tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post3950465426155900353..comments2023-03-24T06:52:37.110-07:00Comments on Everything The Traffic Will Allow: BARBARA COOKGreenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10412634072650228847noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-37139200317355567602009-02-19T09:27:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:27:00.000-08:00@dave, yes, Grace Kelly was yare in young men's fa...@dave, yes, Grace Kelly was yare in young men's fantasies!fikinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324570637549775751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-91119645672012132732009-02-19T09:12:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:12:00.000-08:00@greene - a bit too PC for me. My wife is certain...@greene - a bit too PC for me. My wife is certainly a lovely person, but we're talking lust here<BR/><BR/>@fikink - Margaret Thatcher (just kidding). Grace Kelly (circa the year of my birth).imsdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966770844825169981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-18221924915008728282009-02-19T05:26:00.000-08:002009-02-19T05:26:00.000-08:00@dave, tell!Thought you might enjoy the poem that ...@dave, tell!<BR/><BR/>Thought you might enjoy the poem that the title was derived from: <BR/><BR/>They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,<BR/>Love and desire and hate;<BR/>I think they have no portion in us after<BR/>We pass the gate.<BR/>They are not long, the days of wine and roses:<BR/>Out of a misty dream<BR/>Our path emerges for a while, then closes<BR/>Within a dream.fikinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324570637549775751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-33673220631885071482009-02-18T18:08:00.000-08:002009-02-18T18:08:00.000-08:00I think the correct answer here is your wife (assu...I think the correct answer here is your wife (assuming you're referring to the days when videotape became widely available) -- or at least that should be your answer :)Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412634072650228847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-29245589207444443322009-02-18T12:26:00.000-08:002009-02-18T12:26:00.000-08:00I was nine when 'Days of Wine and Roses' came out,...I was nine when 'Days of Wine and Roses' came out, so I didn't see it until the days of video tape. I could have fallen hopelessly in love two years earlier! Of course by that time, who do you think I thought was the most beautiful woman in the world...???<BR/><BR/>Any guesses?imsdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966770844825169981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-77278795010923455752009-02-18T07:07:00.000-08:002009-02-18T07:07:00.000-08:00@fikink: That's not funny at all. You and I alwa...@fikink: That's not funny at all. You and I always think the same thing (even when it's the wrong thing.Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412634072650228847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-69287237962715417132009-02-17T18:05:00.000-08:002009-02-17T18:05:00.000-08:00That's funny - Days of Wine and Roses is the first...That's funny - Days of Wine and Roses is the first thing I think of when I think of Lee Remick.fikinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324570637549775751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-55210385084433019922009-02-17T17:45:00.000-08:002009-02-17T17:45:00.000-08:00@imsdave: Amen on Sondheim. I love Lee Remick in...@imsdave: Amen on Sondheim. I love Lee Remick in <I>Days of Wine and Roses</I>.Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412634072650228847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-90932452504032795692009-02-17T11:50:00.000-08:002009-02-17T11:50:00.000-08:00Thanks Geoff - that is beautiful stuff. Only Sond...Thanks Geoff - that is beautiful stuff. Only Sondheim could create such a stunningly gorgeous song like "In Buddy's Eyes" with it's incredible level of irony. Loved seeing Lee Remick - first woman I ever fell in love with (I was 11) when I saw "The Hallelujah Trail" on the big screen in NYC with my folks. Of course I also thought that Donald Pleasance was the funniest man in the world based on that film too.imsdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966770844825169981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-176462664845336562009-02-16T04:28:00.000-08:002009-02-16T04:28:00.000-08:00@Jeff in chicago: I wish there were more availabl...@Jeff in chicago: I wish there were more available video of Barbara in her prime years, 1950s through 1960s. She remains a stellar vocalist, but age does exact a toll on the voice. Fortunately, she is well represented on disc, with just about all her Broadway shows receiving cast albums. Almost anything she sings in <I>Candide</I> is amazing and I highly recommend "Magic Moment" from <I>The Gay Life</I> too.Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412634072650228847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-88302049499166289242009-02-15T20:27:00.000-08:002009-02-15T20:27:00.000-08:00Barbara Cook is indeed fantastic. Those clips are ...Barbara Cook is indeed fantastic. Those clips are amazing, especially the '65 BTH song. "Follies" is a favorite of mine. I love "I'm Still Here," and have worked up "Buddy's Blues" as an audition piece, but I've never used it.jeff in chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492964479021891094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-5622242120651785862009-02-15T09:26:00.000-08:002009-02-15T09:26:00.000-08:00@Fikink: Wow! You have a great eye. That is ind...@Fikink: Wow! You have a great eye. That is indeed Elaine Stritch hanging out with a cig in the background. All she needs is a vodka stinger in the other hand and the picture would be complete. She gave one of the slowest renditions of "Broadway Baby" that I have ever heard during this concert, but she got an ovation on just about every line.Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412634072650228847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511745984122745666.post-16404501539876440092009-02-15T09:12:00.000-08:002009-02-15T09:12:00.000-08:00Alfie, you have outdone yourself! She Loves Me is ...Alfie, you have outdone yourself! <BR/>She Loves Me is a Christmas tradition in this house, so we have listened again to it recently. And Barbara Cook has long been in our personal pantheon.<BR/>As you may well know, Losing My Mind stops me in my tracks "not going left, not going right." <BR/>Do I detect Elaine Stritch with the cigarette hanging from her mouth behind Barbara as she rehearses In Buddy's Eyes?<BR/>Your silly goose,<BR/>Sarahfikinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324570637549775751noreply@blogger.com