Thursday, December 13, 2007

An Early Clue to the New Direction

From her 1968 album Way Out West, here's the pneumatic Mae West with her cosmic re-working of "Great Balls of Fire."



A coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be award the first reader who divines its connection to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.

And may I just add -- if you get this one, you're good.

11 comments:

  1. Well, I know this is obvious, but could it be "best performance of a well-known rock song by an actor/actress?"

    Aside from that, I got nothing.

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  2. if you get this one, you're good.

    "But when I'm bad, I'm better."

    Other than that, no comment.

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  3. Bill Haley and the Comets is too limited, Jerry Lee Lewis too limited and obvious.

    Led Zeppelin ?

    Something to do with Sun Records?

    or Hot Rocks/stones?

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  4. Nope, nope, nope and nope.
    :-)

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  5. Is there some sort of Marshall Chapman sexual/sexy woman singer holdover?

    NTTIAWWT.

    Trey

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  6. TMink said...

    Is there some sort of Marshall Chapman sexual/sexy woman singer holdover?

    NTTIAWWT.

    Trey


    You're too damn clever for me, my friend.

    That nailed it. Actually, it's gonna be All-Time Pop/Rock Female Sex Object.

    A coveted No-Prize is heading your way...
    :-)

    BTW -- did you really hang with Marshall's cousin (or whatever)?

    Seriousy, that's so cool....

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  7. All-Time Pop/Rock Female Sex Object

    That's easy:

    Jayne Mansfield in The Girl Can't Help It.

    Sorry, you need a new topic now!

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  8. Middle aged women singers who sleep with 20 year olds?

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  9. trifecta said...
    Middle aged women singers who sleep with 20 year olds?


    Who is Demi Moore, Alex?

    Oops, you said 'singers.'

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  10. trifecta said...
    Middle aged women singers who sleep with 20 year olds?


    Where do I sign??

    -- whiskey girl

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