“Music to Watch Girls By” started life as the music for a Diet Pepsi commercial. The Bon Crewe Generation made it into a hit single with their recording in 1966. Andy Williams did a vocal version.
Highlights of The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 box set
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 is not nearly as good as Volume 1. On the first set, Booker T. & the MGs were the backing band for almost all of the records and this great group gave the set consistency. Volume 2 is uneven but there are still many good songs. This period included many records from Isaac Hayes, Johnnie Taylor, Rufus Thomas, and the Staple Singers.
One thing I like about box sets is I learn about artists I didn’t know or obscure songs by artists I did know. Here are some of those.
now for better-known records
Correlation of increased COVID cases and complaints that Yankee candles don’t smell
More on Trump’s anti-Semitism
The man’s a bigot
The Trump cult is still trying to overturn the election
They’ll never admit Biden won. This is terrible for our country.
Saturday Night Live circumcision in a car parody ad (1978)
The original commercial showed a diamond being cut in the back seat of a car. The SNL parody had a rabbi performing a bris where the male infant is circumcised.
This is a link to the SNL parody
Do you remember the Unknown Comic from The Gong Show?
The Unknown Comic was on The Gong Show over 150 times. He performed with a paper bag over his head. He was really comedian Murray Langston.
Interview with him from the A.V .Club
Covers: Thirteen
“Thirteen” is a 1972 song by the great band Big Star. They certainly were not appreciated in their time.
Saturday Night Live Colon Blow commercial (1989)
One of my favorite SNL fake commercials
Sad! 