Obscure Musical Lyric for the week of Aug. 31/09

One week to go, no not to the end of my holidays, but to all the kids from kindergarten to gr.12 (and victory lap as gr.13 is now referred to) who have to return to school in 8 days. Happy Monday everyone. ,OK so I had this post already written when I ran into some old stuff that reminded me of school. Not my school mind you a fictitious school in Pennsylvania. So I had to rewrite the entire blog, cause if I didn't I would be all mad at myself, this is supposed to be fun right?

The song appears in an amazing movie from 1978 and the movie was apparently completed for 2.7 million American dollars. The film has since been deemed "culturally significant" whatever that means. The song was written by a group of brothers and sung by someone else in the movie, sort of.

Here are some of the lyrics:

I want you to know

I said I want you to know right now, yeah!

You been good to me baby

Better than I been to myself

Here are some hints:

Otis Redding had nothing to do with this song, my man! The current singer is named Dewayne Jessie who "starred" in the movie, but didn't sing it in the movie. Many of you will have seen this movie in high school or just after high school depending on your age. Mashed potatoes have never been the same since this movie, never mind other kitchen aids. This song should make you want to .............oops almost gave it away there.

I would like to know:

The name of the song:

The brothers who wrote it:

The name of the movie:

The name of the band from the movie:

Who produced Dewaynes album in 1989:

Have a great week. I trust that you and yours will enjoy the last days of freedom. I hope that this little foray into school music has brought a smile to your face. Last week it was "Sesame Street" this week is slightly different. A place of higher education and fraternal fun is the setting.