tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post185042961113593651..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Peel Me A GrapeSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-8545766123079153382012-09-15T10:00:23.052-04:002012-09-15T10:00:23.052-04:00One of the things I love about this lady is that s...One of the things I love about this lady is that she resists the urge(?) to simper while singing this song. The girlish voice is amazing. The face of an old lady aping a young dish while singing with that voice would have pushed it into nightmare. Thank you Blossom Dearie for what you did but also for what you didn't.teresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-10805930998659550142012-09-12T13:05:05.016-04:002012-09-12T13:05:05.016-04:00Aaaahh but now this may confuse you, philosopher!!...Aaaahh but now this may confuse you, philosopher!!!:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5XHRo5y5FE<br />Mrs. Elvis CostelloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-85124525858059969632012-09-12T12:43:17.323-04:002012-09-12T12:43:17.323-04:00When I was a kid, I can remember my mom saying to ...When I was a kid, I can remember my mom saying to my dad, "Why don't you peel me a grape?" And then they'd both laugh.<br /><br />I thought it was a little funny, but didn't really understand it. I think I just got a clue. ;)shoreacreshttp://shoreacres.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-55268090587835650752012-09-10T16:29:01.003-04:002012-09-10T16:29:01.003-04:00I don't shrink my music and listen to it with ...I don't shrink my music and listen to it with "buds," but if I <i>did,</i> Blossom Dearie would show every tenth song or so (along with Gene Harris).Deborahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-41108183036502830312012-09-10T14:28:17.255-04:002012-09-10T14:28:17.255-04:00I think the archetype for that may have been Laure...I think the archetype for that may have been Lauren Bacall. Saw her once on a talk show. In the course of the conversation, "...put your lips together and blow." Came up. She did the entire scene, and I would have followed her to the ends of the earth thru hell itself.<br /><br />And she was in her early 70s.<br /><br />Wowleeluhttp://leelusplace.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com