I’m a lover (and closet singer) of old standards—the songs that were popular back in my parents’ day. So when Matthew Price, a BCC-TV journalist who had just arrived here from Jerusalem, began the auction report, in which he gave me my two minutes of fame, with the words, “Autumn in New York,” my thoughts of course strayed to that Vernon Duke classic.
Being CultureGrrl, I immediately considered the possibility of recasting “Autumn in New York” as “Auctions in New York.” I have a weakness for writing spoof songs, and with the big fall auction season concluded, I could restrain myself no longer.
So, with apologies to Billie Holiday, whose classy arrangement (with, I believe, Oscar Peterson on piano) I’ve appropriated, and with additional apologies to Vernon Duke, whose composition I’ve mangled, I invite you to click below, if you dare, to hear CultureGrrl‘s first (and probably last) singing podcast:
“Auctions in New York”
(Should I mention that I’m available for weddings and corporate events? Maybe not.)