RE: [Harp-L] At Last -- Glenn Miller original version

[chicago bluesman <chicagobluesman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

....and while you're at that site you can also check out a rather amazing version of Caldonia: 

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/caldonia/video/x18173_caldonia_music

> From: Philharpn@xxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:40:30 -0500
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] At Last -- Glenn Miller original version
> 
> It's always helpful to return to the source when certain controversies arise.
> 
> Recently, Etta James expressed her resentment* over Beyonce performing the 
> Glenn Miller 1941 tune "At Last" at the Obama Neighborhood Inaugural Ball.
> 
> 
> Here is a chance to watch the Glenn Miller Orchestra performing the tune 
> (from a movie). It's hard to tell if the band is synching to a pre-recorded track; 
> probably. But so what? It's still better than watching a video of a 78 rpm 
> spinning on a turntable. 
> 
> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x357zi_8glenn-miller-orchestra--at-last_music
> 
> 
> Etta James claims the song as her own, arguing that the upstart Beyonce has 
> no right to   "cover" her song. No doubt the ghost of Glenn Miller could make 
> the same claim for Etta.
> 
> Obviously, there is a difference between a Blues Arrangement and a Big Band 
> Arrangement -- but it's the same song. Plus, in the Miller version you get the 
> verse -- not just the chorus. And Etta should get credit for repopularizing a 
> popular song. But what goes around, more people who know the song today did 
> not hear Etta sing it but the many contemporary versions out there.
> 
> *The fact that Etta "could not travel for health reasons" and that "Obama is 
> not my president" would preclude her OWN performance anyway should not be 
> ignored.
> 
> So if you wondered where the some came from, this takes you back to the 
> source. (Further alibis welcome.)
> 
> Personally, I like the song. Miller, Etta, Beyonce -- and unheard versions.   
> 
> 
> Phil
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