[78-L] Obama quotes Dorothy Fields (not OT, the song was on 78)

[David Sanderson]

Bud Black wrote:
> Wouldn't it have been special if that poet (whoever she is) had
> walked up to the microphone, smiled sweetly, closed her eyes and
> intoned....."There once was a man from Nantucket..."
> 
> Bud
> 
> -------Original Message-------
> 
> From: David Lennick Date: 01/20/09 13:19:31 To: 78L Subject: [78-L]
> Obama quotes Dorothy Fields (not OT, the song was on 78)
> 
> "Starting Today, We Must Pick Ourselves Up, Dust Ourselves Off, and
> Begin Again the Work of Remaking America"
> 
> I mentioned to a theatre friend that a Dorothy Fields lyric had been 
> paraphrased and he asked which one. When I told him, he replied that
> he'd expected "Hey, Big Spender" or "There's Gotta Be Something
> Better than This"
> 
> Both good choices.
> 
> (No idea who that poet Elizabeth Whatsername is, but Robert Frost she
> ain't )
> 
> dl

It would have been more special if they'd found someone who can actually
read a poem - most poets can't read even their own work effectively.
Her one-word-at-a-time delivery was just excruciating, and succeeded in
turning whatever the poem was into prose.  Just awful - you have to hope
that she doesn't realize how embarassing it was.

On the other hand, the Perlman/Ma "Simple Gifts" was pleasant, though I 
don't generally trust John Williams.  I do wish that someone would 
actually read the lyrics and pay attention to what the song is about, 
which is simplicity, not elaboration.  Oh, well.

-- 




      David Sanderson
      East Waterford, Maine

      dwsanderson685 at roadrunner.com
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