Showing posts with label Newsies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newsies. Show all posts

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Early in the Morning, I'm Callin' YouTube, Vol. XI


In respect to my posting yesterday about Israel, here's a production of Fiddler on the Roof...in Japanese. Seriously, Tevye has never looked or sounded better.

My next Rock 'N' Roll Revisited is on the Kinks, so I'd might as well post one of their songs, specifically a promotional video of "Dead End Street" from their great album, Face to Face.

Last night, a few friends and I watched The Ten, a movie directed by David Wain of Stella fame. We were all hoping it'd be as good as the other movie he directed, Wet Hot American Summer, which is one of my favorite movies of all-time. Alas, The Ten sucked and we were all disappointed. So, to get rid of the awful taste of Paul Rudd being in that movie (seriously, he's better than that), here's a clip of him on The Showalter Showalter, hosted by none other than Michael Showalter.

To all Lost fans: how awesome was the season premiere? I'm still pondering why Jack's father was in Jacob's chair...but enough nerd talk, here's a video of Weird Al's take on "Bohemian Rhapsody" set to Lost clips--sort of.

I don't particularly like Rent, but I do love Newsies. So, I was a bit skeptical when I found a video on YouTube of a scene from Rent with "Santa Fe" from Newsies being played over it. But after finishing it, I was left pleasantly surprised at how well they sync up--although I do hate myself a little for watching even one scene from Rent.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Five Best...Songs Mentioning Brooklyn

#5. "King of New York" by the Newsies

In nothing flat,
He'll be covering
Brooklyn to Trenton
Our man Denton


#4. "I Palindrome I" by They Might Be Giants

She king of Brooklyn she
Master of all she surveys
Lives a life unencumbered by me
She king of Brooklyn she


#3. "Downtown Train" by Tom Waits

The downtown trains are full
With all those Brooklyn girls
They try so hard to break out of their little worlds


#2. "Joey" by Bob Dylan

Born in Red Hook, Brooklyn
In the year of who-knows-when
Opened up his eyes
To the tune of an accordion


#1. "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" by Beastie Boys

Ain't seen the light since we started this band
M.C.A., get on the mic my man
Born and bred Brooklyn, U.S.A