Another Little Palin Song

Thanks to Alex Ross, who writes about music at The New Yorker and in his blog, my attention was drawn to this quirky little "number", a collaboration between Sarah Palin and pianist/composer Henry Hey. I love quirky, as you know by now.

Ross described it as "Sarah Palin's magisterial explication of the Wall Street bailout, with an ingenious, speech-based accompaniment somewhat in the manner of Steve Reich's Different Trains." At the YouTube page, Hey says "Sarah Palin sings a little song to Katie Couric. … I did this Thursday afternoon in between some work."

I love what happens in between some work. Who knew she had such hidden talent as a vocal stylist? (About Mr. Hey the evidence of his creative talent is more evident.)

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 17.49 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Current Events, Music & Art

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 03.10
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    Kind of ingenious. I'm reminded of one of those doll toys from a few years ago that had a string out the back. Pull the string and let go, and a recording would play. So the doll would talk or sing.

    In Palin's case, it's as though her handlers had loaded her with talking points, and Couric pulled Palin's string and let go.

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