Hive Open Mic #163 - I Wanna Be Loved By You (Marilyn Monroe)

Pasión por el Arte

This weeks theme Passion for the Art chosen by @albertocoachbl left me pondering what I should do. What is art? Paintings, music, films and TV, poems and stories, sculptures and so forth.

Well, I decided that my passion lies with films and music which made my choice very easy in the end: Marilyn came to my mind very quickly, but initially it was going to be a different song, instead it will be one that we've done with band.

Today I will publish my shortest song ever! 😄
And I'm wearing a dress, which DOES NOT happen very often either! 🤣

Marilyn Monroe

When I was a kid my Mum and Dad used to go out bowling with colleagues leaving me and my sister to watch TV all night.. haha, fun times! 😄
I loved, and still love, all those old movies that were available on the few major channels we were able to get. Newer films were a rarity then and usually only reserved for the cinema.
I would watch anything! Westerns, romance, comedy, but I liked dance and music films best. The way they were able to move always fascinated me! I can ball room dance by the way.. the best exercise there is and the most enjoyable!

Marilyn Monroe was, of course, a major feature in many of those films, not just the music ones, but drama and comedy too.
River of No Return, Seven Year Itch, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.. ahhh, the list goes on!

I Wanna Be Loved By You

A young and cute Marilyn in Some Like It Hot... looking sexy and sounding amazing! In some scenes she plays a little uke, or is she just holding it? 😄 I have a hunch she might...
I have always loved singing old songs and this song is one we've done in the past with our band Swing 42.
In the film it has quite a long instrumental break before Marilyn comes in a second time and this bit is filled by @daniellemurray with her clarinet in the band. However, I am keeping it very short in this version and not even doing the second round of singing.

Wrapping It Up

I hope, you like this song which is a bit different to the usual stuff I do, especially because of said dress! haha Thanks for giving it a listen anyway!

In case you do need the words, here are the lyrics

These sort of pictures are my favourites; they seem to really show her vulnerable side.

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