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princessofcairo

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"I was acting! I'm an actor! That's what I do!"
« 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
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« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2005, 03:37:35 PM »
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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?
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« Reply #2 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."
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2005, 08:37:51 PM »
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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.
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« Reply #4 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?
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« Reply #5 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?
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« Reply #6 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.
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« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2005, 08:54:56 AM »
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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."
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2005, 08:58:11 AM »
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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...
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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2005, 09:07:18 AM »
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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
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« Reply #10 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!
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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2005, 10:20:54 AM »
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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.
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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2005, 11:16:43 AM »
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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)
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« Reply #13 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.
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« Reply #14 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
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