Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[b4matt]

Happy Christmas xx

Happy Christmas Matt.

Oh look, they're playing our tune...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGRdCHZlCXI

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Black male singer from back in the day.

Not Louis Armstrong, the other one....

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Tall, slim, ploughed field hairstyle...

[AndrewT]

[Geo the Sarge]

Damn Andrew

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Yes YES! That's him. God bless you.

What's his name?

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NAT KING COLE!!!!!

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Phew!

TY Guys.

[Geo the Sarge]

Tonight I have been mostly listening to modern singers singing cover versions of some of George Gershwins classics, that guy could write a song




Edit: His brother wsn't bad either

Geo

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Tonight I have been mostly listening to modern singers singing cover versions of some of George Gershwins classics, that guy could write a song

Geo

For some reason, I have a Gershwin shaped hole in my musical knowledge Geo. What did he write that I might be familiar with?

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NAT KING COLE!!!!!

Unforgetable

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NAT KING COLE!!!!!

Unforgetable

 

[Geo the Sarge]

Tonight I have been mostly listening to modern singers singing cover versions of some of George Gershwins classics, that guy could write a song

Geo

For some reason, I have a Gershwin shaped hole in my musical knowledge Geo. What did he write that I might be familiar with?

Orchestral

    Rhapsody in Blue (for piano and orchestra, 1924)
    Piano Concerto in F (1925)
    An American in Paris (for orchestra, 1928)
    Dream Sequence (for orchestra, 1929)
    Second Rhapsody, originally titled Rhapsody in Rivets (for piano and orchestra, 1931)
    Cuban Overture (for orchestra, 1932), originally entitled Rumba
    March from Strike Up the Band (for orchestra, 1934)
    Variations on "I Got Rhythm" (for piano and orchestra) (1934)
    Catfish Row (for orchestra, 1936) a suite based on music from Porgy and Bess
    Shall We Dance (1937 film) a movie score feature-length ballet

Solo Piano

    Preludes For Piano (1926)
    George Gershwin's Songbook (1932) (piano arrangements of eighteen songs)

Operas

    Blue Monday, (1922) one-act opera
    Porgy and Bess (1935) at the Colonial Theatre in Boston[55]

London Musicals

    Primrose (1924)

Broadway Musicals

    George White's Scandals (1920–1924) (featuring, at one point, the 1922 one-act opera Blue Monday)
    Lady, Be Good (1924)
    Tip-Toes (1925)
    Tell Me More! (1925)
    Oh, Kay! (1926)
    Strike Up the Band (1927)
    Funny Face (1927)
    Rosalie (1928)
    Show Girl (1929)
    Girl Crazy (1930)
    Of Thee I Sing (1931)
    Pardon My English (1933)
    Let 'Em Eat Cake (1933)
    My One and Only (1983) (an original 1983 musical using previously written Gershwin songs)
    Crazy for You (1992), a revised version of Girl Crazy, written and compiled without the participation of either George or Ira Gershwin.

Films for which Gershwin wrote original scores

    Delicious (1931) (an early version of the Second Rhapsody and one other musical sequence was used in this film, the rest were rejected by the studio)
    Shall We Dance (1937) (original orchestral score by Gershwin, no recordings available in modern stereo, some sections have never been recorded)
    A Damsel in Distress (1937)
    The Goldwyn Follies (1938) (posthumously released)
    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) (uses songs previously unpublished)




Geo

[Geo the Sarge]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_George_Gershwin

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Tonight I have been mostly listening to modern singers singing cover versions of some of George Gershwins classics, that guy could write a song

Geo

For some reason, I have a Gershwin shaped hole in my musical knowledge Geo. What did he write that I might be familiar with?

Orchestral

    Rhapsody in Blue (for piano and orchestra, 1924)
    Piano Concerto in F (1925)
    An American in Paris (for orchestra, 1928)
    Dream Sequence (for orchestra, 1929)
    Second Rhapsody, originally titled Rhapsody in Rivets (for piano and orchestra, 1931)
    Cuban Overture (for orchestra, 1932), originally entitled Rumba
    March from Strike Up the Band (for orchestra, 1934)
    Variations on "I Got Rhythm" (for piano and orchestra) (1934)
    Catfish Row (for orchestra, 1936) a suite based on music from Porgy and Bess
    Shall We Dance (1937 film) a movie score feature-length ballet

Solo Piano

    Preludes For Piano (1926)
    George Gershwin's Songbook (1932) (piano arrangements of eighteen songs)

Operas

    Blue Monday, (1922) one-act opera
    Porgy and Bess (1935) at the Colonial Theatre in Boston[55]

London Musicals

    Primrose (1924)

Broadway Musicals

    George White's Scandals (1920–1924) (featuring, at one point, the 1922 one-act opera Blue Monday)
    Lady, Be Good (1924)
    Tip-Toes (1925)
    Tell Me More! (1925)
    Oh, Kay! (1926)
    Strike Up the Band (1927)
    Funny Face (1927)
    Rosalie (1928)
    Show Girl (1929)
    Girl Crazy (1930)
    Of Thee I Sing (1931)
    Pardon My English (1933)
    Let 'Em Eat Cake (1933)
    My One and Only (1983) (an original 1983 musical using previously written Gershwin songs)
    Crazy for You (1992), a revised version of Girl Crazy, written and compiled without the participation of either George or Ira Gershwin.

Films for which Gershwin wrote original scores

    Delicious (1931) (an early version of the Second Rhapsody and one other musical sequence was used in this film, the rest were rejected by the studio)
    Shall We Dance (1937) (original orchestral score by Gershwin, no recordings available in modern stereo, some sections have never been recorded)
    A Damsel in Distress (1937)
    The Goldwyn Follies (1938) (posthumously released)
    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) (uses songs previously unpublished)




Geo

My Goodness Geo, are they all his?

This is one of my faves. My dad used to sing it.