TRACK TALK #522 These Foolish Things

THESE FOOLISH THINGS
ALBUM : Triplicate (2017)
Recorded : Mars 2016
Released : 31 Mars 2017

Un standard composé en 1935 par Jack Strachey avec des paroles d'Eric Maschwitz.
Parmi les différentes versions, on peut citer celles de Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Nate King Cole, Sam Cooke, Etta James, Aaron Neville, Frank Sinatra, Yves Montand, Bryan Ferry et Rod Stewart.
Aucune performance live.



Lyrics
A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you

A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
A fairground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you

You came, you saw, you conquered me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be

The winds of March that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you

Let me tell you
First daffodils and all excited cables
And candlelights on little corner tables
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things
Remind me of you

The park at evening and scented roses
And waiters whistling as the last bar closes
The beauty that is spring springs

How strange, how sweet, to find you still
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you so near to me

The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations
Silk stockings thrown aside dance invitations
Oh how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things
Remind me of you
These foolish things
Remind me of you

La version de Billie Holiday :



Celle de Frank Sinatra :



Celle de Sam Cooke :