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AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #94:
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg", The Big Chill, 1983, by The Temptations, written by Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland Jr.

Gonna be a grandpa today/tonight!

Mando wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:03 pm Gonna be a grandpa today/tonight!

Oooooh congratulations!

poorpete wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:41 pm Fun a lady gets murdered half way through this song and everyone just keeps dancin!

My grandparents told me all about life during the depression and that's how it was. The whole generation was hard as ****. They didn't even have refrigerators.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #93:
"Lose Yourself", 8 Mile, 2002, by Eminem, written by Eminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass

Mando wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:03 pm Gonna be a grandpa today/tonight!

Awesome!

I never did the research.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #92:
"Long Ago (and Far Away)", Cover Girl, 1944, by Gene Kelly, Martha Mears (dubbing Rita Hayworth), written by Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin

Think I'm going to take a swipe at that research again.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #91:
"Let the River Run", Working Girl, 1988, sung by Carly Simon, written by Carly Simon

Okay, I went to start my research. This is actually very interesting!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #90:
"Seems Like Old Times", Annie Hall, 1977, sung by Diane Keaton, written by Carmen Lombardo, John Jacob Loeb

So it's interesting that I can't motivate myself to start that research. I'm going to double down on my efforts.

It's warm and there are no bugs out, so you know what that means...

It's not okay to destroy the climate by running your car with the seat warmer and the windows down so you can smoke in comfort when it's cold outside. That is my word on the topic.

Pete's Top 36 36 Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai #15



I'm all about the kite!

Phoebe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 1:24 pm It's not okay to destroy the climate by running your car with the seat warmer and the windows down so you can smoke in comfort when it's cold outside. That is my word on the topic.

Someone you saw in traffic? Or someone else? Hmmmm?

How did you know the seat warmer was on? The mystery continues

Yesterday I was in my car for a half hour, parked, waiting for my son to come out of tumbling class. Turned off the car, unrolled all the windows, and read a book. At one point about 500 geese flew above me and it was majestic. The truck parked next to me had its windows up and car running the whole time.

It is a great pleasure to see birds! The older I get, the more I care about things like available birds, the weather of the day, what vegetables look like today, etc. I am not a smoker. But if I were a smoker, I already spend vast quantities of time standing around outdoors, so I imagine that is how I would do my smoking. But when you are a non-smoker, I don't think you can truly understand what it's like to be a smoker, in much the same way that people often lack an essential bit of personal experience required to understand something. If you don't understand why it would be desirable, for example, to shovel snow with a cigarette hanging out of your mouth in 10 below weather, or tolerate 110° heat for an indefinite period to enjoy another cigarette or whatever it is that you smoke, then you and I probably just don't know what it's all about. Various relatives of mine, and I, have joked about wanting to take up smoking if they knew they were going to die within a short period of time, such that the lung cancer couldn't hurt them etc. They could just enjoy the smoking without the most serious bad effects. However, if you haven't enjoyed life as a smoker, it's hard to imagine where the enjoyment enters the picture at all. My kids have helpfully informed me about the details of third hand smoke so certainly that's not something that would even cross my mind to take up anew at this age.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #89:
"Puttin' on the Ritz", Young Frankenstein, 1974, sung by Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, written by Irving Berlin

The American film institute is not doing itself any favors with these lists, because who would go there after this?? Like would you pay them money to teach you something??

No? They do hire me from time to time, though.

Ok I have changed my mind. It is clearly an organization marked by good taste on every level! But, needs more cello.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #88:
"Do Re Mi", The Sound of Music, 1965, sung by Julie Andrews, Ensemble, written by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II

As a former smoker I can definitively say there is no enjoyment in any of those things you described.

Phoebe wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 12:40 am Ok I have changed my mind. It is clearly an organization marked by good taste on every level! But, needs more cello.

Oh, no, I didn't say that. Good taste is in the tongue of the Beholder.

100 Years 100 Songs is a bit of a poor name for what's really being judged here, as often -- Lose Yourself not included -- it's not the song it's the performance in the film. Old Time Rock n Roll isn't a masterpiece, but Tom Cruise shaking his butt is. Singing in the Rain has two on this list, and they both wouldn't be famous if not for the bravura performances, the greatest dance routines in film history.

Huh. That sounds right. Now I'll really do that research on this that I've been going on about.

Woah! Thanks for providing all those research links, Ernest!

I banned him. Stealing all my good research. Now I have to start over.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #87:
"Buttons and Bows", The Paleface, 1948, sung by Bob Hope, written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans

Racking up the Bob Hope hits. In this case, ok maybe it's the song because that wasn't the most impressive performance, pretending to play a concertina, pretending to ride a wagon, while his wife pretends to sleep.

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One of the only villagescapes, a nice perspective of rows of boats and buildings from a bridge packed with people and stuff. Second guessing myself, maybe this was too high. I enjoy looking at it, but I dunno if anything, maybe the temples, are exactly memorable.

I see what you're saying. This really appeals to me, and is so unique compared to the other ones. But I don't see it as a reflection of Fuji.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #86:
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life", Dirty Dancing, 1987, sung by Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes, written by Franke Previte, Donald Markowitz, John DeNicola

Also just noticed: Ernest Chuff, lol.

Ernest was the worst.

And we're off!

Two hours down!

Three! Three hours! Ha ha ha ha ha!

Four! DONE!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #85:
"Come What May", Moulin Rouge!, 2001, sung by Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, written by David Baerwald

Awful movie.

Mike goes on a trip!

Mike was chaperoning a post-prom party.

Oh my. I knew you were a strong person but my goodness.

Aha! Public service.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, #84:
"Put the Blame on Mame", Gilda, 1946, sung by Anita Ellis (dubbing Rita Hayworth), written by Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher

Really? This is 84?

This is Sparta.

I think there were more people in that.