Nice picture of Clive Owen with a white shirt and dicky bow in 'Croupier' rather than of Christopher Walken with a white shirt accessorised with his brains in 'The Deer Hunter' because in this lucky seven selection, there's a general acceptance that your luck may be bad or good, but there's always another spin of the wheel to come.
First of all, we have Willie Dixon, fortunate with his songwriting gifts but as one of the most ripped-off musicians in history, not so lucky in business. Comp him a cocktail but don't ask him to choose where to place your chips. The Sylvers aren't old enough to go to a casino and, some would say, not old enough to know so much about love but Bebo's helping them with the latter and fake online IDs are getting them a fix of the former. Swamp Dogg's perpetually on his way out the door to find out where someone put the sunshine, but that loose slot machine near the exit just keeps convincing him that it's worth another shot. Frank Sinatra would tell him it isn't, but he part-owns the casino so he just pats him on the back and goes off to see a show...
In the showtune section, we have Liza Minelli, charmingly oblivious to the advance of Nazism, pinning all her hopes on a noncommittal English bisexual; Marlon Brando is hoping to roll a seven but in this list he only makes six; the coveted No.7 goes to Stanley Holloway and his mates.
I Ain't Superstitious
Roulette Wheel Of Love
Buzzard Luck
Cycles
Sally Bowles
Skye Masterson
Alfred Doolittle Esq.
2 comments:
The natural conclusion to a post about luck is that none of the tunes play - currently the case with me, but that's no yardstick.
Playing fine now, and Buzzard Luck will be in my collection imminently. Cheers Mr.A.
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