Music: My Favorite Things

There's a lot of doom and gloom being bandied about these days, but, as the tagline at the top of this blog indicates, I fancy myself an optimist. One of the best anthems for this point of view is found in the musical "The Sound of Music" - the anthemic, the immortal "My Favorite Things."

Now, some people have confused this for a Christmas song (it's not), but it does have some holiday imagery (the snowflakes, silver white winters, brown paper packages, etc.). The most well-known version is of course Julie Andrews' performance in the film adaptation, but the song's really at home on the stage. Here's Connie Fisher singing it:



John Coltrane also recorded a jazzy sax-based version of this song, which is a little less cheery but quite a bit more relaxing: