God Bless the Child

For those of you that don't know, my other close love outside of music is Comics. Most forms are appealing, Strip, Graphic, single-panel, etc. Cartoons are just the inimitable "talkie" form of the genre, and some of which have exceptional cross-boundary exposure. Such as today's discussion.

In 1990, the Simpsons (yes, The Simpsons) released their first "studio" album, which spawned the hit "Do The Bartman." No, we won't be hearing that crappy song today. I actually purchased the album (more attributable to an overabundance of discretionary income versus bad taste, I assure you), and was quite surprised to hear Lisa Simpson's (voiced by Yeardly Smith) rendition of Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child."

I love that she asked for "live musicians" instead of "synthetic sound." The piano sounds excellent, the sax is inviting. The soft guitar languidly played in accompaniment. Even the vocals are not terribly bad. The bridge of the song is telling, yet still holds well. Not even in Holiday's ballpark, but seriously, it's not meant to be. The tenor and Bari sax duet at the end of the piece ties it all together, in true Simpson's style. As only Lisa Simpson could class up the joint, and further, the actual album that this song came from.


...I will get my post out earlier tomorrow.
I will get my post out earlier tomorrow.
I will get my post out earli-
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