tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post8219191443849357549..comments2023-06-01T04:51:52.926-04:00Comments on ROSE C'EST LA VIE: In Berkeley Square...Rose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-85649960586137439542010-06-27T13:02:24.921-04:002010-06-27T13:02:24.921-04:00rurritable, you're right. I could only just b...rurritable, you're right. I could only just bring myself to put up that you tube clip but forgot to tell people to wear a blindfold. And thank you for the compliment.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-41035693185830946362010-06-27T11:53:49.234-04:002010-06-27T11:53:49.234-04:00I was going to send you a link to a performance of...I was going to send you a link to a performance of Le Rossignol, but the "ghastly visual aids" were overwhelming. It requires some serious effort to ruin the effect of a nice Stravinsky piece, but damn if they didn't succeed.<br /><br />You get a sense of that bird's pleasure in it's life. That's good draughtsmanship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-41910035124869922122010-06-26T22:29:31.811-04:002010-06-26T22:29:31.811-04:00Since you've asked, I'd say that the defi...Since you've asked, I'd say that the definitive version of that song<br />was done by Leslie A Hutchinson, aka "Hutch". Which is to say, <br />it's easy to imagine the atmosphere of a smart London nightclub<br />with Hutch at the piano, a stone's through from where those nightingales<br />allegedly sang. Rosemary Clooney did a fine rendition as well.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-42689432719021856222010-06-26T12:50:20.972-04:002010-06-26T12:50:20.972-04:00Mr. Worthington, why wouldn't I think of you w...Mr. Worthington, why wouldn't I think of you when I played that tune? I hope you approved of the Nat King Cole cover ( despite the ghastly visual aids) or is there a more definitive version? I could have chosen Vera Lynn but somehow I didn't...Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-15841005978070140482010-06-26T11:55:45.389-04:002010-06-26T11:55:45.389-04:00Mad about that tune.
"When two lovers meet in...Mad about that tune.<br />"When two lovers meet in Mayfair, so the legend tells..."<br />Do those nightingales still sing in Berkeley Square, I wonder,<br />and can they be heard above the ceaseless roar of traffic?<br />Not that it really matters, when that song inspires a pretty<br />watercolour by RW.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.com