They say Chivalry Is Dead
as Pépé le Moko,
but I say
ain’t so……
cause you see
that can’t be true
…..if you know the door to go through,
but – but – but – but today this is true
cause Chivalry, it ain’t dead when the taps and the foot comes thru……
shadows on tiles
baby laughs & smiles
one two, one two……
Hey you want to dance ?
How about it ?
Give it a chance …….. 3, 4, shut that door,
and spin the swing to the swirl of laughing in the Moonlight of The Smoothie Café 7 Chill Grill…..
see Daffy Duck do his thing –
Hear those angels swing –
Watch a sarong over the-the-the leg
with a beach towel dreamer
on the Summer Beach of Memories,……
That Silver Screen Hair
once knew brand new steps
– just Yesterday’s Fad now.
Eye over the Horizon
lifts up that Orange Tree Scene
to
a New Level
of
Has-Been
Old Age
Rockers in chairs.
How’s that Choir Now ?
Young Folks got manners,
just different steps,
Chivalry ain’t dead yet.
Note: So once again a mix of things came together. Thanks to Silver Screenings for their post Hedy Lamarr Goes to the Casbah, I couldn’t have done it without you. When working through the first running/racing/rapid draft of this piece I listened to the “Baked Bean Blues” – tapped by Sarah Reich and accompanied by Danny Janklow on the Saxophone. Rhythm, staccato, dance, old movies and chivalry all mixed with animated whimsy. Hope you enjoyed this multimedia dance of words, images and music.
They say the Movie Musical is Dead,……. the young have just reinvented it for a new medium. Let’s get up and dance !
You usual superb mix. Of course Chivalry ain’t dead, Derrick Knight 🙂
Many thanks. We are exposed to so many negative/narrow interpretations of contemporary culture and the young that it can distort the view & understanding of those you arise from a different generation than our own. 🙂
Thanks for the links to my site. Loved that sax/tap clip you posted. Great stuff!
And no, chivalry is not dead, thanks to folks like you. 🙂
Many thanks. 🙂
Breath of fresh air– Always! thank for another great lungful.
Most welcome. 🙂
I love musicals! Singin in the Rain, Cabaret, All that Jazz, Sweet Charity (Bob
Fosse was a genius).
And Dancer in the Dark, too. Lars Von Trier apparently liked watching musicals when he was a kid.
Just finished watching the Tony Awards. 11-year-old Sydney Lucas’s performance of “Ring of Keys” from Fun Home was remarkable. A young girl sees a adult gay women for the first time and has a moment of self recognition & affirmation. She didn’t win the Tony for which she was nominated – there will be opportunities in the future.
Nice!