Bookworm Room

I managed to miss most of the music from the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st Century.  Don’t ask me how.  I just did.  So I also  managed to miss Ricky Martin entirely.  Here’s how I learned about him, and one of his songs: The other day, my husband and I watched the [...]

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This song hit big not long before I went to law school.  Unsurprisingly, it was very popular with the student body: One of the things that impresses me is that Browne’s live version is as good as the studio version.  Most singers aren’t that good.

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Some time ago, I don’t know when, I posted on this blog John Parr’s St. Elmo’s Fire, a song I’ve always liked.  (For those of us who were young in the 80s, the music magic never dies.) As a Tim Tebow admirer, I’m therefore very pleased to present John Parr’s tribute to Tim Tebow.  (Yes, [...]

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I totally don’t get the video, which goes from boring to creepy, and then back to boring again, but I kind of like the song.  It’s a bit clunky, but quite cheerful:  

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I’ve spent a lot of time in the car with the children, which means a lot of time listening to their music.  I’ve grown quite fond of this one: I have to admit to  finding very amusing how young and dorky these boys look, considering that they’ve had the top song on the pop charts [...]

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It’s not Christmas at the Bookworm Room unless I post my absolute favorite Christmas carol.  I know I’m a couple of days early with this, but it’s such a lovely song, sung so beautifully, that I couldn’t wait to share it with you again:

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I’m still feeling bad about the fact that my knowledge of things military is so pathetic that I managed to call America’s First Sergeant by a rank he hasn’t seen since 1999. It was nice, therefore, to hear Louis Jordan’s G.I. Jive today (about the Army admittedly), and to get reminded that these nuances have [...]

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A couple of weeks ago, I brought to your attention a rock group called Madison Rising.  It has the distinction of playing classic guitar rock, with conservative, pro-American lyrics.  (Sadly, my 14 year old daughter still prefers LMFAO, but there’s only so much one can do as a mother.) A conservative cartoonist caught one of [...]

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It’s a great video if it satisfies you at a visual, auditory and intellectual level.  Madison Rising has achieved that with “Honk If Want Peace,” a song that vividly illustrates the vast disconnect between Leftist “peace” activists and their violent, destructive, nihilistic activities: The lyrics are clear (which I like in a song), but here [...]

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Lee Pockriss, who wrote Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, has died.  Another tie to a generation that had a bit of charm has vanished:

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Really good.  Freddy Mercury would have been pleased. (Or see here.)

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The lovely Gloria DeHaven entertaining the boys in Two Girls and a Sailor:

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A companion piece for the Betty Hutton video, since it’s another song about dancing:

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Something light:

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When I grew up, Guy Lombardo was a joke — a bunch of old people playing for my parents’ generation on New Year’s Eve.  But watching this video, from 1942, is a reminder that those guys were really fine in their heyday:

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When this song came out, in 1982, I loved it because I loved Madness, ska and the generally bonhomie of this song.  Listening to it on the radio this morning, I added one more reason:  aside from the brother who’s “got a date to keep” (my little guy is too young to date) and the [...]

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Not new, but I just discovered it, so I’m sharing it with you:

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Do you want to feel good today?  Don’t bother eating healthy foods, exercising, doing altruistic works, or any of that ordinary “feel good” stuff.  Just watch this video.  I guarantee it will have you smiling: Hat tip (with many thanks):  Earl

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Does it get better than this, from 1953′s Kiss Me Kate? The dancers are Ann Miller, Bob Fosse, Bobby Van, Tommy Rall, Carol Haney and Jeanne Coyne.  The music and lyrics are Cole Porter’s.

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Flash mob perfection: It’s hard to imagine any piece of music better suited to the dynamics of a musical flash mob. Hat tip:  Power Line

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Heard this on the radio today, and I now have to exorcise it from my head by passing it on to you: Normally, I don’t like Elvis very much (I know, almost un-American), but I’ve always had a fondness for this one.  I just love the end where he keeps chanting “hunka, hunka burning love.) [...]

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These covers are really, really good: (Hat tip for the above video to The New Editor) (Thanks to a facebook friend for the second video)

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I’m working on a lengthy article about words and the real meaning lurking beneath them, so this seemed like an appropriate song about words versus thoughts and deeds:

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Seriously — was there ever a more cool performer than Cab Calloway?

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