Vascillating Rhythm, or Oh Yes We Can Take That Away from You: Gershwin heirs allow changes, a look back

Just in fun, not 100% sure what I think about this issue, but so much intelligent conversation about this issue today:  


The Gershwins' ghosts kvetching about their heirs allowing changes
SOMEONE TO WATCH OUR ESTATE - updating our "parody chat" with George and Ira Gershwin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF8tBUVE24E

Living EVITA Loca - an audio parody preview, because suddenly, everyone's talking EVITA instead of FUNNY GIRL

I was planning a full "Living La Vida Loca" parody on Ricky Martin's casting for the fall (I think he'll do a great job with the role, even if his fans will buy tickets for hotness reasons) - but decided to put out this UNMIXED audio preview since suddenly "everyone" is talking EVITA because of the show's casting announcement yesterday.

LIVING EVITA LOCA - UNMIXED AUDIO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO_9RahIuAM

Parody based on Lauren Ambrose casting as Fanny Brice, and the much-talked-about Marilyn Michaels NY Times blog item this morning

I'D RATHER A JEW OVER YOU (parody of I'd Rather Be Blue Over You)

suggested by the NY Times blog item (on FUNNY GIRL casting Lauren Ambrose) by the legendary Marilyn Michaels 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2w4qioo5Jg

The sing-along parody lyrics are in the "More info" on the YouTube screen!

In honor of the new documentary "Sarah Palin -You Betcha" debuting in Toronto in Sept.

You may only want to watch this if you like laughing at Sarah Palin instead of with her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IGmbd3PDA4

Revisiting a parody from Fred Landau & Jan Horvath (a so-called rogue-umentary)

Parody of Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" 

On A Clear Day - some affectionate parody videos

("Alan Jay Lerner" goes from mellow and nervous at 

Vassar tryout to excited at Vineyard)

"CLEAR DAY" song parody- jazz-inflected version to honor the revisal's plot;

Seen & Interred: "Donna K" with ecstatic Alan Jay Lerner & Burton Lane on Vineyard 

Theatre elevator (kidding the beloved NY1 "Scene and Heard" segment just a little bit)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of_VHtZh4bQ

For the earlier WHAT DID I HAVE THAT I DON'T HAVE parody, 
see Youtube link at:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt9VtE_1TY8 

- Alan Jay Lerner's ghost's  reactions to the Vassar tryout last summer

Trying something unusual on friends' advice: link to my entry on a music submission site

"MusicSubmit" URL - 4 songs that seem to stand outside their contexts (?), two parodies and two non-parody ballads. 

http://www.musicsubmit.com/Freddielandau

Warning:  The songs start playing automatically when you click above.
HOLLYWOOD GOWN is my parody of Hollywood Town, on award red carpets, featuring Jan Horvath's vocal.
FLY ME IN THE NUDE is my topical Sinatra/airline Tharpian parody, my vocal.
ANOTHER CHRISTMAS & I LOOK INTO THOSE EYES are ballads - with music, lyric, and vocal by me.

What are the odds? Getting loads of views because people think I'm a different "Landau" than I am?

Been enjoying getting loads of extra YouTube views because of people looking for YouTubes of Landau Eugene Murphy, who goes by the one-name "Landau" generally, but his FLY ME TO THE MOON vocal just the other night was eerily similar to my FLY ME IN THE NUDE parody.  I know we're both doing Sinatra, but so similar, at least to these ears.  The orchestrations are different, but just compare the sound of the vocals; I'd been wondering why people's emails for him were coming to me - I've just been writing back saying I'm flattered by the comparison but I'm not THAT Landau.

Landau Eugene Murphy doing FLY ME TO THE MOON

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyxDEBBlaEs

Me (now the other Landau - LOL!) doing the FLY ME IN THE NUDE PARODY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn3AcCmPL00

The FLY ME IN THE NUDE parody is totally suitable to watch at work, by the way!