hey louis, this is naked emotion, l'émotion mise à nu même...

mickey newbury/san francisco mabel joy/unchained melody

hey louis, i'm a fool to want you ....

frank sinatra/i'm a fool to want you (first version/axel stordhal)
rappeler que sinatra a co-écrit les paroles

billie holiday/i'm a fool to want you

helen merrill/i'm a fool to want you
(not a great singer, but a good version)

hey louis, do you remember what cinema was like?

otto preminger 1.
frank sinatra/the man with the golden arm (l'homme au bras d'or)
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otto preminger 2.
dick haymes/laura

otto preminger 3.
frank sinatra/laura

how to choose between sinatra's version of laura and dick haymes'?
today, i prefer dick haymes ...
and tomorrow?

hey louis, remember these crazy stupid eighties?

bob dylan/that's all (HEARTS OF FIRE)
one of the most improbable love ballads ever to be filmed (ne manquez pas la teinture .. ... ....et la boucle d'oreille)
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AND THESE STUPID NINETIES?

you belong to me (the song comes come NATURAL BORN KILLERS/oliver stone, quentin tarrentino), 1994.
the images of bob and sara come from RENALDO AND CLARA (à quand une ressortie en salles, ou un passage télé?)

hey louis, how did you find out about this great guy from north carolina, malcolm holcombe?

malcolm holcombe/baby likes a love song, march 2008

hey louis, will you ever forget the hi lo's?

the hi lo's/frank sinatra/i'll never smile again, 1958
l'arrangeur du groupe, gene puerling, qui est à droite de sinatra, vient de mourir
we're all sad to hear that ....

hey louis, do you prefer sinatra or johnny hartman?

frank sinatra/my one and only love

johnny hartman/john coltrane/my one and only love
infiniment supérieur à sinatra, non?

hey louis, c'était quoi le cinéma déjà?

l'opéra de quatre sous/bertold brecht/kurt weil/g w pabst

marianne oswald
l'opéra de quatre sous/bertold brecht/kurt weil

hey louis, claveau vaut bien scott walker, non?

andré claveau/mon coeur est un violon
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ET JEAN SABLON VAUT BIEN BING CROSBY

jean sablon/si tu m'aimes

hey louis, remember these three versions of angel eyes?

frank sinatra, 1966

frank sinatra, 1974

bruce springsteen, 1995

hey louis, remember when lennon imitated dylan?

john lennon/parody of knockin' on heavens's door (first line: lord, take this make up off of me/dieu, enlève moi tout ce fond de teint)