“Tijuana Taxi” and “Spanish Flea.” These two songs caused a bit of a controversy today. I have been trying to remember how “Tijuana Taxi” goes for weeks, but I never remember to check when I’m actually at the computer – well today that changed. I often confuse “T.T.” with the melody for “Spanish Flea” and today, while I was printing out a proposal package, I played them both on YouTube. As it happens the rest of the group I was meeting with laughed at me for the “musical interlude.” I feel that Herb Alpert is under appreciated. The video for “T.T.” is, much like “Mexican Breakfast”, amazing! I love the way they used to do dancing videos in the 60’s. So I’m including these videos so you can share in my joy – even if everyone else I know thought I was weird today for spending so much time on it. I’m not weird, just particular and curious.
Category Archives: music video
It was a little spanish flea in a Tijuana taxi having a Mexican breakfast.
Filed under general, music video, musings
Literally!
In today’s post I wanted to share my four favorite “literal versions of…” videos. For those of you who may not be aware of this phenomenon yet, these are videos where the song is re-recorded and the lyrics correspond to what is actually happening in the video. YouTube has a LOT of these, but not all of them are good. After watching them with Rene last night these are the four that I enjoy watching the most.
Filed under fad, geek, music video, pop
Paparazzi
So I read Entertainment Weekly, mostly on the can, and they sometimes point out things that I don’t normally find on my own. This is one of those things. Lady Gaga’s new video. Almost eight minutes long. It is narrative. We haven’t seen one of these in a while (at least that I can remember) and I think that it is definitely worth a watch. I like it. It’s possible that I’m reading more into it then is intended but it worked for me. Let me know what you think.
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