Dory Previn: S/D?

The cosmic irony involved in "Beware of Young Girls" is astounding. The song is Dory Previn's take on twenty-four year old Mia Farrow's home-wrecking, and the fact that the act of husband-thievery came from a seemingly innocent family friend whom she would have never suspect. Well, Mia Farrow did steal Andre Previn away from Dory and the new couple soon adopted a young Korean girl who would go by the name Soon-Yi Previn - the same Soon-Yi who of course would later steal Woody Allen from adoptive mom Mia Farrow.

Dory Previn RIP

Tracyanne Campbell will be bereft

RIP. Lady with the Braid is all-time.

Eerie. I just posted a link to her song "Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign" two days ago in the "women sing about death" thread.

Yeah emil.y played me Lady With the Braid in the outloud.fm room and I've been playing it regularly ever since.

RIP Dory.

RIP

RIP. Lady with the Braid is all-time.

― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL)

this^

one of the greatest songs ever written imo.

RIP Lady.

it's just the night cuts through me like a knife (like a knife)
would you care to stay a while and save my life?
would you care to stay a while and save my life?

RIP. Love "Twenty-Mile Zone" too.

'Mr Whisper' as well. That outro cuts me to ribbons. RIP Dory.

Sad news

What a great songwriter. RIP Dory Previn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92LU5dGNMSA

there was a dory previn article in a recent pitchfork review (written by a friend of mine) -- i spent some time digging into her discography. pretty strange stuff! but kinda good. and as the article suggests, it's a little bit hard to imagine it becoming "cool" again.

Wow, had no idea she co-wrote "Come Saturday Morning."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALcEcZ7UgRA

I just came across this this morning
http://www.wrasserecords.com/Dory_Previn_228/Mythical_Kings_and_Iguanas_The_Ultimate_Collection_462.html
a 2cd compi that came out last year. It covers her first few lps including the late 50s one under the name Dory Langdon but not the last 2 - the s/t and the one with Harpo Marx in the title
hasa tracklisting of

CD1: 1. Mythical Kings and Iguanas
CD1: 2. Yada Yada la Scala
CD1: 3. Going Home (Mythical Kings And Iguanas)
CD1: 4. Beware Of Young Girls
CD1: 5. Forget Me
CD1: 6. Play It Again, Sam
CD1: 7. The Lady With The Braid
CD1: 8. Gooney Bird
CD1: 9. Lemon Haired Ladies
CD1: 10. Jesus Was A Androgyne
CD1: 11. The Midget's Lament
CD1: 12. Michael Michael
CD1: 13. Twenty-Mile Zone
CD1: 14. Mary C. Brown And The Hollywood Sign
CD1: 15. Doppelganger
CD1: 16. The Game
CD1: 17. With My Daddy In The Attic
CD1: 18. Scared To Be Alone
CD1: 19. He Lives Alone
CD1: 20. I Ain't His Child
CD2: 1. Can't We Be Enemies
CD2: 2. Let Me Show You Off
CD2: 3. Warm Winter Day
CD2: 4. Mr. Whisper
CD2: 5. Carefree Love
CD2: 6. Her Mothers Daugher
CD2: 7. The Altruist And The Needy Case
CD2: 8. King Kong
CD2: 9. Lonely Girl In London
CD2: 10. My Heart Is A Hunter
CD2: 11. Many Sides
CD2: 12. I Dance And Dance And Smile And Smile
CD2: 13. Leprochauns Are Upon Me
CD2: 14. No
CD2: 15. Sea Shells
CD2: 16. Just For Now
CD2: 17. Angels And Devils The Following Day
CD2: 18. Left Hand Lost
CD2: 19. Stone For Bessie Smith
CD2: 20. Esther's First Communion

so 20 tracks per cd. I'm not sure hwo comprehensive taht is or what the sound is like. But I think that's a lot of tracks.
I couldn't find a specific review of the set earlier so wonder, has anybody heard it?

been listening to the 2nd disc and it has presumably most of the '58 Dory Langdon lp on. It's nice jazzy stuff but too different to the 70s stuff. Destroys the flow.
I may need to get the 2fers of the lps still.

Interesting to see some of the other composers she wrote lyrics for, such as Harold Arlen.