Blah Blah Blah (Gershwin song)
Song by George and Ira Gershwin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Blah, Blah, Blah" is a 1931 song with music by George Gershwin, to lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin.[1] Originally written for the abortive East is West[2] it was taken "out of the trunk" by the Gershwins for the 1931 film Delicious.[3] It was later used in the 2012 Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It, which features songs by George and Ira.
| "Blah Blah Blah" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1931 |
| Composer(s) | George Gershwin |
| Lyricist(s) | Ira Gershwin |
It goes in part:[4]
Blah, Blah, Blah, blah moon, Blah, Blah, Blah above. Blah, Blah, Blah, blah croon, Blah, Blah, Blah, blah love."
The song is a parody of the clichés of contemporary love songs; Gerald Mast in Can't Help Singin' describes the "treacly tune" and Ira Gershwin's "refusal to write coherent words except the hackneyed rhymes to conclude every line".[5]
- Eliane Elias – Everything I Love (Blue Note, 2000)
- Sarah Vaughan – Snowbound (Roulette, 1963)
- John Muriello & Richard Pearson Thomas - Love and the Dickens (Albany Records, 2008)
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