“Oh, the weather outside is frightful”: “Let It Snow” by Glee

Photo: Pollo

This nod to sitting smugly by the fire while the tempest rages outside was penned back in 1945. It was a modern song, mentioning newfangled things like popping corn. (Funny, I thought the Native Americans did it way back.)

Today, in Denver, the snow is falling (finally! –the first we’ve had this year), and it is nice to be sitting inside cozy and warm, though we are making scones instead of popping corn.
Glee has a jazzy version on Freegal.

When it comes to other versions, the question is who doesn’t have a version out. There are over a dozen pages of artists; here is just a sampling:  Johnny Mathis, Doris Day, Harry Connick, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Wynton Marsalis, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, Jessica Simpson, Kenny G., and Dean Martin. If you are in a country mood, you can listen to Martina McBride, Tanya Tucker, or Austin band Asleep at the Wheel.

If you are in a really different sort of mood, you can listen to the Christmas Jug Band (they whistle the tune—reminds me of the Andy Griffith theme), or you can hear it sung in Polish by Moje Vanoce.

I came across a music box version by Mic Musicbox that I like. It sounds different from all the others.

“Fly Me to the Moon”—a Song for Neil Armstrong.



Neil Armstrong on the moo  Photo: NASA

 Freegal has hundreds of versions “Fly Me to the Moon,” a song that seems appropriate for the man who became fascinated with flying when he first went up in a plane. It was 1936—and he was 6 years old.

You can find versions by Rod Stewart, Kenny G., Tony Bennett, The Boston Pops, Perry Como,  Judy Garland, and Johnny Mathis.

If you like your “Moon” a little different, check out versions by The Alliance (acapella), The Toadmortons (rock), Bulgarian National Radio (big band), Laurie Berkner (childrens),  Ernie Penfold (Hawaiian guitar), or Milana Misic (Finnish pop).