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Wonderful Astaire, Mercer and Arlen

Bookworm on Aug 23 2009 at 4:52 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized

Sadie referenced this song in a comment to this post and I had to share the whole thing with you:

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3 Responses to “Wonderful Astaire, Mercer and Arlen”

1. on 23 Aug 2009 at 6:53 pm 1Bill Smith

   Oh, Bookie….

   Sinatra owns that song

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53sCut6XxZE

   It’s a song from a guy who’d like to be drunk, but isn’t — not dancing.

   And, Ella Fitzgerald has an exclusive sublease on it. Give it a listen on iTunes.

   =)

2. on 23 Aug 2009 at 7:08 pm 2Bookworm

   But it was written for Fred! I find Sinatra’s version a bit too maudlin. As for Ella, she owns everything she ever sang. That woman tops my list of all singers, male or female.

3. on 23 Aug 2009 at 7:23 pm 3Bill Smith

   Heh, well Fred was a great dancer.

   And, I can see you ain’t never tried to drown your sorrows…

   It’s supPOSED to be if not maudlin, oh, I dunno, easy and sad?

   You are absolutely right about Ella. That Lady could pack more notes into one note than anyone ever had or will, and make it sound effortless, and never gimmicky. Ain’t just any broad can sing a guys gin song, you know.

   ; )

   Sorry for all the whiteout here, but I just couldn’t find words to do Ella justice. Either you get her or you just don’t.

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