"Alone Together" --Poignant Love Song by Schwartz & Dietz. For a 1932 show " Flying Colors" Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz wrote what Author Alec Wilder described as " Remarkable ,brooding ballad" and stating that he was " Simply surprised that the state of being together suggests such melancholy and that the aloneness is made more of in the melody than the togetherness, nor do I say that flippantly."
Nonetheless, it is a compelling song that more optimistically states in the bridge that " Our love, is as deep as the sea, our love, is as deep as a love can be" and concluding " And we can weather the great unknown, if we're alone.....together."
The dramatic structure and melody of the song is offset by the declaration of a sincere and undying love.
In this performance, Ella Fitzgeral teams with arranger Nelson Riddle in a driving, up-tempo version that does justice to the intense nature of the melody while stressing the nature of the singer's undying love. The rhythmic thrust maintains the tension created by both the words and the music. This is mature song writing craftsmanship.
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U84GERCaJic
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