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Song
of the Day: Lover
Come Back to Me features the music of Sigmund
Romberg and the lyrics of birthday boy Oscar
Hammerstein II. Originally from the 1928 Broadway musical, "The
New Moon," the song has been recorded by many artists. Listen to
audio clips from renditions by a young Barbra
Streisand, Billie
Holiday (here too),
a swingin' Bobby
Darin, and a blazin' Dinah
Washington. Speaking of "coming back," I'll "come back" to you when
Notablog returns from summer hiatus. No new entries or new comments will be
posted till then. So ... keep
the music playing ...
Song
of the Day: Be
Without You features the words and music of Johnta
Austin, Brian Michael Cox, Jason Perry, and its singer: Mary
J. Blige. While the original
mix is classic Blige, nothing compares to the scalding Moto
Blanco dance remix (audio clips at those links). "Put Your Hands Up!"
Song
of the Day: SOS
(Rescue Me) features the words and music of Jonathan
Rotem, E.
Kidd Bogart, and Ed
Cobb, whose "Tainted
Love" is generously sampled. Listen to an audio clip of this huge
dance-pop hit for Rihanna.
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I
am by no means a kanye devotee. But this video appears to me the most sure and
best developed video of the 2000�s. The sequence 'tween 1:27-1:41 in specific -
the coordination between the picture and the music is virtually the hottest
thing I experienced in videos the total past decade. And the great sorrowfulness
of that sequence (which ends with the lyric, �what do i know?�) exactly appears
to me to total up the whole unhappiness and disarray of the last decade so
succinctly, so judiciously, so definitively.
Posted by: Lise
Golish | March
3, 2010 05:43 PM
Cheers for writing this! I am a very big Rihanna fan so I enjoy to talk more
about her on a regular basis.
Posted by: Garfield
Guglielmina | May
26, 2010 03:01 PM
Song
of the Day: Tainted
Love (full-length Soft
Cell audio clip at that link), words and music by Ed
Cobb, has been recorded by many
artists. Gloria
Jones first recorded it in the 1960s, and even Marilyn
Manson recorded it (audio clip at that link), but no version was a
bigger hit than the one by Soft
Cell (which paired the song with The
Supremes' "Where
Did Our Love Go?").
Tainted Love is fantastic and so are The Supremes. Your fine musical tastes keep
on impressing.
Posted by: Nick
Manley | July
9, 2006 10:50 AM
This song reminds me of the worst sunburn I ever had. That song was popular in
the spring of my freshman year at college. A friend and I had just finished our
last final in the morning and headed to the beach to relax and celebrate. The
day was overcast with the marine layer that is typical in San Diego during May
and June. I slathered myself up with Hawaiian Tropic oil and just laid in the
sun for hours. The sun was hidden behind the marine layer for much of the day
and I never felt warm.
Bad idea. After I got home the sunburn showed itself and it was BAD--so bad I
took to my bed, shivering and nauseated. I felt ill for two days afterwards and
the worst blisters I have ever had formed all over my body, including the backs
of my knees.
Two days later, I felt well enough to venture out, in considerable pain, with my
friend and her then-boyfriend to see a movie. Both my friend and her boyfriend
were shocked at how badly I was sunburned. As we drove home from the movie,
"Tainted Love" came on the radio and my friend's boyfriend sang along with
improvised parody lyrics about my sunburn. I don't remember all of his marvelous
improvisation, except for one line: "Don't touch me, please/I've got sunburned
knees..." and I was able to laugh and wince at the same time.
I
haven't been able to listen to that song since without remembering that sunburn,
and my friend's kind and funny ex-boyfriend.
Posted by: Peri Sword | July
10, 2006 10:27 AM
That was hilarious, Peri... but I was wincing thinking of your sunburn. :)
Posted by: Chris
Matthew Sciabarra | August
13, 2006 09:22 AM
Song
of the Day: Thou
Swell, lyrics by Lorenz
Hart, music by Richard
Rodgers, is a classic song, first heard in the 1927 Broadway musical,
"A
Connecticut Yankee." It was also heard in the 1943
revival (audio clip from that production here).
The song has been recorded by many musicians and singers through the years,
including Fats
Waller, an
early Bill Evans with Don Elliott, Joe
Williams, Sarah
Vaughan, Betty
Carter and Ray Bryant, Tony
Bennett, The
Supremes, and Nat
King Cole and Natalie
Cole, each with a swingin' big band.
Song
of the Day: Laia
LaDaia (Reza), words and music by Norman
Gimbel, Edu
Lobo, and Ruy
Guerra, is a Brazilian sparkler, which has been recorded by several
artists, including Marvin
Gaye in a live rendition at the Copa. Listen to audio clips of
renditions by Vikki
Carr, Brasil
66, and Nancy
Ames.
Song
of the Day: Polovetsian
Dance No. 2, composed by Alexander
Borodin, is a selection from the opera "Prince
Igor." It is perhaps best known in popular circles as the theme of "Stranger
in Paradise," with words and
music by Robert
Wright and George
Forrest (adapted for the Broadway musical, "Kismet").
Listen to the original composition performed by the Philadelphia
Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy conducting, and to the popular vocal
renditions by Tony
Bennett, the
Four Aces, and Tony
Martin.
ROFLMAO. Chris, since we've already ascertained that you and I had nearly
identical TV viewing habits in our youth, surely you remember the TV commercial
in which "The Polovetsian Dance #2 by Borodin" played such a key role? I can
visualize that guy like it was yesterday.
Posted by: Aeon J. Skoble | July
7, 2006 02:16 PM
LOL ... Aeon... I just KNEW you were going to recollect this... OF COURSE I
remember this commercial ... it was, after all, the first time I was exposed to
"The Polovetsian Dance #2 by Borodin." LOL What was that guy's name who did
that? He had that British accent... darn... senility is setting in.
Posted by: Chris
Matthew Sciabarra | July
7, 2006 10:55 PM
Although I can clearly see his face and hear his voice in my mind, I cannot
remember his name. I'll ask around.
Posted by: Aeon J. Skoble | July
8, 2006 02:33 PM
Since the last comment in this thread was made on July 8th, right before
Notablog went on a summer hiatus, I just wanted to take the liberty of posting
information that Aeon sent me, with regard to the mystery man in the classical
music commercial.
This comes via one of Aeon's friends: The actor's name is John Williams (the
actor, not the composer), who was also in such films as "Dial
M for Murder" and "To
Catch a Thief" (two wonderful Hitchcock films... and today being
August 13th is Hitchock's
birthday!).
John Williams, btw, also played the character "Mr. French" for one season on the
show "Family Affair."
Check out more information on Williams here and here.
And thanks again, Aeon and Aeon's friend!
Posted by: Chris
Matthew Sciabarra | August
13, 2006 09:20 AM
Song
of the Day: Subway features
the music
and lyrics (with a bow to Petula
Clark) of Paul
Statham and Peter
Murphy, who greatly influenced so-called "Goth
Rock." Murphy moved
from Bauhaus to
a complex
solo career; he has recorded this
song several times.
My favorite version is a live rendition, captured on the album "Alive
Just for Love" (audio clip at that link), which includes a soaring
electric violin solo by Hugh
Marsh. Happy
Anniversary, Sweetie.
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This is a great Blog!
Posted by: AutoBlog | December
28, 2006 10:23 PM
Thanks!
Posted by: Chris
Matthew Sciabarra | January
11, 2007 11:33 AM
Song
of the Day: Stars
and Stripes Forever (audio clips at that link), composed by the "March
King," John
Philip Sousa, is one of those rousing compositions that one hears on Independence
Day. I can't think of this day without fireworks and
this American staple. Have a safe and happy
holiday!
Song
of the Day: Tristeza
(Goodbye Sadness) features the words and music of Haroldo
Lobo and Niltinho,
with English lyrics by Norman
Gimbel. I love a version by Brasil
66 (who else?), from their album "Look
Around" (audio clip at that link).
Song
of the Day: Hooked
on You, words and music by Joseph
Malloy and David
Sanchez, was recorded by Sweet
Sensation. Back in 1986, I packed the dance floors with a custom
remix that I did of this song, using its "Diamond Dub" version. Listen to an
audio clip of the original mix here.
Song
of the Day: Let's
Face the Music and Dance is a classic Irving
Berlin song that has been recorded by many artists. Listen to
audio clips of a finger-poppin' version by Tony
Bennett and a Brazilian-influenced take by Diana
Krall.
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