Peggy Lee & Arlen write " Happy With The Blues" In 1961, Peggy Lee and Harold Arlen collaborated in a gentle and positive view of the blues. There is a general tendency to view the blues idiom as one drenched in sadness and despair. However, the noted semanticist S.I. Hyakawa's influential essay made a telling point about much of the Afro-American music tradition deals with the reality of life versus the Moon and June themes so prevalent in popular music. For example, the opening lyric line states " I've done some travellin' done some unravlin' And for this shoestring paid lots of dues But sometimes may be he calls me baby And then I'm HAPPY WITH THE BLUES." Settling for something , no matter how minimal, is a situation that is a common experience.
The melody itself does reflect a less than sad mood.
The performance is not exceptional but the singer, in her introduction, reaffirms a positive view despite the sad connotation usually associated with the blues.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj4WzxF8BCg
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