smoothlandings
| | Posted: Oct 29, 2006 - 16:49 | |
vinomori wrote:Nobody here is old enough to get that this is an EXACT cover of Elvis' version of this song. Down to matching E's falsetto "ad lib" to the note. From Elvis' very first album ELVIS PRESLEY.
Wow, I thought this was Elvis.... |
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godspeed
(Fiji) | | Posted: Sep 15, 2006 - 18:31 | |
if i didnt know...quite a close kin to roy orbison...
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slartibart_O
(nw corner in austin) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2006 - 13:22 | |
NutsyUK wrote:Crap... Runs to long... ANd im glad they failed to brake into the UK market... The track they tryed it with make me sick to the teeth....
Good lord, what a quasimodo. I can practically see them drooling all over the keyboard while pounding this out. |
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Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2006 - 13:21 | |
Some parts of this may make aliens' heads explode.
BTW, that's the wrong CD cover shown. Yeah, I know, I already said that.
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liser
(hurricane alley) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2006 - 13:21 | |
Not my favorite version, but the singer does have a beautiful voice.
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killahfunkadelic
(Raleigh, NC) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2006 - 13:20 | |
I would REALLY love to hear the Elvis version played here on RP....best version IMHO
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queenjill
(CA) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2006 - 13:18 | |
spacemoose wrote:
I have a hard time taking seriouly an opinion expressed by a person who doesn't know, for example, how to spell 'tried', or the difference between 'break' and 'brake'. I realize that there exist illiterati who can in fact think cogently, but I just have a knee jerk 'what a bozo' reaction. Typos like 'ANd' are of course forgiveable.
How about typos like "seriouly"?  |
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aflanigan
(Downstream) | | Posted: Aug 02, 2006 - 21:25 | |
We need more yodelling on RP. Maybe that "Lonesome Cattle Call" that opens Gus Van Zandt's My Own Private Idaho?
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spacemoose
| | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 05:01 | |
NutsyUK wrote:Crap... Runs to long... ANd im glad they failed to brake into the UK market... The track they tryed it with make me sick to the teeth....
I have a hard time taking seriouly an opinion expressed by a person who doesn't know, for example, how to spell 'tried', or the difference between 'break' and 'brake'. I realize that there exist illiterati who can in fact think cogently, but I just have a knee jerk 'what a bozo' reaction. Typos like 'ANd' are of course forgiveable.
Of course, regardless of the spelling, I disagree with your opinion. I like the song, and I quite like this version. |
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physicsgenius
(90% of everything is crap) | | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 05:01 | |
Somebody doesn't understand what makes Blue Moon popular.
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rgrace
(Rio Nido, CA) | | Posted: Jun 19, 2006 - 21:37 | |
NutsyUK wrote:Crap... Runs to long... ANd im glad they failed to brake into the UK market... The track they tryed it with make me sick to the teeth....
I thought that was due to the british diet... JUST KIDDING!
But if some boy came howling after MY daughter like the fella in this song, I'd introduce him to my shotgun collection.... Good tune, though. |
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Mari
(why do all the country girls leave) | | Posted: Jun 19, 2006 - 21:34 | |
algrif wrote:
Blue Moon is a classic popular song. It was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934, and has become a standard ballad ... On ya algrif, standard facts and popular positivity! Great song! |
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algrif
(Slightly west of Zero) | | Posted: Jun 05, 2006 - 07:33 | |
vinomori wrote:Nobody here is old enough to get that this is an EXACT cover of Elvis' version of this song. Down to matching E's falsetto "ad lib" to the note. From Elvis' very first album ELVIS PRESLEY.
Blue Moon is a classic popular song. It was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934, and has become a standard ballad |
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Jun 05, 2006 - 07:33 | |
Geecheeboy wrote:Ok I bought the cd listed on this page FOR THIS SONG (regardless of the obvious fact this song was not listed... bonus track maybe?) and it was not there. It's a good album, but hey, this is not the right cd for this song.
"Blue Moon" appears on O, What a Thrill: An Introduction to the Mavericks (MCA 1940, 2001), an album not listed in the group's AMG discography (?!). I couldn't find it on any of the AMG listed releases. Go figure. |
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birdiestobehad
(sitting beside the golf course wishing I was playing) | | Posted: Jun 05, 2006 - 07:30 | |
NutsyUK wrote:Crap... Runs to long... ANd im glad they failed to brake into the UK market... The track they tryed it with make me sick to the teeth....
I didn't realize it was the music that caused that........... |
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vinomori
| | Posted: Apr 22, 2006 - 14:04 | |
Nobody here is old enough to get that this is an EXACT cover of Elvis' version of this song. Down to matching E's falsetto "ad lib" to the note. From Elvis' very first album ELVIS PRESLEY.
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Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | | Posted: Mar 24, 2006 - 07:31 | |
Ok I bought the cd listed on this page FOR THIS SONG (regardless of the obvious fact this song was not listed... bonus track maybe?) and it was not there. It's a good album, but hey, this is not the right cd for this song.
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Danny_G
(Lima) | | Posted: Mar 24, 2006 - 07:28 | |
La Luna está en el cielo
con todas las estrellas
Brillando.. muy iluminante.
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NutsyUK
(London UK) | | Posted: Mar 24, 2006 - 07:25 | |
Crap... Runs to long... ANd im glad they failed to brake into the UK market... The track they tryed it with make me sick to the teeth....
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Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet) | | Posted: Mar 24, 2006 - 07:24 | |
Nice version of this song!
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juliecb
(Columbus, OH) | | Posted: Mar 24, 2006 - 07:24 | |
snooze-ville  |
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cattgirl813
(Detroit) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 13:28 | |
theo wrote:
OK here goes:
The remarkable saga of Blue Moon epitomizes what Rodgers & Hart went through when they were under contract to M.G.M.
In its first version the melody that became Blue Moon was intended for Jean Harlow to sing in Hollywood Party. It was called Prayer. Neither Miss Harlow nor Prayer appeared in Hollywood Party.
In its second life the "Prayer/Blue Moon" tune was given a new lyrics and became the title song of the 1934 M.G.M film Manhattan Melodrama, which starred Clark Gable , William Powell and Myrna Loy, and was the movie that John Dillinger had been watching when he was gunned down outside the Biograph Theatre In Chicago.
The song was also known as "It's Just That Kind Of Play", but was cut from the film before it was ready for release.
Manhattan Melodrama Was also reasonable of the third setting of the "Prayer/ Blue Moon" tune. Under its new title "The Bad In Every Man" It was sung by Shirley Ross in the film.
The fourth lyric setting of the melody came about when Jack Robbins, Head of the M.G.M.'s publishing company, liked the tune and said he would promote it if Hart would write a more commercial lyrics. The result was Blue Moon.
 Cool music and I learned something new? RP rules! |
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theo
(somewhere in NH) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 13:20 | |
RParadise wrote:
Since it was written by Rogers & Hart in the 1930s, probably for a Broadway musical, I don't know who "did the original." Unless you can find a PlayBill for the original show, we don't know. And that person may never have recorded the song, although they would have sung it 8 times a week for as long as the show ran.
Where are our RadioParadise musical historians when we need them?!?
OK here goes:
The remarkable saga of Blue Moon epitomizes what Rodgers & Hart went through when they were under contract to M.G.M.
In its first version the melody that became Blue Moon was intended for Jean Harlow to sing in Hollywood Party. It was called Prayer. Neither Miss Harlow nor Prayer appeared in Hollywood Party.
In its second life the "Prayer/Blue Moon" tune was given a new lyrics and became the title song of the 1934 M.G.M film Manhattan Melodrama, which starred Clark Gable , William Powell and Myrna Loy, and was the movie that John Dillinger had been watching when he was gunned down outside the Biograph Theatre In Chicago.
The song was also known as "It's Just That Kind Of Play", but was cut from the film before it was ready for release.
Manhattan Melodrama Was also reasonable of the third setting of the "Prayer/ Blue Moon" tune. Under its new title "The Bad In Every Man" It was sung by Shirley Ross in the film.
The fourth lyric setting of the melody came about when Jack Robbins, Head of the M.G.M.'s publishing company, liked the tune and said he would promote it if Hart would write a more commercial lyrics. The result was Blue Moon.
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 13:14 | |
I was about to scoff at those who thought Chris Isaak did a cover of this, then I looked closer and observed that they were talking about Isaak's sound or influence, not that he did this toon. Scoff! There, I scoffed at myself instead. 
This album has stood the test of time in my collection. This song is one of my least favorites from the album. Definately some better toonz, but this works ahw-rite fer me.  |
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AvoidingWork
(Paradise... Valley, AZ - The 19th greeen.) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 13:06 | |
Oh My God! This is just an excellent cover!
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cattgirl813
(Detroit) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 13:05 | |
mistatebird wrote:Raul Malo has a fabulous voice. Enjoyed seeing him at an intimate club last year.
How true, how true. His voice is a dream. I envy you for getting to see him, you lucky duck. |
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Luna2
(CT) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 13:05 | |
I like it, but making me ever so sleepy
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Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 13:05 | |
Sing it Roy! err, Raul.
Uh-oh. The song is not listed on the Amazon album (using the link provided)
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mistatebird
("If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?" Fair Haven, MI) | | Posted: Feb 08, 2006 - 04:17 | |
Raul Malo has a fabulous voice. Enjoyed seeing him at an intimate club last year.
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RParadise
(New York, NY) | | Posted: Jan 24, 2006 - 12:18 | |
Shesdifferent wrote:Nice try...nice voice but it's dragging. Give me me Chris Issak any day...who did the original?
Since it was written by Rogers & Hart in the 1930s, probably for a Broadway musical, I don't know who "did the original." Unless you can find a PlayBill for the original show, we don't know. And that person may never have recorded the song, although they would have sung it 8 times a week for as long as the show ran.
Where are our RadioParadise musical historians when we need them?!? |
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