Today's song of the day comes from the Tim Burton stop motion animated feature, "The Nightmare Before Christmas." I have mixed feelings toward Tim Burton's later work particularly those that over-exaggerate the presence of Johnny Depp. However, I regard The Nightmare Before Christmas as one of his epic masterpieces. "This Is Halloween" is the film's opening song and right away it captures the atmosphere of Halloweentown and the film. So here's the lyric of the day and the video to follow with it.
"In this town we call home everyone hails to the pumpkin sun." - The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Fun fact: Chris Sarandon performs the voice of Jack Skellington. However, he didn't feel comfortable singing so Jack's singing is done by music composer and longtime Burton collaborator, Danny Elfman.
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The cult classic "Rocky Horror Picture Show" is one of my favorite films. I first watched it at an early age on cable television and oddly enough I didn't find it to be that weird back then. Anyway, I've become a big fan of Rocky Horror as the years past and I've even had the pleasure of going to a midnight showing back in 2004. I even got to portray Brad for a bit at Frenchwoods Rocky Horror night. It's a really great experience and I'll never forget getting my friend Mark Gordon into the film. I don't know if I can pick my favorite song as I pretty much like them all except for Superheroes, which I was happy they cut from the American version. The song of the day, "Science Fiction/Double Feature" opens the play and film version of Rocky Horror. The red lips that appear in the opening credits belong to Patrica Quinn, who plays Magenta. But the voice belongs to Richard O'Brien, who plays Riff Raff. Here's the lyric of the day and if you're Rocky Horror virgin, I recommend you check out the film.
"And at a deadly pace it came from (Where) Outer Space. (Thank You.) And this is how the message ran."(Freeze those lips.) -Rocky Horror Picture Show
If you're wondering what the words in parenthesis are ask anyone who's a Rocky Horror fanatic and they'll happily educate you. Tonight if you're interested in learning more about Rocky Horror, you can check out the Glee episode, which is paying homage to the film and the play. This won't make you lose your Rocky Horror virginity though.
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So I'm doing a special halloween theme for this week's song of the day. Check every Monday-Friday on my facebook or here for the daily pick of the day. Here's today's pick:
how awesome is that picture.
There's no argument. Alice Cooper is one of the greatest performers around. Who cares if he looks so old nowadays. The bottom line is he's cool and I've head from people who've met that he's such a nice person to talk to.
Here's the lyric of the day.
"Welcome to my Nightmare. Welcome to my breakdown." - Alice Cooper
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Today's song of the day dates back to 1973. Originally released by the English band, The Sweet, Ballroom Blitz has received a dozen or so covers including a cool one from the Misfit's. Here's your lyric and video of the day.
"And the man in the back said everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz" - The Sweet.
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Today's song of the day I'm not a particularly big fan of. In fact, I only chose it because my education course was introduced to our unit plans and this song was used during someone's unit plan slice.
Released in 1997 by the Danish-Norwegian group Aqua, Barbie Girl became their most successful single. It caused a bit of controversy when Mattel decided to sue MCA Records as the song portrayed Barbie as a sex object. The case was eventually dismissed in 2002 because quite frankly Barbie is technically a sex object. Anyways, here's the quote of the day and video for Barbie Girl
"You can touch, you can play. If you say, I'm always yours."
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Today's song of the day comes from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' seventh album "Californication." The album itself marked the return of guitarist John Frusciante, who's drug problem and dislike of the band's growing popularity caused him to leave the band. It was actually a much needed return as their last album included Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro as lead guitarist and the album stunk. I have nothing against Dave Navarro or Jane's Addiction, but he just wasn't the right fit for the Chili Peppers. Anyway, many tracks from "Californication" including the self titled track received rave reviews. The song "Californication" has become a staple of 90's music and the music video that was released along with it is pretty amazing. Anyway here's Californication.
Born and raised by those who praise control of population. Well, everybody's been there and I don't mean on vacation.
P.S. I'm only doing the song of the day Monday-Friday
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I know it's been months since my last post, but school is literally driving me crazy and I needed to take a short break from my blogging. Anyway, I'm here to talk about a new daily section that I will be adding every day. So I'm a pretty big music lover and there's always a song or two that's constantly playing in my head. Every once in a while, we need to be reminded of a song that will help get us going through the day. This is where I come in. Every morning, I'm going to post a lyric from a song in the hopes that it may jump start your noggin and bring back precious musical memories. In addition, i may also post a music video along with it. You'll notice this morning, I posted a lyric from "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2" For a good amount of you, that song will most likely stick in your head for the rest of the day. So make sure to check my Facebook every morning for the music quote of the day. If you don't have a Facebook or miss the lyric of the day, then I will be posting it here every afternoon. So make sure to check out today's lyric and feel free to make some comments. If anyone has requests for a song, then please let me know.
Here's today lyric of the day:
We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control." - Pink Floyd
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