Here’s the sort of net post I like, and like doing myself, about the evolution of the song Try a Little Tenderness. I knew it first, as did most in my generation, from Otis Redding.
http://youtu.be/dael4sb42nI
The article says of Ray Noble’s 1932 recording, “Mawkish, stilted and perfectly forgettable, it comes off as a courting lesson on how to gain permission to put hand on knee and stare just a little too long.” Personally, I completely disagree. I really like the Ray Noble and Bing versions. Clare Teal on BBC Radio 2 plays a lot of Ray Noble on her Sunday show. Here’s a tune, written by Noble, that’s featured prominently in Casablanca.
On another Pop music note, Denro reminds us that MTV is now officially 30 years old. Who didn’t have a crush on Martha “cute as a button” Quinn?
http://youtu.be/86Wa3QJLkFQ
Yeesh. Another 4:3 video made wide, like an HDTV in stretch mode. I think it’s popular because it makes everybody in old TV shows look fat, the way so many people are now.