Friday, February 25, 2011

`Sail Away'

One song, like a silent accompaniment, played as I reread Melville’s “Benito Cereno”: Randy Newman’s “Sail Away.”
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  1. Buce12:59 PM

    Wiki lists 23 works with that title, though I am not sure how many are copies or covers of others:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_Away

    Aside from (or ahead of) Randy Newman, I suppose the best known is Noel Coward's from the show that made Elaine Stritch's career. Here's Coward with Stritch, or vice versa:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZLLKN_OeBc

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