“It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.” – George Carlin
Friday, August 04, 2006
Friday Night Video
And to wrap up this week's commemoration of MTV's 25th anniversary, I now present "She's A Beauty" by The Tubes (Fee Waybill, Re Styles, the late Vince Welnick and company weren't real subtle in the early '80s, as you can see).
The Tubes made an album called "Remote Control" produced by Todd Rundgren in '79 that absolutely knocked me out, full of a lot of witty songs and Rundgren's slick, keyboard and synthesizer-laden production style that predated what became typical for the '80s. It can be downloaded as an MP3 real cheap now, I'm sure (when I hear "T.V. Is King" from it, I stop dead in my tracks).
My other favorite video by the Tubes is "Sushi Girl," which I think is on the same recording as "She's A Beauty." They did some goofball take off on Dinah Shore cooking in a kitchen or something, only this time they were hacking up a piece of dead tuna...truly great stuff.
3 comments:
That's the beauty of The Tubes - they were really never subtle. What do you want from life?
This is an absolute CLASSIC! I loved this when it came out, and I am old enough to remember when it first came out, yes.
Thanks for the sharing.
My pleasure - I'm glad you enjoyed it.
The Tubes made an album called "Remote Control" produced by Todd Rundgren in '79 that absolutely knocked me out, full of a lot of witty songs and Rundgren's slick, keyboard and synthesizer-laden production style that predated what became typical for the '80s. It can be downloaded as an MP3 real cheap now, I'm sure (when I hear "T.V. Is King" from it, I stop dead in my tracks).
My other favorite video by the Tubes is "Sushi Girl," which I think is on the same recording as "She's A Beauty." They did some goofball take off on Dinah Shore cooking in a kitchen or something, only this time they were hacking up a piece of dead tuna...truly great stuff.
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