"Blah, Blah, Blah" is a 1931 song with music by George Gershwin, to lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin.William H. Young, Nancy K. Young Music of the Great Depression 2005 p.271 " "Blah, Blah, Blah" (1931; music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin), " Originally written for the abortive East is WestCaryl Brahms, Ned Sherrin Song by song: the lives and work of 14 great lyric writers 1984 p52 "The invitation inspired a quick dash to the trunk to unearth 'Blah, Blah, Blah', from the abortive East is West, a title song, ..." it was taken "out of the trunk" by the Gershwins for the 1931 film Delicious.The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie 1999 "Although one song, "Blah-Blah-Blah," was taken "out of the trunk," Gershwin worked hard on the others," It was later used in the 2012 Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It, which features songs by George and Ira.
It goes in part:Sarah Kozloff Overhearing Film Dialogue 2000 p181 "Take George and Ira Gershwin's 1931 "Blah-Blah-Blah." Blah, Blah, Blah, blah moon, Blah, Blah, Blah above. Blah, Blah, Blah, blah croon, Blah, Blah, Blah, blah love.""
The song is a parody of the clichés of contemporary love songs; Gerald Mast in Can't Help Singin''' describes the "treacly tune" and Ira Gershwin's "refusal to write coherent words except the hackneyed rhymes to conclude every line".
Notable covers Eliane Elias – Everything I Love (Blue Note, 2000) Sarah Vaughan – Snowbound (Roulette, 1963) John Muriello & Richard Pearson Thomas - Love and the Dickens (Albany Records, 2008)
References
External links Sung by Dorothy Shay on a 1954 Red Skelton Show''