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"Lively and affectionate" Publishers Weekly
Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
Sinatra sings it beautifully and it's great for romantic slow dancing, but those schmaltzy violins. I cast my vote for "Motown Forever!" The Temptations make me forget my hip surgery. I just wanna get up and dance. Definitely two eras, two moods.
Thank you, Stacey.
Posted by: Emily Fragos | January 25, 2023 at 06:28 PM
Sinatra understands the song, and conveys its melancholy and wistfulness.
Posted by: Warren King | January 26, 2023 at 10:57 AM
The Sinatra track was arranged (orchestrated) by Gordon Jenkins, who favored strings.
Posted by: David Lehman | January 26, 2023 at 11:24 AM
The song -- music by Vernon Duke, lyrics by Ira Gershwin -- has a melancholy undertone that Sinatra conveys. "Each time I chanced to see Franklin D. / He always said 'hi, buddy' to me." One of Ira's greatest lyrics.
Posted by: David Lehman | January 28, 2023 at 11:26 AM