chromolume wrote:
> On Mar 1, 10:44=EF=BF=BDpm, Robert Bouton <mprov...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Ira Gershwin quotes a lot:
>
> he even quotes himself -- he re-used a famous lyric from "I Got
> Rhythm" ("who could ask for anything more?") in two other songs - most
> famously in the bridge to "Nice Work If You Can Get It," but also in
> the less well-known "I'm About To Be A Mother" from Of Thee I Sing,
> which ends with the self-quote.
>
> And many years later, Sondheim would quote this same lyric (along with
> a few other songs) in his fun pastiche "More" (in the film of Dick
> Tracy).
Just remembered one: "I've been there once or twice" from They Say It's
Wonderful (Annie GYG), used a few years later in You're Just In Love
(Call Me Madam).
At least Irving Berlin stole from the best.
Bob A
"Aside from that, Mrs. Kennedy, how did you enjoy the motorcade?"
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