Billy Joel and Blackberrying (brought to you by generic fic titles)

[nineveh_uk]

With the possible exception of something by Abba, I think that Uptown Girl is the first pop song I remember. Yesterday I watched the original video for the first time. The song is a lot of fun. The video - is of its time. I lost it with the initial synchronised spanner use.

"Billy Joel - Uptown Girl" (Watch on YouTube)

Today I took the car to the garage for its MOT and biannual* service. I can confidentally say that the two had nothing in common.

Also today I learnt that there's an Ashes to Ashes sequence of it. How did I not know?

In other news, I also went blackberrying and managed to catch my forearm not across a bramble, but a still very lively stinging nettle. Serves me right for forgoing my usual protective blackberrying leather jacket in favour of enjoying the weather.

*I do not do a lot of driving, and this year I did even less than usual. I am exactly the sort of person who ought to belong to a car club, except that there wasn't a convenient one when I was at the point of being interested, and personality-wise I am a lot better at dealing with sunk costs than paying each time I hire.

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

At times like this it's hard to remember that Billy Joel also brought us the incredibly depressing "Allentown"* (about waiting for your factory to be closed) and "The Down-Easter Alexa" (about being a struggling Rhode Island day-boat fisherman when the fish stocks have crashed). The video manages the difficult feat of making the Ashes to Ashes parody look sensible by comparison!



* Though admittedly when Billy Joel sings about industrial decay in Pennsylvania, it's much more perky than when Bruce Springsteen does the same for New Jersey.

[white_hart]

I still have the puncture-marks from last week's blackberrying excursion. Mind you, I also still have a jar and a half of the very nice jam my mother made with the blackberries, so it's not all bad :-)

[azdak.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious! I'd seen the Ashes to Ashes sequence but I had no idea it was parodying Billy Joel's own video (what a fine proletarian sneer he produces at the beginning!)