Stat rosa pristina nomine; nomina nuda tenemus.
From The Taming of the Shrew to a very different Shakespearean romance: Romeo and Juliet (“Shakespeare: The Animated Tales,” 1992):
(They’re nice enough, but they’re still no Beatrice and Benedick.)
And here’s a song (lyrics not by Shakespeare) from the 1968 movie version:
Two post-apocalyptic dream songs:
153. Bob Dylan, “Talkin’ World War III Blues” (1963):
154. The Decemberists, “Calamity Song” (2011):
Two songs that … oh, what the hell. Here they are.
151. Deep Purple, “Space Truckin’” (972):
152. Alphabeat, “Fantastic 6” (2007):
Major Tom gets a name check, FWIW.
An Italian opera about a Chinese princess, based on a Persian story about a Russian princess (whose name nevertheless means “daughter of Central Asia” in Persian), where the central moral seems to be the importance of having a strong password: Puccini’s Turandot (Operavox, 1995), presented in the style of Chinese art.
The title character beheads suitors and tortures slave girls, but – as in yesterday’s Winter’s Tale – the ruler’s horrific misbehaviour is all forgiven at the end, because Love.
Note the copyright reference at the beginning; Turandot premiered in 1926, making it the only work adapted for the Middelboeverse that is recent enough to be still under copyright.
Two post-apocalyptic songs:
149. Flight of the Conchords, “Robots / The Humans Are Dead” (2008):
Another version:
150. Leslie Fish, “Discards” (1989):
Another song in the same spirit as “Hello! Remember Us” and the “Digwell Carol”:
For starters, three songs about … well, people and/or things in space. That’s all I’ve got.
145. Leslie Fish, “Wobblies From Space” (1977):
146. Mel Brooks, “Jews In Space” (1981; from History of the World, Part I):
147. Super Furry Animals, “(Drawing) Rings Around the World” (2001):
And as a bonus:
148. Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff, “Midichlorian Rhapsody” (2010):
I would have included this next one with August 27’s Star Wars songs if I’d known about it. (CHT Paul Rubin.)