The Fedora Lounge Theme Song

[Marc Chevalier]

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I'm being facetious. There is (as yet) no Fedora Lounge theme song. However, I do have a candidate. It's a little ditty from a '70s TV show that some of you oldsters may remember: All in the Family. The full lyrics are below.



Those Were the Days (by Charles Stouse and Lee Adams)


Boy, the way Glen Miller played.
Songs that made the Hit Parade.
Guys like us, we had it made.
Those were the days.

Didn't need no welfare state;
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days.

And you knew where you were then;
Girls were girls and men were men.
Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

People seemed to be content.
Fifty dollars paid the rent.
Freaks were in a circus tent.
Those were the days.

Take a little Sunday spin,
Go to watch the Dodgers win.
Have yourself a dandy day
That cost you under a fin.

Hair was short and skirts were long.
Kate Smith really sold a song.
I don't know just what went wrong!
Those were the days.


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[Maj.Nick Danger]

So many possibillities

It would be a tough one to call, but I would say Sentimental Journey by Glenn Miller.

 

[scotrace]

I really like Those Were The Days as theme song. But I always hear Jean Stapleton trying to hit that note in my head!

"... And you knew where you wereTHEN!






Goils wu goils and men wuh meeeeennn...."

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The TV show The Simpsons created an updated version of "Those Were the Days", for those nostalgic for the '70s:


Boy, the way the Bee Gees played.
Movies John Travolta made.
Guessing how much Elvis weighed.
Those were the days.

And you knew where you were then,
Watching shows like "Gentle Ben".
Mister, we could use a man like Sheriff Lobo again.

Disco Duck and Fleetwood Mac
Coming out of my eight-track.
Michael Jackson still was black!
Those were the days.

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[Phil]

I'd say "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller. I know it's clichet and over-played but what other song makes you think of the 30s and 40s?

 

[Cousin Hepcat]

Take "those were the days" lyrics and set them to a classic golden era instrumental (which may or may not already have other lyrics) like Miller's "in the mood", Shaw's "begin the beguine", Dorsey's "opus #1".

Anyone up to the challenge? we want to hear your MP3 efforts lol


Swing High,
- C H

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

My pic for the theme for the Observation Bar is Artie Shaw's "Nightmare." lol

 

[Marc Chevalier]

For the Observation Bar? I'd choose another '30s tune: "Call of the Freaks".

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[Jay]

My pick for the Lounge in general would have to be Puttin on the Ritz."

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Here's another candidate. Some would say that it's a vast improvement over Woody Guthrie's version(s) of This Land is Your Land:



This Land is My Land


This land is my land, it isn't your land.
I got a shotgun, and you ain't got one.
If you don't get off, I'll blow your head off.
This land was made for only me. (or, This land is private property.)


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[Maj.Nick Danger]

Here's another candidate. Some would say that it's a vast improvement over Woody Guthrie's version(s) of This Land is Your Land:



This Land is My Land


This land is my land, it isn't your land.
I got a shotgun, and you ain't got one.
If you don't get off, I'll blow your head off.
This land was made for only me. (or, This land is private property.)


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This one's already being used by The Redneck Lounge.

 

[scotrace]

For the Observation Bar? I'd choose another '30s tune: "Call of the Freaks".

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WE prefer Spike Jones' "Cocktails For Two"

 

[mysterygal]

My pick for the Lounge in general would have to be Puttin on the Ritz."

:eusa_clap and I would second that pick!

 

[MasonM]

My pick for the Lounge in general would have to be Puttin on the Ritz."

I'm new here but that would be my pick.

 

[Atomic Glee]

I also dig Artie Shaw's version of "Begin the Beguine." It's so calming and wistful, and really says "Golden Era" to me.

 

[Lincsong]

But who is going to play the cigar chompin' Archie Bunker?lol

 

[Story]

Hooray Hooray Hooray!

Hooray for Captain Spaulding has a certain appropriate lunacy, doncha think?
http://members.tripod.com/Cleo256/marx/spaulding.wav

Jamison (Zeppo): There's something that I'd like to state
That he's too modest to relate.
The Captain is a moral man.
Sometimes he finds it trying.

Spaulding (Groucho): This fact I'll emphasize with stress:
I never take a drink unless
Somebody's buying.

Crowd: The Captain is a very moral man.

Jamison: If he hears anything obscene,
He'll naturally repel it.

Spaulding: I hate a dirty joke I do,
Unless it's told by someone who
Knows how to tell it.

Crowd: The Captain is a very moral man.
Hooray for Captain Spaulding,
The African Explorer.

Spaulding: Did someone call me Schnorer?

Crowd: Hooray hooray hooray!

Spaulding: [Wacky Dance]

Jamison: He went into the jungle,
Where all the monkeys throw nuts.

Spaulding: If I stay here I'll go nuts.

Crowd: Hooray hooray hooray.

Spaulding: [Wacky Dance]

Crowd: He put all his reliance
In courage and defiance.
And risked his life for science.

Spaulding: Hey hey!

Mrs. Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont): He is the only white man
Who covered every acre.

[Note: This line is often edited from the film, and the version from
which the sound clip was taken is no exception]
Spaulding: I think I'll try and make her.

Crowd: Hooray hooray hooray!

Spaulding: [Extended Wacky Dance]

Crowd: He put all his reliance
In courage and defiance.
And risked his life for science.

Spaulding: Hey hey!

Crowd: Hooray for Captain Spaulding,
The African explorer.
He brought his name undying fame,
And that is why we say:
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

Spaulding (spoken): My friends, I am highly gratified at this
magnificent display of effusion. And I want you to know -

Crowd (interrupting): Hooray for Captain Spaulding,
The African explorer.
He brought his name undying fame,
And that is why we say:
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

Spaulding (spoken): My friends, I am highly gratified at this
magnificent display of effusion. And I want you to know -

Crowd (interrupting again): Hooray for Captain Spaulding,
The African explorer.
He brought his name undying fame,
And that is why we say:
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

Spaulding (spoken): My friends, I am highly gratified at this
magnificent display of effusion. And I want you to know -
(singing): Hooray for Captain Spaulding,
the African Inquirer.
(spoken): Well, somebody's gotta do it.

 

[CharlieH.]

All The Cats Join In

(or perhaps, Clink, Clink, Another Drink?)

 

[Strider]

I dunno...I vote for "Action!" by Freddy Cannon.

 

[Girl Friday]

My vote would be for:
Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman and His Orchestra