Believe it or not…
…on the subject of euphoria, this track came on the cheesy radio station I was listening to in the gym earlier today.
One word: BRILLIANT.
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This blog was set up to chart my experience singing in Malaysia for two months (see below for the original 'About this blog' blurb) - and is over until the next time I do a stint in Asia, at least. At which point, I'll probably return to this page, slap a big '2' next to the words 'Lost In Transposition', and start blogging every day, all over again. In the meantime, I'll be writing weekly posts about life, the universe and jazz music over at the 'Blog' section of andreamann.com. Which is my main website, and where no pictures of my bottom exist.
My name is Andrea Mann and I'm a jazz singer and a freelance journalist. I live alone in London, England... except for February and March this year, when I'll be living in with approximately 300 other people in a hotel in Penang, Malaysia.
It's a five-star hotel with a pool, a spa and a jazz lounge. I'll be singing six nights a week in this jazz lounge, and the agent says I'll "be treated like a local celebrity". I'm imagining my experience might turn out to be a little like Lost In Translation. Hence the title. And the bottom.
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January 31st, 2008 at 6.44pm
That was terrible. I prescribe a listen to Springsteen’s ‘Drive All Night’ as punishment.
January 31st, 2008 at 6.49pm
when you say “terrible”, do you mean it in the French way, ie. “great”?
January 31st, 2008 at 7.50pm
I’m with Mat on this one.
January 31st, 2008 at 7.58pm
believe it or not, you’re both missing out a great genre of music if you don’t like a cheesy catchy pop song from the early Eighties…
January 31st, 2008 at 8.02pm
believe it or not, you’re wrong
January 31st, 2008 at 8.03pm
next you’ll be telling us that you REALLY like Barry Manilow and not just in some post-modern ironic way.
January 31st, 2008 at 8.04pm
I really like Barry Manilow.
next?
January 31st, 2008 at 10.41pm
I give up
February 1st, 2008 at 1.22am
Even Magic wouldn’t play this…
But the video is far worse than the song, and that’s saying something.
Actually, when I hovered my mouse over the image, it said ‘Joe’ and I thought it might be a Joe Jackson track… ah well. ;O)
February 1st, 2008 at 1.28am
believe it or not, I really like Joe Jackson too.
true, the video is bad - but then I didn’t realise it was the theme tune to an ’80s American TV show about a normal person-turned-superhero. then again, I should have been able to tell from lyrics like ‘I can’t believe what has happened to me…’, ‘Believe it or not/I’m walking on air…’ and ‘Who could it be? Believe it or not, it’s just me’. All of which are a good example of lyrics that can (a) literally accompany a TV show/film, while also (b) be meant about lurrrve, so that the song stands alone when heard separately from aforementioned TV show/film.
if you catch my drift.
and believe it or not, it’s really hard to start any sentence on this thread without ‘believe it or not’, I’m finding. although you lot are finding it very easy.
I honestly don’t get the knocking of this song, though - it’s catchy, joyous, well-written pop.
*sigh*. sometimes I feel very alone (not that I mind it when I’m alone with this song). B: this is just one of many reasons why I love you.
February 6th, 2008 at 2.36am
Believe it or not, I like Joe Jackson too! I learned to play guitar strumming along to his toons. But then it’s different for girls.
February 6th, 2008 at 12.17pm
ha! good one, Pete