Random Music Musings...
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So, you'll have to be a fan of Hitchcock movies, particularly Vertigo with Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak to get my nerdy joy about this.
There was a song called "Flagpole Sitta" that came out when I was in high school. At work, I listen to internet radio I heard this song again and decided to buy a used copy, as there are no more new pressings done. Anyways, I pop it in to listen to it, and the first song that comes on is called "Carlotta Valdez." I just... the geektastic joy I get from this overwhelms me.
Oh, and one of coworkers, Chris, is a major Hitchcock fan, especially of Vertigo (perhaps because the film takes place in San Francisco), but when I told him, he almost had a nerd-gasm.
So here are the lyrics, and I hope you fellow Hitchcock fans get a kick out of it too.
jimmy stewart follows kim to where your portrait hangs on a wall
such a haunting vision he forgets his partner's fall
jump into the san francisco bay
i'll follow you in
i know you can't swim
when you've been dead 100 years, carlotta
Carlotta Valdez,Carlotta Valdez, Carlotta Valdez i will make you her.
everything's subjective, nothing lasts for johnny o.
kiss kim novak where the redwoods grow
i'll bleach her hair and pretend she didn't die
go up the mission stair
i'll follow anywhere-that is, until you climb too high
cause i get vertigo (vertigo, vertigo)
carlotta valdez,Carlotta Valdez, Carlotta Valdez i will make you her.
what a thing to be the center of attention all the time
he isn't really falling for this, is he?
he's getting dizzy
and so am I
carlotta valdez carlotta valdez carlotta valdez
There was a song called "Flagpole Sitta" that came out when I was in high school. At work, I listen to internet radio I heard this song again and decided to buy a used copy, as there are no more new pressings done. Anyways, I pop it in to listen to it, and the first song that comes on is called "Carlotta Valdez." I just... the geektastic joy I get from this overwhelms me.
Oh, and one of coworkers, Chris, is a major Hitchcock fan, especially of Vertigo (perhaps because the film takes place in San Francisco), but when I told him, he almost had a nerd-gasm.
So here are the lyrics, and I hope you fellow Hitchcock fans get a kick out of it too.
jimmy stewart follows kim to where your portrait hangs on a wall
such a haunting vision he forgets his partner's fall
jump into the san francisco bay
i'll follow you in
i know you can't swim
when you've been dead 100 years, carlotta
Carlotta Valdez,Carlotta Valdez, Carlotta Valdez i will make you her.
everything's subjective, nothing lasts for johnny o.
kiss kim novak where the redwoods grow
i'll bleach her hair and pretend she didn't die
go up the mission stair
i'll follow anywhere-that is, until you climb too high
cause i get vertigo (vertigo, vertigo)
carlotta valdez,Carlotta Valdez, Carlotta Valdez i will make you her.
what a thing to be the center of attention all the time
he isn't really falling for this, is he?
he's getting dizzy
and so am I
carlotta valdez carlotta valdez carlotta valdez
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Date: 2008-05-06 11:30 pm (UTC)Gabrielle
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