I’m in another world, one where Eminem is my boyfriend and I’m not ashamed. I walk to the corner store to purchase some gin, the sidewalk is paved with ice cubes, my feet are blades of stainless steel sharpened to perfection. I find myself in a Nicaraguan shanty from which I hear the Beach Boys singing California Dreaming and I think to myself , is the MaMa and the PaPas version really the standard? I recover to understand it sure is.
As I wake up my thoughts drift to the issue of the day. Suspicious Minds. Certainly they suck. Brought up on the Fine Young Cannibals version I can’t help but find this coked up Elvis version rather fab.
You figure it out, I’m too exhausted to bother, but I feel better already.
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Most of us are too young to have been around for the original but it is still probably the best…” Suspicious Minds”. The Mamas and the Papas definitely have the edge on their song.
Life goes on and it’s full of…..things.
Hey Joe. Thanks for stopping by. I agree, though the harmonies of the BB are so fab.
A lot of Elvis backup musicians and rode dogs sadly lost a nice gig when Elvis coked his way out of this world…
But that’s show biz.
Update: GMAT on Aug 9th. See if I got ‘it’ for ‘that’.
Have a good remaining summer.
Indeed.
You have a great summer too.
Your dreams mix easily with your conscious thought, mine do too.
“I’m in another world, one where Eminem is my boyfriend and I’m not ashamed.”
You don’t know the half of it.
The MaMa’s and the Papa version is the standard — my father is Venezuelan and he knows that.
heh, heh,
Ah, been too long since I’ve listened to some Fine Young C’s. Roland Gift reminds me of Dwight Yoakam for some reason. Or vice versa. Their inflections and mannerisms or something. Yes, he’s the pop Yoakam. Or maybe it’s just because they both recorded this song… and I’m sleepy.
Not too familiar with Yokum and still prefer the FYC but Yokum’s cover is not bad. I just added an old Waylon Jennings – Jessie Colter cover that is fairly awesome.
I had never heard the Beach Boys cover that song. Weird.
At first I was picturing loose ice cubes but now that I think of it I bet they were tightly packed. All that ice and none for the gin…
Of course, the least believable part of the dream was the first part.
plenty left over for gin.
I remember dancing as a toddler to that very coked up live performance of Elvis for which I am told I should not be able to recall.
I remember I used to randomly dream about 1 of my ex-girlfriends for what seemed from out of no where. It had been years since I’d seen her or thought of her. Then I remembered I was using a shampoo she used.
My brain sleeping at night had made the connection. I did science testing with & without confirming the association. We underestimate the power of scent.
The mind is a suspicious thing, yes?
Perhaps. Scent is a key component of memory association partly due to where in the brain it composes memories.
This.
And, I’ve never heard the BB version either. I like it.
Does Karl Rove know about you and Eminem?
Ah. How quickly we forget.
Watch TED. Who didn’t want a teddy that talked and loved unconditionally.
I missed something here.
I dunno know, I always though FWC’s best song was “Good Thing,.” But then I’m not a cultural critic so I wouldn’t know:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrOek4z32Vg
I beg to differ.
They were before my time but I’ve listened to them a lot and I think I prefer Suspicious Minds.
I’ll listen to any version of Suspicious Minds and have my heart crack a little bit.
Oh, suspicious minds…..who is singing the last version you have up there?
Missing the old blogging days.
Hey Jacob, long time no see. Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter.