Late Night Music Club with BT and Tori Amos
By Howie Klein Saturday May 10, 2008 9:52pmToday is Irving Berlin's birthday; he'd be 120 (except he passed away in 1989). With a repertoire like his, where do you even start? He wrote music and lyrics for thousands of songs, from "God Bless America" and "White Christmas" to "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better," "Puttin' on the Ritz," and "How Deep is the Ocean"... and "Blue Skies, a personal fave. But even with "Blue Skies," what direction? Frank Sinatra? Ella Fitzgerald? Willie Nelson? Count Basie? Rod Stewart? Fiona Apple? Dozens of people have covered the Berlin classic. So I decided to go to a version that Berlin didn't write. This was one that BT (Brian Transeau) wrote and then got Tori Amos to do some lyrics for. It came out in 1996 on his Ima album and then on the Party of Five TV soundtrack LP (put together by yours truly). By early 1997 it was the #1 dance song in the U.S.
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Berlin would roll in his grave.
"Always." My grandparents' wedding song.
HELLS YEAH PARTY PEOPLE!
Where the Ravers at C&L?
P L U R to all the bboys & the DJs & the junglists
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...someone BLOW A WHISTLE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQPdnqDAJE4
Sucks!
I don't get it. Would have made about as much sense to post something by the band Berlin.
As for versions, why not go with the original?
Al Jolson, The Jazz Singer
Once again, your logic eludes me, Howie. Here's some Tori Amos stuff that I really like:
Black Dove http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ0f8KDQmwU
Winter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scZwbgeRUkg
Tori Amos is a sex pot babe. But, you could have selected a better song of hers.
I don't care what anyone else says, I love Willie Nelson. He is a treasure.
Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky
Fun fact. She never sang the words "blue" or skies for this song. BT spliced those words together from the samples he had.
Proof.
Big C&L lurker and I happen to love BT - thanks!
Long time music party animal, past C&L contributor.
Say, what the hell happened to Stanley Rosenthol, or was he yet another convenient BushCo psyops plant.
Never trust in the better nature of man, he probably doesn't have one.
Oh help me Jesus...
PJ Harvey - Down By The Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me8aQA0VlI8
Timbaland - The Way I Are OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWg3IMN_rhU
Spinx with amiration....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWg3IMN_rhU
BT...omg, brings me back!!!
I remember being in some dirty warehouse in downtown Los Angeles back in '99, and seeing BT live for the first time. A good buddy of mine still talks about it to this day as one of his defining moments in his time going to "raves".
I've graduated to the more mellow, soulful sounds of deep house , namely Naked Music and OM mixes..but, I'll always have a soft spot for this upbeat, progressive trance....
this is a nice music. i remeber myself being young again :D
In 1997, Ima was my favorite album, and this was the best song on it (and that's saying a lot because the whole album is brilliant). Thanks for posting this!
the "Progressive" political movement needs more progressive trance up in it!
Tho i'm personally more into Happy Hardcore, it's the kind of music that'll make people get up & do something.
There's a lot of stuff that's perfect for energizing a movement children of the night
WOW! That's beautiful.
Makes me wish I were 25 again and in a hot exiting dance club all dressed up hot and nice...those were the days my friend. :)
BT is awesome. Longtime fan. There is a better mixed version that he did.
i'm over 50, my kids are grown and gone and i just "discovered" BT (thanks to KCRW) about 5 or 6 years ago. he is awesome and i love him. i think he's from my hometown (and tori amos's hometown), rockville, md. like most true artists, i think irving berlin would have appreciated BT's talent.
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