What are your FAVORITE lesser known COLE PORTER songs?- Page 3

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 12:29am

just saw Night & Day  the cole porter story with Cary Grant

what an odd film that probably had almost nothing to do with coles actual life, other than the music and that he went to yale, hurt his leg from a horse fall, and married a girl named linda...

a saving grace in the movie was mary martin singing

"My Heart Belongs to Daddy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r404pTC_qGI

here's the clip from the film....

 

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 12:55am

Have you seen the Kevin Kline Porter biopic from the last decade? It's a bit more sensationalistic and a lot more melodramatic but has excellent performances.

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 2:07am

yes i liked  De Lovely it much better and love the movie versions of

Experiment

Love for Sale

Lets misbehave

its de lovely 

 

and others.  Also a big kevin kline fan so it was a much easier sell for me than cary grant as cole(pul-ease!)

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 2:08am

yes i liked  De Lovely it much better and love the movie versions of

Experiment

Love for Sale

Lets misbehave

its de lovely 

 

and others.  Also a big kevin kline fan so it was a much easier sell for me than cary grant as cole(pul-ease!)

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 2:31am

All the musical numbers are exceedingly well done, and the actors are all terrific. The Angel Gabriel gimmick can be a tad grating but it's worth it.

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 11:29am

Cole Porter YouTube Sunday!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zl8XTSQk_A

I happen to like new york-audra mcdonald

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Mgg3yJcuY

laziest gal in town-jane krakowski-love love love this!!!!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKU9C37kG38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKU9C37kG38

ace in the hole-gloria grahame...fantastic....(joanne greer did the vocal dub)

Updated On: 12/20/15 at 11:29 AM

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 1:47pm

I've always been partial to Judy's "I Happen to Like New York"

 

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:34pm

mr nowack i agree about Judy;s i happen to like new york but i have to get an mp3 without that sappy intro...totally ruins the track for me......

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 10:26pm

broadwaysfguy said: "mr nowack i agree about Judy;s i happen to like new york but i have to get an mp3 without that sappy intro...totally ruins the track for me......"

 

Ah I actually kinda like it! It's cheesy as hell can't deny that but its Judy so it works.

 

[Jose]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 6:18pm

The 1974 London Mermaid Theatre Revue COLE is worth seeking out.  I don't believe it has been mentioned. RCA produced a double-LP vinyl which has an excellent sound quality for a live recording.  Someone published a separate live recording of the show, linked below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsSJfI2HZZ8&list=PLk7Qr5aivN5ACqWlrG_F730SeUE6AQhqA

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 9:09pm

great link Jose 

thanks!

[Jarethan]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 10:23pm

Mr. Nowack said: "There's really only one difference, which side of the Atlantic they were from.

I usually agree with you, but emphatically no on this.  Noel Coward's forte was being clever; Cole Porter was clever, but he also wrote some of the most beautiful songs ever written.  His portfolio includes orders of magnitudes more classics than Noel Coward.

"

 

Updated On: 12/23/15 at 10:23 PM

[Jarethan]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 10:25pm

Balthazar Chasen said: "Night & Day (although I don't know if it qualifies as "lesser known)

 

Maybe in some parallel universe"

 

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 12/24/15 at 1:34am

re: is night and day lesser known?

love that we can share these incredibly gifted composers, that literally shaped the music that multiple generations listened to, with many of the younger generations on this board that see Sondheim or ALW as the "golden oldies"

Porter, Rodgers, Hart, the Gershwins, Berlin, Kern, Hammerstein, Weill. Lerner & Loewe, Loesser and others left an incredible body for beautiful works, and Im happy people are tuning in for these forums to learn more about the golden age of composers and i welcome you all....

 

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 12/31/15 at 12:16pm

musical theatre NERD ALERT!!!:

Excited to have just added my 400th unique cole porter song to my cole porter playlist and goal to collect the best recordings/versions of every cole song that's ever been digitally recorded: 407 down, probably about 200 to go...(i think about 250 songs have never been  digitally recorded)

 

To celebrate, here's a little Judy Garland wooing Gene Kelly in "The Pirate"

with Coles very beautiful:  "You Can Do No Wrong":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA9l1bzsOAI

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 1/1/16 at 2:09pm

Cole Porters final score

Alladin 1958

most of these songs were rarely covered except for COme to the Supermarket  in old peking

Includes the incredibly rare "No Wonder Taxes are High" at 57:47

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVF572N4yI

Sal Mineo as the genie...fun!

enjoy!

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 1/1/16 at 5:15pm

LOVE LOVE LOVE Porter's Aladdin.

 

Both the title song and "I Adore You" are at the top of my list for most gorgeously lilting Porter melodies. And the opening number "Come To The Supermarket" is delicious too.

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 1/1/16 at 5:39pm

This is my first time checking out coles

alladin. Some nice recordings of many of yhr

songs from the show on youtube

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 1/1/16 at 5:49pm

Indeed, it seems the entire Original Cast Album is up!

 

 

 

 

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 1/1/16 at 7:38pm

DRINK!

from Seven Lively Arts!

First time ive ever heard this cole porter wartime beauty....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ykJFGWilZE