Fascination

This song is an old standard. You've heard it in movies, and on easy-listening radio. It has been around longer than you probably think. Because if you're thinking of the Nat King Cole recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLwp62evPbQ

or maybe Dinah Shore, it was already over half a century old when they were made. And here, just because I liked it, is a violin solo of the same tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=985ftUClwXM

And where would we be without an Allan Sherman parody?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLx3oYZrrlE

Sounds like the same anxiety we have right now, about "Artificial Intelligence" and "Machine Learning". Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

This article was updated on May 9, 2023

David F