BCS championship: the halftime show « VIVIAN J. PAIGE

BCS championship: the halftime show

I, like a lot of folks, watched the BCS championship game last night. Not that I cared a whit about the winner – I didn’t – but just because it was one of those things that is a part of our collective consciousness. Congrats to Alabama for their win. And congrats to Texas freshman QB Garret Gilbert who stepped into what had to be a nightmare situation for him.

Anyway – the best part of the game for me was the halftime show Seriously – I love marching bands. And ‘Bama picked not only one of my favorite songs but my favorite rendition of it. Here’s a live version of the Divine Miss M singing Cole Porter’s “Miss Otis Regrets.”

This entry was written by vjp and posted on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 12:11 pm and filed under Fun stuff. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

6 Comments

vjp

Posted Friday, January 8, 2010 at 12:23 pm | Permalink

Outside of The Rose, probably my favorite Midler rendition is Empty Bed Blues

Reply
Brian

Posted Friday, January 8, 2010 at 5:35 pm | Permalink

I preferred Sad Cowbell Girl from the Fiesta Bowl.

http://bit.ly/8s4LzR

Reply
Brian Kirwin

Posted Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 9:03 am | Permalink

Odd fact. Anyone know who was Bette Midler’s piano player in the beginning?

Reply
- vjp
  
  Posted Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 9:18 am | Permalink
  
  Yep. Barry Manilow
  
  Reply
Judy Moats

Posted Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 1:29 pm | Permalink

Thanks, Vivian. I have numerous recording of Miss Otis, but had never seen this video – love it!

Reply
- vjp
  
  Posted Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 5:07 pm | Permalink
  
  The Divine Miss M knows how to put on a show, that’s for sure
  
  Reply