|
Up to the minute notes on the current state of free thinking and free living: Kentucky moonshine - original analysis and reporting from MoreThings, and all round pop culture museum of sight and sound - photo galleries, mp3 and video downloads.
Al Barger and MoreThings - getting people's goats since 1998.
Live free or die!
----
|
June 09, 2003
Cole Porter's birthday
Born this day in history, June 9, 1891, today would be Cole Porter's 112th birthday.
I'm proud to claim Porter for Indiana. He's our top Hoosier hero in the Broadway era.
Funny thing with Porter: From Rimler's classic Not Fade Away analysis, ole king Cole was the main one guy amongst the top Broadway composers who was not actually Jewish. Yet he apparently sought out specifically to sound Jewish, to master and incorporate old Jewish musical styles.
Whatever music tradition you want to credit, he wrote Kiss Me Kate, and many of the top classic songs of the era, including:
Anything Goes
Under My Skin
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
I Get a Kick Out of You
Begin the Beguine
Night and Day
Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Always True to You in My Fashion
Let's Misbehave
Love for Sale
It's De-Lovely
Miss Otis Regrets
Don't Fence Me In
Among scads of recordings, Porter was the subject of a collection of rock era singers covering his songs in the hit 1990 Red, Hot and Blue AIDS benefit album. It's cool that people were taking an interest, but I never dug it. Even with two contributions by my beloved Sinead O'Connor, this wasn't cutting it.
Better to stick with more classic style recordings. Perhaps the Ella Fitzgerald album, for one. Also, a couple of Porter songs were at the heart of Sinatra's classic Songs for Swingin' Lovers. If you don't own that album you should. It also makes a perfect wedding gift. Pretty much every interpretation on the album could be considered the definitive one for the song, definitely including particularly his take on "Anything Goes".
posted by Al at 6/09/2003 04:36:00 AM
Link Soup
morethings master
photo gallery index
MP3
new album
releases
lyrics
sammy davis
little richard photos
buddy holly pictures
fats domino images
chuck berry pictures 01/
02/
03/
04/
05/
06/
07/
08/
09/
10/
11/
12/
01/
02/
03/
04/
05/
06/
07/
08/
09/
10/
11/
12/
01/
02/
03/
04/
05/
06/
07/
08/
09/
10/
11/
12/
01/02/
03/
04/
05/
06/
07/
08/
09/
10/
11/
12
01/
02/
03/
04/
05/
06/
07/
08/
09/
10/
11/
12/01/
02/
03/
04/
05/
06/
07/
08/
09/
10/
11/
12/08/
09/
10/
11/
12/
la
24
lucille ball images james
blunt photos
clint eastwood pictures lena
horne images team
america pictures
robert mitchum photos
bruce springsteen pictures
mariah carey pictures
ann coulter photos
george clooney images
loretta lynn pictures
beatles pictures
white stripes pictures
andy griffith pictures
kill bill pictures
beverly hillbillies pictures
robin williams
frank zappa pictures
jerry lee lewis pictures
richard pryor photos
june carter johnny cash pictures
vic mackey shield pictures u2 photos
four seasons images
james cagney images
elvis presley pictures
country music
blog
dolly parton pictures
olsen twins photos
tom petty photos
tori amos pictures
joaquin phoenix images David
Bowie photos
Quills movie images
reese witherspoon pictures rolling
stones photos
fiona apple images kim
novak images ray charles photos marx
brothers pictures
prince rogers nelson pictures blazing
saddles images
sinead o'connor images
eddie murphy photos aretha
franklin photos
south park pictures homer
simpson images
bob dylan pictures elizabeth
taylor photos madonna
images
saturday night live pictures willie
nelson images hee
haw pictures james
brown images pete
townshend photos
tina turner pictures
dixie chicks photos
margaret thatcher photos
guns
n roses pictures
paula abdul pictures
jodie foster photos
amy winehouse
eminem
frank sinatra photos
van
halen images
satan
blondie photos
joni
mitchell pictures
merle haggard
images
rocky horror pictures
monty
python
|
|
