One of my favorite songs, sung by one of my favorite singers
Ella Fitzgerald, singing Cole Porter’s “From this Moment On,” which he wrote for Kiss Me Kate: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGDv483rEBw[/youtube]
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The slightly creepy side to Cole Porter music
I was listening to some Cole Porter the other day, and it occurred to me that some of his songs have a rather creepy quality to them. Stalking love: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuwaE8xTbfo[/youtube] Obsessive love (yucky recording, but you’ll get the point): [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn8civCI0Zo[/youtube] And masochistic love: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ablm52o6DxU[/youtube] And yet they’re all such lovely
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