On most of twelve New Year's Eves, I've posted this vid by Marz on my old blog, l'astronave. And now I'm posting it here.
When she first made it in 2010, Marz wrote:
"Spock wants to know what Jim's doing for New Year's Eve but is - understandably - having trouble spitting it out.A favorite vid of a favorite song set to my favorite fandom by a favorite person:
The song is a Verve Remix of Ella Fitzgerald's 'What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?'"
"Kirk/Spock: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"
--by Marz, 2010
-- on Vimeo
Well, here's a curious and lovely thing. Looking up the composer--it's Frank Loesser––I read,
Although the song is typically performed in December, that was not the composer's intent. His daughter Susan Loesser explains:
"The singer, madly in love, is making a (possibly rash) commitment far into the future:
'Maybe it's much too early in the game. Ah, but I thought I'd ask you just the same – What are you doing New Year's, New Year's Eve?'
It always annoyed my father when the song was sung during the holidays".
Far into the future: that’s exactly how the question comes up in the movie Marty. Marty asks Clara that question in summer (acc. to the script and the weather — hot).
ReplyDeleteOh, that’s a neat example, Michael, thanks.
ReplyDeleteAnd happy new year, 364 days from now!
—Fresca (not able to sign in to comment-/must change some setting)