Musical Madness

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2011-03-21T23:34:00.001-07:00

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Time Is a Gift

2010-11-08T21:57:00.000-08:00

Portobello Road

2010-11-06T13:45:00.000-07:00

When We Grow Up

2010-11-05T13:26:00.000-07:00

Roberta Flack and Michael Jackson don't think it's necessary to change.

Mere Sapnon Ki Rani

2010-11-04T22:16:00.000-07:00

Arun serenades Vadana at the beginning of Aradhana.

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves

2010-11-03T22:47:00.000-07:00

In honor of the election results.

Grant Avenue

2010-11-02T11:11:00.000-07:00

Go Giants!

To the Fair

2010-11-01T23:36:00.000-07:00

Queen Guinevere making trouble with her feminine wiles.

Phantom of the Opera

2010-10-31T18:52:00.000-07:00

Emmy Rossum sure looks dippy. Happy Halloween!

Fear the Boom and Bust

2010-10-18T13:45:00.000-07:00

Why for Halloween? Because Keynesians scare me.

Stand by Me

2010-10-17T10:01:00.000-07:00

Tevye's Dream

2010-10-16T11:28:00.000-07:00

Friends on the Other Side

2010-10-15T20:12:00.000-07:00

Candle on the Water

2010-10-14T10:13:00.000-07:00

Won't You Be My Bug?

2010-10-13T22:56:00.000-07:00

I'll Take Manhattan

2010-10-12T13:14:00.000-07:00

Pop That Coochie

2010-01-11T14:14:00.000-08:00

From the musical "Coochie Poppins" by Emberhart & Leon, 1947.

update

2010-01-11T12:25:00.001-08:00

Thanks for the feedback, guys.

I think I just need to take a break. I'm going to cool my heels for a little bit, and see if I can get re-inspired for this blog. When I do come back, it's not going to be a daily thing.

Stay tuned to see what comes up!

is this thing on?

2010-01-07T11:59:00.001-08:00

Is anyone reading this blog anymore?

I have fun posting to it, but it's hard to keep up on a daily basis. All my co-contributors have bailed, so now it's just me.

So, I'm looking for feedback. Are you still here? Should I still be here?

Would You Like To Buy An O

2010-01-05T17:06:00.000-08:00

Frank Oz & Jim Henson on Sesame Street (1971).

Knights of the Round Table

2010-01-04T12:43:00.000-08:00

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin & cast in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975).

Me Ol' Bamboo

2010-01-03T11:08:00.000-08:00

Dick Van Dyke & cast in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968).

The Rain In Spain

2010-01-02T10:58:00.000-08:00

Audrey Hepburn (Marni Nixon singing), Rex Harrison, and Wilfrid Hyde-White in My Fair Lady (1964).

New Year's Day

2010-01-01T09:15:00.000-08:00

U2 on Top of the Pops (1983).

(I love Bono's Limahl-style do!)

As Time Goes By

2009-12-31T10:52:00.000-08:00

Dooley Wilson, Ingrid Bergman & Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942).

Rawhide

2009-12-30T10:07:00.000-08:00

Frankie Laine sings the opening and closing theme to Rawhide (1959).

Red Garters

2009-12-28T19:55:00.000-08:00

Rosemary Clooney & cast in Red Garters (1954).

Wooden Heart

2009-12-26T07:14:00.000-08:00

Elvis Presley in G.I. Blues (1960).

What's This?

2009-12-24T17:25:00.000-08:00

Danny Elfman in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).

Alone in the World

2009-12-22T11:24:00.000-08:00

Jim Backus and Marie Matthews in Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962).

There Once Was Man

2009-12-20T09:25:00.000-08:00

John Raitt & Doris Day in The Pajama Game (1957).

There's No Business Like Show Business

2009-12-18T09:12:00.000-08:00

Ethel Merman & cast in There's No Business Like Show Business (1954).

A Needle In A Haystack

2009-12-16T12:39:00.000-08:00

Fred Astaire in The Gay Divorcee (1934).

Mr. Booze

2009-12-14T12:08:00.000-08:00

Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. & cast in Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964).

Happy Talk

2009-12-12T08:52:00.000-08:00

Juanita Hall, France Nuyen & John Kerr in South Pacific (1958).

BONUS! Captain Sensible (of The Damned) on Top of the Pops:

Bella Notte

2009-12-10T11:57:00.000-08:00

George Givot & chorus in Lady and the Tramp (1955).

elevator scene

2009-12-08T11:14:00.000-08:00

Mary Tyler Moore & Julie Andrews in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967).

It's My Life/Confessions

2009-12-07T20:44:00.000-08:00

Cory Monteith, Kevin McHale, and cast of Glee (ep. 6, October 7, 2009).

As a bit of background, in this episode, the characters were given pseudoephedrine to give them more energy. They're not always quite so peppy. They do, however, thoroughly abuse Auto-Tune in the show.

Movin' On Up

2009-12-06T09:22:00.000-08:00

Ja'net Dubois sings the theme from The Jeffersons (1975).

Dedicated to Stephanie, who is movin' on up to a new house today, and should resume posting once she's settled in!

Get Thee Behind Me, Satan

2009-12-04T12:41:00.001-08:00

Harriet Hilliard in Follow The Fleet (1936).

Chantilly Lace

2009-12-02T11:36:00.001-08:00

The Big Bopper on The Dick Clark Show (1958).

Crawfish

2009-11-30T11:51:00.000-08:00

Elvis Presley & Kitty White in King Creole (1958).

Talk To The Animals

2009-11-28T08:57:00.000-08:00

Roger Moore & cast on The Muppet Show (1980).

This is the last number on the last episode of The Muppet Show.

Plenty to be Thankful For

2009-11-26T20:24:00.000-08:00

Bing Crosby & Louise Beavers in Holiday Inn (1942).

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Tapioca

2009-11-24T09:54:00.000-08:00

Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore & cast in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967).

Dove of Peace

2009-11-22T09:27:00.000-08:00

Sacha Baron Cohen, Bono, Sting, Slash, Chris Martin, Elton John & Snoop Dogg in Brüno (2009).

Keep Young and Beautiful

2009-11-20T12:49:00.000-08:00

Eddie Cantor & cast in Roman Scandals (1933).

The Penis Song

2009-11-19T22:08:00.001-08:00

Eric Idle in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, 1983.

Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul

2009-11-18T08:38:00.000-08:00

Meat Loaf & cast in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).

Swinging the Alphabet

2009-11-16T17:29:00.000-08:00

Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard & cast in Violent Is The Word For Curly (1938).

Men in Tights

2009-11-15T18:11:00.000-08:00

Cast of Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).

Calcutta

2009-11-14T12:19:00.000-08:00

Bobby Burgess & Barbara Boylan on The Lawrence Welk Show (1961).

All in a Golden Afternoon

2009-11-13T21:08:00.000-08:00

Kathryn Beaumont and cast in Alice in Wonderland (1951).

Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News

2009-11-12T10:25:00.000-08:00

Mabel King and cast in The Wiz (1978).

We Don't Want to Lose You (Your King and Country Want You)

2009-11-11T21:13:00.000-08:00

The Ladies in Oh! What a Lovely War (1969).

Happy Veteran's Day!

Everybody Wash

2009-11-10T09:18:00.000-08:00

Today is the 40th anniversary of the first broadcast of Sesame Street. To celebrate, here is the first musical number from that very first episode:

Jim Henson & cast on Sesame Street (1969).

Never

2009-11-09T22:40:00.000-08:00

Moving Pictures in Footloose (1984).

Sittin' on a Backyard Fence

2009-11-08T09:01:00.000-08:00

Ruby Keeler, Billy Taft & cast in Footlight Parade (1933).

Be Prepared

2009-11-07T21:16:00.000-08:00

Jeremy Irons, Jim Cummings, Whoopi Goldberg, and Cheech Marin in The Lion King (1994).

Be Optimistic

2009-11-06T09:54:00.000-08:00

Shirley Temple, The Brian Sisters & cast in Little Miss Broadway (1938).

Light My Fire

2009-11-05T23:40:00.000-08:00

Light My Fire

The Doors on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 17, 1967.

Shine On, Harvest Moon

2009-11-04T10:29:00.000-08:00

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in The Flying Deuces (1939).

Sister Suffragette

2009-11-03T22:33:00.000-08:00

Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley and Reta Shaw in Mary Poppins (1964).

Happy Election Day!

Walking The Dog/Beginner's Luck

2009-11-02T16:53:00.000-08:00

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers in Shall We Dance (1937).

Fever

2009-11-01T09:15:00.000-08:00

Rita Moreno and Frank Oz on The Muppet Show, episode 5, (1976).

This Is Halloween

2009-10-31T09:39:00.000-07:00

Cast in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).

Happy Halloween!

Thriller

2009-10-30T22:29:00.000-07:00

Michael Jackson in Thriller (1983).

This was linked to on the day MJ died, but I thought it deserved its own post. I recommend watching it in full-screen mode.

One Year!

2009-10-30T09:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to the Musical Madness blog! Here's to many more!

The Skeleton Dance

2009-10-29T08:36:00.000-07:00

Disney studio musicians in The Skeleton Dance (1929).

Welcome to My Nightmare

2009-10-28T23:56:00.000-07:00

Alice Cooper and the Muppets on The Muppet Show (1978).

Ghostbusters

2009-10-27T09:22:00.000-07:00

Ray Parker, Jr. and a whole pile of 80s celebrities in the music video for the theme song to Ghostbusters (1984).

Dry Bones

2009-10-26T22:00:00.001-07:00

Fred Gwynne on The Munsters, Season 2 Ep. 12 (1965).

1,2,3

2009-10-25T09:52:00.000-07:00

The Groovie Goolies in The Groovie Goolies (1971)

Day-O

2009-10-24T22:55:00.000-07:00

Harry Belafonte performing via the cast of Beetlejuice (1988).

Mean Green Mother From Outer Space

2009-10-23T08:55:00.000-07:00

Levi Stubbs & Rick Moranis in Little Shop of Horrors (1986).

Jack's Lament

2009-10-22T21:55:00.000-07:00

Danny Elfman in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).

The Addams Family Theme

2009-10-21T11:42:00.000-07:00

Vic Mizzy (composed and performing) on The Addams Family (1964).

Composer of "Addams Family" theme song dies at 93

Grim Grinning Ghosts

2009-10-20T22:30:00.000-07:00

Thurl Ravenscroft, Chuck Schroeder, Bob Ebright, Jay Meyer, and Verne Rowe perform this song (and appear as the busts) in The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, recorded in the late 1960's.

The Devil Went Down To Georgia

2009-10-19T18:06:00.000-07:00

No embeddable video, so please click this link to view The Devil Went Down To Georgia music video from Festus Clamrod and the El Sobrante Twangers (aka Primus) (1996). Great song and a really nice stop-motion animated video.

Remains of the Day

2009-10-18T20:50:00.000-07:00

Danny Elfman and cast in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005).

The Batty Bat

2009-10-17T14:42:00.000-07:00

Jerry Nelson on Sesame Street (1985).

Trick or Treat

2009-10-16T23:24:00.000-07:00

The Mellomen in Trick or Treat (1952).

(The link says 1954; it's lying.)

The Headless Horseman

2009-10-15T12:46:00.000-07:00

Bing Crosby in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, originally released as The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949).

The Rowing Song

2009-10-14T23:39:00.000-07:00

Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).

Frankenstein

2009-10-13T08:37:00.000-07:00

The Edgar Winter Group on The Midnight Special (1973).

Goodbye Blue Sky

2009-10-12T22:19:00.000-07:00

Pink Floyd in Pink Floyd The Wall (1982).

Surfin' USA

2009-10-11T19:05:00.000-07:00

Michael J. Fox in Teen Wolf (1985).

(Don't know why this is only available on You Tube in Spanish, but couldn't pass up this Halloween classic!)

I Put a Spell on You

2009-10-10T20:49:00.000-07:00

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus (1993).

Night On Bald Mountain

2009-10-09T12:46:00.000-07:00

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Fantasia (1940).

Hellfire

2009-10-08T21:48:00.000-07:00

Tony Jay and cast in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).

Forest of No Return

2009-10-07T15:01:00.000-07:00

Cast of Babes in Toyland (1961).

Minnie the Moocher

2009-10-06T22:43:00.000-07:00

Cab Calloway and his orchestra in Minnie the Moocher, a Betty Boop Talkartoon (1932).

It's the Mummy

2009-10-05T21:44:00.000-07:00

Phyllis Diller & cast in Mad Monster Party (1968).

Rent

2009-10-04T22:48:00.000-07:00

Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Jesse L. Martin, and cast in Rent (2005).

My son will start singing this without warning, and as today is his birthday, I thought it appropriate to post one of his favorite songs.

Witch's Egg

2009-10-03T13:55:00.000-07:00

Susan Tyrrell, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, Hervé Villechaize & cast in Forbidden Zone (1980).

Oogie Boogie's Song

2009-10-02T20:56:00.000-07:00

Ken Page and Ed Ivory in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).

Here I Am

2009-10-01T12:10:00.001-07:00

Happy October! It's not too early to post Halloween-themed numbers on the first, is it?

Cassandra Peterson & cast in Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988).

Possibly NSFW, if your workplace objects to pastie-twirling.

A Cowboy Needs A Horse

2009-09-30T17:23:00.000-07:00

Paul Mason Howard and Billy Mills in the Disney short A Cowboy Needs A Horse (1956).

Congaroo

2009-09-29T08:59:00.000-07:00

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, aka the Harlem Congaroo Dancers (in order of appearance: William Downes and Micky Jones, Billy Ricker and Norma Miller, Al Minns and Willa Mae Ricker, Frankie Manning and Ann Johnson) in Hellzapoppin' (1941).

You'll Never Walk Alone

2009-09-28T22:14:00.000-07:00

Shirley Jones and Claramae Turner in Carousel (1956).