Hey, JUDE...
The buzz for some horrible new movie is that...JUDE LAW has a nude scene. Who Jude? He's stil around? And he can't get a job without degrading himself? JUDE, AWWWWW.
IF I'M BEING HONEST, the film will fail despite the nudity. It's not about a Marvel hero, has nothing to do with slavery in America, and doesn't have 90 solid minutes of car chases. Tarantino is not the director. "Nah, I'll wait till it's a free download on Demonoid..."
First, a deliberately insane rendition courtesy of Paul Frees, the legend who voiced Ludwig Von Drake, Boris Badenov, the Pillsbury Doughboy and much much more. He told me he liked being "behind the scenes," but made a rare exception for a "pet project" of his...an album where he sang modern songs as classic film stars.
On "Paul Frees and the Poster People," he imagined Ed Wynn singing "Up Up and Away" and Clark Gable doing "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." I asked Jimmy Webb what he thought of this, and Jimmy said, "I never heard of it." "You mean you didn't have to approve it first? MGM never sent you a copy of Paul's record as a courtesy?" (laughing) "No."
Paul's album got a bit strange when he imagined Bela Lugosi singing "The Games People Play," and went downright nutty when he had Peter Lorre singing "Hey Jude." Both Peter Lorre and Paul Frees were Jewish, which might explain the ad-lib, "Why do I call you Jude when your name is Seymour??" (Irony: when the song first came out, McCartney had to field an angry phone call to the Apple office. A Jewish man was outraged at the anti-Semitism of the song. Paul had to explain that although "Jude" was used by Germans during the War for their campaign to wipe out the Chosen People, HIS song was referencing a name popular in England among Christians."
Back when the song was taken seriously, "Hey Jude" was covered by a ton of middle-of-the-road performers including Bing Crosby, The Lettermen, The Living Voices, Jane Morgan, Shirley Bassey, Petula Clark, and the Ray Conniff singers. Among dozens of others. And, no, I'm name-dropping them only because they covered the song. I never met any of 'em.
Your sample of this type of cringeworthy cover is the Ray Conniff version. “Has anyone ever done a GOOD version of Hey Jude” was an actual topic at the Steve Hoffman forum years ago. The general consensus was nah. Nah. Nah. Nah-na Nah na.
You're the only girl I ever met named Linda Lou
Maybe that's the reason that I'm so in love with you…
And you're the only girl I ever met who hates "Hey Jude"
Maybe that's the reason that I'm so in love with you
You know the song. “Rockin’ Girls” by Sparks. I remember talking to those guys back when the song came out. Do I remember what we talked about for a half hour? Not really. It was a long time ago. I could go get the transcript, but THIS entry is really for people who HATE “Hey Jude” and not those who like Sparks.
No question, "Hey Jude" remains, thanks to its endless ending, one of the most feared songs at any McCartney concert. His inane scat-singing might shock people awake after enduring the now-monotonous melody, but it only confirms that this one really hasn't survived the test of time too well. Even Julian Lennon is probably sick of it. We do admire some of the brilliant lyrical imagery though. But let's explode a myth: “the movement you need is on your shoulder” isn’t a reference to pigeon shit.
PAUL FREES sings HEY JUDE as PETER LORRE - no shitty Ydray Yadi download, no malware, no porn ads or passwords
EASY listening: HEY JUDE from RAY CONNIFF - no password, no demand for you to LIKE this post, no stinky demand that you pay for a premium account
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