Sometimes I wonder about my iPod. Here are the first five songs it played on random shuffle this morning as I washed dishes and started potato soup in the crock pot.
1. Fly Me to the Moon -- Astrud Gilberto
I don't know who's in the video, but Astrud Gilberto was a popular Brazilian vocalist at the height of the Bossa nova movement in the 60s. This song was made famous by crooners like Frank Sinatra, but I think I prefer Astrud's version better.
2. Momisms (to the William Tell Overture) -- Anita Renfroe
Classic! Hysterical!
3. Psychotic Reaction -- Count Five
Seems... apt, after the mom one, doesn't it?
4. Leaning on a Lamp -- Herman's Hermits
I'm *fairly* certain it's a coincidence that this and the previous one were both released in 1966 -- two years before my husband was born, and nearly 14 before I was.
And finally...
5. Corcovado -- Astrud Gilberto
I rather think in this video she looks like she could have walked off the set of one of those super-cheesy (yet fun!) beach movies of the 60's -- you know the ones: Frankie and Annette, surfers versus bikers, girls in bikinis and boys in those gorgeous tight square-cut trunks. Anyway, Corcovado is both a mountain in Brazil and a National Park in Costa Rica; I'm fairly sure this song is referring to the former. Definitely a love song.
Anyway...videoless, here's the rest of the top 10:
6. It's Getting Better -- Mama Cass
7. Silly Love Songs -- Paul McCartney
8. Come Monday -- Jimmy Buffett
9. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes -- Bobby Vee
10. Andrew in Drag -- The Magnetic Fields.
You can't say my music doesn't have a sense of humor... ;)
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