Welcome AtoZ-ers and other blog friends! This month I'm participating in the AtoZ blogging challenge, and you'll see a post every day (except Sundays) about one of the Songs of my Heart. Today's edition: Qué será será by Doris Day. (If my embedded video won't work, you can listen at this link).
Doris Day was quite a performer, an actress/singer whose work I enjoyed with my mother when I was young and have turned back to more recently, and this is a song that became strongly associated with her. Usually, it's a somewhat wistful ditty (listen to that version here), but when she sang it as part of her role in The Man Who Knew Too Much, it became embued with so much more--desperation, anger, fear, pressure to seem to be doing one thing while actually doing another. It's an amazing bit of acting through song, so this is now my favorite version of the song.
Lyrics from lyrics.com:
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty
Will I be rich
Here's what she said to me
Que será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que será, será
What will be, will be
When I grew up and fell in love
I asked my sweetheart, what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows
Day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said
Que será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que será, será
What will be, will be
Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother, what will I be
Will I be handsome
Will I be rich
I tell them tenderly
Que será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que será, será
What will be, will be
Que será, será
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This song is an inspiration to me when I'm trying, without success, to predict the future. A good reminder to do the things in the present moment that open doors for the future and to trust that something good will come of it.
ReplyDeleteWell said. That's just how I feel about it, too.
DeleteThat's a powerful movie clip! You can't beat Doris Day and Jimmy Stewart. (Lisa @ tao-talk)
ReplyDeleteThere were both powerhouses.
DeleteIts a very powerful clip and powerful song. But Que Sera is not how I'm feeling right now. Thanks for sharing. sharigarmise.com
ReplyDeleteI get it. I'm having trouble trusting to the future myself right now.
DeleteOne of the perennial favorites that you can listen to over and over again. I'm actually humming it now 😎
ReplyDeleteHappy to share an earworm.
DeleteI got introduced to this song in French class. Of course none of us had any of the context for it at that time. As I got older and got into more classic movies, I discovered Doris Day and grew to appreciate her in all her incarnations. (She had quite the career.)
ReplyDeleteShe was an amazing talent.
DeleteWhen my world was crashing, I went walking in nature and sa g this song..I'm certain, totally off key, but it helped. You can tell how Doris filled the song with angst. It's a tense moment for sure.
ReplyDeleteSongs can be a balm for the soul when we need it.
DeleteAnother blogger used this song for Q. You’re right. The way Doris Day sang this song in the movie was pivotal and not easily forgotten.
ReplyDeleteAmazing show of acting and singing at the same time.
DeleteI get this song stuck in my head so often, very randomly, so I had to laugh seeing it here!
ReplyDelete- Allison
https://lightningflashwriting.blogspot.com/
I find myself humming it at unexpected moments, too.
DeleteThis is such an iconic song but I wonder if that’s only for certain generations.
ReplyDeleteMy youngest does also know it, but then again, they were raised by me.
DeleteFor me this song is tied to the ardours of learning Spanish, as this was one of the songs we sang there. I think I've never heard it in English before (I'm Danish) but she sure can sing it.
ReplyDeleteI could see that! And, yes, Doris had quite a set of pipes.
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