Ain't Misbehavin'
Possibly my most beloved Cole Porter song (well, the most beloved Cole Porter song that doesn't have any dirty lyrics) has posed me a pleasant conundrum on a recent YouTube surf.
I have a special spot in my heart for the Irving Aaronson and his Commanders version (see at the end of Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)):
But then I hear the Irène Bordoni version...
Which version do you think is better, any fellow Jazz age geeks?
This is one of those songs I actually know by heart and think I can sing* and generally do if asked. I'm tellin' ya, my dream job is a Jazz age torch singer/cabaret parasite.
* "Sing" meaning "imitate version I've heard like a myna bird imitates a car alarm".
I have a special spot in my heart for the Irving Aaronson and his Commanders version (see at the end of Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)):
Click to viewBut then I hear the Irène Bordoni version...
Which version do you think is better, any fellow Jazz age geeks?
This is one of those songs I actually know by heart and think I can sing* and generally do if asked. I'm tellin' ya, my dream job is a Jazz age torch singer/cabaret parasite.
* "Sing" meaning "imitate version I've heard like a myna bird imitates a car alarm".