Anita O’Day, Ballad of the Sad Young Men (1961)
Posted by Chicago Boyz Archive on November 25th, 2011 (All posts by Chicago Boyz Archive)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPsatt-mzBU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
“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.