"Real Book", "Fake Book", what does it mean?? Fake book?? Are the pages blank? Is it hollowed out?

Tralfaz said:
I have that Ultimate Fake Book. The back cover lists a handful of tunes like "My Funny Valentine" and "You'll Never Walk Alone," but when you crack it open it's 90% shit like "My Yiddish Momme" and "The Tinker Polka."
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I have not fooled around and fell in love with JASS, so I probably won't be needing to fumble my way through 'Satin Doll' at a cocktail party gig. I am slightly intrigued to hear 'My Yiddish Mom' and 'The Tinker Polka' though. :embarrassed:
 
We can have a My Yiddishe Momme cover fest! :jam:

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I've just been down a little bit of a "My Yiddish Momme' rabbit hole and this one was particularly dire:

 
Motorik said:
I've just been down a little bit of a "My Yiddish Momme' rabbit hole and this one was particularly dire:

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Sorry about that.

Still, it's interesting in a Ken Burns kind of way how so many of the so-called "timeless" standards of the American Songbook speak to a very specific time, culture and mood. Two songs picked at random from a set of 1200, yet both originate from Eastern European immigration to the U.S. in the early 20th Century. One is a festive old world tune that joins a traditional melody with new world arrangements in the melting pot of polka, and the other is a lament for everything that's been lost in the process of assimilating.

Motorik said:
ADVISORY WARNING: the tinker is playing a PRS!

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A lot of Czech immigrants settled in Central Texas, so there's still quite a bit of that kind of stuff around if you go looking for it.
 
Motorik said:
I've just been down a little bit of a "My Yiddish Momme' rabbit hole and this one was particularly dire:

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I decided against going down the rabbit hole. Their decision to not rhyme "that dear little lady so old and grey" with oy vey was the deciding factor.
 
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