SXSW Film Review: Dory Previn: On My Way To Where

The phrase, “I am cringe but I am free” might as well have been coined about the music of Dory Previn. This is not an insult; indeed, it is a compliment of a very high and specific order, and...Way to Where

After a rough childhood and a few years as a struggling songwriter, Broadway producer Alan Freed hooked her up with composer Andre Previn, where they began collaborating and eventually marrying. He wrote the music, she wrote the lyrics, usually for treacly tunes for movie soundtracks, but even her early lyrics often had a singular vibe to them -- Google the song “Contain Yourself” for a prime example.

Songs such as the downright savage"Beware of Young Girls" ,"Don't Put Him Down" and the amazing “Lady With a Braid,” about an older woman having a one-night stand don’t really sound like anything else coming out of that scene.

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