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After a fascinating conversation with #StephenColbert about the meaning of music, legendary cellist #Yo-YoMa takes the stage for a gorgeous performance that begins with Bach and blends into #HaroldArlen and #YipHarburg 's classic, #OverTheRainbow. youtu.be/BJVC4WGYcZ8?...
Bach Prelude from the 1st Cell... -
After a fascinating conversation with #StephenColbert about the meaning of music, legendary cellist #Yo-YoMa takes the stage for a gorgeous performance that begins with Bach and blends into #HaroldArlen and #YipHarburg 's classic, #OverTheRainbow. youtu.be/BJVC4WGYcZ8?...
Bach Prelude from the 1st Cell... -
After a fascinating conversation with #StephenColbert about the meaning of music, legendary cellist #Yo-YoMa takes the stage for a gorgeous performance that begins with Bach and blends into #HaroldArlen and #YipHarburg 's classic, #OverTheRainbow. youtu.be/BJVC4WGYcZ8?...
Bach Prelude from the 1st Cell... -
"It's Only a Paper Moon" is a #popularSong published in 1933 with music by #HaroldArlen and lyrics by #YipHarburg and #BillyRose.
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Once in khaki suits
Ah gee we looked swell
Full of that Yankee-Doodly-dum
Half a million boots
went slogging through Hell
& I was the kid with the π₯
Oh say don't you remember?
They called me AL
It was AL all the time
Say don't you remember?
I'm your pal!
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
#YipHarburgπ₯³βπ»
(Gorney sampled melody from a Yiddish lullaby)Recognize anyone? (At least 4?)
#popmusic #1930s #progressive #transgressive -
#EarwormOfTheDay #YipHarburg sends up America's #ClassWar c. 1947 in 'When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich,' including some slightly naughty wordplay. It's like "O noes #socialism! jk"
I was listening to this original #Broadway cast album in the last couple of weeks - very much a capsule of its time, natch; also charming and so tuneful -