I hear it quotes a couple of lines from that old Chess Records classic, Brown Eyed Handsome Man.
Love the lyrics, especially the Venus de Milo bit 😁
Through the door there came familiar laughter, I saw your face and heard you call my name. Oh my friend we're older but no wiser, For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
Just for fun. 1932 was before even my time. The Mills Brothers are brilliant on here with their trademark imitations of musical instruments.
“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.” ― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty."
I liked that one RRFC, I’ve just listened to that all the way through here at work.
Yes I listen to anything, old and new including quite a lot of pre-war stuff, jazz bands and dance bands. I listen in awe to these really because it is all absolutely live and usually recorded in one or two takes on one or two microphones. The vocal skills on this record are just phenomenal aren’t they? Some of the girl singers in 20s and 30s America sold millions of records but were hardly known over here. The songs were because they sold as sheet music in the U.K.
The other thing is they were not afraid to do novelty songs and have fun in a recording were they?
“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.” ― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty."
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