BONJOUR!!!!!!
I decided today to make a little ODE to my daddy. I can thank him for all the love of music I developed in my childhood.
When I was in my early twenties, he showed me an outtake of "The Man That Got Away" performed by Judy Garland in A Star Is Born.
Many have tried to recapture the beauty, emotion, and desperation of Judy's rendition, yet, there is something particularly pure and perfect about this particular outtake.
It brought me to tears and can honestly tell you that I had nothing to be tearful about at the time...she just put me in that place where all my heart could feel was the nostalgia of lost love.
There's also this quality of an authentic moment in time being had by the musicians present. Like an old-school jazz jam. Like I'm looking in on something so intimate and magical between them. (p.s. I think my dad told me that she was dating the piano player at the time...I like that dynamic as well.)
So, here's The Man That Got Away to you from the bottom of my dad's heart and mine.
Amazing! Truly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAlso, it's super cute and lovely that your Dad was such an influence musically speaking.
P.S. I never watched the end of that movie.