A couple of days ago I heard a story on NPR about the guy who selected the soundtrack music for Austin Powers, American Beauty, and that new Rock Hudson/Doris Day knockoff, which I can't remember the name of. You know, the one starring Ewan MacGregor (looking a bit like Cary Grant) and Reese Witherspoon (looking like Doris Day in an advanced stage of starvation, who had just eaten something really sour. Reese Witherspoon always looks to me like she just ate a lemon or smelled something bad or just stopped crying. Her face is all scrunched up).
Anyway, the music guy on NPR. They spent a long time talking about how he had chosen Quincy Jones' "Soul Bossa Nova" for Austin Powers, and how it had become sort of the theme song for the movie. And I have to say, it was a brilliant musical selection, and I hope Jones made a whole lot of money, but I really can't forgive them for using that track. Because I used to love "Soul Bossa Nova." And I equally loved the Dream Warriors' "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style," a sparkly, fun hip-hop track that heavily samples "Soul Bossa Nova."
But the track is now so overwhelmingly associated with Austin Powers that I can't listen to the original (or the Dream Warriors' earlier appropriation) the way I used to. Now I mainly hear "the Austin Powers song." Which, Austin Powers was a fun movie and all, but that's not the only thing I want to be thinking of when I hear to the song. I guess that music guy did his job too well.
Yesterday was the first full day without rain since .. well I can't remember when. Weeks I think. The sun even came out for a while. I celebrated by going shoe shopping with a friend. Didn't buy any shoes but did buy some work clothes, since all my work clothes are for cooler weather. And it is possible that I might have to schedule a work-related meeting before fall rolls around again.
Anyway it was a good thing that we had a nice day yesterday. Because it's raining again now.
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erm... Renee Zelwegger, actually. But I agree that she does look as though she's eaten nothing but lemons for 18 days or some such thing.
Fun trivia fact: the video for "Boombastic Jazz Style" was directed by Tarsim who went on to direct the movie THE CELL
Right you are, it is Renee Zelwegger. Reese Witherspoon is actually cute and looks happy when she smiles, not sour, and I don't know how I got their names confused.
I'm pretty sure I've never seen the video for "My Definition of a Boombastic," darn the luck! Maybe it will show up on VH1 Classic. Except they don't seem to show hiphop videos.