I'm currently rehearsing a production of the musical Red, Hot & Cole--basically a biography of Cole Porter, the writer of this song. I particularly like this song--don't know why. But the first time I heard this song--heard it without really listening for the tune or the words, really heard it--was just now, after a mini-fight with a friend (not really a fight, we exchanged insults but as far as I can tell we're still friends). I was kind of hurt by the things she said, though I didn't show it before. And this was the first time I ever thought of this song as really, truly sad, and not just a story of a woman with an odd name.
I believe this song was composed in a very short space of time as a result of Cole Porter being told in a restaurant by the waiter that his expected guest was delayed: Waiter: "Sir, I have a message for you - Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today". Cole Porter's imagination was excited by the possible reason and he coined the rather outlandish excuse as given in the lyrics! OK? Michael UK
I believe this song was composed in a very short space of time as a result of Cole Porter being told in a restaurant by the waiter that his expected guest was delayed: Waiter: "Sir, I have a message for you - Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today". Cole Porter's imagination was excited by the possible reason and he coined the rather outlandish excuse as given in the lyrics! OK? Michael UK
I'm currently rehearsing a production of the musical Red, Hot & Cole--basically a biography of Cole Porter, the writer of this song. I particularly like this song--don't know why. But the first time I heard this song--heard it without really listening for the tune or the words, really heard it--was just now, after a mini-fight with a friend (not really a fight, we exchanged insults but as far as I can tell we're still friends). I was kind of hurt by the things she said, though I didn't show it before. And this was the first time I ever thought of this song as really, truly sad, and not just a story of a woman with an odd name.
I believe this song was composed in a very short space of time as a result of Cole Porter being told in a restaurant by the waiter that his expected guest was delayed: Waiter: "Sir, I have a message for you - Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today". Cole Porter's imagination was excited by the possible reason and he coined the rather outlandish excuse as given in the lyrics! OK? Michael UK
I believe this song was composed in a very short space of time as a result of Cole Porter being told in a restaurant by the waiter that his expected guest was delayed: Waiter: "Sir, I have a message for you - Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today". Cole Porter's imagination was excited by the possible reason and he coined the rather outlandish excuse as given in the lyrics! OK? Michael UK