pure science with a splash of black cat

“Weird Al” Yankovic - “Dare to Be Stupid”
from Dare to Be Stupid

Settle down, raise a family, join the PTA
Buy some sensible shoes and a Chevrolet
Then party ‘til you’re broke and they drag you away
It’s okay — you can dare to be stupid

Today’s anthem for living is brought to you by childhood nostalgia and being sick of having to be responsible all the time.

The Doobie Brothers - “Black Water”
from What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits

I’d like to hear some funky Dixieland
Pretty mama, come and take me by the hand

Pure Prairie League - “Amie”
from Bustin’ Out

Now it’s come to what you want, you’ve had your way
And all the things you thought before just faded into gray
And can you see that I don’t know if it’s you or if it’s me
If it’s one of us I’m sure we both will see

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - “Waltz Limp”
from Countdown: Time in Outer Space

I really wanted to hear this today. I don’t know why. I just did. Music is funny like that sometimes.

Steely Dan - “Black Friday”
from Katy Lied

When Black Friday comes, I’ll fly down to Muswellbrook
Gonna strike all the big red words from my little black book
Gonna do just what I please, gonna wear no socks and shoes
With nothing to do but feed all the kangaroos

Yes, this is the wrong Black Friday. No, I don’t care.

Ella Fitzgerald - “Fascinating Rhythm”
from Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Songbook

Got a little rhythm, a rhythm, a rhythm
That pitter-pats through my brain
So darn persistent, the day isn’t distant
When it’ll drive me insane
Comes in the morning without any warning
And hangs around me all day
I’ll have to sneak up to it someday and speak up to it
I hope it listens when I say

Fascinating rhythm, you’ve got me on the go
Fascinating rhythm, I’m all a-quiver
What a mess you’re making, the neighbors want to know
Why I’m always shaking just like a flivver

Each morning, I get up with the sun
Start a-hopping, never stopping
To find at night, no work has been done

I know that once it didn’t matter, but now you’re doing wrong
When you start to patter, I’m so unhappy
Won’t you take a day off, decide to run along
Somewhere far away off, and make it snappy

Oh, how I long to be the gal I used to be!
Fascinating rhythm, oh, won’t you stop picking on me?

I know that once it didn’t matter, but now you’re doing wrong
When you start to patter, I’m so unhappy
Won’t you take a day off, decide to run along
Somewhere far away off, and make it snappy

Oh, how I long to be the gal I used to be!
Fascinating rhythm, fascinating rhythm
Won’t you stop picking on me?

Charles Trenet - “Boum!”

La pendule fait tic-tac-tic-tic
Les oiseaux du lac pic-pac-pic-pic
Glou-glou-glou font tous les dindons
Et la jolie cloche ding-dang-dong

Mais… boum!
Quand notre coeur fait boum
Tout avec lui dit boum
Et c’est l’amour qui s’éveille

Boum!
Il chante “Love in Bloom”
Au rythme de ce boum
Qui redit boum à l’oreille

Tout a changé depuis hier et la rue
A des yeux qui regardent aux fenêtres
Y’a du lilas et y’a des mains tendues
Sur la mer le soleil va paraître

Boum!
L’astre du jour fait boum
Tout avec lui dit boum
Quand notre coeur fait boum-boum

Le vent dans les bois fait hou-hou
La biche aux abois fait mê-ê-ê
La vaisselle cassée fait fric-fric-frac
Et les pieds mouillés font flic-flic-flac

Mais… boum!
Quand notre coeur fait boum
Tout avec lui dit boum
L’oiseau dit boum, c’est l’orage

Boum!
L’éclair qui, lui, fait boum
Et le bon Dieu dit boum
Dans son fauteuil de nuages

Car mon amour est plus vif que l’éclair
Plus léger qu’un oiseau, qu’une abeille
Et s’il fait boum, s’il se met en colère
Il entraîne avec lui des merveilles

Boum!
Le monde entier fait boum
Tout avec lui dit boum
Quand notre coeur fait boum-boum

Stéphane Grappelli/Joe Pass/Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - “It’s Only a Paper Moon”
from Tivoli Gardens

Neil Innes - “Protest Song”
from Monty Python Live at City Center

“Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve suffered for my music. Now it’s your turn.”

Ella Fitzgerald - “That Old Black Magic”
from Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert

I say again: I LOVE her.