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:

Anonymous said...

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.

steve simels said...

Nope.
:-)

Anonymous said...

if you get this one, you're good.

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

Other than that, no comment.

Anonymous said...

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?

steve simels said...

Nope, nope, nope and nope.
:-)

TMink said...

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

NTTIAWWT.

Trey

steve simels said...

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....

Anonymous said...

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!

trifecta said...

Middle aged women singers who sleep with 20 year olds?

Anonymous said...

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


Who is Demi Moore, Alex?

Oops, you said 'singers.'

Anonymous said...

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


Where do I sign??

-- whiskey girl