fssbdgtsue59 Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I have tried to understand all the words in that bit of music but I'll be darned if I can't make out one word. It starts off as "look for the silver lining/when there are _________ clouds in the blue, etc. Can somebody fill in that word for me before I go nuts???? Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brackenhe Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 here you go Sue, except these are the entire lyrics for the chorus--Chet Baker's version is the 1st 3 lines and the last 2 Look for the silver lining When e'er a cloud appears in the blue. Remember some where the sun is shining, And so the right thing to do, Is make it shine for you. A heart, full of joy and gladness, Will always banish sadness and strife. So always look for the silver lining, And try to find the sunny side of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayresorchids Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Hi, Sue, glad you are doing better! If you'd like to hear this sung by Judy Garland (portraying the singer/dancer who introduced it, Marilyn Miller), check out the (highly fanciful) musical biopic of Jerome Kern, Till the Clouds Roll By. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Just my opinion, but that "look for the silver lining" song on TCM is about the most annoying thing I've heard. I put my t.v. on "mute" whenever it comes on. The guy singing it sounds like he's singing out of tune through a straw underwater. I can't wait until they come up with a better jingle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fssbdgtsue59 Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 Brackenhe--thank you, thank you, thank you! That jingle has haunted me since the first time I heard it. My upper range hearing is impaired so when he goes up to sing er'e(sp) I just couldn't catch it. Even went through the alphabet to try to conjure up something. You have made my day! Thanks! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodgnoc Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 TCM desperately needs to replace all four of their intros. I'm sick to death of all of them, with the possible exception of the 'big band' one shown during the day. I see that one the least, but even it's beginning to wear out its' welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fssbdgtsue59 Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 I agree. TCM needs to spruce up their in-betweens. I'd like to see more of those penlight portrayals-I get mesmerized just watching them all work backwards and getting it to come out so good. I'd really like to see the very first one they aired-but alas, they have never shown it again. Instead they concentrate on just a few, over and over, which is getting boring, too. And I'd like to see more of "What A Character." The one about Edna May Oliver was great so let's see some more. I also kind of like the Robert Benchley shorts. He's funny and can get into so many predicaments that it's almost unbelievable. Cracks me up. I'm sure that TCM programmer can come up with some new in-betweens and let the present ones RIP. JMHO Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lux0786 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 The big band sequence during the day used to be even longer. It started with an exterior shot of train slowly pulling out of a station (taken from a Judy Garland movie I can't name at the moment), but the whole sequence was cut short to show only the band playing. It's true, these intros are old and grating. The same ones have been used since the beginning. The night train shot that gives the rating does not go back to the beginning though. TCM used to have the rating flash in the corner during the MGM lion roar, or the TKO world with the plane flying around, etc. (Like IFC does) Chet Baker's song is not so bad and I like the art. Elsewhere on the forum here, somebody identified the artist whose work is themed here. I can't remember who it was. In my area of the country, this intro is used in the dead middle of the night. I supposed TCM thinks that those who are still up and watching are either insomniacs or depressives and need some cheering up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Oh, I would have loved to see Ednay May Oliver in the What A Character segment. I've never seen any of them. I like the Robert Benchley shorts, they are verrrry clever. Does anyone here remember the old timey radio announcer on AMC? Turns out (unless I've very much mistaken) he's now the shrink on the Law and Order show. The oily salesman from Remember WENN shows up on Law and Order now and again as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 ;-) I don't consider myself depressed or necessarily in need of cheering up but I probably can be classified as an insomniac... LOL I do like the old intros. I find them comforting in that they are so familiar. Mind you, I'd never balk at something new being thrown into the mix as well tho. As for the silver lining jingle -- it *is* cheery, isn't it?! Nice way to start a day... or for some of us, end one. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fssbdgtsue59 Posted July 20, 2005 Author Share Posted July 20, 2005 I really love Edna May Oliver. I just wish TCMProgrammer would show more of her movies. I can't get enough of her or Majorie Main. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fssbdgtsue59 Posted August 20, 2005 Author Share Posted August 20, 2005 Bracken--I've been listening really closely lately to that little jingle and it doesn't really match your first verse. It goes: Look for the silver lining when ____clouds_____in the blue remember somewhere the sun is shining so always look for the silver lining and try to find the sunny side of life Help again please. Everyone else is invited to join in too. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feaito Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 I've listened to it and pretty much agree with Bracken: Look for the silver lining Whene?er a cloud appears in the blue Remember somewhere the sun is shining And so the right thing to do is make it shine for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lux0786 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Sue, I think Brackenhe was saying---and it looks like her post was unfinished---that of the two stanzas she printed out, the first three lines of the first stanza and the last two lines of the second stanza is what is being sung, which is what I hear when I listened to it, to wit see the bold: Look for the silver lining When e'er a cloud appears in the blue. Remember some where the sun is shining, And so the right thing to do, Is make it shine for you. A heart, full of joy and gladness, Will always banish sadness and strife. So always look for the silver lining, And try to find the sunny side of life. Brackenhe, do I understand correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fssbdgtsue59 Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 Lux--the only problem with the whole thing is that when he sings clouds, he makes it plural-clouds not cloud. See what you can come up with now, listen more closely and you'll hear him sing "clouds." Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brackenhe Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Hi--been out of town so I couldn't comment but I listened the other day & he definitely says "whene're a cloud appears in the blue." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fssbdgtsue59 Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 Hi Helen! I'm back, too, after some more miseries you don't want to hear about. But, yes, you are right as you usually are. I listened to it very closely several times and it comes out the way you put it. It was a matter of emphasis and the way in which he sang the words that got me all muddled up. I have lost some of my upper range hearing so tenors and sopranos drive me crazy--give me a baritone any day!! Thanks! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldensilents Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Look For The Silver Lining is a Jerome Kern standard song and is public domain. That's probably why they used it. You can obtain the original sheet music and lyrics for it on the Lester Levy Sheet Music site. It's at: http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/display.pl?record=189.112b.000&pages=5 Marilyn Miller (i.e. Sunny, Suzy) is on the front cover but the song dates back to 1920, hence its public domain status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fssbdgtsue59 Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 Thank you, goldensilents, for the information. I will look it up and see for myself that I can't hear as good as I used to. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldensilents Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 You're welcome. You know, I'm one of those who doesn't get tired of listening to that little jingle in the morning. I always find myself singing along. Some songs are simply unforgettable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feaito Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Talking about Jerome Kern, who's my favorite composer along with Cole Porter, I think that two of the most haunting songs ever composed are his "All the Things You Are" and "The Way You Look Tonight"....anyone agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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