Comments on The Blue In The Air: WAS (NOT WAS) STARRING MEL TORMÉ: Zaz Turned Blue

Thank you for writing up the background behind one...

2008-09-20T02:35:00.000+01:00

Thank you for writing up the background behind one of my very favorite songs. That perfect balance and utterly straight and beautiful performance makes it a gem.

nicely analyzed, indeed. I wrote it and am not nec...

2008-01-11T09:02:00.000Z

nicely analyzed, indeed. I wrote it and am not necessarily proud of the fact! mel didn't suggest working together. he said 'you've got a marker on me, babe,' meaning he felt he owed me one....now we owe the Fog one back...

Born to Laugh at Tornadoes was definitely released...

2008-01-03T18:17:00.000Z

Born to Laugh at Tornadoes was definitely released on CD. I have a copy. Part of the Geffen goldline reissues back in the late 90s. (they were very cheap at the time - there were OOP reissues of 80s albums including John Hiatt, Debbie Harry, Steve Forbert..)

... or perhaps not.Thanks for resurrecting a song ...

2007-12-10T05:45:00.000Z

... or perhaps not.

Thanks for resurrecting a song that had slipped so deep into my subconscious as to be almost irretrievable. What you have written could, and in an ideal world would, serve as a pretty convincing thesis proposal. The song, I reckon, would be strong enough to support it.

...which made number four in our charts in '92, bu...

2007-12-08T11:22:00.000Z

...which made number four in our charts in '92, but without Madonna input; the Wases decided not to use Madonna's voice on the original (recorded when she was simply another struggling session singer) and I've no doubt they've regretted that ever since...

Born To Laugh At Tornadoes also featured "Shake Yo...

2007-12-07T18:51:00.000Z

Born To Laugh At Tornadoes also featured "Shake Your Head", with Ozzy Osbourne on vocals...(this being a time when Ozzy was almost as much of a curveball as Mel Torme)...apparently, Madonna also cut vocals for this song, and you can hear both her and Ozzy (and Kim Basinger!) on Steve "Silk" Hurley's wonderful remix of the song...