Dupreenaissance

Robbie Dupree certainly has been in the news lately! Not that he's news to us; we've been jamming to Dupree's hit "Steal Away" for years, thanks to Papa Winfrey's smooth rock vinyl collection. You can see why we were attracted to this cover:

It just screams (or whispers) smooth! As you might remember, Alex has a notorious beef with Dupree over a little music licensing disagreement. Really, though, I think that the Robster was only the pawn in a WMG-orchestrated bad-business scheme.
The man's certainly been productive lately. Not only does he have a new album coming out, but Steal Away is featured on the MacGruber soundtrack, as well as the soundtrack of whatever that new artsy Jim Carrey movie is called. Jimmy Fallon, yacht-rock enthusiast, also took an interest in the greatness that is Steal Away, and Robbie Dupree performed on his show Friday night! It was really wonderful, not only because Jimmy's Michael-McDonald-inspired backing vocals seemed to be making the other backup singers laugh, but because Robbie Dupree was really great! It's such a disappointment to hear a singer once known for their falsetto strain to reach the notes that once came easily (Supertramp is a good example), but Robbie Dupree still sounded great, and he seemed like he was having a lot of fun. Also, duh, The Roots! Here's
the performance on Hulu. I can't stop watching it! Let the Dupreenaissance continue. Obviously I am really proud of that pun.

Another Embarrassing Thing

I've always really loved Jimmy Fallon. There. I said it. My friends and I used to watch SNL in high school (I was just as big of a nerd then) and totally swoon over him. Of course, I loved that he always cracked up in his sketches, even though sketch comedy fans mostly hate him for that. And while celebrity impressions are a slightly hacky, 80s, Dave Coulier type of thing, that doesn't change the fact that his impressions are ridiculously accurate. I made my then-boyfriend take me to see Fever Pitch on opening weekend (!). Even though I don't deliberately stay up to watch his late-night show (because I am an adult now! An adult with responsibilities!), I've enjoyed what I've seen. So I just don't understand why everyone hates him so much.
At some point in our youth, Alex bought me Jimmy Fallon's CD, which was a strange combination of comedy songs and stand-up. I listened to that CD constantly, and we still quote certain lines from it regularly, but what stuck with me the most was the song "Idiot Boyfriend." This is another one of those jams, like "My Boo," that is always, ALWAYS in my head.

Rewatching this for the first time since high school, it BLEW MY MIND that Zooey Deschanel was in it. Crazy.