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Music Monday: January 22, 2024

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to another edition of Music Monday.

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I have been a fan of Kenny Loggins-who celebrated birthday #76 on January 7-since he was in a duo, as a solo artist to his days as the “King of the Movie Soundtrack” to his 2023 Farewell Tour. If that were not hard enough to accept, this month marks 40 years since the release of the song, “Footloose”. 

Featured in the 1984 movie of the same name, Loggins not only performed the track but co-wrote it as well. It was the #1 song in the country for three consecutive weeks beginning March 31, 1984 and it was nominated for “Best Original Song” at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985 (it lost to “I Just Called to Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder). 

In June 2021, Loggins combined all his movie music on one album as a special Record Store Day release, At The Movies. Today’s song may have be written for a film, but since 2002 I cannot think of this track without picturing the man who brought it to life in the movie-Kevin Bacon-dancing to it with Will Truman, much to Jack McFarland’s shock and horror, on “Will & Grace” (S5 E2, “Bacon and Eggs”).  

Happy birthday, Kenny Loggins, and congratulations on 40 years of “Footloose”.    

KL 1970
Footloose movie
Bacon and Eggs
KL 2012

Top: Kenny Loggins circa 1980’s. Middle 1: The 1984 “Footloose” movie poster. Middle 2 (L-R): Jack (Sean Hayes) catches Will (Eric McCormack) dancing with Kevin Bacon. Bottom: Loggins in 2012. (Images found online.  Original sources linked or unknown.)

Kenny Loggins: ”Footloose” (1984, written by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford). 

Stay safe & well.

Let’s Take A Moment Day 104

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Hi everyone.  Hope you are all well and continue to stay that way during this global health crisis we are facing.  But in addition to protecting your physical wellness, what are you doing to stay mentally healthy today?

Kerouac

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I know we are in a serious situation, but I need a break from the gloom, doom and bullying by way of hoarding. Music has always been my refuge and watching those beautiful Italians singing to each other from their balconies reaffirmed my belief that music is the answer. So until the old normal returns, I am going to share a song I listen to that helps me escape the current state of things, if only for a few minutes each day.  And if this helps anyone else, even better.

In September 1998 I watched the pilot episode of “Will & Grace”.  As much as I liked the two title characters, I fell head over heels in love with their friends, Jack & Karen, played by Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally.  Their chemistry was remarkable and their onscreen antics were like none I had ever seen before on network television.  For the eight years of the show’s original run, I followed Mullally on the talk show circuit where I discovered her beautiful singing voice.  She has put out a number of CD’s over the years and one included one of my favorite songs by Tom Waits (see Day 92).  I saw her perform it on “The Late Show With David Letterman” in 2002 and she was fabulous.  The last verse has some of the most beautiful lyrics I have ever heard:

“In a land there’s a town, and in that town there’s a house
And in that house there’s a woman
And in that woman there’s a heart I love
I’m gonna take it with me when I go.”

Megan

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Megan Mullally:  “Take It With Me” (2002, written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan).

I do not own the rights to anything.  I am just sharing what I love and how I am coping with you.

Stay well.