Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The Way You Look Tonight

Here's one of fildom's greatest songs, "The Way You Look Tonight", taken from Swing Time. This song won the third Best Original Song Oscar. The scene could not be any better. Fred Astaire is sitting at the piano and Ginger Rodgers is in the bathroom with shampoo in her hair. She couldn't feel any less beautiful and then Fred does this:



As a bonus, here's the band James with a song called "Just Like Fred Astaire".

Monday, February 25, 2008

Season 4, Episode 2: Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture!

Intro:
Orson Welles Paul Mason wines ad
Act Naturally -The Beatles (from Help!)

1st Set:
Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite -Eddie Izzard (from Across the Universe)
A Little Priest -Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter (from Sweeney Todd)
Idlewild Blues -Outkast (from Idlewild)
Rock Around the Clock -Bill Haley and His Comets (from Blackboard Jungle)
Excerpt from The Orson Welles "Frozen Peas" outtakes.

2nd Set (all fictional band):
Big Bottom -Spinal Tap (from This is Spinal Tap)
That Thing You Do -The Wonders (from That Thing You Do)
Shape of Things to Come -Max Frost and the Troopers (from Wild in the Streets)
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow -The Soggy Bottom Boys (from O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow -Mitch and Mickey (from A Mighty Wind)
Another Frozen Peas excerpt

3rd Set:
The Way You Look Tonight -Fred Astaire (from Swing Time)
Ruby Tuesday -Franco Batiatto (from Children of Men)
Let's Misbehave -Irving Aaronson & His Commanders (from Pennies From Heaven)
Star Wars -Bill Murray
Moon River -Audrey Hepburn (from Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Going to Acapulco -Calexico and Jim James (from I'm Not There)
One last Frozen Peas excerpt

And by popular request, here's Christopher Walken tap dancing in Pennies From Heaven:

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Getting Down to Business

I felt the need to post this sweet, funky, little romantic number from Flight of the Conchords. It's called Business Time.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Season 4, Episode 1: Return of the Love Generation

Intro:
The Presidents Song -The Simpsons

1st Set:
Go Baby -Lupe Fiasco featuring GemStones
Stay All Night -Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Dreams -Deep Dish featuring Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Business Time -Flight of the Conchords

2nd Set (Valentine's Day Tribute):
Girlfriend in a Coma -The Smiths
Just One of Those Things -Ella Fitzgerald
Damaged Goods -Gang of Four
It's Money That I Love -Randy Newman
Instant Pleasure -Rufus Wainwright

3rd Set:
I Will Win -Ill Mitch (Bad Music Spotlight)
DVNO -Justice
Son's Gonna Rise -Citizen Cope
Sound and Vision -Franz Ferdinand (David Bowie cover)
Love Generation -Bob Sinclair featuring Gary Pine
Saturday Night at the Movies -The Drifters

Love Generation: