http://www.songspeak.com making mixtapes :: music + lyrics + tv + movies + commercials Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:02:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the paper towel company that’s never really had a slogan, Brawny at least has its iconic Brawny Man mascot, a flannel shirted (mustachioed pre-2003) lumberjack who hawks the benefits of super-absorbent paper towels. In its latest tv commercial, the Brawny Man gets all soulful, performing a very special version of the Bill Withers classic, [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/lean-on-me-withers-brawny-paper-towels-absorbtion/ For some reason, today Matt and I have been talking about NBC’s new primetime game show, Minute to Win It (or, as it was known 60 years ago, Beat the Clock). While I was lunching at my desk, I decided to watch a bit of it online, which in turn caused Matt to watch [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/fietti-fail/ Today is March 16th, or, as it’s more commonly written, 3/16. And Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass. At least that’s the phrase that Stone Cold Steve Austin immortalized at the 1996 King of the Ring pay-per-view on June 23rd in Milwaukee, WI. He had just defeated Jake “The Snake” [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/austin-today-says-i-just-whipped-your-ass/ Imagine my joy when SNL featured a Digital Short this past weekend of my favorite track off the Lonely Island CD, Boombox. Julian Casablancas from the Strokes appears, as he provided vocals for the song. The video pretty much tells the story I envisioned in my head, and any song and/or video that [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/a-boombox-is-not-a-toy/ I woke up in the morning feeling like P Diddy today, on account of the whole Daylight Saving Time and all. I know Ke$ha knows what I’m talking about because I’ve been hearing all about it every time I turn on my pop radio stations or see the commercials on NBC for Minute To Win It [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/i-woke-up-in-the-morning-feeling-like-p-diddy/ The Jennifer Lopez classic Love Don’t Cost a Thing was on Mix 93.1 earlier today while I was working, and it reminded me of when the song first came out. I’ve always thought she says, “think I work at CVS, I don’t” at one point. I know those aren’t the actual lyrics, though. [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/think-i-work-at-cvs-i-dont/ Our buddy Joe turned us onto this fantastic interpretation of The Rolling Stones ‘Start Me Up’. This has always been one of those videos that was hard to take seriously anyhow, between Mick Jagger’s tight v-neck shirt and his chicken-like dance moves. The disco era had a strange effect on the Stones, and this video [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/hey-whazzup-make-up-my-god-whazzup/ That’s right, The Golden Girls‘ own Rose Nylund… the incomparable Betty White, is slated to host the May 8th “Mother’s Day episode” of SNL! That this didn’t happen sooner is perhaps life’s biggest mystery. Betty’s self-deprecating humor and quick wit is sure to be a great match for Saturday Night Live, and we’re excited to see [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/saturday-nylund-live-betty-white-to-host-snl/ Matt and I had a brief IM conversation this morning resulting from I Don’t Want to Wait by Paula Cole playing on the radio: jamie: wearing shrap-NEL in his SKIN jamie: that was just on the radio matt: how nice for you matt: I don’t hate any songs more than that one jamie: really? ANY songs? matt: I can’t think of [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/paula-cole-is-the-pits/ Songspeak is sad to learn that actor Corey Haim, famous for his roles in popular 80s movies, The Lost Boys and License To Drive, has died of an apparent drug overdose. More recently, Haim and his frequent co-star and friend, Corey Feldman starred in an A&E reality series called The Two Coreys. Anyone who has [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/actor-corey-haim-found-dead-in-l-a-home/ At a family gathering over the weekend, we got into a discussion about a Facebook fan page that was created by a 2010 Winter Olympics watcher strictly for The Norweigian Curling Team’s Pants. My family being blessed with both Norweigian roots AND a terrible sense of humor led me to say “Norweigian Pants, isn’t that [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/all-you-need-is-pants/ Thanks to Tosh.0 for bringing my attention to the Epic Beard Man viral video. It’s pretty disturbing, so I won’t embed it here, but you can view it at this link. Basically, a drunk black dude and a racist bearded white idiot exchange words on a transit bus in Oakland, CA, which then [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/whoa-oa-black-betty-amberlamps/ There was a pretty awesome songspeak on the Soup Awards this past weekend. Jeffrey Osborne’s classic 80’s ballad On the Wings of Love was nominated for his perfomance of the song on the season finale of ABC’s The Bachelor. Although Heidi Montag’s abominable performance from the Miss Universe Pageant won the award, Jeffrey [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/on-the-wings-of-love/ Viacom Pulling "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" From Hulu - The daily show on hulu - Gizmodo]]> http://www.songspeak.com/hulu-betta-recognize-viacom-is-removing-the-daily-show-and-the-colbert-report/ Last month Coral Anne created a Facebook fan page called ‘Can This Pickle get More Fans Than Nickelback‘. Guess what– it did! It only took about 3 weeks! This is good news for cucumbers everywhere. The page has more than 1,530,445 fans. A lot of news sites are reporting that Nickleback frontman Chad Kroeger found out [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/pickleback-more-popular-than-nickleback/