Posted
11:03 PM
by Gene
Speaking of music and movies, we can't get the opening track of
George and Ira Gershwin in Hollywood out of our head. It's the immortal Warner Bros. Orchestra playing an unedited overture to the bio
Rhapsody in Blue. Can anyone doubt this orchestra rivaled some of the world's great symphonies? We suspect it was full of European refugees, members of musical elites themselves, who became the elite of Hollywood and made what long haul may be the best thing about movies (and when it's used ham-handedly, the worst, but we don't see that.) This band could play sweet (the ineffable "Somebody Loves Me") and hot ("Fascinating Rhythm"), and always at the highest level. How could it not playing for Bette Davis and Daffy Duck? Those who do the movies-are-better-than-ever act must first defend their minimal tastes in music.