Anita O’Day, Ballad of the Sad Young Men (1961)
Posted by Lexington Green on November 25th, 2011 (All posts by Lexington Green)
“All the news is bad again, kiss your dreams goodbye.”
(Is the impending Eurogeddon the Credit-Anstalt crash of this century? Will thing get so bad we won’t even be able to keep our “glasses full of rye”? Will a “grimy moon” shine down on an icy Kondratieff Winter? I sure hope not.)
November 25th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
I like it a lot (while stirring my late night Sapphire gin gibson). Thanks.
November 25th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
Gerry: Anita was a martini drinker, so an appropriate choice.
November 26th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Very much underrated. One of the best female singers of all time. Her rendition of “Sweet Georgia Brown” is a masterpiece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuzWegDm2HY
November 27th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Pengun, agreed. She is underrated, for reasons that provide interesting fodder for speculation.
This version of Stella by Starlight is my current favorite.
I previously posted this version, and the pair make an interesting contrast.