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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Song of the Day: 'Hungry Like the Wolf' by Duran Duran
Watching MTV Classic has been such a reminder of the ebbs and flows of the (onetime) Fab Five. They started off rather intriguingly with singles like "Planet Earth," "Careless Memories" and "Girls on Film." Found world success (in large part because of Music Television) with "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio." Then released some of the lamest material of their career ("Is There Something I Should I Know?," "The Reflex," "Wild Boys") at the peak of their popularity -- only to follow it up with some of their strongest ever ("Skin Trade," "Ordinary World," "Come Undone," "Electric Barbarella."
As was the case back in the day, "Hungry Like the Wolf" is still in heavy rotation on MTV (Classic), so it got me reading up on the classic hit, which I was surprised to learn not every adores. (Damian was only 5 when it was released and it holds no place in his heart.)
Although apparently it was revealed a million years ago on MTV's "Storytellers," this sure jumped out at me:
The lyrics were inspired by "Little Red Riding Hood," and the repeating of the word "do" at the end of each verse takes its melody from the instrumentals in Gordon Lightfoot's song "If You Could Read My Mind."
Simon LeBon:
OK, the song in question is “If You Could Read My Mind Love, What a Tale My Thoughts Would Tell)” by ... and I want to say James Taylor -- but it isn’t it’s by someone else whose name’s just gone completely out of my head. Anyway there’s this bit in the verse, in fact the “what a tale my thoughts would tell” bit and it matches up almost perfectly with the doo-doos in "Hungry Like the Wolf” well not exactly, 'cause that’d be plagiarism, now wouldn’t it?
I have two reactions:
A.) I don't hear any similarities between "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "If You Could Read My Mind."
and
B.) I don't hear any similarities between Gordon Lightfoot and James Taylor -- and I should know!
P.S. Who remembers when the Durans competed against Spandau Ballet on "Pop Quiz" and the former had no problem recognizing every obscure Spandau song but Spandau was stumped by ... "Hungry Like the Wolf"?!!!!!!!!
Page 1 Roundup (04/27)
The Daily News: NYC Correction captain charged with criminally negligent homicide in hanging death of inmate she said was just ‘playing’
Matthew's Island: 15 wet models at the beach
New York Post: NYC is so 1970s, minus the legendary art and music scenes
Connect FM: ‘The Simpsons’ producer says LGBT podcast led to gay actor replacing Hank Azaria as gay character
Greg in Hollywood: In honor of Carol Burnett’s 88th birthday, some of her memorable variety show comedy sketches
The New York Times: U.S. population over past decade grew at slowest rate since 1930s
The Washington Post: Supreme Court to hear gun-control case next term on carrying weapons outside home
The Wall Street Journal: Simon & Schuster employees submit petition demanding no deals with Trump administration authors
Monday, April 26, 2021
Separated at Birth: Terri Alden and Jerri Blank?
Damian and I recently (and sort of inadvertently) starting watching "Three's Company." There's no substitute for the Chrissy years, but we found that the Cindy era held up quite well. (Her klutz routine wasn't quite as one-note as I remembered and Jenilee Harrison's comic timing is quite impressive for a newcomer.) Last night, however, Priscilla Barnes showed up and we made a horrifying discovery that once you see it, it cannot be erased.
+
= Terri Blank
I know the show is remembered as having recovered nicely with the addition of Barnes -- filling Suzanne Somers's shoes was not easy -- but I've never cared for the Terri Alden character. Janet was already a pill, so it never made sense to add another one in a nurse's uniform. Between Terri's "sexy" baby voice (I don't tolerate baby voices), that horrific going-away party for Cindy when Jack and Larry try to send Terri packing (has there ever been a darker sitcom scene?), and the fact that she was elbowing out a far more likable character, I never got what people saw in her. Will be curious to see if she wins me over the second time around.
P.S. Does anyone know the dirt on the time Suzanne Somers replaced Priscilla Barnes? Early in production of "She's the Sheriff," a two-page ad was placed in the Jan. 5, 1987, issue of Broadcasting & Cable magazine listing the show under the working title "Suddenly Sheriff" with Priscilla Barnes as the star. Wikipedia says "it is not known exactly when the show's name and casting were finalized," but the after-the-fact irony certainly wasn't lost on me.
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