Before completing my article on Refus global(1948), a document that indicted the institutions of old Quebec, the Church in particular, I am sending you the news. Refus global (1948) was written during a period in Quebec’s history when the province was often referred to as the “priest-ridden” province.
My students read that document because I considered it a statement that ushered in Quebec’s Révolution tranquille. It is now viewed as such in an official manner.
If the “it” of Let’s do it is an invitation to make love, as was suggested by a commentator, “Let’s do it” was “a pioneer pop song to declare openly ‘sex is fun’.” (Wiki2.org.)
The Jan. 31, 1949, cover of TIME Cover Credit: BORIS CHALIAPIN
About Cole Porter
Cole Porter was born to a wealthy family in Indiana. He studied at Yale University and, as a student at Yale, Porter wrote 300 songs. He then attended the Harvard Law School, and “at the suggestion of the dean of the law school,” he switched to the study of harmony and counterpoint. (Let’s Fall in Love, Wiki2.org.)
In 1937, he was injured, a leg injury, as a result of a horseback riding accident. Several years later, in 1958, he grew ulcers on the injured leg, which had to be amputated. Cole Porter died of kidney failure on 15 October 1964. He was 73 and living in Santa Monica, California.
If you will allow me, I will simply feature the News and tell you that I am currently following Obama’s campaign. I have great admiration for the current President of the United States.