It's the 40th anniversary of the release of Sean Connery's "Diamonds Are Forever," and so Don Ralph, frontman for LIFE IN A BLENDER, reveals how he came to write his song
"Sean Connery" from the new album, HOMEWRECKER SPOON, which is generating quite a bit of airplay and press buzz.
"My wife and I found a photo of Sean Connery in an antique shop in the West Village years ago. We are both Sean Connery fans and had to buy it. It always struck me as funny that Sean seemed a little delicate the way his fists were raised. His expression looks like "Eeek, I'm caught." So suddenly this epitome of masculinity looked vulnerable. He's also having a pampering bubble bath, as he's lounging about reading a magazine with Sammy Davis Jr. on the cover. We framed the photo and put it in our bathroom. But we liked it so much that we made copies and framed several more and put them in many other rooms in the house. So an obsession grew over this photo and a song had to be written."
In live performances, Don sings the first set of lyrics without the audience seeing the photo and then when the middle instrumental part hits, he slyly holds up the photo and the audience puts together all the lyrics he's just sung. "I wanted to do a song where I describe something to the audience and then show it to them. It's a simple idea but somehow it works quite well," he said.
Sean Connery film buffs recognize that the photograph is from the 1971 film, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. The film was released 40 years ago: December 17, 1971 and it reportedly broke Hollywood's three-day gross record.
To stream or purchase "Sean Connery", click here:
http://music.lifeinablender.net/track/sean-connery
