In the past I have tried, on this feature, to abide by a few rules, all of which I have broken when the need arose. No lip syncing, no music with only a photo to go along with it; and no repeated artists. It has been most difficult to adhere to the last of those. There have been a lot of great rockers, but sooner or later you run out, or your fading memory just can’t dredge up another one. In addition, some artists just aren’t represented in internet accessible videos. I don’t think I ever did find something worth showing by the great Sam Cooke.
Anyway, I’m going to try something different starting this week. I’m going to try to find songs that have some relevance, however marginal, to the events of the day. This seems like a good time to do this, as so long as both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are in the race, they will say or do something stupid that will give me some ideas.
This week Newt announced that he would start a moon colony, which I actually wouldn’t oppose if he were willing to spend some money here on earth too, but, of course, that’s not the case.
So, this song came to mind. This performance by Bette Midler was the best live performance I could find in the short time I allotted myself before my interest ran out. I actually think it’s pretty good, and since I’ve never put her up before, I’m still playing by the old rules.
The song was originally written and performed by a Cambridge (England) University student named Jonathan King. So far as I was aware he dropped off the planet (or went to the moon) after he had his one big hit, but in fact he has an interesting life story, which is well worth a read.
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