Every now and then, I run across something that I didn’t know, but think I should have known. For example, the Paul Anka song, “It’s Really Love.”
I was familiar with the tune, but not really the song. In fact, the song and tune go by a bunch of different names. The song is known as “It’s Really Love,” of course. It also appeared on on the album “Endless” under that name.
The song appeared on the “I Love Paris!” album, which wasn’t a U.S. release. On that LP, the song went by the name “Faibles Femmes” which was also the name of a movie in which it appeared.
The tune, sans lyrics, appeared under the name “Toot Sweet” by Tutti Camarata (as Tutti’s Trumpets with the Camarata Strings). Annette Funicello released the song under its original name on “Annette Sings Anka” for Disney’s Buena Vista label.
Finally, the song came to be known as another name, and if you don’t already know what that is, see if you can figure it out from these videos.
The first is the Italian movie “Faibles Femmes” (also known as “Women Are Weak” and “Three Murderesses”). The song appears in the background of a pool scene at the 34:40 mark.
Here’s the song by itself.
Oh, here’s the link to Annette’s version (spoiler alert). And the Tutti Camarata instrumental (spoilers).
I’m gonna leave it up to y’all to say what it is in the comments, if you want. And to brag that you already knew, or admit this one had got past you, too.
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It didn’t register in the background of “Faibles Femmes,” but I got it immediately in Anka’s instrumental intro.
Where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars……. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw8MACDZ3RI&feature=youtu.be&_ga=2.252207305.1925728832.1598804458-96281340.1598804458
BEIJING—China announced today that Uighurs being held at their labor camps will be allowed to display one of several select political message on their prison camp uniforms.
“We got the idea from our buddies over at the NBA,” said President Xi. “This way, we can virtue-signal to Americans about how virtuous we are, while we continue oppressing people in a much worse way than any government or police force in America is currently doing. It’s pretty great, actually.”
Messages that call out Chinese human rights abuses will, of course, not be tolerated. Only “woke” messages that call out Americans for their problems and injustices will be allowed. Messages like “Black Lives Matter,” “I Can’t Breathe,” and “Death to America” are on the list, while messages like “Free Hong Kong,” “Stop Chinese Genocide,” and “Uighur Lives Matter” are not.
The popularly requested message “President Xi Looks Like Winnie The Pooh” is right out. ~ Found at the Babylon Bee.
That was from the show Joan Rivers used to help out with sometimes.
There are several songs that I only know the Weird Al version.