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November 08, 2006
Retrohump Day - Award Shows
The recent posts on award show antics inspired todays Retrohump. Unlike the usual performance features shown in this space, I've culled interesting presenters of Grammy Awards past.
John Lennon & Paul Simon 1975
Art Garfunkel accepting the award for an absent Olivia Newton John instigates great reunion banter between Art, Paul and John. Elton John was the notable loser with light FM classic: "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me." Simon makes a joke about flowers I think, but its over my head. Anyone care to enlighten me?
David Bowie 1975
The video quality is pretty awful but it warps pre-Thin White Duke-era Bowie to make him look even more alien-like than usual. Somewhat terrifying. I prefer to let my imagination take over with thoughts of the after party that went down with Bowie, Lennon and other assorted weirdoes that evening. David and John were chummy in 1975. Earlier that year they recorded "Fame" in New York which ultimately ended up as a late addition to the Young Americans album.
Tupac Shakur & Kiss 1996
A ridiculous presenter match up with retarded results. I should disclose a high personal bias against all things Kiss, especially the band themselves. Biggest revelation - Hootie & the Blowfish are Tupac's homeboys. For some reason Grammy producers get giddy with such weird pairings. I guess I see the humor in it. But if your going to go for this angle, why not really get crazy with it? For next year I want to see Ted Nugent and the Dixie Chicks come out and present Hip Hop record of the year. Someone is bound to get shot, or at least an arrow through the heart.
Posted by Merry Swankster at November 8, 2006 12:20 PM
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The song Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom) is one of those songs that's been remade over and over.
The song has received many awards and nominations over the years plus a ton of "#1 on the charts" spots. I know Frank Zappa won a grammy for it.
The song itself is from the French songwriter Jacques Larue. I'm not sure what the humour is behind Paul's mentioning of it. Maybe because it has received so much recognition from so many singers/bands in the past that it wouldn't be out of the oridinary for that song to be up for another nomination. See below for the original song lyrics.
"It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
When your true lover comes your way
It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
The poets say
The story goes that once a cherry tree
Beside an apple tree did grow
And there a boy once met his bride to be
Long long ago
The boy looked into her eyes, it was a sight to enthrall
The breezes joined in their sighs, the blossoms started to fall
And as they gently carressed, the lovers looked up to find
The branches of the two trees were intertwined
And that is why the poets always write
If there's a new moon bright above
It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
When you're in love"
Posted by: Kelli Douglas at November 8, 2006 12:56 PM
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