I sang this song in 1976 at Athens High School (Ohio) in our production of Guys and Dolls. I played the part of Arvide Abernathy, a missions pastor singing to his granddaughter. This year, as a real pastor of a church, I officiated my real granddaughter's wedding. I surprised her at the reception by playing a recording of me singing the song, as I asked her to dance. It was a moment of a lifetime.
My favorite ballad from “Guys & Dolls” - the original Broadway cast album but dropped from the movie version, is MORE I CANNOT WISH YOU. A little too obscure perhaps to make the cut for today's otherwise perfect “Nancy For Frank” all- Frank Loesser three-hour show on Siriusly Sinatra satellite radio. That left-handed bass player with The Beatles, now "Sir Paul" included on his album (“Kisses on the Bottom”) -- mostly songs his musical Dad enjoyed -- some classics we all know, plus a few of the 'should-have-been-standards' McCartney discovered later in life. "More I Cannot Wish You" doesn't have its own Wiki entry, but buried in the large Guys & Dolls section are a few words of context for this otherwise forgotten song's existence: “Arvide expresses his faith in Sky's inherent goodness and urges Sarah to follow her heart (More I Cannot Wish You). Sky tells Sarah he intends to deliver the dozen genuine sinners for the revival. She doesn't believe him and walks off, but Arvide subtly encourages him . . . “ Is an official McCartney 'live in the Capitol Tower' recording at TH-cam? Yes! That's John Pizzarelli on seven-string guitar. But you knew that, right? Thanks, Ale Corvi for this posting. Celebrated this night at Sinatra Family - Forum - "Siriusly Sinatra" - MY FAVORITE VERSION, YOURS TOO? sinatrafamily.com/forum/showthread.php/50225-My-Favorite-Version-%28yours-too-%29?p=1291226#post1291226
Until Paul McCartney recorded MORE I CANNOT WISH YOU for his Grammy-winning 'Kisses On The Bottom' album (2012) this was a song with no Wiki entry of its own; Paul explained in his impromptu introduction (for this Grammy-winning live-in-studio video) that, “It's a song I'd not heard ... because it didn't make it into the film version - only the stage version” (on the original Broadway cast recording of Guys and Dolls). [Since the last time I checked (“1 year ago”) someone's included a new Wikipedia footnote among the “Notable Recordings”:]
Paul McCartney recorded the song for his album "Kisses on the Bottom" (2012) and his version changed the lyrics slightly from "With a sheep’s eye / And a lickerish tooth" to "With a sheepish eye, / And a look of the truth."[11] Describing his interpretation McCartney said, "It's a father talking to his daughter.... quite moving, very moving."[12] [A newer note on the song's “development” says:] Frank Loesser originally wrote the song for the 1949 movie Roseanna McCoy. In a scene in which the title character sat next to her elder brother in a wagon seat, her brother was to sing the song to her, "wishing her good fortune in the heart."[5] When the song was cut from the movie, because producer Samuel Goldwyn "neither liked nor understood the song,"[5] Loesser added the song to Guys and Dolls.[6] th-cam.com/video/HPjw7pRims4/w-d-xo.html My favorite jazz singer / guitar virtuoso John Pizzarelli included -- at the 13:47 mark on his latest live-streamed “5 o'clock Somewhere” show (3/09/2023) a new version of MORE I CANNOT WISH YOU, recalling that "we did the song with Paul McCartney.” As the featured accompanist, John's 7-string electric guitar has never been better recorded. His solo accompaniment at the start is a delight -- as is Diana Krall's (Irish-style ballad) 'coda' at song's end. An altogether Grammy-winning video. But you knew that. Thanks for sharing Ale Corvi. Celebrated elsewhere [search] " Great Melody, Great Lyric, Great Rendition, Songwriting Workshop, Harmony Central "
I have always loved this song. However, McCartney gets one of the lyrics wrong. He says "luck of the truth", but the actual line is "licorice tooth". It is uncertain what Frank Loesser meant by this lyric, but I always assumed it meant a good kisser.
Paul deliberately changed the phrase, due to its confusing (if valid) literary meaning...as he also did with the original phrase, "With a sheep's eye..." See the song's Wiki entry.
ALL THE CD IS A FAILLURE! HE IS NOT SINGING! THE PRODUCER KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT JAZZ! PAUL IS NOT DOING IT WELL. THE SAME TIMING IN THE WHOLE CD. SOMEBODY TOLD HIM THAT JAZX IS TO TALK. AND NOBODY TOLD HIM HE COYLD HAVE MADE IMPROVISATIONS, SCAT, RUBATTO,, IT WAS A WASTING OF PAUL, A WASTING OF THE MUSICS SECCTION AND AND A VERY BORING JOB. PAUL IS FOR SURE NOT A JAZZ SINGER, AS MICHAEL BUBBLE IS NOT EITHER, BUT HE COULD HAD MADE IT TOO LUCH BETTER!!
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.
❤❤❤❤Love that song.
I sang this song in 1976 at Athens High School (Ohio) in our production of Guys and Dolls. I played the part of Arvide Abernathy, a missions pastor singing to his granddaughter. This year, as a real pastor of a church, I officiated my real granddaughter's wedding. I surprised her at the reception by playing a recording of me singing the song, as I asked her to dance. It was a moment of a lifetime.
Okay, who’s cutting onions?!
É um gênio de todos os ritmos, que emoção, sou fã.😢
My favorite ballad from “Guys & Dolls” - the original Broadway cast album but dropped from the movie version, is MORE I CANNOT WISH YOU. A little too obscure perhaps to make the cut for today's otherwise perfect “Nancy For Frank” all- Frank Loesser three-hour show on Siriusly Sinatra satellite radio. That left-handed bass player with The Beatles, now "Sir Paul" included on his album (“Kisses on the Bottom”) -- mostly songs his musical Dad enjoyed -- some classics we all know, plus a few of the 'should-have-been-standards' McCartney discovered later in life. "More I Cannot Wish You" doesn't have its own Wiki entry, but buried in the large Guys & Dolls section are a few words of context for this otherwise forgotten song's existence:
“Arvide expresses his faith in Sky's inherent goodness and urges Sarah to follow her heart (More I Cannot Wish You). Sky tells Sarah he intends to deliver the dozen genuine sinners for the revival. She doesn't believe him and walks off, but Arvide subtly encourages him . . . “
Is an official McCartney 'live in the Capitol Tower' recording at TH-cam? Yes! That's John Pizzarelli on seven-string guitar. But you knew that, right?
Thanks, Ale Corvi for this posting. Celebrated this night at Sinatra Family - Forum - "Siriusly Sinatra" - MY FAVORITE VERSION, YOURS TOO? sinatrafamily.com/forum/showthread.php/50225-My-Favorite-Version-%28yours-too-%29?p=1291226#post1291226
And Diana Krall on piano. As of 2022, Wiki does have a dedicated entry for this marvelous tune.
Gracias. Es realmente interesante. Aparte de ser un concierto precioso.
Until Paul McCartney recorded MORE I CANNOT WISH YOU for his Grammy-winning 'Kisses On The Bottom' album (2012) this was a song with no Wiki entry of its own; Paul explained in his impromptu introduction (for this Grammy-winning live-in-studio video) that, “It's a song I'd not heard ... because it didn't make it into the film version - only the stage version” (on the original Broadway cast recording of Guys and Dolls).
[Since the last time I checked (“1 year ago”) someone's included a new Wikipedia footnote among the “Notable Recordings”:]
Paul McCartney recorded the song for his album "Kisses on the Bottom" (2012) and his version changed the lyrics slightly from "With a sheep’s eye / And a lickerish tooth" to "With a sheepish eye, / And a look of the truth."[11] Describing his interpretation McCartney said, "It's a father talking to his daughter.... quite moving, very moving."[12]
[A newer note on the song's “development” says:]
Frank Loesser originally wrote the song for the 1949 movie Roseanna McCoy. In a scene in which the title character sat next to her elder brother in a wagon seat, her brother was to sing the song to her, "wishing her good fortune in the heart."[5] When the song was cut from the movie, because producer Samuel Goldwyn "neither liked nor understood the song,"[5] Loesser added the song to Guys and Dolls.[6]
th-cam.com/video/HPjw7pRims4/w-d-xo.html
My favorite jazz singer / guitar virtuoso John Pizzarelli included -- at the 13:47 mark on his latest live-streamed “5 o'clock Somewhere” show (3/09/2023) a new version of MORE I CANNOT WISH YOU, recalling that "we did the song with Paul McCartney.”
As the featured accompanist, John's 7-string electric guitar has never been better recorded. His solo accompaniment at the start is a delight -- as is Diana Krall's (Irish-style ballad) 'coda' at song's end. An altogether Grammy-winning video. But you knew that.
Thanks for sharing Ale Corvi. Celebrated elsewhere [search] " Great Melody, Great Lyric, Great Rendition, Songwriting Workshop, Harmony Central "
This is the very last song reviewed in Alec Wilder's book "The American Popular Song" and a poignant comment about the passing of an era.
The flash
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I have always loved this song. However, McCartney gets one of the lyrics wrong. He says "luck of the truth", but the actual line is "licorice tooth". It is uncertain what Frank Loesser meant by this lyric, but I always assumed it meant a good kisser.
Paul deliberately changed the phrase, due to its confusing (if valid) literary meaning...as he also did with the original phrase, "With a sheep's eye..." See the song's Wiki entry.
didnt realize diana krall was a part of this
Sorry but this is not Paul McCartney , this is an old soul ...☹
Aren't they the same thing?
ALL THE CD IS A FAILLURE! HE IS NOT SINGING! THE PRODUCER KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT JAZZ! PAUL IS NOT DOING IT WELL. THE SAME TIMING IN THE WHOLE CD. SOMEBODY TOLD HIM THAT JAZX IS TO TALK. AND NOBODY TOLD HIM HE COYLD HAVE MADE IMPROVISATIONS, SCAT, RUBATTO,, IT WAS A WASTING OF PAUL, A WASTING OF THE MUSICS SECCTION AND AND A VERY BORING JOB. PAUL IS FOR SURE NOT A JAZZ SINGER, AS MICHAEL BUBBLE IS NOT EITHER, BUT HE COULD HAD MADE IT TOO LUCH BETTER!!