I'm Always True To You, Darling, In My Way

[Uncleskinny]

A reference?



P.

 

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

Cole Porter

 

[JulieDurham]

I think the most obvious reference is Elvis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OF2HMTnOOs&feature=fvst

 

[simon]

The song's title is "Always True to You in My Fashion"

Its wikipedia page also states the possible reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_True_to_You_in_My_Fashion

In an apparent allusion to Porter's song, Morrissey's "Speedway", from the 1994 album Vauxhall & I, includes the lines "In my own strange way, I've always been true to you / In my own sick way, I'll always stay true to you".

 

[Uncleskinny]

The song's title is "Always True to You in My Fashion"

Its wikipedia page also states the possible reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_True_to_You_in_My_Fashion

In an apparent allusion to Porter's song, Morrissey's "Speedway", from the 1994 album Vauxhall & I, includes the lines "In my own strange way, I've always been true to you / In my own sick way, I'll always stay true to you".

Wow, great minds and all that. I was a fluke, we were going through a phase last night of song tennis, I picked one, my wife picked one, and this was one she chose.

P.

 

[Worm]

It was a nod to Talulah Gosh's "My Boy Says". Clearly.

 

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

It was a nod to Talulah Gosh's "My Boy Says". Clearly.

Probably not. More likely your twee friends were also inspired by Cole:

Say you're fond of fancy things
Diamond clips and emerald rings
And you want your man to come through
Give him the ooh-la-la

When your car is asked to stop
By a handsome traffic cop
'Less you want a ticket or two
Give him the ooh-la-la

If Napoleon at Waterloo-la-la
Had an army of debutantes
To give the British the well-known ooh-la-la
He'd have changed the history of France

Chorus:
When your favorite Romeo
Grabs his hat and starts to go
Don't reveal the fact that you're blue
Don't break down and start to boo hoo
There's just one thing for you, la la
To, la la, do, la la
Like Tallulah just give him the ooh-la-la

If Napoleon at Waterloo-la-la
Had an army of debutantes
To give the British the well-known ooh-la-la
He'd have changed the history of France

(Chorus)

The ooh-la-la, the ooh-la-la
You'd better be like Tallulah
Don't be a fool-a
Give him the ooh-la-la

Blossom Dearie

 

[Worm]

Probably not. More likely your twee friends were also inspired by Cole:

I doubt the twee-poppers had Cole in mind, but I would not be shocked if The Go-Betweens did ("You Tell Me", from the LP "Tallulah", 1987).

Tallulah took a shower for an hour,
Then walked down the street feeling beautiful and clean.
Tallulah met a man at a newstand,
Who asked her how does she dream.
What she's missing
Is someone
Who will listen
And then and then and then, you tell me.

Tallulah your make-up needs a shake-up,
Your hair frames a perfect face.
Tallulah wasn't liberated,
By France or any other revolution.
What she's missing
Is someone
Who will listen
And then and then and then, you tell me.

You tell me, I have a choice. You. You. You. Come on.​