The Dame/The Dealer

Clearly the coolest Dame isn't Dame Judi or Dame Helen. No, the coolest Dame is Dame Shirley Bassey. Reasons? Well, for starters - "Goldeneye" and "Diamonds Are Forever" are the two greatest James Bond themes ever. Secondly, Would Judi Dench or Helen Mirren (as awesome as they may be) ever record a cover version of Pink's song "Get the Party Started"? I think not!

Perhaps nobody passed on the memo to Dame Bassey that she is, in fact, singing about being an ecstacy dealer to a raver orgy party, but it's pretty freakin' awesome nonetheless. I guess singing all those Bond theme songs gave The Dame a knack for innuendo, I can't be certain, but when she drawls "If you know what I mean" the image pops into my mind of Dame Bassey being an e-hopping drug dealer and, well, that just puts a big ol' smile on my face. It's like Weeds but with eccies and instead of a single "mom" it's a feisty Dame. Charming.

I'm not entirely sure the video is any good. In fact, I know it's not. It doesn't really do anything. It's just there and Shirley pops up every now and again, sometimes inside a mirror. Weird.



Why don't the producers of the next James Bond movie bring Dame Bassey into the sweet comforting bosom of Daniel Craig and get her to sing the theme song? I know they're all about "reinventing" the franchise and all, but hey, that Chris Cornell song was sort of terrible and if the producers are going around making bizarro hiring decisions then I'm not sure it matters. Here's hoping Marc Forster, who to this date hasn't made one movie I have liked, can pull off an Alfonso Cuaron/Prisoner of Azkaban on us and make a completely amazing movie with there being absolutely zero markers to suggest he can.

How does it feel?

The very first thing I've ever posted on YouTube! It's a video of a friend of mine performing an interpretive dance to the chorus of Pink's "Dear Mr President". There were no words when I first saw him do this. I was speechless. I was without speech.

Funny!

You have not lived until you see somebody give an interperative dance to "Dear Mr President" by Pink. That's all I have to say.

Some musical goodness for you

Take it how you will, but here is Pink's version of "Tell Me Something Good". If you're wondering why I'm linking this, it's because this is actually on the soundtrack to the upcoming George Miller animated musical Happy Feet, which I am greatly looking forward to. Thanks to Michell's Glamourous World for the link. The one original song in the film is, I believe, written and performed by Prince. Can Prince win a second Academy Award? We'll see soon enough.

Back to Pink though, I think I'm gonna be going to the Pink concert next April! Awesome. Tix go on sale next Friday. For whatever reason, America hasn't picked up on the Pink vibe despite songs like "U + UR Hand" being one of the best of year. Oh well.

Quickly, the one song that I seriously can't stop listening to (as soon as if it stops I start it up again) is the new song from, of all people, Kelly Rowland called "In Love With My Ex". You can d/l it at PopMuse. It's quite more spunk and personality than twenty songs by Ciara put together, and even the ubiquitous rap cameo verse is good. The song sorta shits on everything I've heard from Beyonce's latest record although the B Sides "Lost Your Mind" and "Ring the Alarm [Freemason's Remix]" are great.

Anyway, I don't have a point.