LADY GODIVA: The Naked Truth

Of course, Rod Stewart sings 'Bette Davis Eyes'!  Everybody knows this!  How my life partner had gone so long without ever even hearing the song was somewhat mystifying to me, so I Googled "Rod Stewart Bette Davis Eyes" so he could hear what I thought was the original cover. However, it was me getting schooled that day, for as I searched for a singer that never sang that song, it became clear that what I had Shazamed, thinking it was a female singer doing a cover of Rod Stewart's song - was the actual singer the entire time. Rod Stewart doesn't sing the popular version of Bette Davis Eyes, Kim Carnes does.  In fact, she released the song in the spring of 1981.   I grew up hearing this song on the radio I don't know how many times and the general consensus was that it was Rod Stewart.  But it was just a common, severe case of mistaken identy.  I know this is a lighthearted post, but perhaps some of you out there know what t

Your daughter’s not a poem sir. She’s not a Haiku or a Limerick. She’s actually kind of sick. Looks like a drunk whore on Instagram.  But I guess that’s normal. Something to be really proud of. Your daughter’s not a poem. She’s not a Ballad or Acrostic. She’s more borderline, more autistic. Can’t even comprehend grammar or empathy.  Mayhap she’s a Burlesque Blank Verse Suffering from neuropathy. Your daughter’s not a poem. She’s not graceful or careful. She’s not a bridge of sighs. There’s no ravens on her bust of Pallas, There’s no flies buzzing on her lies. And despite her Dramatic Monologue… …your daughter is no poem. She’s no Epigram, no Epithalamium, No Free Verse. She merely cries and can curse  Like an inebriated soldier. She will not be an Idyll when she gets older. She’s not an Italian Sonnet, Got no bees in her bonnet, No gumption in her tea. She just expects things to be handed to her, As you’ve mainly done; for free.