HarryCarter Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Mel W R O T E The Christmas song, Bing only sang it. Bing's White Christmas (written by Irving Berlin) is the biggest selling song of all time. Mel wrote The Christmas Song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Bing Crosby would like a word with you. Oh you were referring to "White" Christmas, never cared for that one, it never went anywhere, i'm waiting for the COLORized version. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Bing's White Christmas (written by Irving Berlin) is the biggest selling song of all time. Mel wrote The Christmas Song. I know, that's what i just said. White Christmas is mostly forgotten, only made it to number 63 on the Hit Parade, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 What i meant to write was among the hundreds if not thousands of songs Mel wrote, his biggest hit was The Christmas song, now, there, ya happy now? LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Ok, now let's move on to the greatest singer of all time, the terrific Anthony Newly who saved Lucy in London from obscurity with his mini concert at the end. I hear The Queen saw him in concert and kept fainting, she then gave him a standing ovation and tipped her tiara to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Besides his songwriting, I guess what I mean is, is there anyone who likes Mel as a person? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Ok, now let's move on to the greatest singer of all time, the terrific Anthony Newly who saved Lucy in London from obscurity with his mini concert at the end. I hear The Queen saw him in concert and kept fainting, she then gave him a standing ovation and tipped her tiara to him. WOW did not know that. Newly's voice always weirded me out a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Besides his songwriting, I guess what I mean is, is there anyone who likes Mel as a person? Never cared for Mel as a singer...or a performer. All seem to agree his ego was bigger than his talent. Everyone connected with "the Judy Garland Show" has debunked Mel's account of backstage goings-on. His first person writing is full of self-glorification. In his account, everybody else was incompetent or unreasonable but his is the only voice of reason. His songwriting: you have to admit "Mainstreet USA" is a catchy tune as is "My Home Town" . However I take exception to the lyrics: "when someone tries to arrange it; we very gently SENTIMENTALLY change their plans"........Sentimentally?? Mel gets the credit for the "Wingding" songs but Bob O'Brien wrote the lyrics to "My Trousseau". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Besides his songwriting, I guess what I mean is, is there anyone who likes Mel as a person? He was funny on talk shows and quite talented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 WOW did not know that. Newly's voice always weirded me out a bit. THAT WAS A JOKE, as i know most people can't stand him or his voice and hated that part of the otherwise great Lucy in London special. I loved the songs he sang and used to do an imitation of him in my younger days. He was married to Joan Collins at the time and they made a nice couple of swingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Never cared for Mel as a singer...or a performer. All seem to agree his ego was bigger than his talent. Everyone connected with "the Judy Garland Show" has debunked Mel's account of backstage goings-on. His first person writing is full of self-glorification. In his account, everybody else was incompetent or unreasonable but his is the only voice of reason. His songwriting: you have to admit "Mainstreet USA" is a catchy tune as is "My Home Town" . However I take exception to the lyrics: "when someone tries to arrange it; we very gently SENTIMENTALLY change their plans"........Sentimentally?? Mel gets the credit for the "Wingding" songs but Bob O'Brien wrote the lyrics to "My Trousseau". Did not know all that about him, ok, now i hate him, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRickyII Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Clip Consultant: Harry Carter (don't know why this shows up as a link instead of the usual youtube still image) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdeelBlzs-k That's pretty darn brilliant, Neil! I love it. Now can you see if you can put her eyebrows in the right place? Seeing her eyebrows in the middle of her forehead is a bit disturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Now can you see if you can put her eyebrows in the right place? ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 THAT WAS A JOKE, as i know most people can't stand him or his voice and hated that part of the otherwise great Lucy in London special. I loved the songs he sang and used to do an imitation of him in my younger days. He was married to Joan Collins at the time and they made a nice couple of swingers.One thing I appreciate about Newly is that his voice is, at least, unique., even if his diction is rather strange. Still, he saw it through to the BITTTTAAAAAAHH EEEEENNNNNDDD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 One thing I appreciate about Newly is that his voice is, at least, unique., even if his diction is rather strange. Still, he saw it through to the BITTTTAAAAAAHH EEEEENNNNNDDD. I think the whole opening sequence in London with Lucy on the motorcycle and Newley singing to her is wonderful. His end of show performance was a couple of numbers too long. We don't tune in a Lucy special to hear Newley sing THAT much. That sequence brought the pace of the special to a screeching halt especially since he's obviously singing to a pre-recorded track and not lipping too well. Couldn't Newley just have done a couple chorus of "Gonna Build a MounTAIN" and let it go at that? The show is redeemed by Lucy's pantomime and her wistful singing of "One Day in London". Though the pantomime is pointless, she does it with such grace it's a beautiful sequence. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Clip Consultant: Harry Carter (don't know why this shows up as a link instead of the usual youtube still image) If you put media and /media around the link (with brackets on either side), that will embed it into the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 If you put media and /media around the link (with brackets on either side), that will embed it into the post. Hey I taught YOU that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Hey I taught YOU that! Yes, you did, and I thank you! But nobody was volunteering to tell Neil how to do it, so I jumped in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Yes, you did, and I thank you! But nobody was volunteering to tell Neil how to do it, so I jumped in! Well you jump in anytime the water's fine!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 JoeySoCal, on 09 May 2015 - 3:45 PM, said:Well you jump in anytime the water's fine!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Clip Consultant: Harry Carter (don't know why this shows up as a link instead of the usual youtube still image) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdeelBlzs-k I could watch that all day, just B R I L L I A N T ! The number AND your work on it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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