On the subject of piano bars: I just re-watched the film "The Fabulous Baker Boys" starring Beau and Jeff Bridges as aging piano wonders and Michelle Pfeiffer as the young talent they hire to shore up their sagging appeal. For sure, they make her sing "Feelings"! (yecch)

The audiences in these bars (at least in the film) were geriatric, to be polite, and obviously more thrilled by the slinky young thing than by the 88-key prowess of the musicians. I'm sure this was a realistic portrayal of the times (80s) but I wonder (because those audients surely must be dead by now)(and if these piano bars still exist) what sort of repertoire has replaced the "standards" you speak of, Rick. It's hard to imagine a slew of Tori Amos wannabes playing their original songs in lounges to septuagenarians.

Cheers,
Michael