A Bit More of Fry and Laurie

Here's some from from the British sketch comedy series, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, but with a slight difference -- and a bonus.  

In addition to his talents as a comedian and dramatic actor, Hugh Laurie is also an accomplished, serious musician, both for piano and guitar (and a quite passable singer, as well).  In fact, last year he released his second blues album and even went on tour with his backup group.  As such, every once in a while, he would write and perform a comic song for the comedy show.

Here then is "Mystery."

And now the bonus.

In more recent days, I've heard a very popular song -- indeed, an Oscar-winning one -- by an even more-popular artist, and I'd scratch my head, because it sounded so familiar.  But for the life of me, I couldn't figure out why.  And then I finally realized...

The song is Adele's "Skyfall," written for the James Bond film and winning the Oscar as Best Song.  And I just couldn't stop laughing when it hit me how much similarity it had to Hugh Laurie's "Mystery" -- written 25 years earlier.

To be clear, unlike the other comparison-songs I've posted here, these aren't dopplegangers.  But there's enough in common between the two (even some of the point of the lyrics) that it now makes it near-impossible for me to listen to the super-seriousness of "Skyfall" with a straight face.

If you don't remember the latter, take a listen --