“Larry and Andy… going to pay homage to that and respect that in their version..” I say to hades with that! Make it ganglamanious, and horrid, more ugly, rip it! No?

My younger sister, Becky, adores Speed Racer. I really hated it when it came on at 7 am every morning… that intro song is syncopated. It was like a trumpet fanfare calls to arms for Becky. Syncopation is a word that the Cole Porter generation, [that includes me] used to describe Elvis type flavor.

If you ever see old TV variety shows, notice, Bob Darin, Andy Williams, and maybe even Sinatra couldn’t sing in syncopation. They tried real hard to snap their fingers, and move their feet… took a while until they got it, sort of. By then the entire world had forgotten them. Crooners lost, Elvis won.

Let’s just go with Why Ikki peed ya on this one:

In music, syncopation is a stress on a normally unstressed beat, or a missing beat where a stressed one would normally be expected. Syncopation is used in many musical styles, including classical music, but it is fundamental in such styles as reggae, ragtime, rap, jump blues, jazz and often in dubstep and progressive metal. In the form of a back beat, syncopation is used in virtually all contemporary popular music.

Speed Racer now, today, in my opnion — represents what I would snobbishly call the beginning of the Syncopation Era. What you youngsters call a back beat, or a sweet badasssss back beat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFXkJDVfKmM , a youtube dweeb back beat… no?

And I say that with extreme snob all over the keyboard this morning.

Good: “Coneheads,” though not a typical TV series, more character based.
Better: “Dragnet” same guy, only Joe Friday in this one…
Best: “Beverly Hillbillies” for me… though “Addams Family” is a tie; Christina Ricci, right?
Thanks ‘J’

and
Bad: “Bewitched” not so terrible, just could have been better, and do not like Ferrell in this one, although Shirley McClaine is a good call by the casting crew.
Worse: “McHale’s Navy” I was a McHale’s Navy TV Junkie, let down a little by the original crew in the movie… but laughed loudly at theatre.
Worst: in reverse — worst TV series after a movie… Peyton Place, I am tired of drama… no?

Dramatically spent, all snobbed out, No?
Pat

ps. The blogroll left, is that your daily’s? or lets say — Jack lend me [or share] your reading list? …so I can go around to similar sites… I think I’m conscripted in this mans’s blogoshop; no?
pss. dropped off T ain’t Over CD to me brother last weekend. He really [i say "really"] likes your variations. But dont let it go to your head, no?

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