My Favorite Things (song)
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"My Favorite Things" is a song from the musical The Sound of Music.
[edit] The Sound of Music version
The music for "My Favorite Things" was composed by Richard Rodgers, and the lyrics were written by Oscar Hammerstein II. In the musical, the lyrics to the song are a litany of things that Maria likes, such as "raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens." These are the things she selects to fill her mind with when times get "bad' and "sad". They then become cognitive-centering devices, objects of meditation and inspiration.
The wintertime imagery of some of the lyrics has made "My Favorite Things" a popular song during the Christmas season, and it often appears on holiday-themed albums and compilations, although in the show and movie it is sung during a summer thunderstorm.
[edit] Other versions
The song was a hit in 1968 by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass on A&M 1001(45rpm). The song has become a jazz standard, and has been performed by artists as diverse as Stanley Jordan, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Carmen Lundy, Dave Brubeck, Kenny Rogers, Tanya Tucker, The Derek Trucks Band, Rod Stewart, Sarah Vaughan, The Supremes, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Andre 3000 of OutKast, Kimiko Itoh, Big Brovaz, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Andy Williams, The Lennon Sisters, Lorrie Morgan, Luther Vandross and, Björk (in the movie Dancer in the Dark). Coltrane's album of the same name has been a landmark in the history of jazz for numerous reasons, not least for the rediscovery of soprano sax. The song was mixed by audio-trickster collective Negativland on their album No Business. The Lennon Sisters' version of this song appeared in the film adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The song is played during the beginning, juxtaposed with various images from the 1960s. My Favorite Things is also said to have been Michael Jackson's favorite song of all time. The song was also parodied in the bridge of the Panic! At The Disco song, "Build God, Then We'll Talk".
A filk version of the song with lyrics revolving around old age, first seen on the Usenet newsgroup alt.idiots in June 2001, has become attached to an urban legend claiming that it was sung by Julie Andrews herself at a benefit concert for AARP.[1][2]
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