Rhythm


19 comments:

Deborah in IL said...

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been

Sylvia said...

I got rhythm,
I got music,
I got my man --
Who could ask for anything more?

no idea who -- just stuck in my head

Anonymous said...

Mama, don't wanna make music
Just wanna make rhythm
Just wanna go ba-ba-bi-da.
I have no desire to carry a
Stradivarius
But there's no limit of primitive
Tom Tom in my tum-tum
Mama, I wanna make rhythm
Just wanna get hot-cha
Just wanna go ba-ba-bi-da

(Jerome/Byron/Kent; check out the recording by the Chenille Sisters)

(Sylvia--"I Got Rhythm" is a George & Ira Gershwin song)

Margaret said...

Broadway rhythm it's got me
Everybody dance!

I believe it is from American in Paris, as is "I've got Rhythm", which would make it the Gershwins. I think it's from the very very long dance scene in the middle which doesn't have much in the way of singing.

Anonymous said...

Actually, Margaret, that's from "Singin' in the Rain"--you did get the Gene Kelly part! The tune is called "The Broadway Melody" and was written by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown. They also wrote the movie's title song. Great "rhythm" song!

Ellen (nursescrubs)

Sandra Dodd said...

To the beat of the rhythm of the night
Dance until the morning light

DeBarge

Anonymous said...

Fascinatin' rhythm
You've got me on the go
Fascinatin' rhythm
I'm all a-quiver

(Gershwins)

Sarah said...

The rhythm is gonna get you
The rhythm is gonna get you
The rhythm is gonna get you tonight

Gloria Estefan

Sandra Dodd said...

My heart beatin' rhythm
And my soul keep a-singin' the blues

Roll Over, Beethoven

Anonymous said...

And the rhythm of life
Is a powerful beat
Puts a tingle in your fingers
And a tingle in your feet
Rhythm in your bedroom,
Rhythm in the street
Yes, the rhythm of life
Is a powerful beat.

(Coleman/Fields, from "Sweet Charity")

Sandra Dodd said...

Just listen to the rhythm of the gentle bossa nova
You'll be dancing with them too before the night is over
Happy again

"Downtown," Petula Clark

Shanona Ryder said...

Getting lost in el ritmo he whispers te quiero
te quiero...

---Christina Aguilera "Infatuation"
(I hope Spanish counts!)

Meghan said...

Hit me with your rhythm stick.
It's nice to be a lunatic.

Rhythm Stick by Ian Drury and The Blockheads

Margaret said...

Thanks Ellen! I've got rhythm is from An American in Paris... just merged the two movies, I guess :)

Anonymous said...

Hey get rhythm when you get the blues
Hey get rhythm when you get the blues
Yes a jumpy rhythm makes u feel so fine
It'll shake all the trouble from your worried mind
Yeah get rhythm when you get the blues
Johnny Cash

Shanona Ryder said...

I've got rhythm
music, too
just as much as before...

---Madonna, "More" from Dick Tracy

Margaret said...

Today, you can see that the happiest men
All got rhythm

Zoom zoom (I recommend ella's version, not Astaire's)

Sarah said...

Keeping perfect rhythm makes you want to swing along

Trace Adkins
"Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"

Sandra Dodd said...

You both kicked off your shoes.
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.

"American Pie," Don McLean