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Took mum to See
Jersey
Boys
last night & I’ve got massive Frankie Valli and the four Seasons on the
brain. I sound like such a geezer, but seriously, we ain’t got much music like that
these days. What passes for song writing these days is sheer monotony,
and there are few entertainers who can pass the acapella/ no re-mix, no –lip sync
test. Valli was no handsome beefcake, and
that uneducated
Jersey
pedigree nothing to
write home about, but those songs were so catchy, the voice so original and
clear, the lyrics identifiable with the hearts of millions.
We came bopping out of the theater to the tune of big hits like
"Sherry", "Oh, What a night", "Big Girls Don’t
Cry" and "Walk like a Man". Woke up this morning to P
singing a snippet of "You’re too good to be true"…Hmm. I imagine my
disposition in life in general would be much more pleasant if each morn were so
musical. Heck, everyone could use a dose of that song and sentiment in their lives. Alas, it’s a work day and he’s dashing off to techieland, affection has to
be packed along for him in organic cantaloupes and whole foods sandwiches.
But one song that haunts my head is “My Eyes Adored you”.
There’s a place in all our heads haunted by the loves that never bloomed
anywhere, or died on the vine, no? The
melancholy and adoration of that song is sweet suffering…
I had to take a break from my research on mental health
stuff (lest I become depressed myself a the disjointedness of the health care system), so I set off on Youtube to find it. Of course Valli was on on the guy in an age
where folks didn’t make glossy videos for every hit. What I found was a hilarious mishmash of
homemade videos. People like me who loved the song made their own video versions featuring: Ugly Betty & Henry, Pacey and what’s her face from
Dawson
’s Creek, Some
Pilipino Soap stars (featuring an 85 lb. woman who’s supposedly S.W.A.T.
riiiiiiight), the one sung on the Grease casting reality show (You’re the one
that I want) and my personal totally odd fave: one featuring Captain Janeway
from Star Trek
http://youtube.com/watch?v=08Kty21IPTs&mode=related&search=
Rock on Frankie. Four seasons music crosses cultural boundaries all the way into outer space onto the Starship…
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