Category: #MusicMonday

I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock and Roll #MusicMonday

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On Thanksgiving Day, I was listening to Fresh Air with Terry Gross on NPR.  The show was a re-broadcast of an interview with singer-songwriter Nick Lowe.   Nick Lowe??!!  I hadn’t heard about him in years.

In the day (the 1980s), I found Nick Lowe’s songs “Cruel to be Kind” and “I Knew The Bride” catchy, but that’s about it.  For some reason, listening to Nick Lowe on Fresh Air filled me with nostalgia and happiness – as when I hear the opening riffs of The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”

Although Nick Lowe is from England, his rockabilly is purely American.   Here’s the goofy video for “I Knew The Bride” from MTV’s music video heyday:


Enjoy, and rock out!

Nick Lowe today:

Nick Lowe (2011)

Carmen fantasy redux #MusicMonday

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For this week’s #MusicMonday, I present this scene Tabacalera from Carlos Saura’s film adaptation of the Carmen story, recast in a flamenco dance studio:

This scene is set in the tobacco factory where Carmen works (and gets into a tussle with another factory worker).

I love the ballet tops and whoosh of the skirts.

Carlos Saura’s film was released in 1983, and complements Francesco Rosi’s adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen, which released in 1984.  In addition to featuring Georges Bizet’s music, Carlos Saura’s film also features flamenco music performed by renown flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia.

That Old Black Magic #MusicMonday

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It seems that you just can’t avoid Marilyn Monroe.  Actress Michelle Williams channeled her on the cover of the October 2011 issue of Vogue.  At Sephora, we spotted a woman wearing a cardigan with panels of MM’s pictures that she said that she bought at Betsey Johnson.  If things are crazy now, just imagine how they will be next year (2012), the 50th anniversary of MM’s death.

As I said to my husband, let her rest in peace.  Or rather than ogling frozen images, let’s watch her movies and remember her as a living, breathing person:

This is from Bus Stop, which was her favorite movie.  Sorry about the dubbing into French, but that’s what I could find.

Jagjit Singh (February 8, 1941-October 10, 2011) #MusicMonday

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Soon after I posted the video for last week’s #MusicMonday, I learned of the death of Indian ghazal singer Jagjit Singh that day (October 10).  He was admitted to ICU after suffering a brain hemorrhage.  Fans knew that it was only a matter of time.

In commemoration of Jagjit Singh’s life and career, I present this video for #MusicMonday:

This video is cross-posted on Mera Bharat Mahan.