In keeping with the musical tone of the blog this holiday season, and with apologies to Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen.
You got to ac-cent,
Accentuate the positive.
E-lim,
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with Mr. In-Between!
You know there are two ways
Two ways to de-velop.
You can build, build
Build from the bottom up.
Get hold
Get hold of each and every pup.
Bring, bring
Bring them all the way up.
That's how you develop from below.
Or you can de-velop
Develop from the top already.
Spread, spread,
Spread around the honey.
Go, go,
Go out and spend that money.
That's how you do it from the top.
To facilitate either of these approaches
You got to rid yourself of those old cockroaches.
Tell Cooperstown Cashie to seek his inner elf,
And Randy Levine to go chase himself.
You got to ac-cent,
Accentuate the positive.
E-lim,
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with Mr. In-Between!
Uh-oh.
Looks like we already messed with Mr. In-Between...
Accent
Accentuate the positive—
He'll mess you up, that Tweener.
Elim-eliminate the negative—
Who we talkin' about now? Hal?
Latch on
Latch on to the affirmative—
No, not Hal. He's Mr. Soccer!
Don't mess with Mr. In-Between.
Oh, oh, here he comes now! Mr. 81-81.
Better run!
Or better yet, stay home.
Ain't nothin' brewin' at Yankee Stadium. No, sir.
Don't mess with Mr. In-Between.
Baby, we are nothin' BUT between!
I always knew Der Binger loved him some golf. Who knew that he understood baseball as well?
ReplyDeleteDoug K.
Der Bingle's version with the Andrew Sisters IS better than Mercer's, I gotta say.
ReplyDeleteHal's really sucks.
Oh yeah, it is Der Bingle. I kinda like Der Binger but maybe it reads like Binge-er. There should be a rap artist called Der Blingle.
ReplyDeleteI liked Hal's version except for the fact that it's unfortunately accurate.
Ella does a nice version of it as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_JxgAU84-k
Did you ever see Twenty Feet From Stardom? Watched it on Netflix the other day. It's like "The Wrecking Crew" but with back up singers. A little long but good.
Doug K.
Yeah, fun documentary. A tough gig, but one that has lent so much to our music.
ReplyDeleteThe Andrews Sisters as Crosby's back-ups—now that's pure heaven!
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