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08 Feb 00 - 04:36 PM (#175174) Subject: Burning Issue From: TerriM This is paraphrased from the Sunday Telegraph but it made me howl! Dazed by love, Britain's grip on the simplest of meteorological facts-and indeed on a whole roster of other basic physical contingies-is terrifyingly uncertain, according to our latest research.Of the members of a polled group who asked themselves" Are the stars out tonight?" a full 100% admitted they hadn't a clue, furthermore this same group could not ascertain whether it was cloudy or bright. Of more concern, they declared themselves unable to state their own whereabouts and maintained they did not know if they were in a garden or on some crowded avenue ( they were, in fact, neither but the researcher chose not to point this out).Later members of the group were heard to say that " maybe millions of people" were in the vicinity for all the difference it made to the members, for whom any such people dissapeared from view. The researcher was obliged to conclude that the group only had eyes for him. Isn't it priceless? Who wrote the original BTW? Terri |
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08 Feb 00 - 04:38 PM (#175176) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: Amos I dunno who wrote it, but Al Jolsen made it famous (IMHO). A |
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08 Feb 00 - 04:44 PM (#175182) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: Allan C. And Paul Simon did about the best on it I have ever heard. But, then, I never heard Jo Stafford do it. |
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08 Feb 00 - 07:15 PM (#175261) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: Lady McMoo Excellent! Do you have the chords for it? All the best mcmoo |
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09 Feb 00 - 03:50 AM (#175421) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler In the same vein: did you hear about the man whose wife called him Nightingale. When asked why she said:"He may be right, he may be wrong, but he's perfectly willing to swear." WEll, it is nearly Valentine's Day! RtS |
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09 Feb 00 - 09:47 AM (#175501) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: GUEST It was the Flamingos. Check out the version from the Flamingos. Chet |
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09 Feb 00 - 09:47 AM (#175502) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: GUEST It was the Flamingos. Check out the version from the Flamingos. Chet |
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09 Feb 00 - 09:48 AM (#175503) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: GUEST It was the Flamingos. Check out the version from the Flamingos. Chet |
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09 Feb 00 - 10:02 AM (#175508) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: Amos Chet, Chet, Chet: You only hit that submit button one time! You only hit that submit button one time! You only hit that submit button one time! AAA |
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09 Feb 00 - 10:49 AM (#175542) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: catspaw49 From the thread title, I thought somebody had the clap. Spaw |
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09 Feb 00 - 11:00 AM (#175560) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Spaw, now you're back to the Summer of Love thread again! RtS |
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09 Feb 00 - 03:46 PM (#175725) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: Chet W. Sorry, I was on my computer at school (real good quality setup) and I thought it wasn't submitting at all. I just pulled out my Flamingos album and listened to the song, and I just had to clap. Chet |
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09 Feb 00 - 04:10 PM (#175738) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: GUEST,Frank Hamilton This song has been recorded by many people, many times. It was written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren and published in 1934. It's probably a movie song because it was published by Warner Brothers. It's interesting because since it was in the standard jazz repitiore of the 40's and 50's, it is the basis for a peculiar early be-bop jazz expression. To covet something is to "have eyes" for it as in: Man, I really have eyes for that short and dig those threads too. Short=car, Threads=clothes "Have Eyes I got eyes for this thread (which doesn't include clothes) Frank |
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09 Feb 00 - 05:11 PM (#175774) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: Chet W. I remember seeing somewhere that Cab Calloway put out a souvenir-type dictionary of hipster jive, don't remember the exact title. Anybody know where that might be got or at least seen? Chet |
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09 Feb 00 - 05:20 PM (#175779) Subject: RE: BS: Burning Issue From: Allan C. Spaw, you never disappoint me. |