Blame it on the Bossa Nova was a 1963 hit single for Eydie Gorme. She didn’t want to record it, she even sang off pitch on purpose to discourage her record label from releasing it. Yet it became her most popular song, becoming her biggest hit nationally and internationally.
In case you are not familiar with the lyrics,
“Oh, it all began with just one little dance
But then it ended up a big romance
Blame it on the bossa nova”
I believe the corona virus is real. I believe it is responsible for thousands and millions of bad things from job loss to eviction to illness and death. So I think it is OK if it gets blamed for some things that really were not the fault of the virus.
I say “Blame it on the Bossa nova.
Blame it on the bossa nova with its magic spell
Blame it on the bossa nova that he did so well
Covid does have kind of a spell over us: time has become covid time. Covid has changed the way we dress, eat, work, and how we think. Covid has done its job well: the job of turning our lives upside down and inside out.
The bossa nova is also credited with some good things.
“Now I’m glad to say I’m his bride to be
And we’re gonna raise a family
And when our kids ask how it came about
I’m gonna say to them without a doubt Blame it on the bossa nova”
Covid can be used for both;
You want to change jobs, blame it on covid.
Want to forego the job search, blame it on a covid world.
Don’t want to go into the office, blame it on covid.
Want to go into the office, blame it on covid.
Don’t want to go to the in-laws, blame it on covid.
It’s tongue in cheek, but it is not. Covid and all of its consequences can catapult us to do some things we needed or wanted to do, avoided or ignored. For years I threatened that I no longer needed an office land line. During covid I had the time to research it and finally eliminated my land line. So far no negative consequences.
People have been hired and fired, married and divorced.
Blame it on the bossa nova with its magic spell
Blame it on the bossa nova that he did so well
