Whee

[marycrawford]

O mysterious magical person who gave me a DW paid account: thank you very much! This was kind of a crappy week so far, and you have improved it hugely, <3!

I clearly need to get back into the habit of posting, because while I do still read and comment on DW and LJ, I just don't talk much, I guess. If anyone has anything they would like me to talk about, now's a good time to comment. :-)

For now I will leave you with this video under the cut, which I've been playing on loop for a while now.



A French artist named Cee-Roo created this upbeat, boppy remix of Ella Fitzgerald performing "Sunshine of Your Love", and remixed a video to go with it:

And the original live performance by Ella is here:

I love Ella so much, you guys. This song, if you don't know it, is originally by Cream and IMO is your average droning, vaguely creepy stoner rock song, sung by guys who are much better at guitar playing than singing. And Ella takes that song and kicks it out of the park, over the roof and straight down the highway.

Comments

[dorinda]

I would love to see you post about anything at all!

...not helpful, huh. Hmmm.

Perhaps you could expound upon this moment from the Granada version of Abbey Grange.

Elucidate the mysterious attractiveness of the vest + sash combination on the television hero (as per subtype Kirk-in-Mirror-Universe and subtype Iolaus).

Talk about your potential ideas for asking/offering for Ye Yuletides?

...Although you know, those Ella videos are awesome matter for an entry! You could simply point out more things you are enjoying/watching/reading/somethinging. I like glimpses into your delicious brains.

[marycrawford]

You bring the excellent ideas, thank you kindly! And also the mother of all distractions -- those Holmes Tumblr gifs are...not good for my concentration, but very good for everything else. Oh, do but look at that TINY TINY smile in the fourth panel. *stares*

Vest + sash combo: INDEED. And also, the somewhat related trope of male heroes dressing up in tons of gold braid, brocade, frilly blouses, fancy waistcoats and the like. The more they look like ineffectual fops, the more appealing I find it when they then proceed to kick ass in their various ways. (cf: Leslie Howard as Percy Blakeney, oh my.) I shall ponder these weighty questions! :-)

[marthawells]

You could post about what you're reading, or what TV you're watching. Or you could post links to good vids, which is about the only way I find any these days!

[marycrawford]

Thanks, those are all good ideas! I'm glad my vid recs are useful -- the vidding field has grown so big that it's hard to know what is out there, not that I ever see more than a tiny fraction myself.

[rosaw]

Ella is the awesome-est. Her voice is like the warmest, most delicious chocolate that you could ever hear.

I'm just glad to read anything you want to talk about. \o/

[marycrawford]

mmmmmmmmmm chocolate. I am entirely in agreement. She is just joy in music personified.

Thank you, I feel encouraged to waffle on about whatever, now. :-)

[sakana17]

I like the original song, but Ella's version is WOW!! :D Thanks for sharing that awesomeness.

While I'm here... I loved your Mystery Dance vid! That was so fun and cool.

[marycrawford]

I'm glad to share! I could post Ella videos all day, like some Youtube spammer, she's just so good.

And I am so pleased that Mystery Dance worked for you, yaaay. *beams*