So I think this is pretty cool you guys. Allison Williams here is singing Eden Ahbez’s “Nature Boy” while the band pays “A Beautiful Mine,” the Mad Men theme. I think “Nature Boy” is a reasonable interpretation of the show Mad Men, though it’s not particularly one I agree with. I don’t really care about Don Draper’s ability to love or be loved in return. All I want is for Don to give Peggy lots of respect (this opinion is shared by, and may be predated by, Todd VanDerWerff). And the tunes don’t quite sync up as well as they could. However, I cannot resist revisiting and remixing theme songs, obviously.

And this is very cool, and stylish, and using a jazz standard meets the sensibility of a show about men whose emotional growth was stunted around World War II. Jaime Weinman, though, accurately notes:

All instrumental themes are really meant to be sung with just the title, over and over.

Yes, obviously. But in researching for this piece (research is a synonym for “Googling, and reading the comments on some blog posts”) I found out that A Beautiful Mine uses a sample from Autumn Leaves by Enoch Light. That’s pretty cool. Sorry I didn’t realize that earlier. Now we both know. Enjoy: