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Title: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: princessofcairo on July 21, 2005, 01:54:25 PM
I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly, but it's all about acting. What songs mention these actors/actresses? They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:

1) Marlon Brando
2) Peter Lorre
3) Bette Davis
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: RGMike on July 21, 2005, 03:37:35 PM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly, but it's all about acting. What songs mention these actors/actresses? They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:

1) Marlon Brando
2) Peter Lorre
3) Bette Davis


I think Garland Jeffries' "35 Millimeter Dreams" may well mention all 3. But aside from Ms Carnes' big hit, "Celluloid Heroes" mentions Bette Davis.

What was that Dory Previn song about Brando?
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: urth on July 21, 2005, 04:01:02 PM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly, but it's all about acting. What songs mention these actors/actresses? They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:

1) Marlon Brando
2) Peter Lorre
3) Bette Davis


Richard Thompson's "Mingus Eyes" mentions Brando. (I saw RT last year a day or two after Brando expired; he performed this in tribute to him.)

Peter Lorre is really familiar but not coming up with anything right off.

ETA: Got it. Year of the Cat. "You stroll thru the crowd like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime."
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: Gazoo on July 21, 2005, 08:37:51 PM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly, but it's all about acting. What songs mention these actors/actresses? They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:

1) Marlon Brando
2) Peter Lorre
3) Bette Davis


1 and 3 are both in Maddie's "Vogue."

And somewhere in my archives, I have a novelty song called "I Wanna Be Peter Lorre."  An old friend who had an unrequited crush on me once made me a mix tape with that song segueing into "Carmen Miranda's Ghost."  She was a curious gal.  A genius with physics, but she had a fear of umbrellas.  Or more accurately, a fear of getting her hair tangled inside them.
Title: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: RGMike on July 21, 2005, 09:37:49 PM
turns out the Dory Previn song about Brando is called, uh, "Brando".  Gaz, are you familiar with Ms Previn?
Title: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: Gazoo on July 21, 2005, 11:04:05 PM
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turns out the Dory Previn song about Brando is called, uh, "Brando".  Gaz, are you familiar with Ms Previn?

I'm afraid not.  No relation to Andre, doubtless?
Title: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: RGMike on July 22, 2005, 07:35:40 AM
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turns out the Dory Previn song about Brando is called, uh, "Brando".  Gaz, are you familiar with Ms Previn?

I'm afraid not.  No relation to Andre, doubtless?


Oh yes. She's the wife he dumped to go hook up with Mia Farrow. She made 5 or 6 albums, Mythical Kings & Iguanas being the most well-known. She started out writing lyrics for other peoples soundtrack songs in the '60s  -- 3 Oscar noms! -- and then got into introspective singer-songwriter stuff; Tori Amos lists her as an influence. Most famous song: "Mary C Brown and the Hollywood Sign", about a failed actress who tries to kill herself by jumping from the top of one of the letters in said sign.  (It was very big on prog radio in the early '70s as a segue into or out of "Celluloid Heroes".) Worth checking out, I think you might like.
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on July 22, 2005, 08:54:56 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly, but it's all about acting. What songs mention these actors/actresses? They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:

1) Marlon Brando
2) Peter Lorre
3) Bette Davis


I'm pretty sure Peter Lorre shows up in "I Do The Rock."
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on July 22, 2005, 08:58:11 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly

Well, I doubt it's this, but there's an episode of "Friends" where Chandler's actress girlfriend says almost exactly the same thing.  I saw it again the two or three days ago...
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: RGMike on July 22, 2005, 09:07:18 AM
Quote from: "Rod"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly, but it's all about acting. What songs mention these actors/actresses? They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:

1) Marlon Brando
2) Peter Lorre
3) Bette Davis


I'm pretty sure Peter Lorre shows up in "I Do The Rock."


sadly, no, but a perfect excuse to post this link again:

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~doke/rocky/music/the_rock_lyrics.html
Title: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: mshray on July 22, 2005, 10:15:20 AM
tragic, like I'm Marlon Brando is from "China Girl".  I thought that was the easiest one!
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: mshray on July 22, 2005, 10:20:54 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:


You asked for it:

Al Green
Ayn Rand
Bob Marley
Bob Seger
Brigitte Bardot
Burt Reynolds
Catherine the Great
Chairman Mao
Charles Darwin
Chuck (Berry)
Chuck Berry
Doris Day
Edgar Allan Poe
Ella (Fitzgerald)
Etta James
Frank Zappa
Fred Durst
Frederich Engels
(Thomas) Gainsborough
Harry Nillson
Jesse James
Jimmy Page
John Coltrane
Johnny Rotten
Knute Rockne
Lester Bangs
Liberace
Mario Andretti
Mary Tyler Moore
Mick Jagger
Mickey Rooney
Mozart
Murray the K
Napoleon
Neil Young
Ronald Reagan
Spike Jones
Timothy Leary
Tommy Smothers
(Rudolph) Valentino
Yul Brynner

anything in parentheses is NOT present in the lyric I have in mind.
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: RGMike on July 22, 2005, 11:16:43 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:


You asked for it:

Al Green
Doris Day
Etta James
Liberace


Al Green: "Goody 2-Shoes" (Adam Ant)
Doris Day: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (Wham!)
Etta James: "Silver Heels" (F Mac? Christine MacVie?)
Liberace: "My Baby Just Cares For Me" (Nina Simone and many others)
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: mshray on July 22, 2005, 12:47:39 PM
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Liberace: "My Baby Just Cares For Me" (Nina Simone and many others)


I was thinking "Mr. Sandman" by the Dixie Cups.

...and lots of wavy hair like Liberace.
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: RGMike on July 22, 2005, 12:54:19 PM
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Brigitte Bardot
Jimmy Page
Tommy Smothers
Yul Brynner


Bardot: "Message of Love", Pretenders
Page: "Venus & Mars/Rock Show", Macca
Smothers: "Give Peace a Chance", Beatles/Plastic Yoko whatever
Brynner: "One Night in Bangkok", Murray Head
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: princessofcairo on July 22, 2005, 02:05:43 PM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:


You asked for it:

Al Green
Doris Day
Etta James
Liberace


Al Green: "Goody 2-Shoes" (Adam Ant)
Doris Day: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (Wham!)
Etta James: "Silver Heels" (F Mac? Christine MacVie?)
Liberace: "My Baby Just Cares For Me" (Nina Simone and many others)


ha! i always thought georgie was singing "darkest day."

my brando was bowie, my lorre was stewart, and we know all about bette.
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: princessofcairo on July 22, 2005, 02:07:12 PM
Quote from: "Rod"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly

Well, I doubt it's this, but there's an episode of "Friends" where Chandler's actress girlfriend says almost exactly the same thing.  I saw it again the two or three days ago...


nope, my memory of it predates "friends"by at least 12 years.
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: RGMike on July 22, 2005, 02:17:45 PM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "Rod"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly

Well, I doubt it's this, but there's an episode of "Friends" where Chandler's actress girlfriend says almost exactly the same thing.  I saw it again the two or three days ago...


nope, my memory of it predates "friends"by at least 12 years.


I was thinking Dustin in Tootsie.  "I did an endive salad that knocked the critics on their ass!"
Title: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: Gazoo on July 22, 2005, 11:45:49 PM
> Bob Marley

RHCP, "Give It Away"

> Brigitte Bardot

Was she also in Elton's "Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself"?

> Chairman Mao

The Beatles yay, "Revolution I"

> Edgar Allan Poe

The Beatles yay, "I Am the Walrus"

> Fred Durst

Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady"

> Jesse James

Obv not what you're going for, but Cher, "Just Like Jesse James"

> John Coltrane

Also not what you're going for, but Gil Scott-Heron, "Lady Day and John Coltrane"

> Johnny Rotten

Neil, "Hey Hey My My"

> Knute Rockne

Tim Curry, "I Do the Rock"

> Mary Tyler Moore

Weezer, "Buddy Holly"

> Mozart

Falco, "Rock Me Amadeus"!!!

> Neil Young

Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama"

> (Rudolph) Valentino

Tha Bangles, "Manic Monday"
Title: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: mshray on July 26, 2005, 09:52:29 AM
Brigitte Bardot is in the Pretenders' "Message of Love", no idea about the Elton song.

Re: Jesse James & John Coltrane, you are forgetting my ground rules state that the lyric in question cannot be the titular one.

Coltrane and Jesse James come up a lot actually, not least in "Angel of Harlem"  and "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"
Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: urth on July 27, 2005, 09:31:07 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly, but it's all about acting. What songs mention these actors/actresses? They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:

1) Marlon Brando
2) Peter Lorre
3) Bette Davis


So what songs were you thinking of? I assume one or another of us got them
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Title: Re: "I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
Post by: princessofcairo on February 19, 2006, 02:14:41 PM
Quote from: "urth"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
I don't know the origin of the quote, and I'm most certain I'm quoting it incorrectly, but it's all about acting. What songs mention these actors/actresses? They're terribly easy, but I'm hoping someone will think of harder ones:

1) Marlon Brando
2) Peter Lorre
3) Bette Davis


So what songs were you thinking of? I assume one or another of us got them


damn spammer. at least i finally saw your response, urth.
1) china doll, bowie
2) year of the cat, al stewart
3) bd eyes, jackie deshannon