Pop Culture from an Alternate Dimension

            Time is important in music. The bassist or drummer usually keeps time. Morris Day's band was named The Time. Electric Light Orchestra had an album called Time . Another Birmingham band, The Moody Blues, had a concept album about the parts of the day. This post is what if a similar album was done with different artists music, starting with midnight, through the day to night. My selections can be heard here:  About Time - YouTube

        National Lampoon's Animal House was originally written with different actors in mind. D-Day was based on Dan Aykroyd. I remember hearing how he would ride his motorcycle from Canada to New York for SNL. a story that I have since heard might be apocryphal. Before SNL, John Belushi and Chevy Chase a stage in National Lampoon's stage show "Lemmings" in 1973. Belushi, Bill Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray had worked with Animal House co-writer Harold Ramis on National Lampoon's next stage show, appropriately called "The National Lampoon Show".        The producers really wanted Chevy Chase as Otter, but director John Landis didn't. According to Landis he used reverse psychology to get Chase to pass, telling to do this instead Foul Play . He told him that the frat comedy is a great ensemble  movie where he could share the screen with Belushi like the Lemmings show. If he did Foul Play , that would be a leading man type of role, with just...

          The 1978 movie National Lampoon's Animal House had great music. It turned me on to Sam Cooke, for which I am grateful. When I bought the soundtrack, I was disappointed that it was only 37 minutes long. This version is my remedy. The official album has the two songs Stephen Bishop wrote for the film. Director John Landis used Bishop in a small roll in his second movie, Kentucky Fried Movie , listed as "Charming Guy". In Animal House , he played "Charming Guy with Guitar" singing "I Gave My Love a Cherry", this I wanted to include.       The actual album includes snippets of dialogue with some of the songs. For the most part I prefer the original songs without the dialogue. However, "Rama Lama Ding Dong" starts with Otis Day saying a preamble which I like. The singing voice of Otis was Lloyd Williams but DeWayne Jessie played the character. The actor became so well known for the role, he legally changed his name to Otis Day and t...