Monday, August 31, 2009

Meryl Streep singing I'm Checking Out

A huge favorite of mine. (A repeat, but the mood took me.)
The combination of technical virtuoso and sheer joi de vivre is just...
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Notice how she is still adjusting her earrings as she is starting to sing? Very casual, very relaxed, but I bet every iota of it is deliberate.

3 comments:

Ray said...

I've never been a big fan of what I call "horseshit & gunpowder music" but this was an unexpectedly fine performance.

Bronislaus Janulis / Framewright said...

Ray,

What a great line, "horseshit and gunpowder music". I'm still laughing.

Bron

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Yes, I guess it is Country music, ain't it? I feel the same way about it. And about jazz. But outstanding artists (Fats Waller) can make something in any genre which transcends it to fans beyond.

("What kind of music you got here?" - "Oh, we got *both* kinds... Country *and* Western." - Blues Brothers)