Michael Owen

Well, everyone has their own interpretation of lyrics.

Well, everyone has their own interpretation of lyrics.

Well, I think it goes back to George... maybe having a slightly better understanding of the popular audience, that they weren't necessarily interested in tricky rhyme schemes.

Well, I think it goes back to George... maybe having a slightly better understanding of the popular audience, that they weren't necessarily interested in tricky rhyme schemes.

Well, I think it goes back to George... maybe having a slightly better understanding of the popular audience, that they weren't necessarily interested in tricky rhyme schemes.

Yeah, name checks of Russian composers and politicians and that. Largely because, as I think I said earlier, a theater audience isn't, certainly in the earlier days when amplification wasn't It was hard for people sometimes to hear the actual lyrics being sung, particularly if the band was loud, the pit band. And in some cases, it was quite loud.

Yeah, name checks of Russian composers and politicians and that. Largely because, as I think I said earlier, a theater audience isn't, certainly in the earlier days when amplification wasn't It was hard for people sometimes to hear the actual lyrics being sung, particularly if the band was loud, the pit band. And in some cases, it was quite loud.

Yeah, name checks of Russian composers and politicians and that. Largely because, as I think I said earlier, a theater audience isn't, certainly in the earlier days when amplification wasn't It was hard for people sometimes to hear the actual lyrics being sung, particularly if the band was loud, the pit band. And in some cases, it was quite loud.

And so this idea that keeping a song simple was better was... not always a happy thing for Ira to do. In at least a couple of instances, he would be almost forced in a way to Submit lyrics that he wasn't quite happy with, but he knew that the time was up and he had to do it. That was particularly the case with something like Love Walked In, which was a big hit from the Golden Follies in 1938.

And so this idea that keeping a song simple was better was... not always a happy thing for Ira to do. In at least a couple of instances, he would be almost forced in a way to Submit lyrics that he wasn't quite happy with, but he knew that the time was up and he had to do it. That was particularly the case with something like Love Walked In, which was a big hit from the Golden Follies in 1938.

And so this idea that keeping a song simple was better was... not always a happy thing for Ira to do. In at least a couple of instances, he would be almost forced in a way to Submit lyrics that he wasn't quite happy with, but he knew that the time was up and he had to do it. That was particularly the case with something like Love Walked In, which was a big hit from the Golden Follies in 1938.

And the song Long Ago and Far Away that he wrote with Jerome Kern in the 1940s for the movie Cover Girl. He was never overly happy with those lyrics, perhaps thinking that they were slightly too simple. But they were, conversely, two of his most financially successful songs.

And the song Long Ago and Far Away that he wrote with Jerome Kern in the 1940s for the movie Cover Girl. He was never overly happy with those lyrics, perhaps thinking that they were slightly too simple. But they were, conversely, two of his most financially successful songs.

And the song Long Ago and Far Away that he wrote with Jerome Kern in the 1940s for the movie Cover Girl. He was never overly happy with those lyrics, perhaps thinking that they were slightly too simple. But they were, conversely, two of his most financially successful songs.

And very singable, yes. You don't have to fall over a tricky beat somewhere.

And very singable, yes. You don't have to fall over a tricky beat somewhere.

And very singable, yes. You don't have to fall over a tricky beat somewhere.

I can try to straighten it out. It'll still probably remain slightly confusing. So George Gershwin and DuBose Hayward did not actually write together very often. Hayward was in the Carolinas and George was in New York. And there are certain songs that We know that Ira wrote himself.

I can try to straighten it out. It'll still probably remain slightly confusing. So George Gershwin and DuBose Hayward did not actually write together very often. Hayward was in the Carolinas and George was in New York. And there are certain songs that We know that Ira wrote himself.

I can try to straighten it out. It'll still probably remain slightly confusing. So George Gershwin and DuBose Hayward did not actually write together very often. Hayward was in the Carolinas and George was in New York. And there are certain songs that We know that Ira wrote himself.