My Woman : Al Bowlly/ Star Wars

[imyourslobobabe]

02:35 is this one of this legendary super-rare Selmer guitars??

[Menacekutz]

*only reason for white town is this

[mumulove]

I heard this song at a rave once. I was tripping balls.

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

"Imperial March" not the only comparison. Also try "A Spoonful of Sugar" from Mary Poppins.

[ohmysparticus]

aaaaaah the days when people actually had some attention span! You can't get away with having 1 min and 30 secs of instrumental now adays :(

[souljehr]

@ohmysparticus you just don't listen to the right music... try to stay away from the radio

[ohmysparticus]

@souljehr before you turn into a music snob I assure you that I don't listen to the radio. Im just saying that there were days when these were the songs that were playing ON THE RADIO

[TheAbcdegfhijklmnopq]

@souljehr its really not your place or anyone else's to pass judgment on other's music taste or what way they prefer to listen to it so will you kindly stuff it

[JJtoob]

LOL Darth Vader. Maybe the Vader theme was based on the bit from this song. Makes sense considering he loved his woman too, to the point he went to the dark side to try to save her.

[RevoltesocialHipHop]

MAGNIFIQUE ! HIPHOP LOVE

[B0urBen]

Hell yea.. i found that sample.(white town earworm). And in the same moment i recognized where i knew it from.. Darth Vader.. Holy shit :D.. Cheers !

[GiveItToMeOneTime]

i do not prefer it to white town lol, but it was nice ta check out

[Objectivist23]

Reading comprehension is at an all time low in this country. No where in what I wrote did I imply that the Al Bowlly tune was "crap." Simply stated, I think White Town's sample of the song made it a catchy tune that I prefer.

I dig that you are into the vintage jazz thing. And it is a nice break from current music - it just isn't something that I find enjoyable on a regular basis. (Of note - I would guess at least half of the 30,000 views are because of White Town's sample.)

[GloriaD5767]

Catchy!

[Objectivist23]

Better than White Town? I suppose it depends on your taste in music. For me, I will play White Town on my stereo so loud the neighbors can hear it... and this wont even make it on my iPod.

I suppose those who dig this also prefer the black and white television and AM radio.

[iainr222]

@Objectivist23 Yeah, sure.........something recorded nearly 80 years just HAS to be crap doesnt it ?

[DuDDyWaTers]

@Objectivist23 apparently supposing that those who dig this also prefer the black and white television and AM radio... Personnaly, I suppose those who dig this also prefer knowing far longer than others where things and music comes from. and I suppose those who dig this are more able than anybody else to be up to date. Just because those who dig this are RZA, White Town, ... and few of us. Cheers !

[VintageFella]

This song is classic ! and White Town is NOT better ! Everyone knows people who sample too much don't last in the recording industry...:P

Al Bowlly and Ray Noble are awesome together :)

[moneymikerunsshit]

@VintageFella rza has been sampling music for over twenty years now, so no..sampling is a key way to keep old music alive and relevant..if it wasn't for white town many young people would not have stumbled upon this so go check your facts you old fuck

[jaklumen]

@moneymikerunsshit I find this argument amusing. Sampling has a precedent in musical quotation, a practice in composition that is older than recording technology. (Composers usually quoted contemporaries/recent influences, actually.) Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle.

[geico1212]

white town is better.

[paulmcguineapig1]

Oh Mr Bowlly...*SWOON*

[urbandefinition]

This makes me think of drinking coffee in Barnes and Noble.

[peteressex]

It's a number that you just have to come back to. Nat Gonella was quite chuffed I believe when his Trumpet was used in the 90s pop song.

Lew Stone was an absolute maestro with some of the best musicians of the day, (Al needs no addition!) Most of Ray Noble's early 30s Mayfair Orch was lifted from Lew's orch. Lew Stone & the Monseigneur Band ,London, November 29, 1932.

[KingZeusEIIR]

BANG BANG ROLL DEEP WILEY MUCH BETTER THAN WHITE TOWN

[N37BU6]

This is great.

[iainr222]

Wow, this is up there as one of the hottest arrangements of the period ! If there is such a thing as a perfect recording in every aspect THIS IS IT !

[ChachaChapati]

Sounds like Dorothy Zbornak singing.

[madforit2]

i think its pretty cool a sample from this song can be taken and then 60 years later it can be used in such a great way to make a different but great song as well.

[debobeats]

@madforit2 thats called sampling, it can be great and it can also be a terrible, terrible thing, sometimes, see?

[IronSaucer]

when was this song made?

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@IronSaucer

1933. Original Bing Crosby version written/recorded early 1932.

[colinwells4]

I am sure that this is the Monseigneur band, directed by Roy Fox. It's a Lew Stone arrangement. and a good one!

[colinwells4]

What a voice! I think it's a voice of ambidextrous appeal

[m222rjr]

Just to confirm that its the Lew Stone band with Al Bowlly (voc) and Nat Gonella (tpt). Sorry but I havnt got the date easily to hand

[peteressex]

Was this the Stone or Fox Orchestra? It sounds like Lew Stone arr. Nat Gonella is the trumpet player lifted for a 90s recording.

[imiborbas]

Yeah this tune reminds me of the Darth Vader music as well, when I heard the White Town interpretation of this song. They're pretty much alike, except for the melody used in this song is a minor triad, and the Imperial March has a major one. I think the rhythm and that sad/dark feel of this tune causes the similarity.

[Meagain74]

White town!!!

[johnk421]

is it a TRUMPIT AT THE BEGINING

[stev2k]

@johnk421 yes

[cartmanschick88]

So glad to have found out about this song being sampled in "Your Woman"! I love discovering samples in songs. Oh, and I ALWAYS thought this sounded like the Imperial March! Always thought I was the only person who thought that too lol

[NancyValentino]

best song-ever.

[racingrubberbiker]

Cool.

Much better in this up-beat version than Bing's

[devonlongbow]

I hate to agree, as anything against the godly Bing seems wrong, but you are right.

[girraud]

This really sounds good. I like it a lot.

[aktorshift2]

Another one of James Horner's victims - he stole the theme and used it for Disney's Something Wicked This Way Comes.

[peteressex]

Nat Gonella's trumpet doing the Stars wars bit.

[kevinyoung42]

In December 1931, Bowlly had married Freda Roberts, but the marriage proved a disaster, with Bowlly discovering his new wife in bed with another man on their wedding night. The couple separated after two weeks, and sought a rapid divorce. He remarried in December 1934, this time to Marjie Fairless, the marriage lasting until his death.

[jackyeats88]

I prefer this to white town

[chazeman2]

@jackyeats88 The only reason you're listening to this is because of white town.

[pigskin100]

Those 'oh so familiar notes' are also repeated in one of the Clint Eastwood/Sergio Leone Fistfull of ... films, as part of the music box chimes - can't remember the composer's name now, but you would have thought it would have infringed copyright ...allegedly

[ClassicTVMan81]

Are you referring to Ennio Morricone?

[LordofDoom202]

I know Morricone did the music but I think the music was actually from the music box and I doubt he made it. The film in question is "For a Few Dollars More", the second of the trilogy. There was a music box/pocket watch that reminded two men of the same woman, a sister to one and sexual interest to the other. I think that, most likely, the music box played a chime version of this song, made to sound like it was written in the 1860's instead of the 1930's.

[powerhousechipmunk23]

the beginning is amazing

[kingoma61]

"My Woman" was co-written and originally recorded by Bing Crosby in 1932. Al Bowlly recorded his cover version with Lew Stone in London on November 29, 1932. The Al Bowlly version was featured in the movie Pennies from Heaven where it received wider exposure.

[carbiduis]

wikipedia

[NuclearSheep]

If someone could tell me which Star Wars this was in, or how it is related, I would be really happy. I'm so confused, it's bugging the hell out of me.

Thanks!

[Buzda]

I think they are poking fun at the trumpet part sounding similar to a portion of the "Imperial March" (Darth Vader's theme). I assume this because when the trumpet part was sampled for "Your Woman" by White Town, everyone was like "It's Darth Vader's music!!"

[DJ1AM]

There's something really different, though. I never realized the similarity until seeing this.

[GBart]

Ooohhhhhh, yeah! Now I hear it!

Yeah, that does sound a tad like the Imperial March.

[basqueboy89]

@Buzda You do realize this song was written way before Star Wars correct?

[Buzda]

@basqueboy89 I know. I was referring to people wondering why there's a pic of Darth Vader.

[Kittyslasher69]

@Buzda EXACTLY!

[guitaress1]

great song! A little disturbing to think the original Darth Vader was a no good dame! But you'd have to be on the dark side to be bad to Al Bowlly.

[eamcas67]

I have loved this since I first saw Bob Hoskins Lip Synching it as he sang about the lovely Cheryl Campbell in Dennis Potters fantastic Pennies from Heaven in 1978.

Shame there is'nt more vocal but still a great posting.

[aliccolo]

What a lovely song, a true classic!

[Flopstar80]

I just heard about Mr Bowlly but I love this type of music. Simular to Al Jolson. I guess that just was the sound back then. Good stuff!

[waterfairywiccan13]

Star Wars of the Early 1900s xD

Te guy who wrote this must be the grandad of the composer for star wars or something xD

[69Macleod69]

The star wars tune was inspired by this song.

[thomasojii31]

Is this a Quickstep? This is so sweet!

[mdcp0yewtewb]

kommt ganz geil

[loris711]

Tell me about the image at 00:50. Who is with Mr. Bowlly?

[LKayL]

Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson on the left, Ray Noble in the middle.

[LKayL]

Love it!

[FLUIS69]

JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!! lOVE AL BOWLLY AND HIS MUSIC :-)