We Will Rock You

I'm still mystified after all these years by the success of the musical show of this name, but seeing posters for it yesterday made me think about this classic opening to a Cheers episode:



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#006 Elliott Smith - Miss Misery at the 1998 Academy Awards

Miss Misery was on the soundtrack of the film Good Will Hunting, which was nominated for the Best Song Oscar in 1998. Unfortunately there was the small matter of a song by Celine Dion from Titanic.

Elliott looks nervous as hell, maybe because he is being accompanied by a top-class orchestra, but the result is still a lovely performance of a great song.

Wish he was still around as I, like many others, only discovered him after his tragic death in 2003.

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