I have never been to a drive-in movie. There aren’t many left.
John Waters used the suburban Baltimore Bengies Drive-In for the film Cecil B. Demented. The Edmonson Drive-In was in his Polyester showing art-house films.
Looking Back at the Original Drive-In Movie Theater
I recently watched At the Drive-In about the Mahoning, PA drive-in theater and the work of people to keep it alive. Recommended.
I am going to post some of the songs from Harry Smith’s Anthology of America Folk Music. (see prior post on Smith)
Blind Lemon Jefferson was one of the biggest blues stars of the 1920s. Prison Cell Blues is from 1928.
“To Sir with Love”, a 1967 movie theme was a big hit for Lulu in 1967. I thought of it when I heard the 1993 cover by 10,000 Maniacs with Michael Stipe on the radio today.
I don’t usually approve of altered images but this is hilarious. A friend of mine told me about it yesterday. Someone took the picture of Trump rudely walking ahead of Queen Elizabeth and added golf clubs to it.
I don’t know who did this originally so I can’t credit it but I would like to. If anyone knows, I will certainly add the credit.
“Don’t Do It” by The Band (1971) is one of the rare instances where the rock cover is better than the Motown original. Marvin Gaye’s 1964 record “Baby Don’t You Do It” just doesn’t have the intensity of The Band’s version.
“Oh Well” is a Fleetwood Mac song from 1969. The two parts are very different. The first is a short loud blast of guitar-based rock while the second is a lengthy acoustic instrumental that seems totally unrelated.
“Hippy Hippy Shake” was originally recorded by Chan Romero in 1959. The version I know best was by The Swinging Blue Jeans which was popular in 1964. The Beatles performed it on the BBC in 1963.
Sad! 