Today's song is a request. Sam got to pick two songs and today he picked Candy. Unfortunately Sam hates me so he was not specific as to what song he wanted me to do. Below is the exact exchange between us for the selection:
Sam: BTW, the pick is Candy. I want to see how creative you can get with it.
Bob: Ok, no problem. I don't think I know that one so I'll have to find it.
Sam: It is on YouTube so you can find it there.
Bob: I'll look for it.
And look for it I did. Like I said, I had never heard of the song so I went looking for it on YouTube as directed. The first one I found was by Robbie Williams. The concept is cute Robbie Williams is a guardian angel for a self-obsessed socialite. So after watching the song and starting my research I contacted Sam to tell him it was an interesting choice. He informed me I had the wrong song. Again below is the exact exchange:
Bob: Sam, this is an interesting choice. The song is a little repetitive and not very good, but the video is cute. You never mentioned Robbie Williams before.
Sam: No, not that song. That song sucks.
Bob: Ok, whose version do you want me to do? There are several on YouTube.
Sam: Do I need to draw you a map. Just find it.
So I went back to work. Then I thought maybe Sam was torturing me because the next one I found was by Avril Lavigine. I kept listening to it waiting for the lyrics and they never came. I thought the song sounded familiar so I dug a little more and realized it was an instrumental version of Iggy Pop's Candy. I thought, "That is pretty clever." After all Iggy's song is a classic. And Sam got to rub my nose in the fact of how far Avril has fallen in my esteem. I told him I was impressed with his choice. Below is the exact exchange:
Bob: Ok, I found it. Very funny. You want me to see that Avril really sucks now. Making me do her instrumental cover of Iggy Pop's Classic is pretty clever.
Sam: What? I don't know what you are talking about.
Bob: I found Candy by Avril. I'll bet you didn't know it was a cover of a song even older than you. But the joke's on you. Candy is a good song. I forgot how much I liked it. I really look forward to covering it. It is probably my favorite Kate Pierson song, it is a lot better than Love Shack.
Sam: No. That's not the one.
Bob: What?
Sam: That is not the song I want you to do.
Bob: Can you be a little more specific, then?
Sam: No. I like watching you suffer. You told me to pick the song. You didn't say I had to do all the work for you. Do you want me to write the post for you too? Just find the one I want and I'll tell you when you do.
A promise is a promise and I promised Sam he could pick the song. I thought this was really starting to feel like one of those twisted Monkey's Paw wish things. I wondered if I could ever find the right song, or if there even was one.
The next song titled "Candy" I found was by Cameo. Now this one I recognized right away. It got a fair amount of air play back in the 80's. And after watching the video it did seem like it would fit with Sam's twisted sense of humor and love of my pain. Once again, the exact exchange is below:
Bob: I found it. Here is the first line:
After watching this video here are three words you will be surprised to find missing from Cameo's Wikipedia entry, 1. Gay, 2. Queer, 3. Homosexual.
Sam: I don't know what you are talking about?
Bob: Watch the video from about 5 seconds in to about 25 seconds in.
Sam: Who is Cameo?
Bob: The band that did Candy.
Sam: No.
Bob: What do you mean "No."?
Sam: That is an entirely different and wrong type candy. Try again, Bobby.
Except for girls I went to high school with, people from Waterloo, and my female relatives, no one calls me Bobby unless they are annoyed with me.
Once more back into the breach. I went back to YouTube. The next version I found was by a Spanish language rap duo, Plan B. I'll just skip to the exchange, it will be faster:
Bob: I can't do this song. It is unwatchable garbage.
Sam: You said I could pick and it isn't unwatchable garbage, she is perfect.
Bob: Which one do you think is perfect. I mean some of the girls are ok but I can't do a terrible Spanish language rap song.
Sam: I don't how you found that, and I have no idea what the hell that video you sent me is, but it isn't Candy. Obviously you can't find it on you own and I have to study. Look for Candy by Mandy Moore
Bob: I should have known. Ok. I'll find it.
So I found Candy by Mandy Moore. And I watched it. But we are already close to nine hundred words here and I spent something like two hours on this post today and covered four songs so tomorrow come back to for the conclusion of the first two part post.
Later
Bob
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