It's Onlly A Paper Moon/Nat King Cole

[nocoolnamesleft123]

Streetcar sent me here!

[corbusier0824]

カコイイ

[misorihara]

So many 1Q84 readers c:

[downeti2]

Never heard this song before, curiosity got the better of me after reading 1Q84. Really glad I have heard this song now.

[necorelli]

Another 1Q84 person.

Dear God, did Murakami write the entire book around this song? Because he did it obnoxiously well.

[TheGREATEST95]

was this the song in the movie paper moon great movie great song

[dearprude]

1Q84 sent me here. Every time a song is mentioned in one of Haruki Murakami's novels, I add it to my ipod, and compile a playlist of them.

[manriq47]

Great posting of one of the all time great singers who ever walked the planet. Wondering if anyone knows about the band backing Nat up. Kind of looks like that fella playing guitar could be Les Paul.

[Japinha0307]

Thumbs up se você está aqui pelo Ikenie no Yoru (/hirodots)

[hirodots]

Ikenie no Yoru!

[gcpropertymanagement]

Incredible.

[ultrakool]

nat = star quality. all fakers, start up a racist rant

[SmileyMcCrazy]

Blanche sings this in the play Street Car Named Desire

[terrryc]

I think it's Flip Phillips on Tenor, but I am not exactly sure......

[FishWhale19]

Anyone know who plays the tenor solo?

[colinhotham]

Unforgettable !!

[DiggeLibbe]

ナット・キング・コール

[peoman2]

cool muthafucka

[The1hope4all]

@Yep. Always supremely relaxed.

[so0chi1]

"Without your love,it's a honkey-tonk parade",he hummed small the tune. From Book 2 in 1Q84.

[sUPer1upQUEEN]

From the Wikipedia page for the film "Paper Moon":

Peter Bogdanovich also decided to change the name of the film. While selecting music for the film, he heard the song It's Only a Paper Moon (by Billy Rose, Yip Harburg, and Harold Arlen). Seeking advice from his close friend and mentor Orson Welles, Bogdanovich listed Paper Moon as a possible alternative. Welles responded — "That title is so good, you shouldn't even make the picture, you should just release the title!"

XD

[az7stars]

7:3

[kateholli]

@leinstermad

He was wonderful for sure, but I wouldn't put him over Sinatra or Elvis...

Anyway, THIS SONG is entirely HIS!!

[5507156693]

@kateholli Do you have to put great singers over, under or next to one another? Thank God we had them all; just one could get tiresome with time

[kateholli]

@5507156693

agreed

[ZZz7ZZzzZZz7ZzZZzz7Z]

Blanche DuBois brought me here.

[DrIvoRobotnick]

Where did you get the clip?

[1mommas]

leinstermad...

not quite sure of your meaning but, have you heard Nat's trio version of

"Sweet Georgia brown". ? Up tune that swings. ( no vocal )

One great pianist whose voice ended up out shining his piano chops

a sidebar,

Oscar Peterson used to sing until he was compared to Nat.

Turned out well for both, each terrific but so talented.

[SadPandaPictures]

Hahaha! Man I both love and hate this song... Most real feelings I have ever had... Thanks Nat!

[zangluning]

The first song of 1Q84

[ethicomm]

what a voice, what a voice.

[TheSarcasticBear]

@leinstermad

Same!

[TheDoctorManda]

Good ol' Nat. Soothing voice to listen to :)

[Philipsoso]

wow~ so many 1Q84 here~

I love this song~~

[maxthevid]

nAT THE MAN YES, BUT THERE WERE OTHER BEAUTIFUL TALLENTS TO BE LOVED IN A WAY THAT THE SCREAMING YOUNGSTERS OF TODAY COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND, WE LOVED THEIR SKILL AT HANDLING VOICE AND SOUND AND INTERPRETATION, MAXTHEVID

[inkey2]

@maxthevid I grew up on rock....the beatles, stones etc but I always liked the older stuff too although I didn't dare let my friend know that. When I was a kid a neighbor gave me hundreds of old 78rpm records. This is how i learned about the big bands and all the crooners. I'll bet I had listened to about 3000 vintage records by the time I was 18. my favorite band ended up being Harry James orchestra and favorite singer Nat King Cole

[flybaby00100]

It's a barnum and bailey world

Just as phony as it can be,

But it wouldn't be make believe

If you believed in me.

[RozenKnight1990]

@flybaby00100 1Q84)

[SMOOTH0709]

1q84 yeh~

[dinerdisaster]

1Q84

[jairaugustosoares]

IQ = 84

[resplendencelvr]

im singing this in chourus and is say its only a paper sailing ova acard board sea

[w3stwood]

such valvet sound

[likemyviolin]

This song and this performance is the typical Nat King Cole, fabulous...

!!!

[likemyviolin]

This guy might be something what we have in tales...

[conmaesta]

Actually this song is really the Great O's credo isn't it. You know Barack lol. At least that's how I see it these days.

[schmudecj]

is it oscar playing the piano?

[SecksyBeast]

Blache DuBois - "I wouldn't be make believe if you believed in me"

[ilovecolinandbrad]

Holy cow, that's totally why I searched this!

High Five for Streetcar Named Desire

[speedoflite1]

appears to be jO jONES on drums; early swing band pioneer, who influenced the best of the best (Buddy Rich) and others with his smiling sense of showmanship and technical skills around the kit.

[wasaru01]

いいですね！好きになりました。

[leoo1313]

Believe it or not James Taylor has a nice rendition of this song. Look it up.

[rhythmandblues87]

I was introduced to this song via Adam Ant's 1988 version. Wonderful how many various artists can lead to the same thing!