Apr 252007
Does every know that this is a real place? (though this wasn’t shot there) In fact there are two of them and they are really, really good.
Does every know that this is a real place? (though this wasn’t shot there) In fact there are two of them and they are really, really good.
anybody catch the recycling of elvis ’68 comeback footage on American Idol last night?
thoughts?
anybody?
anybody?
Townsman Saturnismine watches AI? I’m stunned. I don’t watch it so I can’t comment, but I am interested in hearing about this in Elvis footage and how it was used in particular.
Just read in interesting piece on American Bandstand’s original host over at Phawker: http://www.phawker.com/?p=3348#more-3348. I’d never heard this story. And to think that it developed out of Joe Boyd’s book…
mr. mod,
i’m already on record as being a melinda doolittle backer. AI is a great way come down from the day’s teaching and dissertating. I check the footnotes while keeping an eye / ear on the tunes. plus, i don’t have cable, and fox is the only channel that comes in clearly.
they used digital processing to take elvis’s ’68 comeback performance of “if i can dream” (in which he stands and wears the white suit, not the black leather jacket that he used for the sit down portions of the show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f9TBAYjyUA) and place it on the A.I. stage. He did a duet with Celine Dion. Technically speaking, it was convincing and breathtaking and all that…nice side shot at the end that really made it look like they were next to one another.
Of course, the concept is another question entirely.
at this moment, “the bird” is tied with todd and joe, each with two votes each!!
How can we blame Fidrych’s disappointments on on his Prock tendencies? Injuries are what hampered the guy.
I’m making my case for Todd. Although Joe Jackson was a disappointment through his Prock (and Kentonite?) ambitions, what was the best he could have offered, a continued string of hits that mixed 2 parts Costello with 1 part Jam? Philly’s own Todd was a wizard, a true star. The guy could have made the best works of Hall and Oates unnecessary.
yeah, you’re right, but was there ever a more prock pitcher than the bird? maybe al hrabosky was like, prock metal, but the bird was a classicist from the daffy / dizzy school…
I wonder if Elvis rolled over in his grave singing with Celine Dion. Ma, she is annoying.
Melinda has the best pipes, no doubt, but she has NO Personality. I can see why she has always been a backup singer. I think Jordin Sparks will win. Plus she is the daughter of former NFL cornerback Philipi Sparks.
Et tu, Townsman Andyr? Man, we really need to get back to our regular rehearsal schedule!
The Phil Spector defense should be not guilty by reason of insanity, and the attorney should just point to Phil’s catatonic face underneath that Ricky Schroder wig, and then rest. He’s just not part of this world any longer.
BFF Mr mod worded:
It’s my kids and I’m stickin to that story. You know how I like to be in the “cultural now”. I’ll text message you later.
Hey, Prof. Art —
I saw the Elvis/Celine “duet”, and was struck by three things:
1. Elvis really, truly was the shit. Seriously, watching that guy bring it makes one realize just how precious a gift he was. Elvis was unbelievable.
2. Celine Dion suxx. Sure, she’s got “pipes,” but imagine how much more amazing and unbelievable that “duet” would have been if we’d been able to see a truly iconic chanteuse — say, Aretha (prime Aretha) belting it out with real, honest-to-God ka-reeez-maaah next to the King.
3. That technology they used is downright scary.
hvb wrote:
I would not have been able to watch the duet. If I Can Dream is an example of how a great artist can turn a song that could easily be hokey into pure magic. It’s a spine-tingling performance, and it’s sad that they turned it into a stunt for a singer so notably lacking in soul.
1. there’s something all warm and awesome about that ’68 comeback footage, huh? that white double breasted suit with the funky lapels and the italian cut taper is the SHEE-ATT. he is the king.
2. word.
3. word.
Elvis kicked my ass in that spot too, despite that hound dog next to him. I was pretty lucky to actually have turned back from baseball to see that, I couldn’t watch more than a few minutes at a time, since I was in fear that manipulation fest was at some point going feature Sally Struthers doing a song.