Standards for cartoons back then were way different than now too lol.. Who Framed Rodger Rabbit was portraying racism without being racist towards real people, that’s why a lot of humans hated the cartoon characters and used derogatory language towards them
The marvellous thing about Jessica Rabbit was that she was sexy but also powerful - she didn't rely on other people and took control of the situation she'd been dealt, like when she followed Doom to Maroon Cartoons to try and stop him, or when she saved Valiant. And of course, who can forget the frying pan and Roger?
paratrove exactly what I said !! she shows that u can still be a stripper and sexualise yourself without “asking for it” or letting men control u as she’s still loyal to roger. Shes such a powerful woman and we need more like her !!
In case anybody's wondering, I dug up the record cover and looked up the personnel: Piano -- Randy Waldman Bass -- Chuck Domanico Drums -- Steve Schaeffer (spelled with only one F on the cover) Vocals -- Amy Irving
@@raphaelconte4777, you don't right. The voice of Jessica Rabbit belongs to Kathleen Turner, and the vocals are performed by Amy Irving. Patsy Kensit was never in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Look on Wikipedia and see. You are very much mistaken.
That woman was literally the first ever fictional character crush I ever had that was the same gender/sex as me. 19 now, I *still* got a crush on her to this day.
OMFG!!!! And to think is the same Amy Irving.. The Same very woman who played sue snell in Brian de Palma's 1976 movie Carrie..... Holy fucking shit!!!!!!!!! LIKE when I found out I was like... Holy Mother of fucking God... Didn't know Sue Snell sang like that... Lol...
Apparently, the lead animator, or one of the animators for Jessica Rabbit, envisioned her as asexual, and animated her with that in mind. I really dig that interpretation, and you can kinda see it: Despite being overtly sexual in her manner, she doesn't really exhibit any sexual interest in other characters (aside from one side joke about Roger being "a better lover than a driver"). "You don't know how hard it is to be a woman looking the way I do." "I'm not bad, Eddie. I'm just drawn that way."
i can relate to this so much, i'm asexual too, and I love looking that way, Not because i want to look sexy or spicy, no, i just love the way i feel with it
Is she? allot of makes sense till you factor in the next verse were she offers him a drink of Gin... I always figured it was just her (the singer) singing about a boyfriend or significant other that's not rich or good enough.
There’s something so beautiful about Jessica’s character. It doesn’t matter what way she’s drawn, what character she’s given, she’s always the same girl who loves Roger deep down.
I wonder if there are any bars in Los Angeles that plays these kinds of songs, with this being one of them. I would hang out every week night there instead of our modern day sports bars.
It took me until I was like 14 to realise that her name is Jessica Rabbit because she took Rodger's surname when they married Until that time, I was _convinced_ her hair was actually a pair of rabbit ears
+Natalie Sawyer ---You`re right, it`s Amy Irving who sings this song... It`s a pretty bad luck she hasn`t done anything more as yshe has an exquisite voice .... ;(
I love that type of music.The infamous lounge sultry singer in evening gown and long gloves in those film noir. How do you call this, is it jazz or blues?
This song is amazing to listen to when it's raining outside and it's kinda dark in your house and you imagine a lonely man walking on a cobblestone street that's drunk and broke.
This has to be one of my favorite genres of music, the jazz instruments and the voice of an absolutely beautiful woman walking down the aisle, the slow pace of the music during that period is just so damn catchy, maybe it’s just me though.
The amazing thing is that everyone is only looking at her looks, not realizing that her song is about waiting for a good man who makes good money, someone who’s smart and doesn’t need to scrounge for cash. I find it a really good contrast between her sexual appearance but her devotion and love for a husband who treats her well
It's the opposite actually. The song is about a greedy woman who doesn't care about her Husband's troubles and simply wants his money. "Like some other men do" refers to her other lovers who are richer than her man. She's basically chastising her unnamed man for being broke during the Great Depression of all times. The song is meant to show the audience what the people in the film, including Eddie, sees Jessica as: A bad girl just using Roger for his money. When in reality, she is the exact opposite. "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way"
Her sing-voice is given by Amy Irving, the ex-wife of Steven Spielberg. Anyway I agree with you, it's unique, I like it soo much however I am not a blues fan, this song is really great.
Easily the best version of this song. Peggee Lee did good, but this is so much better in my opinion, the walking bass, the singer, and of course... the amazing pianist...
The best thing about Jessica is that the cartoon characters say that she is lucky that she married Roger and to Eddie that sounded the utmost weirdest thing. But the thing is, Cartoons' Beauty isn't about being sexy or hot, rather being Funny... That's why Roger the rabbit is pretty much the Top at being Beautiful. Nice touch from the movie hoenstly.
Lyrics: You had plenty money, 1922 You let other women make a fool of you Why don't you do right, like some other men do? Get out of here and get me some money too You're sittin' down and wonderin' what it's all about You ain't got no money, they will put you out Why don't you do right, like some other men do? Get out of here and get me some money too If you had prepared twenty years ago You wouldn't be a-wanderin' now from door to door Why don't you do right, like some other men do? Get out of here and get me some money too I fell for your jivin' and I took you in Now all you got to offer me's a drink of gin Why don't you do right, like some other men do? Get out of here and get me some money too Why don't you do right, like some other men do? Like some other men do
"Y don't U do right, like some other men do" Jessica -" U don't know how hard it is being a woman, looking the way I do." Hoskins - "U don't know how hard it is being a man, looking at woman the way U do" True quotes 👍😉✌👌
This is pretty obvious in the lyrics but, I Imagine Jessica singing about divorce and abusive relationships. A woman and man are married, the husband gets drunk in a bar and women plan to have you know what with him and steal his money. The wife eventually finds , referencing the line "let other women make a fool of you" and they have an argument. This also backs up why the line "get out of here" and "like other men do" is repeated a lot. I don't know if the husband actually laid his hand on his wife like punching or grabbing but it could be alluding to the husband maybe punching his wife. After, that either I think they get a divorce, which maybe why the line "give me some money to" is also repeated or she wants the husband to give her money just to be petty to show the other women stole his then kick him out of the house. That just a theory of mine though, you don't have to look to deep in the lyrics to know the meaning of the song 😶
It sounds like a full verse is missing: "I fell for your jivin' and I took you in/ Now all you've got to offer me's a drink of gin/ Why don't you do right, like some other men do?" Was this removed to make it more "kid friendly"?
Well, the movie wasnt exactly kid friendly to begin with you know. The main character is an alcoholic, Jessica poses for "patty cake" pictures, and people as well as toons are killed in some pretty... Not-pretty ways. Especially the toons.
+Cynical Aspie One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of jazz and blues singers would improvise verses. It's possible that that was an improvised verse by another singer that wasn't in the original written lyrics. You find this often when you listen to live recordings of all the famous great singers, like Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday. You'll often find improvised verses on songs like Mac the Knife, Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered, and Fever. Sometimes these improvised verses have become so popular that over time, people have accepted them as part of the original lyrics, even though they weren't. The only other reason I can think of is that they may have shortened the song for the sake of pacing or run time.
I know it's been said in previous comments, but that piano player.......OMG!!!! KILLER!!!! Imagine standing next to that performance and watching him/her play.....thrill of a lifetime!
"She's married to Roger Rabbit?!"
"Yeah...What a lucky gal."
+Lobie5 .......what.....a...lucky...gal? pfffft that aint exactly yosemite sam's revolver in his pants
I'd take Roger over half the douches at my school if he wasn't already taken
And a furry. That's a major turn off
+Maria Thompson thats fuckin hot
+Maria Thompson thats fuckin hot
+KJ Chaotic lol
"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."
My favorite line from Jessica.
UwU
It's true
Jessica Rabitteoo
Me too x
I like how even though she was very sexualized they didn't forget to give her a strong personality. I also find it cute by how much she loves Rodger.
"What do you see in that guy anyway?" "he makes me laugh."
maddie mail exactly. If you can make me laugh, you have my heart forever. ♥️
I agree. They look like the kind of couple that will be there for each other through thick and thin, good and bad, and everything in between.
Standards for cartoons back then were way different than now too lol.. Who Framed Rodger Rabbit was portraying racism without being racist towards real people, that’s why a lot of humans hated the cartoon characters and used derogatory language towards them
Tomorrow’s Mars actually the sad truth is the real book portrays that Roger wishes for her to fall in love with him cuz of a genie
The marvellous thing about Jessica Rabbit was that she was sexy but also powerful - she didn't rely on other people and took control of the situation she'd been dealt, like when she followed Doom to Maroon Cartoons to try and stop him, or when she saved Valiant. And of course, who can forget the frying pan and Roger?
+paratrove Toon logic: hit your husband on the head with a frying pan to make sure he doesn't get hurt. Absolutely love this movie XD
paratrove exactly what I said !! she shows that u can still be a stripper and sexualise yourself without “asking for it” or letting men control u as she’s still loyal to roger. Shes such a powerful woman and we need more like her !!
What about the trap
She's loyal and that is a very rare trait in female characters these days sadly
In case anybody's wondering, I dug up the record cover and looked up the personnel:
Piano -- Randy Waldman
Bass -- Chuck Domanico
Drums -- Steve Schaeffer (spelled with only one F on the cover)
Vocals -- Amy Irving
Wow thanks I was wondering who was on that piano
Thank you
Chuck Domanico killing it on the bass honestly
Everyone is
Incredible
no, it's Patsy Kensit on vocals
@@raphaelconte4777, you don't right. The voice of Jessica Rabbit belongs to Kathleen Turner, and the vocals are performed by Amy Irving.
Patsy Kensit was never in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Look on Wikipedia and see. You are very much mistaken.
That woman was literally the first ever fictional character crush I ever had that was the same gender/sex as me. 19 now, I *still* got a crush on her to this day.
lmao same
Virgin
shes beautiful i gotta say
she made me the big gay (:
Me! 😂
"That's Roger Rabbit's wife?"
Magician Detective Mihaoru Soka "Yeah...what a lucky girl..." I can quote that movie and I haven't even seen it. What the hey?
Rach Frisella
That voice, though....
yea what a lucky GOIIIAAL
Magician Detective Mihaoru Soka yeah, what a lucky girl.
M. D. Mihaoru Soka Yeah....what a lucky gal
Amy Irving providing the killer singing vocals for Jessica Rabbit.
Really ? I always knew that Patsy Kensit sung this one for the movie..
OMFG!!!! And to think is the same Amy Irving.. The Same very woman who played sue snell in Brian de Palma's 1976 movie Carrie..... Holy fucking shit!!!!!!!!! LIKE when I found out I was like... Holy Mother of fucking God... Didn't know Sue Snell sang like that... Lol...
that woman has the voice of a siren
@@luigisari677 It's Amy Irving ;-)
I don't know why this tune, or her, didn't win any awards.
Apparently, the lead animator, or one of the animators for Jessica Rabbit, envisioned her as asexual, and animated her with that in mind. I really dig that interpretation, and you can kinda see it: Despite being overtly sexual in her manner, she doesn't really exhibit any sexual interest in other characters (aside from one side joke about Roger being "a better lover than a driver").
"You don't know how hard it is to be a woman looking the way I do."
"I'm not bad, Eddie. I'm just drawn that way."
i can relate to this so much, i'm asexual too, and I love looking that way, Not because i want to look sexy or spicy, no, i just love the way i feel with it
I actually really love the idea of Jessica as an asexual. I can't explain why I like it so much. It just speaks to me
lio marvel It’s poetic bc of how she looks .
Yeah like you can like being sexy and confident without being sexually interested in someone else
now it makes sense why “patty cake” meant so much to roger
That awkward moment when you realize she's singing about the great depression.
lmao
O.o She is???.....Oh my gosh, she is!
Is she? allot of makes sense till you factor in the next verse were she offers him a drink of Gin...
I always figured it was just her (the singer) singing about a boyfriend or significant other that's not rich or good enough.
Bill Hudson agree
Cuz the year at the beginning 1922.
THAT PIANO PLAYER MAN
Oooooh yesss! I'm with you there :D
the bass player is no bum either!
citioflights Yeah, but the piano man is killing it.
citioflights I've BEEN TRYING TO LEARN THAT PART FOR A WHILE BRO
Charles Fleischer
There’s something so beautiful about Jessica’s character. It doesn’t matter what way she’s drawn, what character she’s given, she’s always the same girl who loves Roger deep down.
I wonder if there are any bars in Los Angeles that plays these kinds of songs, with this being one of them. I would hang out every week night there instead of our modern day sports bars.
Try finding a Burlesque lounge
NapalmX717 me too Buddy
Sarah Laurent For example?
Jarret
The Blue Room
Now I'm obsessed with finding out who played that piano! WHO!!
Its was all a jazz band look at the video 107 thing u didn't know about *who framed roger rabbit*
I know a great friend who could help with that her name is Google lol sorry bad joke all joking aside if i need to know something Google is my bf lol
Just an anonymous god
Randy Waldman
It took me until I was like
14 to realise that her name is Jessica Rabbit because she took Rodger's surname when they married
Until that time, I was _convinced_ her hair was actually a pair of rabbit ears
wait shoot you messed up me brain
"What do you see in that guy?"
"He makes me laugh."
Take notes.
a toon's purpose in life is to make others laugh so therefore Roger gave her his everything
@@manf1sh995 Exactly. Real men barely give the woman they're with the bare minimum.
100% Love 😍
Damn I don’t think I’m that funny with the ladies but I’m charming lol
Makes you want a smoke and a drink
Scotch on the rocks........AND I MEAN ICE!!!
+ShadowX 1337 Damn toons
Makes me wanna pole dance.
Cassandra Westman WEED, nigga!
206redrider I mean like- Okay lmao
The woman who voices Jessica rabbit also voices Constance from monster house
Really?! Holy shit!
+Liv Viltz Kathleen Turner provided the uncredited voice of Jessica Rabbit while Amy Irving supplied the singing voice.
+Natalie Sawyer ---You`re right, it`s Amy Irving who sings this song... It`s a pretty bad luck she hasn`t done anything more as yshe has an exquisite voice .... ;(
+Natalie Sawyer I feel bad that they didn't give credit to turner
real-lay lol I haven't paid attention to the two voices to notice lol
I love that type of music.The infamous lounge sultry singer in evening gown and long gloves in those film noir. How do you call this, is it jazz or blues?
Phi Klim
just some good o'l classic jazz
Nic Chavez I would say its jazz blues.
It's blazz
Nah, I'd say jazz, but those two genres feed of each other.
It's smooth jazz. Its supposed to relax and excite you at the same time.
jazz
i love her so much! adore her voice !!!!
Geo Kuromi I know right her vojce is adorable.
AMY IRVING
Me too❤
I randomly started singing this when I was cleaning my room......then mom walked in laughing. XD
PlushiePiggy Cosplay same lmao
This song is amazing to listen to when it's raining outside and it's kinda dark in your house and you imagine a lonely man walking on a cobblestone street that's drunk and broke.
Well THAT is a long story
Violet Arena That's called an OOF
This is how it feels like back in those days and I think it still countiues on this day
Sure good singer but that piano player is phenomenal! This is why I love this version more than the others, this freaking piano player!
I agree with you! The piano player is so incredible I felt my stripes vibing !
That last "...Do..." gave me goosebumps.
That "Do." in the end...........
*ded*
More then dead, in hell! 😂
Grace Talley Am I gunna know what a big horny bird looks like?
Javier Del Toro Hahaha! Yup! ;)
Grace Talley *suddenly running away from a big horny bird*
+Javier Del Toro 😂❤️
This has to be one of my favorite genres of music, the jazz instruments and the voice of an absolutely beautiful woman walking down the aisle, the slow pace of the music during that period is just so damn catchy, maybe it’s just me though.
Watch this movie when I was a kid... now came back because I'm old enough to realise how sexy this song was!
haaa....good times...good times...
iLLiya Nasir
It’s funny cause this song is about The Great Depression
Jessica Rabbit makes me question my sexuality.
Ineeda Fix same tho
Ineeda Fix x2 😎
man or woman, gay or straight, wed all fuck jessica rabbit
Me too.
Same ahahah
i love this version better then the original..... it just sounds right to me honestly...
I agree completely! This is how the song is ment to be sung!
IKR?! The original just didn't get the right mood across....
What original?
@@Neilapolitan08 just look up why dont u do right... itll come up
This isn't the original...😳🥲shame on me
"You don't know how hard it is being a man looking at a woman looking the way you do."
I'm not bad; I'm just drawn that way
"He makes me laugh"
hell yeah
... a shot if Wild Turkey and one might wonder.
this movie made me have my gay awakening as a kid.
Hope u r chick
+206redrider *a*
Oh my gosh same!! Jessica Rabbit was definatly the first woman I got a crush on... Even tho she's a cartoon...
same
Same. I was 7 and I fell in love.
I now have the inexplicable urge to go to a jazz club.
Why can I see this in a James Bond film??
This makes me want to wear a sequenced dress, wear red lipstick, and sit on a rich old mans lap while I collect money
Nothing wrong with dreaming. It's a good song!
Damn that bass! ❤️
The piano's not too shabby either :)
The amazing thing is that everyone is only looking at her looks, not realizing that her song is about waiting for a good man who makes good money, someone who’s smart and doesn’t need to scrounge for cash. I find it a really good contrast between her sexual appearance but her devotion and love for a husband who treats her well
It's the opposite actually. The song is about a greedy woman who doesn't care about her Husband's troubles and simply wants his money. "Like some other men do" refers to her other lovers who are richer than her man. She's basically chastising her unnamed man for being broke during the Great Depression of all times.
The song is meant to show the audience what the people in the film, including Eddie, sees Jessica as: A bad girl just using Roger for his money. When in reality, she is the exact opposite. "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way"
When people think asexuals are supposed to look plain I tell them to look at Jessica Rabbit. She's not plain
Well...now she is my rolemodel lol
I'm not plain! I just don't wear make-up. But I still look fabulous.
She’s not asexual. Not by any stretch of the imagination.
@@AT75L1NG1 have you read through the comments?
So she IS asexual
Queen of cartoons
Jessica sings this song with a unique savvy that really gives the song an identity of it's own.
Brilliant work and great singing !!! Thanks.
Her sing-voice is given by Amy Irving, the ex-wife of Steven Spielberg. Anyway I agree with you, it's unique, I like it soo much however I am not a blues fan, this song is really great.
hofdori me too but I still like it.
It is an obvious " caricature " of the great Julie London. Well done !
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Not only he voice ...
😃😇
Bro- the ending when she says a single
"...Do..."
I got shivers on that ma dude
Easily the best version of this song. Peggee Lee did good, but this is so much better in my opinion, the walking bass, the singer, and of course... the amazing pianist...
This is no walking bass, but very similar. What I think makes this song so powerful is how much control the bass has while not always driving.
Little know fact, the woman singing this is Amy Irving, she also played Sue Snell in Carrie and Carrie 2.
And was the first wife of Steven Spielberg.
This is, without a doubt, the best version of this song.
Roger Rabbit. Fallout New Vegas.
yes. YES
Left my
The only song I like on the radio in that game XD
now i want to see at least a cartoon human universe crossover/fusion with the fallout universe
Yes.
The pianist is just a genius classic pure jazz 🎹
recognized this song from fallout new vegas xD
YES
Lana Del Rey needs to cover
Fuck yes!!!
Omg yes!
the closest thing to this she did is "Million Dollar Man"
BEST COMENT EVER
Natalie James EXPLAIN
I love how she’s inlove with her husband knowing she could have anyone and she’s with him ❤️
I fucking love Jessica Rabbit
When you realize that the voice of Jessica Rabbit here was done by the director's wife. Lucky bastard...
Omg realllyy
I absolutely love this song
The best thing about Jessica is that the cartoon characters say that she is lucky that she married Roger and to Eddie that sounded the utmost weirdest thing.
But the thing is, Cartoons' Beauty isn't about being sexy or hot, rather being Funny... That's why Roger the rabbit is pretty much the Top at being Beautiful.
Nice touch from the movie hoenstly.
I think this is the best version of this song ever recorded. Thanks for posting.
my parents used to let me watch this movie and I loved it. I still love it. I was a strange child.
can we just stop for a moment and appreciate Amy Irving' amazing voice
Lyrics:
You had plenty money, 1922
You let other women make a fool of you
Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
Get out of here and get me some money too
You're sittin' down and wonderin' what it's all about
You ain't got no money, they will put you out
Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
Get out of here and get me some money too
If you had prepared twenty years ago
You wouldn't be a-wanderin' now from door to door
Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
Get out of here and get me some money too
I fell for your jivin' and I took you in
Now all you got to offer me's a drink of gin
Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
Get out of here and get me some money too
Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
Like some other men do
Disney might try to forget her...but we won't!
In love with this song atm
I'd play patty cake with Jessica Rabbit. >)
same
...... haaaaaaahaha.
omg no! she is a married woman!
I would as well I need my jessica rabbit now
The way she finishes with that power, and then... doooooo..... thanks Jessica, these were my good pants
"Y don't U do right, like some other men do"
Jessica -" U don't know how hard it is being a woman, looking the way I do."
Hoskins - "U don't know how hard it is being a man, looking at woman the way U do"
True quotes 👍😉✌👌
Her voice is so light and flitty, and that piano is goddamn gorgeous!
Her relationship with Rodger is perfect she loves him because he doesn’t treat her like some price of meat
Cant get enough of this version! Its so damn good! Way better then the original!
fuck you
Trolling much? :P
+Fat Beardie why?
Leanna Shahbazian
He won't be able to give you a good reply, it is a classic "one liner" from trolls to try and get some flaming going. :)
+Joel Elmlund Ahhh of course xD
when asked what does she see in roger:
"He makes me laugh"
jessica
I have to remind myself that I’m straight every time I see or hear Jessica Rabbit
That smooth piano with the smooth curves of Jessica Rabbit. Makes you wanna dab with water colors.
Well.. now I want to be a stripper 💀💀😩
A name like Bubbles Bronner and you are not a stripper?
+infidel60 lol no just a lawyer 😂
Glad I got a pretty smile out of you
+infidel60 lol well it worked 😊
This song brings out our inner stripper xD
She is so pretty
+Amanda Hinman your not pretty your beautiful
it's just touch me soul deeply and i haven't had a such feeling to a song so long!
I have looked everywhere for a video like this that wasn't the actual movie. Thank you I love this so much!
Artwork is hotter than the movie version ngl
It's a shame not alot of people know this song or movie. This is awesome movie and I wish it was more respected
This song was originally titled "The Weed Smoker" and its about a woman giving her husband a telling off for smoking weed and not making any money.
Man that bass is slappin
Fascinating. The portrait in this video is hauntingly similar to Miss Fortune
please bring back this kind of music in this generation 💕
I see you there with a guitar. Make it happen!
Her voice is so hypnotizing
this song makes me want a whiskey and one of those old candy-cigs
Honestly her voice is beautiful.
Imagine if betty boop said "Yeah what a lucky guy" now the tables have turned
"Come on baby I'll bake you a carrot cake"
The pianist assaulted my heart and I'm not even mad. I just want more. Have I lost my mind?
Absolutely love the piano in this...... One of my fav movies growing up and still is ....I still have my roger rabbit doll lol
I don't care if it was a cartoon that sang this and if it was a part of a kids movies soundtrack, this is magnificent.
My mom when she finds out my classmate got 1% more than me.
Wow I genuinely didn't know about this longer version till now... How did I miss this!
thank you so much for making the ,,clean version,, I LOVE IT!
This song is the perfect mood for 2020.
This song makes me want to become badass babe like her don't know why I think it's the voice... Or they bass or I don't know know
frick that this song makes me want to be a fricken pianist!
I LOVE Amy Irving!!!!! She has such a great voice!
I love Jessica rabbit. I love how she is a powerful woman who gets what she wants and doesn’t care what people say.
"Work has been hard since cartoons went to colour"
I forgot how amazing this sounded.
I love this song so much...
This is pretty obvious in the lyrics but, I Imagine Jessica singing about divorce and abusive relationships. A woman and man are married, the husband gets drunk in a bar and women plan to have you know what with him and steal his money. The wife eventually finds , referencing the line "let other women make a fool of you" and they have an argument. This also backs up why the line "get out of here" and "like other men do" is repeated a lot. I don't know if the husband actually laid his hand on his wife like punching or grabbing but it could be alluding to the husband maybe punching his wife. After, that either I think they get a divorce, which maybe why the line "give me some money to" is also repeated or she wants the husband to give her money just to be petty to show the other women stole his then kick him out of the house. That just a theory of mine though, you don't have to look to deep in the lyrics to know the meaning of the song 😶
She's actually just singing about a woman married to a business man during The Great Depression
Wow.
Cant stop singing this, couldn't be happier that I was named after her!
It sounds like a full verse is missing:
"I fell for your jivin' and I took you in/
Now all you've got to offer me's a drink of gin/
Why don't you do right, like some other men do?"
Was this removed to make it more "kid friendly"?
+Cynical Aspie
i think it was somewhat
Well, the movie wasnt exactly kid friendly to begin with you know. The main character is an alcoholic, Jessica poses for "patty cake" pictures, and people as well as toons are killed in some pretty... Not-pretty ways. Especially the toons.
+helloworldies Do not forget Judge Doom! Fucking. Judge. Doom. With his freaky fucking eyes and squeaky voice. T^T
+Cynical Aspie One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of jazz and blues singers would improvise verses. It's possible that that was an improvised verse by another singer that wasn't in the original written lyrics. You find this often when you listen to live recordings of all the famous great singers, like Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday. You'll often find improvised verses on songs like Mac the Knife, Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered, and Fever. Sometimes these improvised verses have become so popular that over time, people have accepted them as part of the original lyrics, even though they weren't.
The only other reason I can think of is that they may have shortened the song for the sake of pacing or run time.
+Horrorcide Remember me, Eddie?! When I KILLED YOUR BROTHER.....I TALKED *JUST LIKE THIS?!*
I downloaded this song on my phone, I listen to it occasionally, especially the piano sounds in the background are killing it...
I know it's been said in previous comments, but that piano player.......OMG!!!! KILLER!!!! Imagine standing next to that performance and watching him/her play.....thrill of a lifetime!