# Jazz standards about getting old...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-standards-about-getting-old/568376 "2011-01-20T21:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-standards-about-getting-old/568376/21 "2011-01-21T16:10:45Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > This might be my favorite suggestion so far: pretty much exactly the theme I’m looking for, and I almost immediately starting imagining working out a light-hearted, uptempo arrangement. Thanks! 🙂 No prob - that’s why I get paid the big bucks in Doperland. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-standards-about-getting-old/568376/22 "2011-01-21T16:28:06Z")
For something a little different: [Class](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWrQ3FwlzAY), from _Chicago._ ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-standards-about-getting-old/568376/23 "2011-01-21T16:43:44Z")
I hate to call the thread when it’s less than 24 hours old, but I think “Young At Heart” is the winner. 🙂 Thematically perfect, and an up-tempo arrangement will be something fun and different. Apparently not many women have done it, either, so that will be cool. Thanks again, **WordMan** – you earned your pay. 😉 Feel free to keep tossing around ideas for fun, though…I’m not going anywhere! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-standards-about-getting-old/568376/24 "2011-01-21T16:52:21Z")
You said you were doing three songs! What other two are you doing? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-standards-about-getting-old/568376/25 "2011-01-21T16:57:00Z")
One of the other songs will be “Skylark,” but I haven’t picked the third song yet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-standards-about-getting-old/568376/26 "2011-01-21T19:48:24Z")
Not sure if this is what you’re looking for or the opposite, but – [“Be My Life’s Companion”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBrQ-N159Qg) by the Mills Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-standards-about-getting-old/568376/27 "2011-01-21T19:59:15Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > _Originally Posted by Le Ministre de l’au-delà > ‘Old Man River’ is right out, I’d think…_ > > Um, yeah. If for no other reason than I’m a white soprano. 😉 Stan Freberg managed to make something of it despite being a white bari/tenor - [Elderly Man River](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLlTlYfqQV4). 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-standards-about-getting-old/568376.md?page=1)