La Mer

Bobby Darin was a well-known singer from the 50s.  His big songs were Splish Splash, Dream Lover, Mack the Knife, and Beyond the Sea (his best song). 

A film was made of his life starring Kevin Spacey titled Beyond the Sea.   

He died young, in 1973, at age 37.  He was never a healthy person after having rheumatic fever as a child. 

The song Beyond the Sea was a re-do of one recorded years earlier by Charles Trenet called La Mer (The Sea).  The words are completely different from the Bobby Darin version.

Trenet wrote the song in 1945 and someone else recorded it.  He recorded a version in 1946 which has become the standard.

We think it is one of the most awesome and beautiful songs ever.

We dance to it frequently.  One of the major features of the song is that it is sort of in three parts.

The first part is a beautiful song, sung sweetly, with amazing piano chords to accompany it.

The second part is bouncy and jazzy, simply overflowing with joyfulness.

The third part is exuberant.  Trenet almost seems to shout to the world "THE SEA!"   "CELEBRATE THE SEA!!!" 

Here we are dancing to the very famous and very wonderful La Mer....The Sea.

 Click on the photo below to see the video of us dancing to this fantastic and beautiful song: