Just Because Music — “Alvin’s Orchestra”
Bookworm on May 13 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
When I was a little girl, I found incredibly satisfying the blend of anarchy and cheerful melody in this song:
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Just Because Music — Mika’s Grace Kelly
Bookworm on Apr 28 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Mika sounds like a wildly talented, somewhat sexually unsavory (read: promiscuous), person. My son has been listening to Grace Kelly and I like the energy, so I pass it on to you:
Just Because Music — Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba
Bookworm on Apr 27 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
I last heard this about 35 years ago. I was struggling to remember the name so I could find it on YouTube and a friend with a good ear and a good memory helped me out:
Just Because Music — Glenn Miller “In the Mood”
Bookworm on Apr 26 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Just Because Music — Betty Grable singing “I wish that I could shimmy like my sister Kate.”
Bookworm on Apr 22 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
One of the great tragedies of my life is that I cannot shimmy. Betty Grable can, and does, and keeps it classy the whole way:
Just Because Music — Nat King Cole singing Duke Ellington’s “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore”
Bookworm on Apr 21 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
One of the great songs, and one that seems to be forgotten today:
Just Because Music: “If I were a rich man.”
Bookworm on Mar 31 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
I’m working a law suit that involves (I kid you not) millionaires and billionaires. It’s a boring case, except for the dollar signs, and it’s keeping me away from blogging. In this lawsuit’s honor, I give you “If I were a rich man.”
Just Because Music — “Night of my Nights” from Kismet
Bookworm on Mar 29 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
I prefer Vic Damone’s version from the otherwise mediocre movie version of Kismet, since it’s smoother than this version from the original Broadway production. Even sung this way, though, you can tell what an unusually romantic song it is — Borodin via Broadway:
Just Because Music — Elvis’ “Burning Love”
Bookworm on Mar 21 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Just Because Music — Michael Jackson’s “Ben”
Bookworm on Mar 12 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
My daughter and I were talking about incongruous songs. My favorite is Ben, a sentimental, romantic homage to a killer rat:
Just Because Music — Ella and Chick Webb with “Sing me a swing song”
Bookworm on Mar 09 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Doesn’t get better than this, from 1936:
Just Because Music — The Ames Brothers’ “The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane”
Bookworm on Feb 22 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Another in the category of “they don’t write ‘em like the used to”:
Just Because Music — Michael Buble’s Sway
Bookworm on Feb 21 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
I’d never heard this song before today, but my daughter introduced me and she’s right — it’s good!
Just Because Music — The Kingston Trio’s Merry Minuet
Bookworm on Feb 21 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
This song is as timely now as it was then, only more so: They’re rioting in Africa. They’re starving in Spain. There’s hurricanes in Florida, and Texas needs rain. The whole world is festering with unhappy souls. The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles. Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch. [...]
Can you imagine Hollywood making something like this now?
Bookworm on Feb 04 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Nelson Eddy, as a Canadian Mountie, enthusiastically sings about capturing criminals dead or alive:
Just Because Music — Who’s Sorry Now?
Bookworm on Jan 30 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
This song is dedicated to Barack Hussein Obama, who has now announced that, contrary to all previously known facts, he warned Mubarak from the beginning that the latter had to enact democratic reforms or else:
Just Because Music: Things you never thought you’d hear
Bookworm on Jan 23 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
The Bee Gees performing Irving Berlin’s Alexander’s Ragtime Band: I can’t decide if I like this version or not, but it’s certainly interesting.
Just Because Music — “My canary has circles under his eyes”
Bookworm on Jan 21 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
A Jazz Era classic:
Just Because Music: John Waite’s “I ain’t missing you”
Bookworm on Jan 05 2011 | Filed under: Just Because Music
I can never tell if I like this song on its own merits or because it reminds me of a very happy time in my life. Either way, here it is:
Just Because Music — Roger Miller’s King of the Road
Bookworm on Nov 16 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
This song, which I heard on the radio the other day, made me realize that there was a time when single homeless men were treated differently at a cultural level. I make no comment on that different treatment, I just note it:
Just Because Music — Strauss’ Fledermaus Overture
Bookworm on Nov 13 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Just Because Music — Andrews Sisters’ “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree”
Bookworm on Nov 13 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
Perfect for a Saturday night: Harry James, the Andrews Sister and Shemp:
Just Because Music — Rick Astley’s Together Forever
Bookworm on Nov 06 2010 | Filed under: Just Because Music
I’m always amazed at the big voice that comes out of this sweet, wispy-looking little guy. And it’s great dance music:
