I think Cole Porter is one of the great writers in history.
No “music history” or “songwriting history” about it.
Just “great writer,” period.
Consider:
You’re the top!
You’re the Coliseum.
You’re the top!
You’re the Louvre Museum
Porter was that rare talent whose gifts and cultivations would surely have made him successful in most any form, but his upbringing, intelligence, tenacity and love of a well-turned phrase landed him in the music world as a major composer and lyricist.
Too bad for you, poetry and fiction!
There’s something wild about you child
That’s so contagious
Let’s be outrageous
Let’s misbehave!!!
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Unlike many songwriting duos of his era (Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, George & Ira Gershwin), Porter was a team of one, writing both the lyrics and the uncannily catchy melodic ditties that make of his music such a joyous and memorable romp.
I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol d...
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