Michael Owen

very syncopated, and I think that people talk about how the interpretation, and this is going on to a different subject a little bit, but the interpretation of George Gershwin's music has become more flowing and romantic, lyrical in a way, whereas if you listen to George Gershwin playing the piano on the old recordings, it's very staccato, very syncopated, and you can really get a sense of what the 20s might have been like from listening to those songs.

More so than if you listen to a more contemporary recording, even the ones that are excellent in their own way.

More so than if you listen to a more contemporary recording, even the ones that are excellent in their own way.

More so than if you listen to a more contemporary recording, even the ones that are excellent in their own way.

It was actually written very quickly. When George and I came to Hollywood the second time in 1936 to write for RKO Pictures, to write for Astaire and Rogers, who were already a successful team, they came to Hollywood with a fair number of ideas already in mind. So the songs for that first of the three movies that they wound up doing in L.A. in the They all came together very quickly.

It was actually written very quickly. When George and I came to Hollywood the second time in 1936 to write for RKO Pictures, to write for Astaire and Rogers, who were already a successful team, they came to Hollywood with a fair number of ideas already in mind. So the songs for that first of the three movies that they wound up doing in L.A. in the They all came together very quickly.

It was actually written very quickly. When George and I came to Hollywood the second time in 1936 to write for RKO Pictures, to write for Astaire and Rogers, who were already a successful team, they came to Hollywood with a fair number of ideas already in mind. So the songs for that first of the three movies that they wound up doing in L.A. in the They all came together very quickly.

The songs are written to fit certain sequences in the film. This was one of them and one of the best. The songs that came from this movie and the other two movies are, in most people's opinion and mine too, the top flight songs that George and I wrote.

The songs are written to fit certain sequences in the film. This was one of them and one of the best. The songs that came from this movie and the other two movies are, in most people's opinion and mine too, the top flight songs that George and I wrote.

The songs are written to fit certain sequences in the film. This was one of them and one of the best. The songs that came from this movie and the other two movies are, in most people's opinion and mine too, the top flight songs that George and I wrote.

I think he was hard put to say what his favorite song was. He always said that it was like choosing your favorite child. I think it was one of his father's favorite songs because his father seemed to think that the line come to Papa do was about him.

I think he was hard put to say what his favorite song was. He always said that it was like choosing your favorite child. I think it was one of his father's favorite songs because his father seemed to think that the line come to Papa do was about him.

I think he was hard put to say what his favorite song was. He always said that it was like choosing your favorite child. I think it was one of his father's favorite songs because his father seemed to think that the line come to Papa do was about him.

Yes. It's a love song. The way that Ira described it in his book, Lyrics on Several Occasions, is that whenever that line would come up in the song, Morris Gershwin, that's his father, would sort of beat his chest and, you know, say, you know, that's about me. That's hilarious.

Yes. It's a love song. The way that Ira described it in his book, Lyrics on Several Occasions, is that whenever that line would come up in the song, Morris Gershwin, that's his father, would sort of beat his chest and, you know, say, you know, that's about me. That's hilarious.

Yes. It's a love song. The way that Ira described it in his book, Lyrics on Several Occasions, is that whenever that line would come up in the song, Morris Gershwin, that's his father, would sort of beat his chest and, you know, say, you know, that's about me. That's hilarious.

Do come to Papa.

Do come to Papa.

Do come to Papa.

Well, everyone has their own interpretation of lyrics.