Well, to quote Roert Burns, "The best-laid plans of mice and men aft gang agley." Seeing that Jim’s theme for today was was "smart/stupid," I chose "Somethin’ Stupid" by Frank and Nancy Sinatra as my song for today. But, before I did anything else, I checked to see if someone else had the idea, and saw that Melanie beat me to it.
I came up with another song, "A Day In The Life Of A Fool," originally titled "Manhã de Carnaval (Morning of Carnaval)," by Luiz Bonfa, with Portuguese lyrics by Antônio Maria. Originally written for the 1959 Marcel Camus film Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), it became an international hit and started off the bossa nova craze of the 1960’s. The English lyrics were written by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore, originally for Perry Como, but, it having become a standard, hundreds more covers of it have been recorded, both vocal and instrumental.
The cover I’ve chosen was recorded by Nana Mouskouri, the bespectacled Greek chanteuse who has recorded over 200 albums in twelve different languages. I chose hers because hey, I like Nana Mouskouri.
The lyrics via AZLyrics:
A sad and a long lonely day
I walk the avenue,
And hope I’ll run into
The welcome sight of you,
Coming my way.
I stop just across from your door,
But you’re never home any more.
So back to my room,
And there in the gloom
I cry tears of good bye.
That’s the way it will be
Every day in the life of fool.
And that’s Song Lyric Sunday for November 1, 2020.
I like Nana Mouskouri and it was my mom who introduced me to her work. When I was young, I scoffed a bit because she was so liked by my mom and I was trying g to be hip…which I never was. A few years later, only a few, I told my mom tha I was always liked her. She has such a great voice and is so versatile.
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She has produced an impressive body of work, and I even think she’s still going, bless her….
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Hi John – I love her songs – she just has the most incredible voices – thanks for reminding me about her. Loved hearing the song … and yes, in reply, to your comment reply above – great I love the uniqueness of the recordings you give us. Take care and all the best this week – let’s hope it’s peaceful … Hilary
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Yes, let’s pray for peace, although I think certain elements of society are hellbent on destruction…
When I have a chance to use something a little off the beaten path music-wise, I use it and have fun with it.
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New to me and I really like it. I am glad Melanie’s pick steered you in this direction to expand horizons 🙂
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I grew up listening to Nana Mouskouri. She used to have a TV show on the BBC every week. She was really popular. Nice choice John ☺️
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Glad you enjoyed it. When you mentioned she had a TV show on the BBC, I remembered a sketch that The Two Ronnies did on one of their shows where Ronnie Barker played her and Ronnie Corbett played Charles Aznavour (yes, we used to get “The Two Ronnies” in the early ’80’s and thought they were hilarious…).
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Oh how funny!! I bet that was hilarious 🤣. I’m going to see if I can find it on YouTube
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There’s a lot of The Two Ronnies out there, but I haven’t found that one. Of course, I didn’t look at everything…
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Oh I’ve been looking but couldn’t find it either. There’s a lot of funny ones out there though! I’d did find a Benny Hill sketch where he played Mama (Nana) Mouskouri and someone played Dennis (Demis) Roussos Lol 😂
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NOVA’s latest video release (YouTube) is the English translation of the Portuguese lyrics of this beautiful song.
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Have to chck it out! Thanks!
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Great song that I haven’t heard in many years. I guess it doesn’t fit the commercial appeal of modern music listeners.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
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I’m afraid that Frank Zappa’s words fit the current generation: Most people wouldn’t know good music if it bit them in the ass.
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Yes a beautiful song indeed 💜
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It’s one of the best from that era. One of these days I should see the movie…
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Yes me too
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Nice choice John and I love Nana Mouskouri’s voice. I guess a fool is the same thing as stupid, so that works for me.
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They’re cinnamons.
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What a beautiful song! I’m sorry for being too quick off the mark too! But I’d never have found something half as unique if you’d beaten me to that song….great choice!!
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Oh, that’s no problem; I just have this thing about being unique… I’m glad you liked it!
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