[78-L] Obama quotes Dorothy Fields.... [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

AND, with respect to Aretha Franklin, I don't think "My C(o)unt -Tree t'is of thee" is really served by her style of delivery.  Came out sounding very
definitely NOT NICE!

Between them, the Inauguree and the Chief Justice made a complete dog's dinner of the oath; let's hope it's not a harbinger of things to come! 

Mike in Plovdiv


--- On Tue, 1/20/09, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Obama quotes Dorothy Fields (not OT, the song was on 78)
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 1:09 PM
> David Lennick wrote:
> > Dnjchi at aol.com wrote:
> >>  
> >> In a message dated 1/20/2009 3:38:54 P.M. Eastern
> Standard Time,  
> >> dwsanderson685 at roadrunner.com writes:
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Having had to address large crowds (not THAT
> large!) on a PA system, I know  
> >> that one must enunciate and not speak too rapidly.
>  Although she sounded  
> >> tedious, she might have been following
> instructions. I prefer to give her the  
> >> benefit of the doubt.
> >>  
> >> Don Chichester
> > 
> > I gave her one minute..delivery aside, that
> weren't no pome.
> > 
> > dl
> > _______________________________________________
> I thought the rendition of "Hail to the Chief"
> was pretty lumpy. The 
> Eastman Wind Ensemble would've done a better job!
> 
>       Julian Vein
> 
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