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11 May 2010

It was the Billboard #1 song on the day I was born. Here's my cover of it.

post by: flapjax at midnite at: 04:21 | 20 comments

I thought some of y'all Mecha folks might enjoy this silly little video, and I wanted to also draw attention to the fun Mefi Music Challenge underway this month at Metafilter Music, which is... cover the song that was #1 (Billboard chart, UK chart, whatever) on the day you were born. That was the impetus for my doing this one! And remember, logged-in Mefiers can always download the music on offer at Mefi Music. Here's the link to All Shook Up, in case you wanna stick it in yer iPod...

posted by flapjax at midnite 11 May | 04:25

That was fantastic!

posted by gomichild 11 May | 06:57

Ha!! Love it!

posted by BoringPostcards 11 May | 07:07

Oh bloody hell I think I end up with this....

posted by gomichild 11 May | 07:07

I think I might go the Australian route.... Eagle Rock by Daddy Cool... [YouTube]

posted by gomichild 11 May | 07:11

Mine would be this, which is a song I love a lot. I'd have to bust Phil Spector out of prison to produce it for me, though.

posted by BoringPostcards 11 May | 07:30

You boys both got good ones!

*shakes fist at the 70s*

posted by gomichild 11 May | 07:31

Love it!

posted by Obscure Reference 11 May | 07:31

I was born one day before the Beatles hit with a #1 song. Instead I'm stuck with Herman's Hermits. This pretty much describes my life.

posted by WolfDaddy 11 May | 07:35

Flapjacks, your hair will be tamed by NO MAN.

NO MAN.

posted by The Whelk 11 May | 07:47

Very cool flapjax!

Sadly, for me, I could never hit those notes that Michael hits in "ABC"

(that Ed Sullivan performance was just over 40 years ago! Which, um, I suppose also suggested when my birth was!)

posted by richat 11 May | 08:17

That was fun!

posted by Kronos_to_Earth 11 May | 09:09

Damn, you're good!

What a great challenge (off to listen)...

posted by Miko 11 May | 09:19

I have to admit I like my song. And the video is precious.

posted by Stewriffic 11 May | 12:43

Ha! That's great! I want to do this month's challenge, too, but mine is that damn Conway Twitty song, "Make Believe".

posted by Ardiril 11 May | 15:02

I love that.

posted by dhartung 11 May | 15:15

Awesome cover, flapjax!

posted by deborah 11 May | 15:31

Thanks for listening, folks, and for your kind comments.

posted by flapjax at midnite 11 May | 18:25

flapjax, I also watched a few other videos while I was there. You do some super cool shit. Seriously.

posted by richat 11 May | 18:58

Thank you, richat!

posted by flapjax at midnite 11 May | 20:59

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