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Jack Pribek from Pribek.net has the habit of posting a song as the best song in the world at that very moment.
Well, I don’t have this on my site, but today I feel like posting this song here for the exact same reason…
Since I have discovered it a couple of years ago, I have considered this song as one of the greatest songs out there, also sung by one of the greatest pop voices of our time. I am not a big fan of George Michael’s music, but his vocal skills are just perfect for this kind of music.
So, brother, can you spare a dime?Lyrics by Yip Harburg, music by Jay Gorney (1931), a song that is, as they say on the internet, the symbol of the Great Depression.
Can we borrow it for today’s crisis? How about it?
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Daniel R. Lehrman
August 25th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Ovidiu, can you spare a dime?
Ovidiu
August 25th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Honestly, for me, this song is right on the money at this very moment, no dime to spare, unfortunately
Daniel Gorney
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:35 am
Ovidiu:
Couldn’t agree with you more about Brother. In fact, Canadian Broadcasting did a half hour about the song in their series “20 Pieces of Music that Changed the World” back in March. click on episode 8
http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/features/20pieces.html
My father wrote the music back in 1931. My family put up a website about Jay Gorney’s music with a montage of different famous names singing the Brother. You/your readers might enjoy http://www.gorneymusicpublishing.com
best regards,
Daniel Gorney
Ovidiu
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:36 am
How cool is that?! Thanks, Daniel for commenting here, I really didn’t expect that the son of the composer would read this. I really think this song is one of the greatest songs out there! Congratulations for your father, Daniel!