Music to put you in the mood

[SamMarlowPI]

I sing constantly. It is a family thing.
Best vintage song to skate to in the world is Sugar, Ah Honey Honey. You are my candy girl! lol

"Sugar, Sugar" The Archies love that song

 

[SamMarlowPI]

Billie, Ella, Glenn, Ray, "Yardbird", Basie, Duke, Sarah, Dinah, Artie, Mingus, Monk, Coltrane, Davis, Benny, Dizzy, Dorsey, Lionel, Nat, The Temptations, The Supremes, Marvin...all these folks get me in the mood and i just can't help but to do "The Cosby" all over the place...such great music you can't get anymore...to me that is...

 

[imoldfashioned]

I've been listening to old CDs of mine lately and here's another song I love. The video isn't great but it's the only one I could find. Ivor Novello had quite a range--And Her Mother Came Too is very funny and this one will break your heart with it's sweetness. Jeremy Northam has a very nice voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TAEzFuPXYo

I can give you the starlight
Love unchanging and true
I can give you the ocean
Deep and tender devotion
I can give you the mountains
Pools of shimmering blue
Call and I can be
All you ask of me
Music in spring
Flowers for a king
All these I bring to you

 

[JitterBugJenny]

Some tunes I just can't live without:

Let's fall in love - Any version/Cole Porter
Moonglow
Let's misbehave - another Cole Porter
Fever - Peggy Lee version
Alexanders Ragtime Band - Al Jolson
Que Sera Sara - Doris day and Frank
Sway - Dino
You made me love you - Al Jolson ( I do my hair to this one!)

and so many more I cant even think of right now! lol

 

[SamMarlowPI]

Some tunes I just can't live without:

Let's fall in love - Any version/Cole Porter

I think it's called "Let's Do It" and/or "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)" either way its a greeeat song...i love the Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald version

and my favorite Billie song is a tie between "Until The Real Thing Comes Along" and "The Very Thought Of You" but any song of hers will do....she even puts me to sleep when i can't :eusa_doh: lol

 

[shebagrl]

A while back, I was visiting a friend in Michigan who owns a 1941 Cadillac Convertible Sedan. We took the car out for a ride and he was careful to tune the radio to CKLW-AM which, at that time, was broadcasting only big band music.

So there we were, cruising up I-75 at 80 mph, top down, with Glenn Miller blaring from the radio! Possibly the closest thing to a time machine I've ever experienced!

OT, but I had to say something...CKLW! Oh Flivver, I know the station so well and was thrilled to see it mentioned! I grew up on Lake Erie and lived with my grandparents for a number of years and this was ALWAYS on the radio in the car. There's a special place in my heart for that radio station What I wouldn't do to have a moment like that, you lucky duck!

 

[Dominic]

Sway by Dean Martin. And surprisingly, the version made by the Pussycat Dolls ain't that bad either albeit a bit more rythmy.

 

[SamMarlowPI]

look out dominic, there's something on your head

 

[Bebop]

As I look out my window, just past my computer, I can't help but think that "Autumn Leaves" would be the appropriate "mood" song at this moment.

 

[SamMarlowPI]

Good ol' King Cole and "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" ooooh boy, now thats a song, jack!

 

[imoldfashioned]

Good ol' King Cole and "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" ooooh boy, now thats a song, jack!

Good call! I love that song, and it's so vintage too with the verses about vests and powder and combs. (sigh).

 

[SamMarlowPI]

Good call! I love that song, and it's so vintage too with the verses about vests and powder and combs. (sigh).

you bet...

 

[Miss Brill]

I don't like old music, except for christmas songs, and hymns. AC/DC is about as early as I get.

 

[RitaHayworth]

Not a huge fan of Jazz, Swing, Big Band etc, but something about "Sing Sing Sing" by Benny Goodman makes me just want to get up and dance!

 

[onlyoneintown]

Not a huge fan of Jazz, Swing, Big Band etc, but something about "Sing Sing Sing" by Benny Goodman makes me just want to get up and dance!

What are you a fan of if you don't mind me asking?

 

[carter]

I've been listening to old CDs of mine lately and here's another song I love....Ivor Novello had quite a range...this one will break your heart with it's sweetness. Jeremy Northam has a very nice voice.

I can give you the starlight
Love unchanging and true
I can give you the ocean
Deep and tender devotion
I can give you the mountains
Pools of shimmering blue
Call and I can be
All you ask of me
Music in spring
Flowers for a king
All these I bring to you

I love this song and this film! What is the name of the song and the decade?

Jeremy Northam is an actor we don't see nearly enough of. I thought he'd be excellent as James Bond in the classic Ian Fleming style.

 

[imoldfashioned]

I love this song and this film! What is the name of the song and the decade?

Jeremy Northam is an actor we don't see nearly enough of. I thought he'd be excellent as James Bond in the classic Ian Fleming style.

It's Ivor Novello's "I Can Give you the Starlight". As far as I can tell, it was written for the show The Dancing Years in 1939 which surprised me--I'd have sworn it was from the 1920's, it just has that sound. I wish I could find a complete version of Northam singing it online but I've been unable to do so. Northam's version can be found on the Gosford Park soundtrack.

I agree with you about Northam--he saved Emma for me. Wish we'd see more of him on screen.

 

[SamMarlowPI]

Straighten Up And Fly Right

 

[Dominic]

look out dominic, there's something on your head

Yup, that's Phil, aka the-instant-hat-ornament-as-soon-as-I-sit-under-the-tree.

 

[CharlieH.]

I usually listen a few uptempo numbers at the start of the day, particularly from Benny Carter, Count Basie, the Merry Macs (I love those guys) and Benny Goodman.