Pop Song of the Week: "Historically Accurate Disney Princess Song"

A certain online critic on my blogwall is always calling for more items about princesses. I'm not sure if this is exactly what she had in mind but this certainly qualifies. Of course, it also provides ample proof that Rachel Bloom of "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury" fame is not just another one-trick pony.

Pop Song of the Week: "The Girls on Fox News"

Believe it or not, this song is not a satire. At least that's what songwriter Austin Cunningham said.

However, it is surprisingly catchy.

Pop Song of the Week: "Life Sucks...Then You Die"

This tune is one of the few songs from the 1980s that you rarely hear on the radio nowadays. I wonder why.

Pop Song of the Week: "Boobs"

Eat your heart out, Seth MacFarlane.

Christmas and Pop Song of the Week: "Santa and His Old Lady"

Because we all need a little Christmas humor every now and then.

Pop Song of the Week: "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins"

Leonard Nimoy comes up with the most concise version of The Hobbit ever. (BTW, am I the only one who ever wondered what was going on behind that hill in the video?)

Movie Song of the Week: "Mexican Americans"

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, it's Cheech and Chong with the one song I can't help thinking about this time of year -- perhaps because I actually have two white friends named Debbie.

Movie Song of the Week: "Tale of the Shirt"

From the 1929 comedy The Cocoanuts, it's the Marx Brothers and company with their rendition of a famous tune from the opera Carmen. And boy do they rend it!

Pop Song of the Week: "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury"

Eat your heart out, Britney.



P.S. A tip of the sombrero to the Flick Filosopher for introducing me to this tune.

Laugh of the Week: "All I Want for Christmas Is...Jews"

Oy, vey! Such grammar in that song title, Mariah. You really should be ashamed of yourself.

Pop Song of the Week: "The Curly Shuffle"

Who needs the Farrelly Brothers when you got this?

Pop Song of the Week: “Wot”

Class conflict in a 1982 British music video: Discuss.

Pop Song of the Week: “The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun”

Ah, who doesn't long for the good old days when MTV only played warm family-friendly videos like this?

Pop Song of the Week: “Christmas at Ground Zero”

If there's one thing we could all use this time of year, it's another upbeat Christmas tune.

Laughs of the Week

“All I Want for Christmas Is... Jews” -- Hot Box Comedy
The Muppets Sing “Stars and Stripes Forever” -- The Muppets

Pop Song of the Week: “Amish Paradise”

No, this song was not inspired by any recent political events. And that's Florence Henderson of The Brady Bunch playing the Michelle Pfeiffer role, not Angela Kinsey from The Office.

Movie Song of the Week: “The White Virgin of the Nile”

Actress Marilyn Maxwell plays the title character of this number, which has been taken from the 1958 Jerry Lewis movie Rock-a-Bye Baby. Her character, of course, is not to be confused with a similar character which has been portrayed by Claudette Colbert and Elizabeth Taylor. However, I doubt Ms. Maxwell will not be flattered by the obvious comparison -- even if she does appear to be auditioning for a part in Robert Altman's Popeye.


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Pop Song of the Week: “Psycho Chicken”

Who says the songs of the 1980s were not witty and sophisticated?

Movie Song of the Week: “Check Your Husbands”

I have no idea why this never caught on. From the 1932 short Over the Counter, it's yet another pre-Code musical number.

I hope you all enjoy it.

Movie Song of the Week: “Voices of Spring”

It took me a while but I finally found the ideal movie song for the first full week of spring -- and it's by Johann Strauss II. From 1941's Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, it is the oddest variation on this song that you are likely to find outside of the work of a certain comic trio. A more serious version can be found here.

Sing it again, Gloria Jean.