Yesterday, when I was mad/angry/furious, I wrote a new song entitled “I’m Mad About You.”
I’m mad/crazy/nuts about jazz standards and I hope I have the mad/superior/unexpected skills to evoke that musical sound in my latest original tune.
Are you mad about my opening and ending lyrics?
I’m mad about you.
You make me feel blue.
You make me so angry.
And that isn’t new.
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I’m wish I could disappear you.
Never hear or be near you.
Oy, oh boy, the joy to be rid of you.
Because I’m mad, not glad, not sad, just mad about you.
© Ann Koplow 2018
Are you mad about any of my many photos from yesterday, when my madly loved Michael and I visited the Adams National Historical Park and downtown Quincy, Massachusetts, USA?
If you were particularly mad about any of those smaller photos, please click to enlarge.
Did you notice any of the mad connections among those photos, like this one?
I’m mad about the music and singer of this jazz standard and I’m madly thinking about the lyrics.
I’m mad about my readers and hope to get some mad comments on this post.
Mad gratitude to all who helped me create today’s post and — of course! — to YOU.
Am I blue?
I have some reasons to be blue, this morning:
I have reasons to be blue, but am I blue?
Am I blue, from the cold?
No, I’m not. I might be blue from cold, by the time I get to work this morning, but I’m not blue yet.
Am I blue, because I have a very unusual heart that pumps blood in unexpected ways?
No, I’m not. Medical people, when they’ve seen pictures of my heart, have looked at my fingers and toes expecting them to be blue (because of the strange route my blood takes), but I’m always pink (unless I’m outside too long in the !!&#@!!#@!! New England cold).
Am I blue, in any way, this morning?
I shall check in with myself — internally and externally — in this moment.
I have discovered two ways in which I am blue, right now.
Before I reveal those, will it make you blue if my thoughts turn to blues in the recent past?
I saw these blues last night, while Grammys for blues, rock, R & B, and other kinds of music were being awarded in Los Angeles, California.*
Here’s a link to the complete list of all the (probably-not-blue) winners of Grammy awards this year. It always makes me a little blue that more musical genres — like bluegrass — aren’t included in the Grammy awards TV show. However, it makes me the opposite of blue (whatever color that would be) to see, this morning, that some of my favorite entertainers won Grammys this year, including:
As I’m looking at that list of winners of 2015 Grammy Awards, I’m noticing that a Black Jack AND a White Jack might both reply “NO!” to “Am I Blue?” this morning.
Is anybody out there saying, “YES!” to the question “Am I Blue?” … for any reason?
And, am I blue that I’ve gone such a long, slow distance away from those two ways I am blue, this morning?
NO! Here are the two ways that I’m blue, here and now:
Am I blue that a terrific song “Am I Blue?” was written in 1929 by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke?
I’m not blue that “Am I Blue?” — as performed by Hoagy Carmichael in the movie To Have and Have Not — is here on YouTube.
Will you be blue if I don’t include more versions of “Am I Blue”?
Ethel Waters sings “Am I Blue?” here on YouTube.
Billie Holiday sings “Am I Blue?” here on YouTube.
Ray Charles and Dick Cavett (who has battled the depression blues most of his life) sing “Am I Blue?” here on YouTube.
Batman sings “Am I Blue?” here on YouTube.
Linda Ronstadt sings “Am I Blue?” here on YouTube.
Cher sings “Am I Blue?” here on YouTube.
Am I blue right now, after listening to such a great song performed in so many ways? What do you think?
Many blue and non-blue thanks to all those who have ever been blue in any way, including you!
*My son Aaron and I are flying to Los Angeles, California in five days. I am definitely NOT blue about that.
