Thursday, May 07, 2009

You Know, I'm Really Beginning to Get Annoyed With This Early Clue to the New Direction Crap!!!

From 1966, please enjoy the late great Mrs. (Elva) Miller and her epochal cover of Petula Clark's ode to slum clearance, "Downtown." From her equally epochal debut album, immodestly titled Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits .



As always, a coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded the first sick bastard alert reader who gleans the clip's relevance to tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.

21 comments:

Gummo said...

I ain't touchin' this one.

Say, speaking of touching, she really has a grip on that microphone, doesn't she?

Anonymous said...

gummo i thought the same thing -lol-

songs about various locations (main street , uptown , etc etc

DK said...

Songs rendered redundant by GPS functionality?

steve simels said...

I hadn't really thought about the microphone, but now that you mention it....

David Rasmussen said...

Use of Honorifics-- Dr., Mr., Mrs., etc.-- in a song title or band name?.

Noam Sane said...

Most of this album is crap. I only like her early stuff.

steve simels said...

Noam Sane said...
Most of this album is crap. I only like her early stuff.
HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Worst or most pointless cover?

Anonymous said...

OH I LIKE HER NEWER STUFF - HA HA HA HA HA -- LOL

ms. rosa said...

[scratching head] I'm still trying to figure out how Mae West changed your life.

Uh...Singers with Susan Boyle, err, charm?

Songs with whistling in them?

Kid Charlemagne said...

I own this record! Mrs. Miller was the William Hung of the 60s!

Anonymous said...

What year did she marry Buddy?

ROTP(lumber)

Anonymous said...

Songs with whistling?

ROTP(lumber)

PS: The word verifications have been much more entertaining lately. They must have hired the guy who does the Times Crossword.

steve simels said...

Okay, let me help.

It's not the song, or cover versions in general.

Libby Spencer said...

Hmmm. Songs with town in the title is too obvious.

I don't think there's enough of them for it to be songs sung by people named Miller.

I'm guessing best Greatest Hits albums.

Anonymous said...

Songs about general locations

steve simels said...

Uh, no.
:-)

NYMary said...

Self-produced records?

Anonymous said...

Badly sung covers by women with enormous shapeless hooters?

steve simels said...

Hmm....how shall I put this...


It's a heck of a graphic, isn't it?
:-)

Who Am Us Anyway? said...

Best equally epochal debut album?