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Singer Jo Stafford, a popular balladeer in the '40s and '50s whose hits included "You Belong to Me," died of congestive heart failure at age 90.

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"You Belong To Me" - Jo Stafford

Thanks for posting that vid, CC. I've always loved that song - its a classic.

RIP Jo.

Thanks for posting that vid, CC. I've always loved that song - its a classic.


I know. Used to go with a guy and that was "our song" -- but it was the later version
sung by The Duprees. The words are so romantic. *sigh*

Gosh, "You Belong To Me" has melody, but it lacks "the beat," and how can you favorably compare the sentiments expressed to those on todays "rap records," which feature real no holds barred emotion. And here the song supports "ownership" of one human being by another. Shucks! It's just not for our times.

The passing of an era. Go with God, Jo Stafford.

"Used to go with a guy..."

Now hold on one cotton pickin' second!

Are you saying you're gay, or a female?

'Cause all this time (years) I assumed you were straight male anglo.

Sagmain

Now hold on one cotton pickin' second!

Are you saying you're gay, or a female?

'Cause all this time (years) I assumed you were straight male anglo.


Straight female anglo

You weren't the only one who thought it so don't feel bad. Anyway, recently 2112 asked me about it twice -- the second time the other day so I answered him on the Nooner.

Go to my 3:11 p.m. post to 2112 on THIS link and then click on the other link with my post and you'll be able to read what I told Nullifidian, OzarkAggie and some of the guys back around the end of May when I told them Chris was Christine. A few jaws dropped. Figured I did owe you guys some kind of explanation though after all this time. Wasn't hiding anything. You can read my post (sorry - it's kinda lengthy) and then some of the funny comments afterwards.

Wow, Rcade!

I didn't know you went far enough back to appreciate Jo.

R.I.P., old girl...

not terribly familiar with the voice at all as she was before my time but a wonderful link (thanks cc).

it does remind me how much i enjoy a nice song with a fine arrangement.
the one thing about rock that it seemingly has seldom been able to get away from (with some notable exceptions) is that it knocked everything down to the bare bones... three chords and all of that.
tis nice to hear a melody too.

all the best.

You know your are old when you remember singers like Jo Staffard and Frankie Lane.

Leave it to ol' Bloviatin' Johnson to stink up a perfectly good thread.

Great, full-throat singing. Thanks to Chris for posting "You Belong to Me." Here are some more from a real artiste:

Jambalaya - www.youtube.com
I'll Be Seeing You - www.youtube.com

Well, Jo, at least we'll still be listening to you for a long, long time.

Thanks.

Posted by Johnson at 2008-07-19 11:27 PM

Jeezus, grab onto that kazoo, stick it back up your ass, and start making "music."

And if you aren't old enough to know who Jo Stafford was, somebody shoulda told you about her.

And Johnson would have hated the Beatles too.

That Joseph Cocker, zounds, by my word and pluck my kadoodle, but he does have rhythm for a Caucasoidial.
~Johnson

www.youtube.com

R.I.P. Jo...we'll be seeing you again in Heaven!

Words cannot describe:

pcdon.com


R.I.P.


Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2008-07-20 08:31 AM

Jeezus, grab onto that kazoo, stick it back up your ass, and start making "music."

Good grief! You New Age people certainly do have peculiar tastes. But I'll give you this, you're uninhibited and shameless, and forthright in declaring your preferences.

Sorry Doc, I'm just not that musically creative and talented, so you'll need to solicit someone else to produce the sound you like to hear.

I'm not in "the scene," Doc, not a member of the avant garde, so is this the direction in which you New Agers are going in exploring new sounds? Air, modulated and expelled through one orifice, the mouth, is old hat, so now you're into flatulence with its accompanying odiferous emanations.

I went to an art exhibit yesterday featuring impressionists and their "rebelliousness" against establishment art, including the barriers they encountered, and proceeding all the way from Monet and Manet through the cubists and abstractionists such as Miller, the sculptor, to Dali's Freudian based art, so it may be premature to criticize your tastes without allowing your BM school to develop. After all, it would take a particular talent to produce differentiated anal sounds on demand, and a practitioner could build quite a repertoire, or as a critic you would require an extended neological vocabulary to describe this novel field. Well, you've declared yourself, Doc. More power to you and enjoy your listening.

Are there any dietary recommendations to help people accumulate "gas" for needed expulsion to produce "music" you like to hear from surrogate "lips?"

And anal. Hmm. Is this musical movement you contemplate in any way connected to male homosexuality?

So many nuances. Such complexity.

Are there any dietary recommendations to help people accumulate "gas" for needed expulsion to produce "music" you like to hear from surrogate "lips?"

I leave it to you, Johnson. So far, you seem to be doing just fine.

Who is "Miller, the sculptor," Johnson?
What exhibition?

Jo was a great singer and song stylist for a long time.
Thank you Jo.

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