JSngry Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 it was from a movie. I thought it just showed up one day on the doorstep of MOR radio and that they took it in and fed it until it became the outsized healthy baby that we all know and love today.) Every day we learn something new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 You hear a song like that and you just know it’s Neal Hefti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 I've loved this song ever since I heard it for the first time, on a Ray Bryant LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Brad said: You hear a song like that and you just know it’s Neal Hefti. You're right on target there. A whole lot of women don't like that song's lyrics, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 1 hour ago, mikeweil said: I've loved this song ever since I heard it for the first time, on a Ray Bryant LP. LOVE that version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Larry Kart said: A whole lot of women don't like that song's lyrics, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 26 minutes ago, JSngry said: Nice band, nice chart, and I think I might take the singer home with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Larry Kart said: You're right on target there. A whole lot of women don't like that song's lyrics, though. They’re not great and although I never saw the movie, Baker wasn’t a great actress. 13 minutes ago, Larry Kart said: Nice band, nice chart, and I think I might take the singer home with me. I thought her version was a little better than Julie London’s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 13 minutes ago, Larry Kart said: Nice band, nice chart, and I think I might take the singer home with me. Agreed. I'd never heard of Devyn Rush, but apparently she became well-known via American Idol (!? - I haven't watched TV for years.) Deservedly so IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nelson Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 I thought it was comedienne Sarah Silverman playing it straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 For years I thought it was a Bobby Troup song. Now I learn it's from a movie I've never seen. When do the surprises end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Ah, ok, those are Bobby Troup's lyrics. Now I get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 14 minutes ago, JSngry said: Ah, ok, those are Bobby Troup's lyrics. Now I get it. They are clever, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 So, how's the movie, Harlow? I seem to recall childhood memories of it being "controversial" or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 The reviews were not kind. Carroll Baker was not a good actress. Interestingly, there was another Harlow movie issued in the same year (1965) starting Carol Lynley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 I really like the under-recognized Joanie Sommers' singing. She was quite the thing in the 1960s -- a pop-jazz vocalist who always worked with fine jazz players. Her version of Girl Talk was a good one. I wonder who did the arrangements? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddlemay Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 If you'll forgive the tangent...Hefti wrote another tune for Harlow that is just as marvelous as Girl Talk, and sounds just as much like it could be a song (it's clearly structured as one), but which has never had a lyric. It's a shame that Mercer or someone like him never got to it. (For some reason I hear Mercer more than Troup here.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 3 hours ago, JSngry said: For years I thought it was a Bobby Troup song. Now I learn it's from a movie I've never seen. When do the surprises end? With death. It's also the last surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 yeah, but you won't be around to enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 My favorite version of the tune is by Stan Kenton. Seriously. It's like a deep sea version of Ahmad Jamal as an obsessively precise Swiss watchmaker. And not just anybody could make that work, right? And also as well, ask yourself how many times and in how many ways your life has been bettered by reverb. More than you know, I'll bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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