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OK, so first off, I should note that I do, in fact, own "The Lady Killer", and really like it. But I don't link this video because of the song, particularly, although I do like it. Mostly I link it because of the look on that poor woman's face when a music video breaks out all around her in the middle of her getting dumped. I think that qualifies as a very bad and very weird day, wouldn't you? Plus, hey, whoda thunk that Urkel would turn out like that?
The one below I put in just for the hell of it. After all, you don't expect heavy metal to refer to the size and weight of the instruments, now do you? Especially when they're not metal.
The video below ... takes a bit of explanation. Oh, and IT IS NOT WORKSAFE! NOT EVEN A LITTLE! I mean, OK, the video is fine, but the lyrics MOST DEFINITELY ARE NOT!
OK, so here's the thing: for those of us of a certain age, we know the song that's being sent up here.
(There may be a more detailed presentation of the oeuvre and style of Ms. Vine at a later date.)
The confusing thing is that it's also clear that Ms. Vine is sending up a particular video, and whatever it is, it's really really not a Cher video of any era. She was never quite that ... restrained. Turns out that it's a performance of the cover that Nancy Sinatra did that was later used in "Kill Bill"
Who knew it was possible to make that song even MORE depressing?
Oh, and when I say that Cher was never into restraint? Still not.
And, for a more direct comparison of Cher past and present, there's always this:
You'd think, in this more politically-correct age, that if she was performing a more recent version of her greatest hits, she'd perhaps lose some of the more ... controversial trappings, right?
Yeah, not so much, it turns out.
And, for comparison, there's brief clip of the 90s version of the number, which manages to actually be somewhat more demented without Cher in the headdress.
The one below I put in just for the hell of it. After all, you don't expect heavy metal to refer to the size and weight of the instruments, now do you? Especially when they're not metal.
The video below ... takes a bit of explanation. Oh, and IT IS NOT WORKSAFE! NOT EVEN A LITTLE! I mean, OK, the video is fine, but the lyrics MOST DEFINITELY ARE NOT!
OK, so here's the thing: for those of us of a certain age, we know the song that's being sent up here.
(There may be a more detailed presentation of the oeuvre and style of Ms. Vine at a later date.)
The confusing thing is that it's also clear that Ms. Vine is sending up a particular video, and whatever it is, it's really really not a Cher video of any era. She was never quite that ... restrained. Turns out that it's a performance of the cover that Nancy Sinatra did that was later used in "Kill Bill"
Who knew it was possible to make that song even MORE depressing?
Oh, and when I say that Cher was never into restraint? Still not.
And, for a more direct comparison of Cher past and present, there's always this:
You'd think, in this more politically-correct age, that if she was performing a more recent version of her greatest hits, she'd perhaps lose some of the more ... controversial trappings, right?
Yeah, not so much, it turns out.
And, for comparison, there's brief clip of the 90s version of the number, which manages to actually be somewhat more demented without Cher in the headdress.