Comments on: DANNY WILLIAMS – “Moon River”

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:24:49 +0000

I probably deserve to get punched for this, but I can’t help but think of this as a serial killer song – this may be the fault of Morrissey, conflating the protagonists with Brady and Hindley, per his weird obsessions somehow. But “waitin ’round the bend” will always be an admission of mental instability, in my brain.

Hmm, “I’m not so sure the world deserves us” isn’t in the original lyrics, is it? So basically Morrissey twisted and poisoned this pretty, innocent song for me forever. Bad Morrissey.

By: SteveIson

SteveIson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:40:54 +0000

I agree.. Heard THe Audrey version first-and the beautifully non showey,human quality she brings suits the songs generous inward mood so perfectly and can never be beaten imo

By: rosie

rosie — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:30:22 +0000

Andy Williams original? My arse! It was written for Audrey Hepburn and nobody could ever come close to her breathy, sexy, non-singing version.

But as a song it’s pretty robust and near impossible to ruin. And Danny Williams’s ranks particularly high for me as his (and not Audrey’s) version is the first I knew.

I like to sing it myself, in private…

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:54:47 +0000

For some bizarre reason the Andy Williams original was never released as a single in Britain or the States, so the time was ripe for someone else to have a hit with it, and SA emigre Danny was the ideal singer, I think; as I said on Haloscan, this makes me think of the hopeful Commonwealth immigrant, sailing out for a new land and a new life and (maybe mercifully) not knowing what was in store for him.

For me this is one of the songs of the 20th century and the “my Huckleberry friend” is the cherry of punctum atop its lovely cake; pure poetry, as one would expect from Johnny Mercer, a lyricist fit to stand beside WS Gilbert and Noel Coward.

By: Lena

Lena — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:00:05 +0000

I have yet to hear a bad version of this – and yes, Danny does get it just right…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:27:00 +0000

I have always found this version of this song so mesmorising. I have after years, only just decided to try and sort out my confusions as to who sang sang it first and when, as i found it very hard to believe that so many people refer to the Andy Williams version……..ARE THEY IN A COMA!!