“Bewitched” – Ella Fitzgerald
(originally by Vivienne Segal)
Like a daisy, I’m awake
With no Bromo-Seltzer handy
I don’t even shake
I’ve done pretty well I think
But this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I
When love came and told me, I shouldn’t sleep
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I
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Ah…Ella Fitzgerald. Your voice is the definition of “crooner.” The sweet vibrations of your lovely melodies are the delicate frosting on the wedding cake of my heart. ^_^ I first fell in love with the sound of you in my early twenties, when I managed to stumble upon your song, “Ev’rytime We Say Goodbye.” I remember downloading the music and playing it on repeat on my laptop computer. Even though I was single and had no love interest to mourn about or cherish, the sound of your strong, yet steady power tremble struck a chord within the heart of me. I listened to that song over and over and was moved to tears just as often. I used to be moved by the emotionally expressive heavily-accented beautics of Celine Dion…the raw vulnerable realness of Barbra Streisand…the “wtf-dgaf”-atives of Alanis Morissette. Still, when it comes to satisfying the earhole as well as the throat, I can nearly always count on Ella Fitzgerald. Sometimes it isn’t always the powerhouse or the sensual whisper that satisfies the vocalist, but the simple direct MUSIC of a talented expressionist that really plucks your heartstrings.
Now, the song that (if you’re me right now) you’re listening to on repeat. I heard it for the first time at an Open Mic Night at Has Beans sometime in February or March of this year.
– Friday, 22 May 2015
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