wee_ginga_yin
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Nobody is perfect (Rendition with lost chords, mistakes, and hesitation)
"How About You?" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Ralph Freed.
It was introduced in the 1941 film Babes on Broadway by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
and has also featured in The Fisher King with Robin Williams.
The music of the song appears in the film All About Eve (1950).
The lyrics of the song are often changed depending on the recording artist, in its original form,
it is a duet though rarely has it been recorded that way. Certain lyrics have also been changed
based on the time of the song's release; the line "Franklin Roosevelt's looks give me a thrill"
had been changed to "James Durante's looks" (also know as "Schnozzola" Durante) in a fifties
recording by Sinatra, though he did sing it in its original form with Dorsey back in the forties.
I heard this song from the soundtrack of "The Fisher King" which was directed by Terry Gilliam of Python fame.
The story is about a former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made,
who then finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man, who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.
The DJ feels he has been cursed and there is no forgiveness for him, and his salvation comes
through helping the deranged man win the love of his heart. In a way they save each other.
The song is sung on numerous occasions by a bunch of deranged homeless people, and also
the inmates of an insane asylum. Harry Nilsson also performs it over the end credits
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHaZuRo3DZ4
Harry Nilsson version with whistling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXgNg2XJtQ
Frank Sinatra version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLiSDc73NxM
Sinatra changed Franklin Roosevelt to Jimmy Durante. I changed it to Fiona Duncan
"How About You?" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Ralph Freed.
It was introduced in the 1941 film Babes on Broadway by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
and has also featured in The Fisher King with Robin Williams.
The music of the song appears in the film All About Eve (1950).
The lyrics of the song are often changed depending on the recording artist, in its original form,
it is a duet though rarely has it been recorded that way. Certain lyrics have also been changed
based on the time of the song's release; the line "Franklin Roosevelt's looks give me a thrill"
had been changed to "James Durante's looks" (also know as "Schnozzola" Durante) in a fifties
recording by Sinatra, though he did sing it in its original form with Dorsey back in the forties.
I heard this song from the soundtrack of "The Fisher King" which was directed by Terry Gilliam of Python fame.
The story is about a former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made,
who then finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man, who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.
The DJ feels he has been cursed and there is no forgiveness for him, and his salvation comes
through helping the deranged man win the love of his heart. In a way they save each other.
The song is sung on numerous occasions by a bunch of deranged homeless people, and also
the inmates of an insane asylum. Harry Nilsson also performs it over the end credits
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHaZuRo3DZ4
Harry Nilsson version with whistling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXgNg2XJtQ
Frank Sinatra version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLiSDc73NxM
Sinatra changed Franklin Roosevelt to Jimmy Durante. I changed it to Fiona Duncan
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