In 1944, Ellington's own recording of the song was a number one hit R&B chart for eight non-consecutive weeks and number six on the pop chart. "Jonathan Mayhew's Lorca is less the distinctive Spanish poet, whose murder in 1936 marked the beginning of the Civil War, than he is an American invention.
It originated as a 1940 instrumental ("Concerto for Cootie") that was designed to highlight the playing of Ellington's lead trumpeter, Cootie Williams. "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (also written as "Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me") is a song with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Bob Russell. ""Enhanced by copious notes and an excellent bibliography, this book offers a perceptive, intriguing assessment of the Garcia Lorca created by the postwar generation of American poets." Do Nothing 'til You Hear from Me by The Mute Gods - CD (2016) for $19.00 from OLDIES.com Pop / Rock - Order by Phone 1-800-336-4627 Translations are mine
1. Other recordings to reach the Billboard charts in 1944 were by Woody Herman and by Stan Kenton (vocal: Red Dorris). I think it's equally consistent with the interpretation, "Please disregard the evidence of my infidelity -- I want to cheat on you without consequences." What is your sense of the poetic tradition? (Esta obra se ocupa no de García Lorca sino de cómo los escritores estadounidenses han reinventado a Lorca, desde Spicer y Rothenberg hasta O’Hara y Koch. If she leaves preemptively that would be a tragedy. Russell's words were added later. I think we may also have different ideas about what "the words of others" say. The idea is that the two lovers are separated but the persona singing the song wants to keep the other lover from breaking off the affair. Do nothing till you hear from me
Pay no attention to what's said
Why people tear the seam
Of anyone's dream? Russell's words were added later.
""Mayhew is a critic who is at the top of his game; he combines a breadth of knowlege of the field with acute analysis."
"No somos antisistema, el sistema es anti-no...Raindrops on a Briar I, a writer at one time hipped on painting, did not consider the effects, painting, for that reason, static, on the...Questions for Ron Silliman (and everyone else too) 1. The ostensible meaning is that you will never get news of my infidelity from The New Critics developed theories sympathetic to some aspects of literary modernism, but they condescended to Pound, Williams, and Cummings...Here are some slogans from the "indignados" in Spain. Do nothin' till you hear from me At least consider our romance If you should take the word of others you've heard I haven't a chance. She was the best-selling female artist of the 1950s, and has sold over 100 million records. Do nothin' till you hear from me Pay no attention to what's said Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream Is over my head. --John C. Wilcox, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Let me just cut through all the usual, boring book review preliminaries and say the following thing: Jonathan Mayhew has, in "The great merit of Mayhew's study is his sustained effort to document and interrogate Lorca's reception, unique among American encounters with foreign literatures in its nature and extent.
El texto es elegante y fresco; el análisis amplio e históricamente específico." You'll never hear from me that I've found another love. Apocryphal Lorca is revisionist criticism at its most acute. Vol. The Danish poet Henrik Nordbrandt has the following variation on this theme (my translation): The idea is that the two lovers are separated but the persona singing the song wants to keep the other lover from breaking off the affair. Russell's words were added later. "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" has since been performed by many other famous musical artists, including: Nat King Cole, 1944, with The King Cole Trio Billie Holiday, 1944 - Live, 1955, Studio, Stay With Me Lena Horne, 1944, appears on her 2002 compilation album The Young Star Patti Page, 1949, released in 1986 on The Uncollected Patti Page (1949): Patti Page with Lou Stein's Music Hampton Hawes, 1956 - All Night Session! In 1944, Ellington's own recording of the song was a number one hit R&B chart for eight non-consecutive weeks and number six on the pop chart.
The lyric of Ellington's song "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" is curious. … If the rumor is "He's leaving you for someone else," then those rumors are untrue.
Though I've been seen with somebody else. About Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (also written as "Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me") is a song with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Bob Russell. It originated as a 1940 instrumental ("Concerto for Cootie") that was designed to highlight the playing of Ellington's lead trumpeter, Cootie Williams.
From the 1940s to the end of the century, our poets have invoked Lorca-in translation, of course-as a Romantic, exotic, radical, and, in many cases, gay icon-the poet of mystery and the duende. Yes, that's a little more accurate. Do nothing till you hear from me Pay no attention to what's said Why people tear the seams Of other one's dreams, is over my head Do nothing till you hear from me At least consider our romance If you should take the word Of others you've heard, I haven't a chance True, I've been seen with someone new But does that mean that I'm untrue? Though I've been seen with somebody else. "We're lovers forever" or "I've already left you for someone else for all intents but I want to keep you in reserve." Her nickname is The Singin' Rage (a phrase commonly followed by "Miss Patti Page"). ""Se trata de Jonathan Mayhew y su extraordinario estudio How far back does your particular his..."Jonathan Mayhew’s new work belongs to a certain class of surprising books: those so obviously necessary once they appear that it apparently required a stroke of genius to come up with the idea for them. So the song ends: "Do nothing till you hear it from me / and you never will." Clara Ann Fowler (born November 8, 1927), known by her professional name Patti Page, is an American singer, one of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music.
Asimismo, es una discusión de la Deep Image —¡cuánto hay que desmenuzar de ese capítulo!— y la manera en que la poética norteamericana se ha apropiado de lo lorqueano (o lorcaesco) y del concepto de lo 'otro' que éste representa.