Not the Same Old Song - Part 81

Classical Gas

Classical Gas is a guitar piece written by Mason Williams that became a top 10 hit in 1968.  This recording is an arrangement for solo guitar with no accompaniment.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 80

 Teddy Bears Picnic

The melody for Teddy Bears Picnic was composed in 1907 by John Walter Bratton.  In 1932, lyrics were added by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy, and the song was recorded by Henry Hall and the BBC Orchestra, sung by Val Rosing.  It has subsequently been recorded by multiple other artists, but I used the 1932 recording, after adding some pictures and video clips of our favorite kind of bears.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 79

 Money (The Beatles)

Money (That's What I Want) was written in 1959 by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford.  It has been covered by many singers, but the best known recording of it was made by the Beatles in 1963, which is the soundtrack here.  Tired of hearing love songs?  This is the classic alternative:

    Your lovin' gives me a thrill

    Your lovin' don't pay my bills

    Now give me money (that's what I want)

The images that I used, although X-rated, are actually rather compatible with the message of the song.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 78

Blue Moon

Blue Moon is a ballad written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934.  Over the years, it has been covered by many singers.  My version uses Frank Sinatra's 1962 recording.

Of course, Rogers and Hart and Sinatra were probably not thinking about the kind of mooning that I have used to accompany the song.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 77

 Jump

Jump was a 1984 hit by Van Halen.  My slightly abbreviated version of the song features a lot of jumping.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 76

Dr. Feelgood

Dr. Feelgood is a song from Aretha Franklin's 1967 album I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You.  She sang the song afterwards in numerous concert performances.  It's about a man who makes her feel good.  I thought it was appropriate for the video above, about a doctor who makes his patient feel good.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 75

Ebony and Ivory

Ebony and Ivory is a 1982 single by Paul McCartney, sung by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.  It asks why we can't have racial harmony.  I've kept the racial harmony theme, but I think my visuals are a bit more X-rated than what McCartney had in mind.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 74

Great Balls of Fire

Great Balls of Fire was a 1957 hit by Jerry Lee Lewis.  It sold a million copies in the first 10 days after its release, making it one of the best-selling singles of its time.  I have accompanied it with visuals showing some great balls, but probably not the ones that Jerry Lee Lewis had in mind.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 73

Every Breath You Take

Every Breath You Take was a 1983 hit by The Police, written and sung by Sting.  I have added visuals that match the lyrics that keep saying "I'll be watching you."

Not the Same Old Song - Part 72

 Pizza Boy USA

Pizza Boy USA was a 1959 hit, sung by Lou Monte.  My version features a number of pizza boys.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 71

Christmas

For Christmas this year, here's my version of the old favorite Deck The Halls.

Merry Christmas to all of you!

Not the Same Old Song - Part 70

Put On a Happy Face

Actor Dick Van Dyke is 100 years old today.  (Yes, he's still alive.)  To celebrate his birthday, here's my version of Put On a Happy Face from the musical Bye Bye Birdie, sung by Dick Van Dyke in 1960.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 69

 Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain is a song written in 1929, but it was popularized by Gene Kelly singing it in his 1952 romantic comedy of the same name.  My version uses Gene Kelly's version of the song.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 68

I've Got You Under My Skin 

I've Got You Under My Skin was written by Cole Porter in 1936.  Frank Sinatra sang it in 1956, and it became one of his signature songs.  This is the Frank Sinatra recording, with my own interpretation of the skin that someone is getting under.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 67

Flintstones

The Flintstones was a cartoon TV show produced from 1960 to 1966, starring cavemen Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble and their wives Wilma and Betty.  Some of us are old enough to remember it.

This is the song that introduced each episode.  Fred and Barney were best friends.  I found some artwork showing them being more than friends.  But, after all, as the song promises, "You'll have a gay old time!"

Not the Same Old Song - Part 66

 Shake Your Booty

Need I say more?

Not the Same Old Song - Part 65

 Frère Jacques

Frère Jacques is a traditional French nursery rhyme that you might have learned in grade school.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 64

 Someday My Prince Will Come

The song Someday My Prince Will Come is from Walt Disney's 1937 animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  In the movie, it's sung by Snow White, but I found a version sung by male vocalist Aaron Bolton.  And of course, "my prince will come" can be interpreted in two different ways.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 63

 Bears by Lyle Lovett

Bears was written by Steven Fromholtz in 1976 and released by Lyle Lovett in 1998.  Although apparently not intended by Fromholtz or Lovett to refer to the gay definition of bears, it fits.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 62

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off was written by George and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance.  The song is famous for the line "You like tomato and I like to-mah-to."  This version is from a 1957 recording by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.