are there any vocal versions of - or in fact a lyric to

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― tom west (thomp), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

by who(m)?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Thelonius Monk? I never heard one. I think I heard some humming on the track though, but I'm not sure that counts.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

That doesn't look right: Thelonious. Sorry, Sphere.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 16:59 (twenty years ago)

I cheated and googled. Jamie Cullum has done a vocal version. I have no desire to hear it.

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

I don't wanna hear it. But I don't wanna hear a vocal version of "Green Dolphin Street" either.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 17:04 (twenty years ago)

But he got it from here, where it's called 'It's Over Now'.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005NW8W.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah, she is known for singing Monk tunes but I haven't heard it. I usually don't like when lyrics are added after the fact to a jazz tune, like "All Blues," to name one. No doubt ILM can provide me with a laundry list of counterexamples.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

I know what you're saying, and once you hear those versions, it makes it hard to ever listen to the music without getting a bunch of dodgy lyrics stuck in your head.

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

No doubt ILM can provide me with a laundry list of counterexamples.

"In Walked Bud", for starters.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

I find it impossible to hear "well you needn't" without singing its title each time the chorus comes round

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

"In Walked Bud", for starters.
I prefer "Through With Buzz."

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

tracer this is why i asked!! i like to mix things up with the occasional "well, you oughn't" or "well, you're wrong" tho

― tom west (thomp), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

Every time the chorus comes around time? Now you've got me singing it every other bar- "bah-da-da-da-da, well you needn't."

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

hm!

― tom west (thomp), Saturday, 3 December 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

you're talking so sweet. well you needn't
you say you won't cheat. well you needn't
you're tapping your feet. well you needn't
it's over now, it's over now

you're dressing with class, well you needn't
you're holding your sass, well you needn't
you think you're a gas, well you needn't
it's over now, it's over now

it's over now, it's over now
you had your fun so take a bow
you oughta know, you lost the glow
the beat is low, the shadows draw
the lights are low, it's time to go, let's close the show down
you're taking off weight, well you needn't
you're looking just great. well you needn't
you're setting the bait. well you needn't
it's over now, it's over now

― tom west (thomp), Saturday, 3 December 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

haven't heard the Carmen McRae but a couple years ago I saw Savion Glover tap-dance to "In Walked Bud" and it was mind-blowing great.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 3 December 2005 12:27 (twenty years ago)

I was just coming in to mention that McCrae album. I have it, it's pretty good, the lyrics aren't awful or anything (imo, obviously), but when I want to hear Monk I usually don't bother with cover versions and just slap on "Thelonious in Action" or something.

Now you know what would make a great vocal number with the right lyrics? I've been saying "Reincarnation of a Love Bird" for years now.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 3 December 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

Got this from "the vocal real book", i like it pretty much:

You want to get high, well you needn´t
Just take your feet off of the ground
You don´t want to loose the connection
`tween going up and getting down.

You never get something for nothing
You have to give something away
Your whole world is constantly changing
From day to night and night to day

From black and white
And white to grey
With all your might
You try to stay

On top of it all
But its round like a ball
you slip up and you fall
or it pops and that´s all

You want to get high, well you needn´t
Just keep yourself under control
Step out of your mind for a minute
And feel the distances you go

― meike schrader, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

I hate to sound ignorant...

THERE'S A VOCAL VERSION OF ALL BLUES?! Why!?

― Harrison Barr (Petar), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

How about that Jon Hendricks version of Freddie the Freeloader, where he and his crew put lyrics to all of solos from KoB? It's impressive and kinda creepy at the same time.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

Speaking of whom, I was informed earlier this week that Jon Hendricks wrote most if not all of the lyrics for that Carmen McRae album, and just now heard that version of "In Walked Bud" with Jon and Thelonious.

Wikipedia informs me that Jon wrote half the lyrics and Abbey Lincoln wrote the other half.

― Run-WmC (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:25 (sixteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://www.harmonyware.com/JonHendricks/index.html

― Welcome To The King Pleasure-dome (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:27 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

Tonight I had the honor of seeing soon-to-be-nonagenarian Jon Hendricks transmogrify "Crepuscule With Nellie" from a tune into a song for the first time.

― Heino: There's Something Going On (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 June 2011 05:15 (fourteen years ago)

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are there any vocal versions of - or in fact a lyric to - 'well, you needn't'?