Battle of the Bilge

Had a quite funny "random" iPod moment while whipping up some dinner yesterday.  First up, Valerie Cherish comes on singing "I Will Survive"... if you are not familiar with that "artist," I guess I really can't blame you... Valerie is a fictional character played by Lisa Kudrow on the much too short-lived series The Comeback that aired on HBO during the summer of 2005.

But when the song ended with Val drinking some water because "angry hurts my throat," next up was Mary J Blige's "No More Drama"... and I totally cracked me up... why?

While Valerie has provided us with many catch-phrases that we still laugh about 2+ years later ("I don't need to see that"... "Note to self"... "Flag it"... "You see puppies, I see Korean BBQ")...

For us, Valerie and Mary J...

...are forever linked thanks to the episode "Valerie Relaxes in Palm Springs."

On the road to the resort town with hubby Marky Mark and her reality show film crew (including producer Jane) in tow, Valerie is ready to pass the time by listening to some music...

Valerie(flipping thru a music CD wallet):  Eric Clapton, Allman Brothers, Cheap Trick, and Bob Seger and... I know we have some current hits in here. 

Oh, here's one we love... Mary J Bilge.

Jane: It's Blige

Valerie (inspecting CD): You're wrong, it's Blige.

To this day, we still use the same mispronunciation of Bilge... and can't help it whenever we hear or see Mary J to think about Valerie Cherish.

The funny thing is that we've just got on the Mary J bandwagon, probably in thanks to Valerie.  Not sure why it's taken so long... I'm certainly not lacking the "diva love" portion on my gay DNA strand... I think (though I could be wrong) her early stuff was more rap or hip-hop, two genres that do not have much (any!) representation on our iPods.   On a fairly recent Grammy "best of" clip-show, we saw her perform "No More Drama."  It totally kicked ass and had a pretty good/inspiring message too (Britney and others of that ilk need to take a listen)... and we have also purchased a couple of songs off her new album including... "Work That" (used in iTunes TV ads over the holidays) and "Just Fine"... another good song (with a positive message) with an irresistible hook.

So... note to self... if you haven't already, give a listen to Mary J and long live Valerie Cherish!

Comments

[Jeff]

Haha, thank you for that trip down "Comeback" memory lane. Just yesterday I was watching something random on TV, where someone was talking while driving, and it totally reminded me of when Valerie got into a car accident while talking to the camera (if memory serves?). Good times.

[ArabAquarius]

I highly recommend that you check out 'What Love is' and 'Fade Away' from Growing Pains. It seems if you keep buying the songs it will be more economical to 'complete' the album, hehe. And you made me miss The Comeback, I loved that show. It's a shame it didn't go though, I can only imagine what situations Valerie would have gotten into. http://arabaquarius.blogspot.com/