then and now

Another silly post with no original content on my part, but with two entertaining videos. The first is an episode from MinisodeNetwork on YouTube that features Janet Jackson as Willis' girlfriend. So that was then.


And this is now. Janet Jackson tries (really hard) to teach Larry King how to dance.

influences from the 1970s

No original content in this post. Just had a few videos to share...

I saw this Amy Winehouse video for Tears Dry on Their Own while I was on travel in Ecuador.


I recognized the background layer in Tears Dry on Their Own from Ain't No Mountain High Enough, vocals by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, instrumentation by the Funk Brothers. One of my favorites.


And then there's Amy Winehouse's single Rehab.


Some people say it's derived from Easy Reader, performed by Morgan Freeman in The Electric Company.


I can hear the similarities in the melody, but I can't say for sure if it is a derived work or not. One tidbit of related news though: a new version of The Electric Company is returning to PBS this fall.