"Something different? What can we do different? Okay..."

January 18, 2015 9:01 PM

​​Ella Fitzgerald - Air Mail Special (Club Des Belugas Remix) [SLYT]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome (9 comments total)

NO, no, this is full CGI.
posted by sammyo at 9:40 PM on January 18, 2015

Growing up in a midwestern town in the 50's meant that one of my few exposures to African-American musical styling was when Ella Fitzgerald would perform on predominately white TV shows... Sadly, I remember viewing it as an oddity... it was so seldom that we saw black people on TV it was a bit difficult to parse if you were a 10 year old white kid.
But, even though there was a cultural/musical disconnect for me, there was never any doubt that Ms. Fitzgerald had a talent and style that was unique and unmatched.

Thanks for the post... I'll spend the next hour or so listening to Ella...
posted by HuronBob at 9:40 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]

And then in the 50's there was also the "Is it live or is it Memorex" prime time TV commercial featuring Ella.
posted by Sir Rinse at 11:58 PM on January 18, 2015

Obligatory Nikki Yanofsky link
posted by smugly rowan at 12:26 AM on January 19, 2015

"And then in the 50's there was also the "Is it live or is it Memorex"

Mate, I'm old, but I'm not that old.
posted by Wolof at 2:26 AM on January 19, 2015

And then in the 50's there was also the "Is it live or is it Memorex" prime time TV commercial featuring Ella.

I think someone's Memorex needs a little splicing.
posted by hwestiii at 5:57 AM on January 19, 2015

I think an early 50s home recording media commercial might not have set the bar as high as Memorex in the 70s:

"Is your radio broken, is is it a wire recording?"
posted by chambers at 6:58 AM on January 19, 2015

Heh. Heh. Doodie.
posted by Mooseli at 8:04 AM on January 19, 2015

Nina Simone with another conga workout, Funkier Than A Mosquitos Tweeter
posted by asok at 9:04 AM on January 19, 2015 [1 favorite]