The other night, IMAO regular Veeshir had a request.
So since Weird Al only had one ‘hit’ movie, could we see a Weird Al, old movies and one hit wonder mega-post?
Well, that’s a tall order, but I’ll try. In fact, I’ll go one better. Or maybe more than one. Let’s see how this goes.
In 1929, there was an old movie called “St. Louis Blues” that featured Bessie Smith.
That’s one old movie checked off. And, a bonus of one old song. But, what about the one-hit wonder aspect? Surely, Bessie Smith wasn’t a one-hit wonder, was she? No, but that’s because there were no charts then. She never hit the Billboard charts, dying in 1937, before the first Billboard charts were released in 1940.
Since there weren’t any charts for her to hit, Bessie Smith wasn’t exactly a one-hit wonder. Based on the criteria of hitting the Billboard chart, she was a no-hit wonder. But a wonder, nonetheless. So I’m checking that one off, even if I’m cheating to do it.
What’s left? Oh, the “Weird” Al video. Let’s see. A blues song by “Weird” Al, huh? Easy peasy.
While this song did not appear in “Weird” Al’s “UHF” movie, it does appear on the soundtrack album. So that tie-in remains. Kinda.
There you go. Yeah, I cheated a little bit, but I don’t care. It’s not about me. It’s about you.
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That wasn’t really a request, more of a hypothetical.
But thanks.
I will say (bragging) cheaters never win and winners never [brag about] cheat (ing).
I still win. Yay me.
Here is another version of the same song with the addition of Louis Armstrong on the cornet. I could listen to old blues and jazz like this all day long……..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rd9IaA_uJI
Well I haven’t got a clue as to what happened here but I haven’t seen any monkeys.
I’m worried that I’m fat-fingering the buttons on the app and trashing comments. Lemme know if that’s the case
Tonight’s history lesson………….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JToXrR3pM0E
I don’t know what’s going on here but if I see any monkeys I’ll let them know we have a problem!
Hummmmm…looks like the problem has been resolved.