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One day in your life - Michael Jackson

One day in your life
You'll remember a place
Someone touching your face
You'll come back and you'll look around, you'll . . .

One day in your life
You'll remember the love you found here
You'll remember me somehow
Though you don't need me now
I will stay in your heart
And when things fall apart
You'll remember one day . . .

One day in your life
When you find that you're always waiting
For a love we used to share
Just call my name, and I'll be there

You'll remember me somehow
Though you don't need me now
I will stay in your heart
And when things fall apart
You'll remember one day . . .

One day in your life
When you find that you're always lonely
For a love we used to share
Just call my name, and I'll be there
 
2020hindsight said:
Here you go ng - sheesh next time see if you can check out youtube with your post ;)
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Changed my mind, being a woman and all, I told you that I like things written. when I hear a song it doesn't feel the same as when I read its lyrics.

ps I'm too lazy to try anyway at this time of night. post us something nice before we go to bed please :)
 
2020hindsight said:
here ya go ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XtrR2W8vPQ&search=jammie fox Ray Charles unchain my heart film live =crying time , ray charles barbara streisand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySgkxpiC6NY&search=Cher Ray Charles Georgia =norm gunstan with ray charles

or maybe guitar :-?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv8-aomjh2A&mode=related&search= romance de amour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yG4kTu-nW0 ditto but better - the classical version
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AMAZING!! I don't know who the lazy one is? can't you put at least one of them in writting? how about "oh when the saints go marching in" ;) I saw it somewhere on this thread a couple of weeks back, kept singing it for a whole week after, I felt I WAS in heaven THAT WEEK. can't wait for heaven actually, being around the people I love most :)
 
Once again, this goes alongside a post in the other music thread.

"Cut Your Ribbon" by Sparta

Wake Up
Can You Hear Me?
You're so clever
Did you find me?
In the backroom
In your closet
In your suitcase
There's no running
I will find you
Like the glacier
Cuts the seabed, leaving Canyons
In your cheekbones
passing through you
in the shadows, scenes undo you

[Chorus:]
Cut Your Ribbon
As it follows you
Everything, Everything
how can you sleep at night?
As it falls apart
Anything, Anything
how can you sleep at night?

Face it
Can you hear it?
Violation, You'll remember
It's all harmless
incidental, disengaging
these thoughts break you
concious, vicious
it has found you
monovision, synapse fails you
frequent syndrome
stings and burns through
monovision, then dillutes you

[Chorus:]

Can you escape these motives [x3]

[Chorus:]
 
Not so much a song, more a dance
I just found these on youtube ..interesting ;)- something for the kids - or maybe a skit at the office Xmas party lol.

OK GO - they are apparently the group of singers
song A MILLION WAYS (?)
(this seems to be some youtube promotion?)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+ok+go - here's a few below (not necessarily the best)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcMPdwIJz40&mode=related&search= OK GO's dance done by 4 girls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrKYJj6fGHM&mode=related&search= ditto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbdbVhBGETQ OK GO boys - I suspect that this is OKGO themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLiWpkDug4&mode=related&search= ditto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLiWpkDug4&mode=related&search= ditto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkBEJjWxqp0&mode=related&search= sponsors?

A MILLION WAYS

sit back, matter of fact
teasing, toying, turning, chatting, charming
hissing, playin the crowd

play that song again
another couple Klonopin
a nod, a glance, a half-hearted bow

oh such grace
oh such beauty
and lipstick and callous
and fishnets and malice
oh darlin'

you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel

i should, i wish i could, maybe if you were i would
a list of standard issue regrets
one last eighty proof, slouchin' in the corner booth
baby, it's as good as it gets

oh such grace
oh such beauty
so precious, suspicious, and charming and vicious
oh darlin'
you're a million ways
oh darlin'

you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel

oh darlin'
oh darlin'
you're a million ways
oh darlin'
oh darlin'
you're a million ways
oh, darlin'
oh darlin'
you're a million ways to be
oh oh oh oh oh

(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)
you're a million ways to be cruel
(one zero zero zero zero zero zero cruel)

oh darlin you're a million ways to be cruel.
 
3 types of songs here
1. drinking song ( hence first ;)) ; 2. love songs ; 3. religious
Mario Lanza with various ladies accompanying (and the role of Studnet Prince is played by someone presumably more appropriate ?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhu9oiWoI6k&mode=related&search= drink drink drink (role of mario playd by someone else ?)

For the next one I warn you not to have any glasses within hearing distance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajNQNB0qcr0&mode=related&search= be my love Mario Lanza & Kathryn Grayson in their 1950 film "The Toast of New Orleans" This song was a million seller for Mario & became the theme song for his 1951-'52 radio show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Akc--CtHZI&mode=related&search= because youre mine, Mario Lanza sings the title song from his 1952 film "Because You're Mine" with Doretta Morrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaC-RVV7cI0&mode=related&search= summertime in Heidelberg (dubbed)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCRIy3jek4M&mode=related&search= beloved
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p2HEqsV3Rk&mode=related&search= deep in my heart dear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlCj55hw-oE&mode=related&search= serenade ( student prince)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaOtdOGk_rg&mode=related&search= golden days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyjDjdAz6u4&mode=related&search= they didn’t believe me Mario Lanza & Kathryn Grayson have an MGM moment singing Jerome Kern's beautiful love song in their film "That midnight kiss" from 1949

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6dM0K3moYU&mode=related&search= ave maria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e6uMu46rDw&mode=related&search= ill walk with god
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trS3S2o2TL4 the lords prayer

PS speaking of tenors ;) richard tauber :-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWlGQNCWO9s Richard tauber
 
This is a song that gets me through tough weeks like this one, even though the markets have been really good to me, other things haven't been. But I think it would be a great one if you've had a tough day on the markets.

Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
A few snippets:

I fell in love again
all things go, all things go
drove to Chicago
all things know, all things know
we sold our clothes to the state
I don't mind, I don't mind
I made a lot of mistakes
in my mind, in my mind

you came to take us
all things go, all things go
to recreate us
all things grow, all things grow
we had our mindset
all things know, all things know
you had to find it
all things go, all things go
...

if I was crying
in the van, with my friend
it was for freedom
from myself and from the land
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes

you came to take us
all things go, all things go
to recreate us
all things grow, all things grow
we had our mindset
all things know, all things know
you had to find it
all things go, all things go
 
sorry folks, but checking out Mario Lanza etc, I found this bit of opera:-

The first one Joseph Schmidt - I believe I am correct (yet to find it though) - I think that the Nazis cut his tongue out (no-one but a Nazi german was allowed to sing that well !) :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD-yzw7ExY4&mode=related&search= Joseph Scmidt 'Una Furtiva Lagrima'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Schmidt
Mario sings the same song:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypHcP-O_10s&mode=related&search= Mario Lanza sings 'Una Furtiva Lagrima' from 'L'Elisir d'amore' by Donizetti with Orchestra conducted by Constantine Callinicos in this RCA Victor recording from May 18

UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA Lyrics
(L'elisir d'amore)(One tear that falls so furtively)

Una furtiva lagrima
Negli occhi suoi spunto:
Quelle festosee giovani
Invidiar sembro.
Che piu cercando io vo?
M'ama, lo vedo.
Un solo instante i palpiti
Del suo bel cor sentir!
I miei sospir, confondere
Per poco a' suoi sospir!
Cielo, si puo morir!
Di piu non chiedo.

SYNOPSES
Nemorino is in love with a wealthy girl, but she says she isn't interested in poor boys like him. Desperate, he buys a "Love potion" that only turns out to be cheap red wine. And yet, Nemorino believes the "Elixir" will work. When he sees her cry, he knows she has fallen for him at last.

(moral of the story - dont waste money on expensive elixirs and stuff - stick to cheap red wines ;))

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
One tear that falls so furtively
from her sweet eyes has just sprung,
as if she envied all the youths
who laughingly passed her right by.
What could I want more than this?
She loves me! I see it.
One moment just to hear her heart,
beating so close next to mine,
to hear my sighs like they were hers,
her sighings as if they were mine!
Heavens, please take me now:
All that I wanted is mine now!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5udvBstF44&NR Mario Lanza Che gelida manina "Mario Lanza sings the aria Che gelida manina from his 1951 film "The Great Caruso" this clip features one of the all time great high Cs "
(lol and also from La Boheme")

CHE GELIDA MANINA Lyrics

(La boheme)(How cold your little hand is!)

Che gelida manina! Se la lasci riscaldar.
Cercar che giova? Al buio non si trova.
Ma per fortuna e una notte di luna,
e qui la luna l'abbiiamo vicina.
Aspetti, signorina, le diro con due parole chi son,
chi son, e che faccio, come vivo, Vuole?
Chi son? Chi son? Son un poeta.
Che cosa faccio? Scrivo. E come vivo? Vivo.
In poverta mia lieta scialo da gran signore
rimi ed inni d'amore.
Per sogni e per chimere e per castelli in aria
l'anima ho milionaria.
Talor del mio forziere ruban tutti
i gioielle due ladri: gli occhi belli.
V'entrar con voi pur ora ed i miei sogni usati,
ed i bei sogni miei tosto si dileguar!
Ma il furto non m'accora poiche,
poiche v'ha preso stanza la speranza.
Or che mi conoscete parlate voi.
Deh parlate. Chi siete? Vi piaccia dir?

SYNOPSES
It is Christmas Eve on Paris' Left Bank. Rodolfo is at home writing when a stranger knocks at the door. It is Mimi, a neighbor, who needs to borrow a match to relight her candle. Mimi is barely out the door, when she realizes she has lost her key. As they search for it, Rodolfos' hand falls upon hers.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
How cold your little hand is! Will you let me warm it for you?
Why bother looking? It's dark, and we won't find it.
It's our good luck, though, this night's filled with moonlight,
up here the moonlight could rest on our shoulders.
Please wait, my dear young lady, and I will quickly tell you
who stands before you, and what I do,
how I make my living. May I?
Who am I? What am I? I am a poet.
What keeps me busy? Writing! And what do I live on? Nothing!
In poverty I'm cheerful, I am a prince who squanders
arias and couplets of longing.
And as for hopes and dreams of love and castles-in-the-air,
Miss, I am a millionaire!
My fortress could be broken in, robbed clean of the fine jewels
I store; if the thieves were eyes like yours.
And now that I have seen you, all of my lovely dreaming,
all of the sweetest dreams I've dreamt, quickly have slipped away.
This theft does not upset me, because such treasures
mean nothing now that I'm rich with sweet hope!
And now that you have met me, I ask you please,
Tell me, lady, who you are, I ask you please!
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next one is just music:-but pretty good (imho) - assuming anyone trusts my humble opinion any more lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOe10LbVkAQ aida victory march
 
2020hindsight said:
sorry folks, but checking out Mario Lanza etc, I found this bit of opera:-

The first one Joseph Schmidt - I believe I am correct (yet to find it though) - I think that the Nazis cut his tongue out (no-one but a Nazi german was allowed to sing that well !) :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD-yzw7ExY4&mode=related&search= Joseph Scmidt 'Una Furtiva Lagrima'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Schmidt
Mario sings the same song:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypHcP-O_10s&mode=related&search= Mario Lanza sings 'Una Furtiva Lagrima' from 'L'Elisir d'amore' by Donizetti with Orchestra conducted by Constantine Callinicos in this RCA Victor recording from May 18
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Mario Lanza... magnificent. Check out this Alfredo Kraus version of 'Una Furtiva Lagrima'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7rgfESg9Qo

The sound quality is a bit dodgy, but the voice is primo. :2twocents
 
good one Wayne ;) - he sure seems to be taking that telegram hard lol.
And in the same vein:- the jealous husband, and the "show must go on"
- somebody stole his columbine - heck that's nothing , I had a whole PACKET of columbines stolen once !! ;)

The people pay you and you must make them laugh.
And if harlequin should steal your columbine, laugh,
You’re pagliaccio, and the world will clap for you!
Turn into banter all your pain and sorrow,
And with your clowns’ face hide grief and distress...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_KDW0Nwu9w&mode=related&search= Placido Domingo - Vesti la Giubba Placido Domingo as Canio.
Vesti la Giubba from Pagliacci, Leoncavallo
Piece from F. Zeffirelli's movie, 1982

VESTI LA GIUBBA Lyrics
(pagliacci)(on with the show)

Recitar!...mentre preso dal delirio
Non so piu quel che dico e quel che faccio!
Eppur...e d’uopo...sforzati! bah, sei tu forse un uom?
Tu se’ pagliaccio! vesti la giubba e la faccia infarina.
La gente paga e rider vuole qua.
E se arlecchin t’invola colombina, ridi, pagliaccio...
E ognum applaudira! tramuta in lazzi lo spasmo ed il pianto;
In una smorfia il singhiozzo e’l dolor...
Ridi pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!
Ridi del duol che t’avvelena il cor!

Synopses
Canio, his wife nedda, and their troupe perform adulterous
Comedies in their traveling shows. this time, though, life imitates art. canio
Has just been warned that nedda is in the arms of another man. when canio
Arrives, the man is gone. ’tell me his name!’ he threatens. just at
That moment, they announce, ’it’s show time!’

English translation
Go on stage, while I’m nearly delirious?
I don’t know what I’m saying or what I’m doing!
And yet, chin up! I’ll try harder. bah, you think you’re a man?
You’re just a clown! on with the show, man,
And put on your white-face.
The people pay you and you must make them laugh.
And if harlequin should steal your columbine, laugh,
You’re pagliaccio, and the world will clap for you!
Turn into banter all your pain and sorrow,
And with your clowns’ face hide grief and distress...
Laugh loud, pagliaccio, forget all of your troubles,
Laugh off the pain that so empoisons your heart.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sLG5rTNse8&mode=related&search=
José Cura sings "vesti la giubba"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhck2WoU7_4&NR
Mario Lanza
 
last one I promise ;) I think it's about this bloke whose wife has got a new mobile phone and the bills are RIDICULOUS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRg&mode=related&search= Luciano Pavarotti , La donna è mobile
LA DONNA E MOBILE (Original Italian)
La donna è mobile
qual piuma al vento
muta d'accento
e di pensiero
Sempre un'amabile
leggiadro viso
in pianto o in riso
è menzognero
La donna è mobil
qual piuma al vento
muta d'accento
e di pensier
e di pensier
e di pensier
È sempre misero
chi a lei s'affida
chi le confida
mal cauto il core
Pur mai non sentesi
felice appieno
chi su quel seno
non liba amore
La donna è mobil
qual piuma al vento
muta d'accento
e di pensier
e di pensier
e di pensier

La donna è mobile" ("Woman is fickle") is the cynical Duke of Mantua's casually misogynistic aria from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto (1851). Its reprise in the last act is chilling, as Rigoletto realizes from the sound of the Duke's lively voice coming from within the tavern (offstage), that the body in the sack is not that of the Duke after all.
The aria is famous as a showcase for tenors. It has been recorded by Enrico Caruso, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and hundreds of others.

Lyrics (English Translation)
La donna è mobile, the Duke's aria from Rigoletto
La donna è mobile, qual piùma al vento,
The woman is unpredictable, like a feather in the wind,
muta d'accento, e di pensiero.
she changes her voice, and her thoughts
Sempre un amabile, leggiadro viso,
Always a sweet, pretty face,
in pianto o in riso, è menzognero.
in tears or in laughter, always lying
La donna è mobile, qual piùma al vento,
The woman is unpredictable, like a feather in the wind,
muta d'accento, e di pensier
she changes her voice, and her thoughts
e di pensier, e di pensier
and her thoughts, and her thoughts
È sempre misero, chi a lei s'affida,
Always miserable, he that trusts in her
chi le confida, mal cauto il core!
who confides in her, his unwary heart!
Pur mai non sentesi felice appieno
Yet nobody feels fully happy
chi su quel seno non liba amore!
who on that bosom doesn't drink love,
La donna è mobil, qual piùma al vento,
The woman is unpredictable, like a feather in the wind,
muta d'accento e di pensier,
she changes her voice, and her thoughts
e di pensier, e di pensier!
and her thoughts, and her thoughts!
Condensed English version
The woman is unpredictable, like a feather in the wind,
she changes her voice, and her thoughts
Always a sweet, pretty face,
in tears or in laughter, always lying
The woman is unpredictable, like a feather in the wind,
she changes her voice, and her thoughts
and her thoughts, and her thoughts
Always miserable, he that trusts in her
who confides in her, his unwary heart!
Yet nobody feels fully happy
who on that bosom doesn't drink love,
The woman is unpredictable, like a feather in the wind,
she changes her voice, and her thoughts
and her thoughts, and her thoughts!
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http://www.songsforteaching.com/beethovenswig/singverdiveryloud.htm - a spoof ;)
Sing Verdi Very Loud

When you’re an opera star
With a large repertoire
How do you please the crowd?
Sing Verdi very loud

You may appear aloof
But you must raise the roof
To keep the public wowed
Sing Verdi very loud

Study your libretto
Start with Rigoletto
Raise up your falsetto
Sing Verdi very loud

La, la, la
La, la, la
La, la, la louder now
Sing Verdi very loud

Mezzos who’ve made a name
Tenors of wealth and fame
One and all they have vowed
Sing Verdi very loud

Do what the divas do
Shatter a glass or two
Your voice is well-endowed
Sing Verdi very loud

Study your libretto
Start with Rigoletto
Raise up your falsetto
Sing Verdi very loud

La, la, la
La, la, la
La, la, la louder now
Sing Verdi very loud
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wayneL said:
Mario Lanza... magnificent. Check out this Alfredo Kraus version of 'Una Furtiva Lagrima' ...The sound quality is a bit dodgy, but the voice is primo. :2twocents
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Wayne, Lol - as for old recordings ;) Hell no way woud I criticize - lucky to have em. Incidentally, I notice the following comments under the Richard Tauber link I mentioned back there .... Might give you a smile, over there in the wild west ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWlGQNCWO9s Richard tauber
... This sound is not "fine" unless you haven't cleaned the wax out of your ears. I have listened to many recordings by Caruso, Gigli, etc. They don't have the amount or kind of distortion that mars many of Tauber's recordings. There is an ugly static surrounding most of Tauber's notes that you won't hear, for example, on John McCormack's 1916 acoustical recording of "Il mio tesoro."

Reply :-
I'll assume you listen to many historic recordings, as I also do. Maybe you need the wax cleaned out of your ar*e for being so pedantic. All the old recordings are of poor sound- and I have many. One accepts it and simply listens through it.
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No doubt one day they'll be digitally enhanced, but until then, we listen and like it or lump it - as our oldies did with radio back in the 30's - or TV back in the 60's for that matter ;)
 
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