So Good.

Goldfinch60



He sat there and listened,

Listened to the songs,

The songs he had written,

Written with his brother.

It was so wonderful to hear her,

Hear her sing their songs.

Ella sang them so very well

And he was astounded.

He turned to me and said,

Said these words.

“I never knew that our songs were so good,

Never knew they were so good

Until Ella sang them.”

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 6th, 2022 00:29
  • Comment from author about the poem: Quote by Ira Gershwin - "I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them"
  • Category: Reflection
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Comments5

  • Neville


    that must have been such an amazing eye-opener .. mind you, 'the queen of jazz' was so darned good wasn't she .......... Neville

    • Goldfinch60

      It was Neville. I believe Ella could sin the telephone directory and still be wonderful.

      Andy

    • orchidee

      Good write Gold.
      Glad it's Ella singing them, and not me! I would ruin them! lol. Though it would not change the songs worth in themselves.
      I'm gonna start a project - sing that telephone directory - arrgghhh! Why do I want to torture everyone?

    • Blueledge

      I wish I'd have been around to see this generation of jazz singers live.

      • Goldfinch60

        The only one i have seen live was Sarah Vaughn but saying that we saw a wonderful jazz singer a few weeks ago called Marvin Muoneke and he was terrific and only 26 years old.

        Andy

        https://youtu.be/r-hBLvwstoc

        • Blueledge

          Thanks for the link Andy. I'll take a look.

        • Fay Slimm.

          Ah -- one of my most favourite female singers - - Ella can move my heart with anything she wraps her romantic voice around - thanks for sharing Gershwin' s opinion too dear Andy.

          • Goldfinch60

            She certainly can move our hearts Fay, thank you.

            Andy

          • Raven333

            Nicely done, I know this is going to sound weird but I can only say what I feel. As I was reading it was very relaxing to me. I thought it was nicely written.

            • Goldfinch60

              Not weird at all Tammy, we all have different feelings with music and words and relaxation is so wonderful to have.

              Andy

              • Raven333

                INDEED, it is. Thank You for sharing that relaxing poem Goldfinch



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