Asevera la leyenda que sólo ha existido alguien capaz de contar hasta el infinito… y lo hizo dos veces.  Un tipo tan duro que a base de nombrarlo convirtió el último programa en el más fuerte, con las canciones más enérgicas y con las nominaciones más largas y tensas que os podáis imaginar. Lo que tampoco podréis adivinar es qué demonios tiene que ver el del sombrero vaquero con el Rock ‘n’ Roll, pero para eso tenéis ahí abajo cierto enlace, para que lo descubráis cuando os apetezca, sin prisas.

Y entre tanta patada voladora, los peores chistes y la mejor música, cómo no: Chuck Berry, Aerosmith, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Kim Carnes, Ryan Adams y más.  No te lo pierdas y si lo haces ten mucho cuidado. Chuck Norris no perdona y en estos momentos podría estar detrás de ti.

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1. Good Golly Miss Molly Little Richard

2. Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo Rick Derringer

3. Breaking All The Rules Peter Frampton

4. Human Touch Bruce Springsteen

5. Chicago Vetusta Morla & Christina Rosenvinge

6. No puedo vivir sin ti Los Ronaldos

7. Cacho a Cacho Estopa & Rosendo

8. Smoke on the Water Deep Purple

Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes

The Girl From Ipanema by Stanz Getz & Astrud Gilberto

Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin

Take On Me by a-ha

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

RESPECT by Aretha Franklin

It’s All Right by Bob Marley

Kim Carnes

A cantora e compositora Kim Carnes, famosa nos anos 80 com o HIT Bette Davis Eyes – chega na América do Sul para shows no Chile e na Argentina. Fica a dica para os fãs da cantora… Confiram as datas e locais dos shows :

Argentina
Buenos Aires – 16/Out – LA City

Chile
Santiago – 23/Out – Centro Cultural Amanda

Song of the Day: Betty Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes

Red Windsor Apples : I bought a bag at Sainsbury’s for a pound. They were just called British Red Apples, but on the tag it said they were actually Red Windsors. They are lovely and crunchy and perfect! I’ve been eating an apple every day actually.

Green Tea with Mint: 

Remember my purple Bodum Crema Loose Leaf Tea Pot from a previous Wednesday post?  I have been drinking lots of green tea made in that purple pot everyday. Moroccan Mint is my favorite flavor! I get it from Whittard’s—a British chain that sells teas and coffees.

Softest Lounge-Around Pants Ever:

These pants are from Horny Toad and called “Pip”, and I got them on big time sale from Blue Ridge Mountain Sports store. I love that they have an elastic waist and that they’re so soft—those two things = comfy!

This is not me. They aren’t actually that long on me, but they’re long enough  = )

I’m 5’10”, so I usually have to get longs, but stuff like this usually doesn’t come in long. I tried these on at the store and was very excited that they fit! I think they did shrink a little when I washed them, but oh well!

Researching a show where all the songs referenced famous people was actually quite enlightening. Who knew that so many famous people felt compelled to record songs about other famous people? I suppose there’s a little bit of the fan in all of us. It was a shame that I had used up some very good songs that would have fitted the theme during my Men’s Names and Women’s Names shows, but there were still plenty of tracks left over to fit the bill. I did try and stay away from the more mawkish tribute songs, so no Candle in the Wind amongst this lot I’m afraid.

We opened the show with the Beloved’s HELLO. The song mentions a number of famous people chosen to loosely fit a “saints and sinners” theme. Those that get a nod include Jeffery Archer, Fred Astaire, Little Richard, Barry Humphries and Charlie Parker. I like the way the Supremes are simply called “Mary Wilson, Di and Flo”. Even Fred Flintstone gets a mention.

Next it was another song with a list. Eminem recently won the MTV award for Best Hip Hip Video for WE MADE YOU. The song spoofs, among others, Sarah Palin, Amy Winehouse and Jessica Simpson. Hopefully it hasn’t reached viewer saturation point yet, ’cause here it is again:

Allanah Myles’ #1 hit, BLACK VELVET is about Elvis Presley. It can refer to either his likeness frequently being painted on black velvet or his voice. Here’s a bit of trivia for you: Black Velvet was the name of the hair dye that Elvis used to give his naturally brown hair its distinctive black sheen. 

SWEET GENE VINCENT remained in Ian Dury’s set list for almost his entire career, even after other songs had been dropped because of the singer’s worsening health. It was played at his very last concert at the London Palladium in February 2000 and is still performed by The Blockheads. Ian Dury was arguably Gene Vincent’s biggest fan and he claims to have bought every single that Vincent ever produced. Dury’s stage clothes also reflected Vincent’s influence, notably black leather gloves. Dury constantly denied that his identification with the singer, who was also crippled and forced to wear a leg brace, was in any way an attraction. He claimed that he didn’t even know Vincent was crippled when he first became a fan. According to Dury, it was all about the voice and his look. That’s Gene Vincent on the left and here is a clip of Ian Dury and the Blockheads performing at the Concert for the People of Kampuchea in 1979. The big bonus is the addition of Mick Jones from the Clash. Brilliant. 

BETTE DAVIS EYES was a huge hit for Kim Carnes. Even Bette Davis herself was a fan. The actress admitted to loving the song and approached Carnes and the songwriters to thank them. She said that it made her seem very up-to-date with her grandson. She had Carnes sing the song live for her at a tribute held just before her death.

I included a  couple more songs about actors: Bree Sharp’s song about DAVID DUCHOVNY proves that she is also an adoring fan of the actor from X-Files and, more recently, Californication. Billy Bragg & Wilco gave us a song dedicated to INGRID BERGMAN, with lyrics by Woodie Guthrie.

David Bowie played the song ANDY WARHOL to the artist, who reportedly disliked it as he thought the lyrics made fun of his physical appearance. When the song had finished playing, Warhol and Bowie supposedly just stared at each other for a while until Warhol said “I like your shoes” and the pair then had a conversation about shoes. As you do.

The Modern Lovers sang about another artist, PABLO PICASSO and Simon & Garfunkle contributed a song about the great American architect FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. 

The ever-cheerful ska star, Prince buster, was more concerned with spelling the name of his subject in AL CAPONE. A guilty pleasure followed: Boney M with RASPUTIN. Who knew that this Russian baddie was a raging love machine? Here’s the clip, just to remind you of how much fun disco actually was:

Although David Bowie admits that JEAN GENIE is a clumsy pun on the name of the author Jean Genet, he claims that the real subject of the song is his friend Iggy Pop. The line “He’s so simple minded, he can’t drive his module” would later give the band Simple Minds their name. There are several clips of this song available but take a look at this one. I chose it just because of the outfit. Oh, and the band rocks too.

Morphine gave us a song not just about, but in the style of, the American beat poet and author Jack KEROUAC. And then it was Bob Dylan with his protest song HURRICANE about the boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter. The song compiles alleged acts of racism and profiling against Carter, which Dylan describes as leading to a false trail and conviction. The song is credited with helping to overturn the conviction.

We lightened the mood somewhat with a bit of Pop from Bananarama: ROBERT DE NIRO’S WAITING. And then it was The Clash with their song about the another actor, Montgomery Clift, who, after a serious accident, could only be shot from THE RIGHT PROFILE (see left).

U2 paid homage to singer Billie Holiday with their song ANGEL OF HARLEM and then The Barenaked Ladies told the story of a man whose life parallels that of the Beach Boys’ BRIAN WILSON, particularly during his time spent with a psychologist.

Two tracks followed that are quite critical of their subjects. Carly Simon with a song supposedly about Warren Beatty – YOU’RE SO VAIN and then it was Modest Mouse with BUKOWSKI. “Yeah, I know he’s a pretty good read, but God, who’d want to be such an a….hole.” True.

Next was a wonderful song from George Harrison, dedicated to John Lennon: ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. Here, in tribute to both of them, is the clip. 

We closed the show with one of my favourite new artists, Julian Velard, with JIMMY DEAN & STEVE McQEEN.  

Here’s the complete playlist. If the title doesn’t tell the story, I’ve bracketed the person who the song is about.

Hello (various) - The Beloved

We Made You (various) - Eminem

Black Velvet (Elvis Presley) - Alannah Myles

Sweet Gene Vincent - Ian Dury

Sir Duke (Duke Ellington) - Stevie Wonder

Bette Davis Eyes -  Carnes

Michael Caine - Madness

David Duchovny  - Bree Sharp

Ingrid Bergman - Billy Bragg & Wilco

Andy Warhol - David Bowie

Pablo Picasso - The Modern Lovers

So Long Frank Lloyd Wright - Simon & Garfunkel

Marvin Gaye - Josh Rouse

Al Capone - Prince Buster

Rasputin - Boney M.

The Jean Genie - David Bowie

Kerouac  - Morphine

Hurricane (Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter) - Bob Dylan

Robert De Niro’s Waiting - Bananarama

The Right Profile  (Montgomery Clift) - The Clash

Angel Of Harlem (Billie Holiday) - U2

Brian Wilson - Barenaked Ladies

You’re So Vain (Warren Beatty) - Carly Simon

Bukowski - Modest Mouse

All Those Years Ago (John Lennon) - George Harrison

Jimmy Dean & Steve McQueen – Julian Velard

Next week: COVERS THAT ARE BETTER THAN THE ORIGINALS

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No longer on Twitter! I’m not that tragic after all.

Então… Era fevereiro… depois de um carnaval maneiro no Rio resolvemos fazer uma festinha pra curtir  o ultimo grito de carnaval e pra fazer uma despedida digna para o Renato Marques, grande amigo carioca que fez historia em brasilia.

Reunimos os amigos, os djs e foi uma balada maneira com fim apenas as 6:00!! Meus vizinhos ainda tem trauma dessa festa mas valeu a pena demais… Segue o set que toquei nesse dia especial!!

Up Private 3 – Despedida do Renato Marques

Pink – Get This Party Started (Power Basse Electro Mix)

Royksopp – What Else Is There (Vitalic mix)

Sophie Ellis Bextor – Me and My Imagination (Stonebridge Vocal Mix)

Justin Timberlake – Lovestoned *

Kim Carnes – Betty Davis Eyes (Nelyd Koop House Mix)

Snow Patrol – Open Your Eyes*

Jean Claude Ades – Fly Away

Rihanna – Shut Up And Drive (Wideboys mix)

Kylie Minogue – 2 Hearts*

Nely Furtado – Give To me*

Lamb – Gabriel (Mj Cole Mix)

Britney Spears – Piece of Me *

Fragma – Tocas miracle (Inpetto mix)

* Unknow mix

http://www.4shared.com/file/120369401/8569e3e0/Dj_Stopme_-_Up_Private_3.html

We’ve done a few covers of covers here, including Train Song, originally by Vashti Bunyan and covered by Feist and Ben Gibbard, then redone by Lovers of the Month Pianki and KirstenMH. What I like about covers of covers is that each one, no matter how similar they may be (or not), has its own unique and individual nuances that make it personal to the artist who performs it. Today’s post shows the progression a single song can make through four decades and three genres. The song is Bette Davis Eyes, originally recorded by Jackie DeShannon in 1974, covered by Kim Carnes in the 1980s, and recently re-covered again by today’s artist, My Gold Mask.

The original version is very clearly dated in the 1970s. It makes me wanna go to the disco! The cover by Kim Carnes is even more clearly dated in the 80s–what with the synth and all–and the video’s a classic. The cover we have today could arguably also be dated in the 20-aughts, but we’ll leave that discussion for another 10 years or so. It is, however, obviously modern in its sound, using the electric guitar and bass with a steady beat in place of the 80s synth and the brass horns and syncopation of the 70s version. It’s reminiscent of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and I can’t help but feel the rhythm is something common to classic alternative bands today. It’s a great cover, and I really like the progression you can see in the song. Unfortunately, I don’t have a video today, but you can listen to the song here, linked from the Bandcamp website:

Of course, what would the post be without the originals? Enjoy ‘em here:

Jackie DeShannon’s 1974 original
Kim Carnes’ 1981 cover

Photo of the Day: Oh My, She’s Got Those Bette Davis Eyes!

Photography by:  Joseph O. Holmes, NYC

Her hair is Harlow gold, her lips sweet surprise
Her hands are never cold, she’s got Bette Davis eyes
She’ll turn the music on you, you won’t have to think twice
She’s pure as New York snow, she’d got Bette Davis eyes.

done

Kim Carnes: She’s Got Bette Davis Eyes

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Smokey Robinson and the Miracles – “More Love,” Pop # 23, R&B # 5

By Joel Francis

Smokey Robinson has penned dozens of gorgeous love songs throughout his career, but few are affecting as “More Love.” The reassuring lyrics speak to the tragedies the couple suffered as a result of life on the road. Between 1957 and 1964, Claudette Robinson had eight miscarriages. This heartbreaking back story adds to the romance of the chorus:

“More love, more joy,
|Than age or time could ever destroy.
My love will be so sound,
It would take about a hundred lifetimes
To live it down, wear it down, tear it down.”

The song opens with some gospel chords on the piano before the gently insistent bassline enters. Robinson’s voice appears on a pillow of strings, as the arrangement slowly builds underneath. After Robinson delivers the chorus a second time, the performance pulls back to that great bassline before reaching a climax that sustains through the rest of the song.

Foreshadowing Motown’s cross-country relocation, the track was performed by Los Angeles session musicians before the Miracles – including Claudette – overdubbed their voices in Detroit. It’s unclear why Robinson, who also produced the cut,  bypassed the Funk Brothers, but the public didn’t seem to mind. The song was wedged near the top of both the pop and R&B charts in the spring of 1967.

Foreshadowing another Motown move, “More Love” was the second single credited to “Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.” Berry’s decision to give Robinson top billing started the avalanche that benefitted Diana Ross and Martha Reeves but doomed David Ruffin and the Temptations.

Smokey and Claudette eventually had two children, both named in tribute to Motown. Son Berry Robinson was the namesake of label founder Berry Gordy, and daughter Tamla Robinson was named after the Hitsville subsidiary.

Former New Christy Minstrels singer Kim Carnes had a No. 10 hit on the Adult Contemporary charts in 1980 with her reading of “More Love.” The song was her biggest hit until “Bette Davis Eyes” hit No. 1 the following year. “More Love” has also been covered by Paul Young, Barbara McNair and the 5^th Dimension.

Chart Position: NR

• Originally recorded by Box Tops (1968)
• Written by Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn
• Produced by George Tobin and Mike Piccirillo
• Backing vocals: Patrick Bolen
• Also recorded by Lulu (1969), Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham  (1999) and Hacienda Brothers (2006)

“Supersized: The Junk Food Song” by Rick London C2009 To The Tune of Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes

For my DF: Lee Hiller

Their arch is Harlow gold,
Deep grease with your french fries,
Big Macs trans-fat rancid and old
McDonald’s supersized.

A Happy Meal or two,
Will make you twice your size,
The size of Manhattan & Queens you’ll grow,
You too will be supersized.

Systolic at 192,
Diastolic 122
Enough cholesterol to make your face blue,
Whatever else is in it corporate stays hushed,
Want to know how to make your heart cry?
Try a box of Kentucky Deep Fried.

With belly so big your feet aren’t in sight,
From just some Popeyes’ chicken chewed to the bone
You’ve got pacydermic thighs.

Double Whopper for you,
Not one burger but twice till your arteries are goo,
Giving you Mt. Rushmore thighs.

Wendy’s you can’t fit into your shoes,
Ugg Boots no matter how hard you let your legs push,
Add on to that supersized fries,
You’ve got pacydermic thighs.

Arby’s fruit turnovers tease you,
And your sweet tooth,
Cholesterol so thick needs Cardio peer review,
Blood pressure flies higher than a brown thrush,
And a nice salad bar to soften the lies,
For your pacydermic thighs.

Domino’s comes to you,
A poison menu,
A cheesy ballyhoo.
Not much nutritional guise.

Healthy food will repose you,
Your blood flows through,
Those organs are part of you,
Why not try healthy food on for size?

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Rick London is a writer and entrepreneur. His cartoon “Londons Times” has been the #1 ranked offbeat cartoon (Google rankings) since 2005. His website was founded in 1997 and has received over 8.5 million visitors since 2005. He founded Shoes That Amuse, the world’s only famous love quote shoes. He owns numerous funny gift shops bearing with gifts and collectibles bearing his offbeat cartoon images. He is the designer of actress Mariel Hemingway brand of licensed products. He is co-founder of PenAndInkInc an professional web design, branding and SEO firm which he founded with his fiancé’ Lee Hiller who is the love advice columnist of Herald de Paris.

Eu sabia que este post do Outsapop que eu salvei me serveria como referência algum dia. Achei super os looks de luvas usadas como tiara e cachecol no Inverno 2009 Dolce&Gabbana (você já viu as fotos PODER da campanha? Olha só no post do Guga) e daí quando estava vendo o clipe DRAMA (@matheus_s feelings) da Kim Carnes, Bette Davis Eye, que seria um post sing along eu tive que unir os dois hahaha. Assista o clipe e descubra o por quê…

Oi Gugaaaa!!!

OK não rolou o embed ¬¬ clique na foto e assista (ai odeio cada dia mais o youtube)

Rodrigo Molina

É difícil quando a realidade vem na sua direção na forma de uma criança que vende doces no ônibus. Pior ainda é ouvir essa mesma criança se auto- intitular camelô. Se o garoto do primeiro ponto da Av. Presidente Antonio Carlos no centro dissesse “Trago para os senhores uma caixinha de Trident por um real”, pelo menos ele não estaria jogando na minha cara que ele já deixou de ser criança/estudante/alguém com um futuro ligeiramente mais promissor que o se um camelô. Mas não, ele faz questão de falar, com a voz empostada, que é um camelô. 

Sempre que passo por esse ponto da Av. Presidente Antonio Carlos torço para ele não entrar no meu ônibus. Algumas coisas me deixam triste. Nem sempre um mendigo na rua me atinge, mas esse menino me faz sentir uma impostora toda vez que o vejo. Acho que são seus olhos.

 Deve ter uns 10 anos. Cabelo castanho, pele bronzeada, olhos castanho claro. Fala com uma voz de quem tem experiência no que faz. Não sei há quanto tempo é camelô.  

Hoje alguém no ônibus começou a assobiar “We are the World” quando ele desceu. Não sei se a pessoa estava pensando o mesmo que eu ou se foi coincidência, mas tive que me segurar para não chorar. 

We are the world, we are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So let’s start giving

P.S.: O fotágrafo que fez a foto deste post colocou essa legenda: Sua mãe vendia chicletes para os motoristas parados no confuso trânsito da hora do rush ao mesmo tempo em que cuidava da filha mais nova. Alheio às dificuldades do mundo real, ele brincava pela rua, ora correndo lépido e fagueiro pelas calçadas, ora pendurando-se nas grades que cada vez mais cercam os prédios do Rio de Janeiro…

Pelo menos ela continua sendo uma criança. É triste que o menino que descrevo no post tenha aberto mão de sua infância.

We = World!

Today is the day that Michael Jackson is officially laid to rest (despite the media’s insistence on resurrecting all things Michael), so I thought it would be quite appropriate to showcase one of the most poignant song of his career.  He, along with Lionel Richie, penned “We Are the World,”  a song that implored people to do their part to help the impoverished and starving countries of Africa. In 1985, Michael and Quincy Jones assembled an impressive and diverse group of singers to bring this song to life.  

I can still remember the morning I watched  the video of this song for the first time as it aired right before I was suppose to leave the house to go to my elementary school down the street.  I can honestly say that this song had a lot to do with why my musical tastes are so diverse. As a child, I was captivated by the different types of voices and styles and they were  fresh and new to me at the time.   As an adult, the message of this song has resonated now that I am old enough to understand suffering and my responsibility in helping to alleviate it.  As corny as this song is by today’s standards, it is still one that will go down in music history as one of Michael Jackson’s greatest works.

Watch the video below and listen to the message. 

There was no such thing as air conditioning when I was a kid. It existed, but we didn’t have it – not in our house, not in our school, not in the family car.

The last situation made for tense times on six-hour drives to Western Pennsylvania for vacation each summer.

Perched on the couch the other night, the drone of the central air was comforting, lulling me into a drowsy state. I was still coherent enough to have a personal revelation during a television commercial.

As a kid, Pizza Hut was nirvana.

Sure, it’s mediocre pizza, but how many times have you run across pizza that was truly inedible – especially as a kid?

(I could probably count mine on one had)

My hometown had Pizza Haus as the one establishment singularly devoted to purveying pie. It wasn’t bad but hardly the place you rave to friends about years later in one of those mindless discussions that occur shortly after one in the morning at some bar.

It was pizza. It was greasy. It was ours.

(and a place where we enjoyed heckling the town drunks)

The nearest Pizza Hut was twenty minutes away in a thriving megalopolis of ten thousand best known for the tree which grew from the roof of the courthouse.

Times were catatonic.

But there was a Pizza Hut. It was air-conditioned and dimly lit. There was pizza. And, once I was in high school and my friends and I could procure transportation (usually without prior consent of our biological guardians) and escape there, the juke box was of great importance, too.

Those treks rarely ended without souvenirs. One friend had a dozen of those red, plastic glasses at home (I believe he told his mom that they were free with a purchase). We once even made off with a pan pizza pan which another friend’s father was surprised to find in his trunk.

As much as those antics were important in keeping my friends and I occupied, it was those family vacations during which the familiar architecture of Pizza Hut was salvation – a brief respite from hunger, heat, and the drudgery of the road.

The (usually) annual pilgrimage that occurred in 1981 was memorable to me as radio was a new interest and, thus, a new way to pass the time with an eye scanning the horizon for that familiar red roof.

Some of the songs I recall hearing on that trip…

Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes
from Mistaken Identity

I wasn’t exactly taken at the time with Kim Carnes’ mysterious, new-wave tinged take on this Jackie DeShannon song. That was unfortunate because it was simply inescapable that summer.

Over the years, it’s grown on me considerably and I dig the raspy vocals of Carnes.. And, in a brush with semi-greatness, I once bumped into her at Kroger’s. She was hidden behind a large pair of sunglasses, but it was definitely her buying a carton of eggs.

Jim Steinman – Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through
from Bad For Good

I like Meat Loaf. He seems like an affable, eager-to-please fellow whom you could depend on in a jam. I think I’d like to be his neighbor

The reason I mention Meat Loaf is because it was singing the songs of Jim Steinman that brought him to global fame. Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through was on Steinman’s lone solo album, released during the long wait for Meat Loaf to follow-up Bat Out Of Hell.

It’s gloriously bombastic. If you’re going to go big, you might as well go Spectorian.

Journey – Who’s Crying Now
from Escape

I distinctly remember hearing Who’s Crying Now for the first time on that vacation and, by the time it finished, I was already surfing the radio dial in hopes of hearing it again.

I wouldn’t even hazard to guess how many times I heard it during that two-week stretch. I am certain that it must have been enough times that had my family bludgeoned me to death with the lid from the cooler and left me for dead on the side of the interstate somewhere in West Virginia, they would have been acquitted.

Foreigner – Urgent
from Foreigner 4

You’ve got Junior Walker adding sax and Thomas Dolby playing synthesizer – on a Foreigner record. It’s lots of fun.

Personally, Foreigner 4 is a fantastic, straight-ahead rock record and I never really understood the critical angst over their records up through this one. Of course, I grew up in the Midwest and, during the late ’70s and early ’80s, Foreigner on the radio was omnipresent.

Sheena Easton – For Your Eyes Only
from For Your Eyes Only soundtrack

I confess that the only James Bond movie that I have ever seen is A View To A Kill (it’s a rather shameful admission, I suppose). I like James Bond, but, if he was a neighbor of me and Meat Loaf, I can’t imagine he’d let us use his pool or go bowling with us.

Anyhow, Sheena Easton was a bit too unremittingly perky for me, but I did/do like For Your Eyes Only. Blondie actually was supposed to do the theme to the James Bond flick of the same name, and I like their song, too (even though it is an entirely different song).

Este post deveria ter sido colocado no blog na sexta, mas minha internet deu pau e eu acabei esquecendo. 

Hoje falarei sobre uma das minhas músicas favoritas da década de 1980. Tecnicamente, eu tinha 2 anos qual ela “bombou”, mas era uma época sem internet e eu morava em Manaus – isto é, as coisas demoraaaaaaaaaaavam a chegar por lá. 

Bette Davis Eyes é uma música composta em 1974 por Donna Weiss e Jackie DeShannon. Ficou no limbo até o início da década de 1980, quando Kim Carnes incluiu a canção em seu álbum Mistaken Identity. A música foi um tremendo sucesso em diversos países, inclusive no Brasil. 

A atriz Gwyneth Paltrow fez um cover da canção no filme (sem graça) Duets. 

Leighton Meester, a Blair de Gossip Girl, também gravou a sua versão.

Você também pode baixar aqui. 

Bette Davis foi uma bem-sucedida atriz de Hollywood. Tendo gravado mais de 100 filmes, morreu em 1989. Mas, fina que era, foi capa da Life sessenta anos antes. 

A canção foi a terceira mais “rentável” da década de 1980. Só fica atrás de Physical, de Olivia Newton-John, e Endless Love, de Lionel Richie e Diana Ross. Segundo Kim Carnes, a própria Bette Davis expressou sua satisfação com a música. 

Nádia Lapa, que não tem Bette Davis Eyes, mas dançava a música tal qual uma louca varrida

Lezers,

Vandeweek is door Zutphen het thema van de meisjes met een ‘A’ aangesneden. Een gewichtig thema zo aan het begin van de lente. Wij gaan graag nog een stapje verder: meisjes met een ‘B’….

Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes

Bob Seger – Betty Lou’s Gettin’ Out Tonight

Kiss – Beth