Just Because — Elvis laughing
Bookworm on Mar 02 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
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Just Because — Bing singing “You Belong to My Heart”
Bookworm on Feb 28 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
When my daughter heard this recording on XM’s 40s radio, her comment was, “I’m really sorry I don’t live in an age of romantic love songs.” It’s not the best song in the world, but it certainly exemplifies a lost romance when it comes to music.
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An even better Slim Whitman recording of “I remember you”
Bookworm on Feb 27 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
This is a more mature Slim, singing “I Remember You” at a slower, richer pace than in the last video I posted of the same singer, same song, with an absolutely stunned Andy Kaufman (at 1:25) drinking in the beauty of Slim’s performance:
And here’s the original recording, from The Fleet’s In, with Dorothy Lamour (and, [...]
Just because — Janis Joplin
Bookworm on Feb 11 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose….
Just Because — Sousa’s own interpretation of Stars & Stripes Forever
Bookworm on Feb 10 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
This is Sousa’s own band, under his direction. I find interesting how different his interpretation is from modern approaches, which tend to be brassier, crisper, faster, and a little more bombastic. This is almost relaxed compared to modern interpretations, with a stronger reed presence and less brass and percussion:
Just by way of comparison, here’s a [...]
Just Because — Ella Fitzgerald singing Mack the Knife
Bookworm on Feb 09 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
It doesn’t get better than this:
Just Because — Heart and Soul
Bookworm on Jan 19 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Hoagy’s original of Heart and Soul:
Cleftone’s doo-wop cover of Hoagy’s song:
Huey Lewis’ Heart and Soul:
T’pau’s Heart and Soul:
Just Because — Sam Cooke
Bookworm on Jan 13 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
One of my absolute, all-time favorite songs, by one of my favorite singers:
Lesley Gore’s anthem seems like an appropriate protest to the Nanny State
Bookworm on Jan 11 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
One of my favorite songs, sung by one of my favorite singers
Bookworm on Jan 11 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Ella Fitzgerald, singing Cole Porter’s “From this Moment On,” which he wrote for Kiss Me Kate:
Just Because — Ella Fitzgerald with Sleigh Ride
Bookworm on Dec 24 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Just Because — You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch
Bookworm on Dec 16 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Just Because — the Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby
Bookworm on Dec 10 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Open thread (and a little music)
Bookworm on Dec 10 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music, Open Threads
I’ve been reading the news assiduously today, but just don’t feel as if I have a coherent message or analysis in my own brain that’s worth passing on. I know it’s late in the day for some of you, but consider this an open thread.
Meanwhile, a little Christmas music from Marin County, which as been [...]
One of the best sung Christmas songs
Bookworm on Dec 04 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Yesterday I blogged about the way in which businesses, bowing to political correctness, erase Christmas from the holiday shopping season. My personal, Jewish, opinion, is that I like the Christmas season, especially the music. One of my personal favorites is Josh Groban’s O Holy Night. I think there are few, if any recordings, better than [...]
Just Because — It’s Johnny Mercer’s 100th birthday
Bookworm on Nov 11 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music
I couldn’t find the absolutely exquisite Dorothy Lamour/Jimmy Dorsey version from the film The Fleet’s In (starring a ridiculously young Bill Holden), but I enjoyed this Slim Whitman kind-of-funky version of one of the most beautiful love songs ever written:
Incidentally, Mark Steyn is paying tribute to Johnny Mercer this month. You can read about Johnny [...]
Just Because — Trying to be sanguine about yesterday’s vote *UPDATED*
Bookworm on Nov 08 2009 | Filed under: Congress, Health, Just Because Music
It’s Sunday and there’s nothing I can do to change yesterday’s vote at this moment. I need to relax.
Jennifer Rubin is also sanguine, bless her heart.
UPDATE: The Anchoress urges us to be not afraid, even in the shadow of the jackboot.
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Just Because — a song about hitting rock bottom (and an open thread)
Bookworm on Nov 07 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music, Open Threads
With the House of Representatives having gone insane, it seemed like an appropriate time for a song about hitting rock bottom:
Please feel free to make your comments about the bill here. I probably won’t be blogging tomorrow until later in the day, Pacific time.
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Just Because — Bee Gees singing Tragedy
Bookworm on Nov 06 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music
No doubt about it — when the news gets depressing, I retreat to the music of my youth. And while the lyrics are not apposite, the title and chorus — Tragedy – seem right, whether I’m thinking about the Fort Hood massacre or the ongoing White House debacle:
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Just Because — I’m Yours by Jason Mraz
Bookworm on Nov 05 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music
The lyrics are incoherent, but I still like the song’s feel:
Just Because — I wanna go dancing
Bookworm on Nov 02 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music
My husband is a man of many and varied virtues, but he has a significant flaw: he doesn’t like to dance. I do. I love to dance. And songs like this make me really, really want to dance:
This too:
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Just Because — Girl from Ipanema
Bookworm on Nov 01 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music
When I was a little girl, thanks to a wealthy grandmother, we’d spend every summer in the mountains, a situation that lasted from 1964 to 1974. This song provided a perpetual backdrop to those lovely days:
This song too, from the Kingston Trio:
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Just Because — two of the most maudlin songs ever written
Bookworm on Oct 30 2009 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Heard the first on the radio and it reminded me of the second. Talk about self-pitying — but for reasons probably related to the teenage part of my brain, I like both of these songs a great deal:
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