PG will end this late day of blogging with a handful of additional classic Noel Coward songs.
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PG will end this late day of blogging with a handful of additional classic Noel Coward songs.
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Thanks for this PG, a nice variation from the music I’ve been listening to of late.
I’d not heard the Carmen McRae version of Mad About the Boy before and it was rather good: of course she only sang about 20% of the lyrics – but this is par for the course for this song – and she did pick the best two of the four refrains, though it’s a pity she did not do the first verse. (A Room With a View was also missing its verse but in this case this is no real loss.)
You’re welcome, Mike.
Carmen McRae was fabulous, but you really must hear Cleo Laine’s tour de force of the song, impersonating a schoolgirl, cockney char lady and woman of the world (doesn’t include all the verses, given the various personas):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABrsihnhFZQ
I checked the video out, Judith, and can understand why Cleo is your favorite.
Thanks for the link Judith. I think “tour de force” is right, though it also helps explain why we normally get truncated versions of the song (or maybe I should say “the four songs”?) As one of the comments said (paraphrasing): it’s a pity she didn’t do the prostitute as well.