by philipchevron Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:41 pm
Mike from Boston wrote:My hope is that the Pogues will renew their East Coast US Tour in 2011. In honor of Jimmy Cagney, this tour will feature an acoustic stage, where Shane and Mr. Chevron will sing selections from the George M. Cohan songbook, in honor of one of Mr. Cagney's best known roles. There will be the ever present speculation of what Shane is drinking while doing this, to the uninformed they will guess wine or whiskey, those in the know will realize it is grapefruit juice, which is , of course the official drink of Cagney Day.
One of the many small pleasures which amount to the
Mad Men viewing experience is waiting to hear which telling piece of music plays under the end credits. Currently watching Season 3 on DVD and was amazed to discover George M Cohan singing "Over There" in the episode in which Grandpa Gene dies. This is some serious arcane shit as Cohan did not actually record that number, or indeed
any of his most famous songs. I believe the Over There/Yankee Doodle Boy/Give My Regards to Broadway medley the TV show used may come from a war bonds radio broadcast or Lamb's Club roast or suchlike which, though it has
been made available over the years in various semi-legal forms, is not exactly common knowledge.
[quote="Mike from Boston"]My hope is that the Pogues will renew their East Coast US Tour in 2011. In honor of Jimmy Cagney, this tour will feature an acoustic stage, where Shane and Mr. Chevron will sing selections from the George M. Cohan songbook, in honor of one of Mr. Cagney's best known roles. There will be the ever present speculation of what Shane is drinking while doing this, to the uninformed they will guess wine or whiskey, those in the know will realize it is grapefruit juice, which is , of course the official drink of Cagney Day.[/quote]
One of the many small pleasures which amount to the [i]Mad Men[/i] viewing experience is waiting to hear which telling piece of music plays under the end credits. Currently watching Season 3 on DVD and was amazed to discover George M Cohan singing "Over There" in the episode in which Grandpa Gene dies. This is some serious arcane shit as Cohan did not actually record that number, or indeed [i]any[/i] of his most famous songs. I believe the Over There/Yankee Doodle Boy/Give My Regards to Broadway medley the TV show used may come from a war bonds radio broadcast or Lamb's Club roast or suchlike which, though it has [i]been[/i] made available over the years in various semi-legal forms, is not exactly common knowledge.
