Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin is a cover album by American artist Brian Wilson. It features songs originally written by brothers Ira and George Gershwin who are massive inspirations to Brian's work (he already covered some of their songs on his album Orange Crate Art).
This is the first of two albums Brian recorded for Walt Disney Records. He was intially contacted by Disney for a cover album of Disney movie soundtrack songs (In the Key of Disney), which he was interested in, but wanted to make an album dedicated to Gershwin's music first, which Disney accepted. The Gershwin estate even allowed Brian access to partitions of unfinished work by the Gershwin brothers which were finished for this album.
Tracklist:
- "Rhapsody In Blue / Intro"
- "The Like In I Love You"
- "Summertime"
- "I Loves You, Porgy"
- "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'"
- "It Ain't Necessarily So"
- "'S Wonderful"
- "They Can't Take That Away From Me"
- "Love Is Here To Stay"
- "I've Got A Crush On You"
- "I Got Rhythm"
- "Someone To Watch Over Me"
- "Nothing But Love"
- "Rhapsody In Blue/Reprise"
Brian Wilson reimagines tropes:
- Anaphora: "I Got Rhythm":I got rhythm
I got music
I got my girl
Who could ask for anything more? - Bookends: The album starts and ends with "Rhapsody In Blue".
- Cover Album
- Cover Version: All songs are covers and some of them include unfinished material which was completed by Brian.
- David Versus Goliath: "It Ain't Necessarily So"David was small, but oh my
Little David was small, but oh my
He fought Big Goliath
Who lay down an' dieth
David was small, but oh my - Instrumentals: "Rhapsody In Blue" and its reprise.
- One-Woman Song: "I Loves You Porgy"
- One-Word Title: "Summertime"
- Posthumous Collaboration: Some tracks come from partitions which were originally unfinished by Ira and George. Brian completed them for this album.
- The Power of Love: "The Like In I love You"You reached into my heart
And found the music of my soul
The melodies unfold for you - Scatting: Prominently featured on "They Can't Take That Away From Me".
- Shout-Out: "It Ain't Necessarily So" references stories from The Bible such as David Versus Goliath, the Book of Jonah and the Book of Exodus.
