Monday Morning Music - Life In Plastic, It's Fantastic

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Aqua - Barbie Girl

"Barbie Girl" is a song by the Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua.  The song was written after the group saw an exhibit on kitsch culture.

 A footnote on the back of the Aquarium CD case precisely stated that "The song 'Barbie Girl' is a social comment and was not created or approved by the makers of the doll."
 
Mattel sued the band, saying they violated the Barbie trademark and turned Barbie into a sex object, referring to her as a "Blonde Bimbo".^[8] They alleged the song had violated their copyrights and trademarks of Barbie, and that its lyrics had tarnished the reputation of their trademark and impinged on their marketing plan. Aqua claimed that Mattel injected their own meanings into the song's lyrics and MCA Records was not about to let their hit single be suppressed without a fight. They contested Mattel's claims and countersued for defamation after Mattel had likened MCA to a bank robber.^[9]
The lawsuit filed by Mattel was dismissed by the lower courts, and this dismissal was upheld, though Mattel took their case up to the Supreme Court of the United States, but that appeal was later rejected. In 2002, a Court of Appeals ruled the song was protected as a parody^[10] under the trademark doctrine of nominative use and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution; the judge Alex Kozinski also threw out the defamation lawsuit that Aqua's record company filed against Mattel, concluding his ruling: "The parties are advised to chill."

Sorry folks.  I heard it over the weekend & it got stuck.  *sigh*

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Monday Morning Music - Get Crazy With The Cheez Whiz

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Beck - Loser

 "Loser" is a song by the American alternative rock singer Beck.  "Loser" was written and recorded by Beck while he was visiting Stephenson's home.^[6] Although the song was created spontaneously, Beck has claimed to have had the idea for the song since the late 1980s.  Beck began writing and improvising lyrics for the recording.^[6] For the song's vocals, Beck attempted to emulate the rapping style of Public Enemy's Chuck D.^[8] According to Beck, the line that became the song's chorus originated because "When [Stephenson] played it back, I thought, 'Man, I'm the worst rapper in the world, I'm just a loser.' So I started singing 'I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me.'"

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Monday Morning Music - She Wanted Me Less And I Wanted Her More

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome

"Cumbersome" is a song by Seven Mary Three and the lead single from their breakthrough album, American Standard. It was originally included on their independently released debut, Churn, in 1994. The single was released in 1996 and became the band's most popular and well known song. 

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Monday Morning Music - Wastin' Time

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was first recorded by Otis Redding in 1967, just days before his death. It was released posthumously on Stax Records' Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US.


In a 1990 interview on NPR's Fresh Air, Cropper explained the "origins" of the song:

Otis was one of those kind of guys who had 100 ideas. Anytime he came in to record he always had 10 or 15 different intros or titles, or whatever. He had been at San Francisco playing The Fillmore, and he was staying at a boathouse, which is where he got the idea of the ship coming in. That's about all he had: "I watch the ships come in and I watch them roll away again." I took that and finished the lyrics. If you listen to the songs I wrote with Otis, most of the lyrics are about him. He didn't usually write about himself, but I did. "Mr. Pitiful," "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"; they were about Otis' life. "Dock Of The Bay" was exactly that: "I left my home in Georgia, headed for the Frisco Bay" was all about him going out to San Francisco to perform.

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