pek tabii ki müzik tarihinin en iyi güftelerinden birisi. benim için birinciliği ara ara rindlerin akşamı'na, bazı bazı american pie'a kaptırıp belli zamanlarda geri alır.

en iyi yorumunun ise hal kemp orchestra eşliğinde skinnay ennis'e ait olduğunu düşünüyorum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el63qlt00h4

sevdiği zaman abartmayı sevenlerin şarkısı. benim şarkım.

(charles h duell - 22 Ağustos 2012 01:24)

cole porter'ın 1934 tarihli anything goes müzikali için bestelediği ünlü şarkı. birbirlerine iltifat eden bir kadın ve erkek arasında geçen diyalogları konu almaktadır şarkı. şarkıyı meşhur eden paul whiteman olmuştur. şarkıda birçok sanat eserine referans yapılmaktadır. sözleri şöyledir;

at words poetic, i'm so pathetic
that i always have found it best,
instead of getting 'em off my chest,
to let 'em rest unexpressed,
i hate parading my serenading
as i'll probably miss a bar,
but if this ditty is not so pretty
at least it'll tell you
how great you are.

you're the top!
you're the coliseum.
you're the top!
you're the louvre museum.
you're a melody from a symphony by strauss
you're a bendel bonnet,
a shakespeare's sonnet,
you're mickey mouse.
you're the nile,
you're the tower of pisa,
you're the smile on the mona lisa
i'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop,
but if, baby, i'm the bottom you're the top!

your words poetic are not pathetic.
on the other hand, babe, you shine,
and i can feel after every line
a thrill divine
down my spine.
now gifted humans like vincent youmans
might think that your song is bad,
but i got a notion
i'll second the motion
and this is what i'm going to add;

you're the top!
you're mahatma gandhi.
you're the top!
you're napoleon brandy.
you're the purple light
of a summer night in spain,
you're the national gallery
you're garbo's salary,
you're cellophane.
you're sublime,
you're turkey dinner,
you're the time of a derby winner,
i'm a toy balloon that's fated soon to pop
but if, baby, i'm the bottom,
you're the top!

you're the top!
you're an arrow collar
you're the top!
you're a coolidge dollar,
you're the nimble tread
of the feet of fred astaire,
you're an o'neill drama,

you're whistler's mama!

you're camembert.

you're a rose,
you're inferno's dante,

you're the nose
on the great durante.
i'm just in a way,
as the french would say, "de trop".
but if, baby, i'm the bottom,
you're the top!

you're the top!
you're a dance in bali.
you're the top!
you're a hot tamale.
you're an angel, you,
simply too, too, too diveen,
you're a botticelli,
you're keats,
you're shelley!

you're ovaltine!
you're a boom,
you're the dam at boulder,
you're the moon,
over mae west's shoulder,
i'm the nominee of the g.o.p.

or gop!

but if, baby, i'm the bottom,
you're the top!

you're the top!
you're a waldorf salad.
you're the top!
you're a berlin ballad.
you're the boats that glide
on the sleepy zuider zee,
you're an old dutch master,

you're lady astor,
you're broccoli!
you're romance,
you're the steppes of russia,
you're the pants, on a roxy usher,
i'm a broken doll, a fol-de-rol, a blop,

but if, baby, i'm the bottom,
you're the top!

cole porter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ogytt0hiw

paul whiteman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oonriypns-o

donald o'connor & bing crosby & mitzi gaynor & zizi jeanmaire (anything goes) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wly2byln6oa

ella fitzgerald - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0okupiqwek

louis armstrong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mboaoiv9t0

barbra streisand - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2_gcclupyk

patricia barber - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpjowl2z5ja

(sanver - 13 Aralık 2014 10:50)

ayrıca barbra streisand'ın 2013 tarihli back to brooklyn albümü için yeniden hazırlanan versiyonunun sözleri şöyledir;

you’re the top!
you’re the silk and satin
you’re the top! you can keep manhattan
give me bedford stuy and a cool rap by jay-z
you’re a maharaja, a brooklyn dodger, you're feminine

you’re the art in an old museum
you’re the taste of cold egg cream
you’re a brooklyn net on a private jet, non-stop!
come on baby, there’s no maybe, you’re the top!
you’re the town that begat judge judy,
lena horne, and of course, yours truly
you are danny kaye and houdini and mae west
you are cracker jacks like the great koufax
baby, you’re the best!

you’re the shine on liz taylor’s ring
you’re the crown on my loew’s kings
you’re a brooklyn height and an all-night coffee shop
listen baby, there’s no maybe, you’re the top!

you’re the top!
you’re a brooklyn trolley
you’re the top!
you're of a hot bialy
talkin’ brooklynese, sayin’ “dese and dem’s and dose”
you’re a rolls royce dealer, a wonder wheeler
you’re vintage clothes

you’re the top!
brighton beach boardwalker
you’re the top! you are a real straight-talker
and you know it’s true, it’s an accent you can’t drop
hey there brooklyn, you’re good lookin’
i smell chinese food a-cookin’
i’m so glad i took this bookin’
cause you’re the top!

dinlemek için; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9nnvcufkpa

(sanver - 2 Mayıs 2015 20:51)

cole porter'in olaganustu yetenegiyle ortaya cikarttigi eglenceli sarki. birazcik uzundur ancak soyleyen istedigi bolumlerini secip soyleyebilir.

anything goes muzikalinden

at words poetic, i'm so pathetic
that i always have found it best,
instead of getting 'em off my chest,
to let 'em rest unexpressed.
i hate parading my serenading
as i'll probably miss a bar,
but if this ditty is not so pretty
at least it'll tell you
how great you are.

you're the top!
you're the coliseum,
you're the top!
you're the louvre museum.
you're a melody from a symphony by strauss
you're a bendel bonnet,
a shakespeare's sonnet,
you're mickey mouse.
you're the nile,
you're the tower of pisa,
you're the smile on the mona lisa
i'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop,
but if, baby, i'm the bottom you're the top!

your words poetic are not pathetic.
on the other hand, babe, you shine,
and i can feel after every line
a thrill divine
down my spine.
now gifted humans like vincent youmans
might think that your song is bad,
but i got a notion
i'll second the motion
and this is what i'm going to add;

you're the top!
you're mahatma gandhi.
you're the top!
you're napoleon brandy.
you're the purple light
of a summer night in spain,
you're the national gallery
you're garbo's salary,
you're cellophane.
you're sublime,
you're a turkey dinner,
you're the time of the derby winner.
i'm a toy balloon that is fated soon to pop
but if, baby, i'm the bottom,
you're the top!

you're the top!
you're a ritz hot toddy.
you're the top!
you're a brewster body.
you're the boats that glide
on the sleepy zuider zee,
you're a nathan panning,
you're bishop manning,
you're broccoli!
you're a prize,
you're a night at coney,
you're the eyes of irene bordoni.

i'm a broken doll,
a fol-de-rol, a blop,
but if, baby, i'm the bottom,
you're the top!

you're the top!
you're a dance in bali.
you're the top!
you're a hot tamale.
you're an angel, you,
simply too, too, too diveen,
you're a boticcelli,
you're keats,
you're shelley,

you're ovaltine.
you're a boon,
you're the dam at boulder.
you're the moon,
over mae west's shoulder.
i'm the nominee of the g.o.p.

or gop!

but if, baby, i'm the bottom,
you're the top!

you're the top!
you're an arrow collar.
you're the top!
you're a coolidge dollar.
you're the nimble tread
of the feet of fred astaire,
you're an o'neill drama,

you're whistler's mama,

you're camembert.

you're a rose,
you're inferno's dante.

you're the nose
on the great durante.
i'm just in the way,
as the french would say, "de trop."
but if, baby, i'm the bottom,
you're the top!

you're the top!
you're the towel of babel,
you're the top
you're the whitney stable
by the river rhine you're a sturdy stein of beer.
you're a dress from saks's,
you're next year's taxes,
you're stratosphere!
you're my fuyst,
you're a drumstick lipstick.
you're da foist
in da irish svipstick.
i'm a frightened frog that can find no log to hop

but if baby i'm the bottom
you're the top!

you're the top!
you're a waldorf salad.
you're the top!
you're a berlin ballad.
you're a baby grand
of a lady and a gent.
you're an old dutch master,

you're mrs. astor,
you're pepsodent!
you're romance,
you're the steppes of russia,
you're the pants
on a roxy usher.
i'm a lazy lout that's just about to stop

but if, baby, i'm the bottom,
you're the top!

(vinyl - 14 Eylül 2004 01:20)

ella fitzgerald yorumunu dinlemek insani gordugu ilk kisiye asik edebilecek kadar guzel olan sarki

(oceanus - 10 Aralık 2004 14:23)

louis armstrong yorumu çok eğlencelidir; bir çiftetelli, bir ankara havası duymuş gibi oynamaya başlayabilir insan.

(kuzu kuzu me - 27 Temmuz 2005 12:20)