2 posts tagged “pop”

I can honestly say that I have never watched an entire episode of "Gossip Girl". There is just something about the show that turns me off. It's probably the same reason I don't want to watch the new version of 90210. The CW in general comes off as cheap and superficial. However, I do like to watch "America's Next Top Model" so it's not like I consider my tastes to be highbrow or anything like that.

Anyway, "Gossip Girl" has a new commercial that is very well done. The song, "Ça plane pour moi" by Plastic Bertrand is played during the commercial, and images are shown very quickly to go with the pace of the song. It's all executed very well, I must say. I will still not watch the show, though.

Here is the song ...

Here is the Gossip Girl commercial ...

Here is Plastic Bertrand performing the song ...

Here is a very colorful tribute to the lyrics of the song ...

Here is a cover of the song by Sonic Youth ...

Here is a cover of the song by The Presidents of the United States of America ...

Here is "Jet Boy Jet Girl" by Elton Motello, which "Ça plane pour moi" borrows the music from ...

 
The above song is the same age as me. ;)

Here is the scene in "National Lampoon's European Vacation", where the Griswold's look at artwork in the Louvre while "Ca Plane Pour Moi" plays ...

Here is "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Hey! Ho! Let's Go!) by The Ramones simply because I think of it when I listen to these other songs .

 

I'm surprised that I have never posted this song before. Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" is one of my favorite songs ever, and it was mentioned in the Stephen King/Peter Straub novel, "Black House" (which was a sequel to "The Talisman", which King also wrote with Peter Straub), and I looked it up after reading about it. It's a very calm, laid-back oldie, but it has tons of charm and class. Here is some info on Hoagy Carmichael. There are tons of covers of this song.

Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust

The above photo comes from NASA's image gallery.