team-up between two characters!  I wish this was a success to spur on a Daredevil television series.  It would have been like Law & Order, but with the same guy doing both sides.

This is also fun for being Stan Lee’s first cameo in a live action production.

Here is the official trailer –

Thanks to BryansHulkPage for hosting this video!

He is also hosting the opening credits, as well

Here is the scene of Matt Murdock Meeting David (Bruce) Banner

Thanks to Zaki Hasan for hosting this video!

This film is the middle of the trilogy of reunion films.  First was Return (with Thor), the Trial (with Daredevil) and Death (with what I call, Black Widow).

HoKogan1991 made this tribute video of Rex Smith as Daredevil

Thanks for hosting that video!

If you get a chance, I can’t recommend this film enough!  The lack of mirrors in a blind man’s apartment isn’t something I would have thought about before seeing it, either.

Here is a video that shows off the Kingpin in action

Thanks to X2Magneto for hosting the video!  Great screen name too!

X-Men : Whole New World II

Posted by John Klein III on April 11, 2015
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http://www.newsarama.com/24026-axel-alonso-clarifies-recent-talk-of-a-new-world-for-x-men-post-secret-wars.html

Axel Alonso has had to, not retract but further clarify that his comments about a new world for them, Post-Secret Wars 2015, didn’t mean a Heroes Reborn style story.  He just means that there will be the X-Men in the Proper Marvel Universe and they are involved in Secret Wars 2015.

I do like how he hints that we may lose some X-Men in the transfer but as long as Kitty, Illyana and Lockheed make it, that’s all I care about.

Thanks to Brian Cronin’s excellent research capabilities, I have the necessary links now –

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/04/10/comic-book-legends-revealed-518/

So Axel Alonso got to clarify his original statement –

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/axel-in-charge-marvels-major-rage-of-ultron-twist-the-x-mens-post-secret-wars-future

So now we know.

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Since I keep trying to evoke this, here is Aladdin’s Whole New World

Thanks to YouTuber Kayla Marie for hosting this video.

I really need to rewatch Aladdin.