I agree with your first sentence… and I do have problems with this video, and his cocky misogyny, though that was the prevailing attitude in rock n roll.
But the video doesn’t really match the lyrics… which are famously about a girl he thinks might be only 17, knocking on his door again at 4 in the morning, and who has been wearing him out for days with her… um… appetites.
…
So in the song, she’s chasing him… he moans that he’s going to need vitamins to keep up with her, and reminds her that he’s a working guy, so she can come in but she’d better be gone by morning. Gee, thanks, Rod.
Then he says he loves her, in an almost mocking way… and that she should bring her mother too!
Some love!
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I’m bothered by the inclusion in the video of the older man watching, but not invited to have fun… and what seem to be the neighborhood kids… why are they all being treated to this sort of semi-erotic display?
They all look uncomfortable.
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The song has a weird line about how his father must feel seeing the teenage girl in her shiny suspender (garter) belt… that might be why that older fellow is in the video.
Anyway, it feels voyeuristic… but I think that’s exactly what Rod Stewart intended.
A LINK to a short article about the song.
There is a passing reference to it being objected to at the time of its making.
Rod Stewart is 32 in this video, so teenage foolishness is not even a poor excuse.
There is great deal of difference between cultured, edible molds and wild, unknown mold, which can make you very sick.
Never believe anyone who says it’s OK to eat all mold because we can eat blue cheese and get penicillin shots (originally cultured from another kind of mold).
That’s exactly like saying we can eat all mushrooms.
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Some mold is quite toxic… in fact my doctor says never eat even hard cheese like cheddar if you have to cut mold off, because the spores can penetrate invisibly…
though I admit I’d do it, if the cheese is big enough to give the mold a wide berth.
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Oh….
I was waiting for the Jack-o-lantern to flicker and the rain to fall.
LOL… I guess they can’t all do that!
,..
Third one… have you been looking at real estate in a spooky area?
Warning…. some of those houses might be just a little haunted.
you got your wish………. the lights are flickering, and the rain is falling!
Funny!
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I think there is a story here……
A nice doggie Halloween party in the woods.
There’ll probably be one going on somewhere near you tonight, too, if you know where to look.
Maybe not in the woods…. maybe in a neighbor’s garage, or an empty lot.
Anywhere the pups can gather in costume without garnering too much attention..
Why didn’t you post the animation that goes with the “Find The Ten Differences Puzzle ” from Friday?
It’s one of your best —
thanks for not posting it, –I just thought it needed a year’s rest
I’m disappointed. ☹ ☹ ☹
I think it should run every year as a “Cleo and Company” tradition. 🙂 🙂 🙂
At least Rod Stewart makes no bones about the kind of guy he is. That woman should have kicked him when he grabbed her leg.
Bill Withers and Judy Collins are both excellent in their respective genres.
“Makes no bones”, eh? Good one!
I agree with your first sentence… and I do have problems with this video, and his cocky misogyny, though that was the prevailing attitude in rock n roll.
But the video doesn’t really match the lyrics… which are famously about a girl he thinks might be only 17, knocking on his door again at 4 in the morning, and who has been wearing him out for days with her… um… appetites.
…
So in the song, she’s chasing him… he moans that he’s going to need vitamins to keep up with her, and reminds her that he’s a working guy, so she can come in but she’d better be gone by morning. Gee, thanks, Rod.
Then he says he loves her, in an almost mocking way… and that she should bring her mother too!
Some love!
…
I’m bothered by the inclusion in the video of the older man watching, but not invited to have fun… and what seem to be the neighborhood kids… why are they all being treated to this sort of semi-erotic display?
They all look uncomfortable.
…
The song has a weird line about how his father must feel seeing the teenage girl in her shiny suspender (garter) belt… that might be why that older fellow is in the video.
Anyway, it feels voyeuristic… but I think that’s exactly what Rod Stewart intended.
A LINK to a short article about the song.
There is a passing reference to it being objected to at the time of its making.
Rod Stewart is 32 in this video, so teenage foolishness is not even a poor excuse.
Typical guy. Thinking with his…
…hormones instead if his big fat head brain.
My cheddar greeted me with a Halloween surprise. It’s not the resurrection or the Virgin Mary, but it is a timely Jack O’Lantern.
That is fuzzy and out of focus, but isn’t that the way these things always are?
Trying to get a better image.
Is this better?
Yes. Looks a bit like a necktie too.
Looks funky to me…
I can just about see it’s in the shape of a face, probably a flat area on the surface…
but with the poor resolution, I can’t tell … it might show that you sliced into a “log” with a face running through it.
This time of year, sure, it could be a Jack-o-lantern…
but I’m afraid I’m thinking “Ick… moldy cheese!”
If you eat bleu cheese….
P.S.:
Somewhere in another dimension, Linus VanPelt is setting up a shrine.
There is great deal of difference between cultured, edible molds and wild, unknown mold, which can make you very sick.
Never believe anyone who says it’s OK to eat all mold because we can eat blue cheese and get penicillin shots (originally cultured from another kind of mold).
That’s exactly like saying we can eat all mushrooms.
…
Some mold is quite toxic… in fact my doctor says never eat even hard cheese like cheddar if you have to cut mold off, because the spores can penetrate invisibly…
though I admit I’d do it, if the cheese is big enough to give the mold a wide berth.
Admitted.
Here’s the Mayo Clinic on the subject.
It’s a happy face. What a fungi.
It’s fungus. It’s supposed to be fuzzy.
Kind of a cheesy “surprise,” isn’t it?
caramel apples
It would be a real shame if I had to eat one of those.
Music for health-nuts to listen to while making or eating the attachment.
Awesome poster/animation. Thanks for the Halloween treat.
Beautiful animation!
With great transparency and slithering ghosts… you’ve come a long way from the early days of Cleo only rolling her eyes!
(Not that some of those weren’t great toons… I’m just admiring the more skillful interplay of color and motion you guys can achieve now.)
Now… do something NOT spooky.
Pretty.
Think..”Pretty”.
And goodnight!
Er… or good morning!
LOL!!!
i went back to see ‘the main event’. very good. you managed to scare me twice. now i know that i have to scroll down real fast.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, C & C FAMILY!!!
I didn’t stay to the end the first time I looked at it. Thanks to the comments, I went back. Really great and scary!!
Great Halloween animation!
The more i look at it the more professional it looks.
You guys are getting good. 🙂