Poptastic Day: Rollin’ And A-Strollin’

Last week I rented Beyond The Sea, Kevin Spacey’s highly criticized film about the late Bobby Darin. I don’t understand the problem with the movie at all, I thought it was lovely. And surprisingly interesting; it never occurred to me that Bobby Darin had an interesting life. In fact, I don’t think I ever thought about Bobby Darin at all before. The crooner-y music he came to be known for is way down on the bottom of the list of music I think about listening to on the average day.

So here’s Darin’s breakthrough hit, “Splish Splash”, a Poptastic classic. I doubt that label would’ve offended him; he did write the song to win a bet that he couldn’t write a song called “Splish Splash” and it has some of the most ridiculous lyrics in pop music history, so it seems doubtful that he took it very seriously. Plus, it’s kind of a song about Poptasticism in itself: what’s more Poptastic than getting interrupted in the tub by a big party in your house?

   Bobby Darin - Splish Splash