Week 2: Deed I Do

   


     This week, I listened to "Deed I Do" composed by Fred Rose and performed by Ruth Etting. The song starts out with a nice instrumental with a trumpet playing over the top. Ruth Etting comes in with soft, flowing vocals that, to me, embody the popular sound of singers in the 1920s. It is a very relaxed style of singing that greatly contrasts to that of Ethel Merman who sings with a lot more volume and power. One thing that surprised me when I looked up this song, it that it has been recorded by over 100 various artists since it's initial release in 1927 and has been remade as recently as 2016.

  The song has a pleasant sound and feeling that I enjoy. It is the sort of song that I would want to be playing on the record player in my living room during the 1920s. "Deed Do I" repeats the same melody over a few times with varying words. Each of these verses are all very positive as the words talk about the woman's love interest who makes her life better. In the song, she says, "you brought sunshine just to brighten my loneliness" and "I'm glad I'm the one who found you". These lyrics make sense for the time period, as people were trying to use music to escape the struggles they were experiencing. Overall, I found this song to be quite relaxing and I enjoyed listening to it.

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  1. Mikinlee21 September 2020 at 20:56

    Hi Sharissa! the song that I chose also had the trumpet in it. I feel like its such an impowering instrument. I really loved how you brought up saying that you just want to sit back and listen to it on a record player. I really brings back some memories for me when I used to listen to records with my grandparents.

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