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Even the fiddles are "high" lol

apologies to any Indians listening ;)
no offence - but when I watch Bollywood, I don't necessarily turn the volume up

Then again
Think I'd prefer Bollywood music to Brett's lol

Here he is chatting up one of the Indian team's great - grandmothers lol

"I know I'm not an Indy
I 'll even learn some Hindi "
(sigh / groan lol)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqgU1EyFQsE
 
In 1984 this Aussie was chosen ..as one of the top ten singers of all time ;)
Peter Dawson, Winding Road

Peter Dawson, baritone 1935 , Kettledrum

Peter Dawson (31 January 1882 - 27 September 1961) was an Australian bass-baritone who gained worldwide renown and popularity through his recitals and recordings of concert song, in a career spanning nearly sixty years.

Although his repertoire included a great deal of popular and light music, Dawson possessed a very remarkable and perfect vocal technique with an attractive dark timbre, an ideal balance of diction and vocal placing, a strong but integrated vocal attack without intrusive aspirates, and a near-perfect ability to manage ornaments and roulades. These qualities probably derived from his studies with Sir Charles Santley. If his interpretations were not profound, they were nonetheless masterful, and in his chosen field of English concert repertoire of the vigorous, seagoing kind he was unequalled.

In 1984 he was chosen by the Guinness Book of Recorded Sound as one of the top ten singers of all time, alongside such luminaries as Elvis Presley and Enrico Caruso.
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2020hindsight said:
I am Australian
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Wholly needed for the integration of new (& remind existing) people into the Australian system/culture/dream/way of life.For without identity. especially personal, instability and turmoil is greater.
Like something solid for the group/mind to hold onto, to feel sane.
Like there is "friendly,loving,caring people that look for freedom and security, just like me/us.
The written rules are generally easy to follow and are for the good of all.
Probally the most important non-written law is to RESPECT each other and UNDERSTAND peoples imperfections.Be nice and do unto others (then split) lol.
 
Damien Leith - Nessun Dorma at Sydney Opera House

Damien Leith - Crying
- even Roy Orbison's folks said this was "exceptional" !! - I'd say it's better than bigO mate :2twocents !!
 
Apparently the Indians have sent Ganguly etc home and brought on the short game specialists. This song to farewell him from our shores with thanks ;)
Probably not who you'd want around during controversial times though - although he was supportive of the " aussie behaviour" ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourav_Ganguly
The Chappell - Ganguly controversy
Main article: Chappell Ganguly controversy
His dispute with then coach Greg Chappell resulted in many headlines during 2005 and early 2006. Greg Chappell emailed the BCCI stating that Ganguly was unfit to lead India and that his "divide and rule" behaviour was damaging the team. This email was leaked to the media and resulted in huge backlash from Ganguly's fans. Eventually due to his poor form and differences with the coach he was stripped of his captaincy and dropped from the team. However 10 months later, during India's tour to South Africa, Ganguly was recalled after his middle order replacements Suresh Raina and Mohammad Kaif suffered poor form.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/11/2136878.htm
Ganguly admits unlikely admiration of Aust spirit
Posted Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:47pm AEDT
Updated Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:52pm AEDT
Indian batsman Sourav Ganguly says he disagrees with former Australian players who say the current team was disrespectful to the spirit of the game during the second Test in Sydney.

A number of former Australian players and sporting figures have criticised the way in which the world champions played the game, also including calls for Ricky Ponting to be sacked.

But the former Indian captain has told ESPN the Australians' behaviour was brought out by a desperation to win, and he would have acted in the same way.

"Whatever has happened on the field it didn't look pretty good from outside," he said.

"But I also quietly admired how desperate they were to win."
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Ging ganguly gooly gooly gooly wash wash

Ding Dang golly golly watcha (?) by kim and sandara - in Tagalog maybe?
 
Give this one 5 out of 10 I guess - was actually looking for the "other" song, "Je t'aime " - or better still a comical parady thereof I just heard on radio :). - the lady singing this sexy French song - all breathless and lusty - and he keeps slipping in and out of snoring sessions lol.

Lara Fabian - Je t'aime (Victoires de la musique)

A true stage dynamo, Lara always leaves the viewer breatless with her gutso delivery and matching gestures. Nobody moves like her !! Here she performs her french classic Je t'aime (I love you) at an awards show in France 98 where she was crowned revelation of the year

MY LOVE (JE T'AIME)

Evidently we knew
Of better ways to say goodbye
But whenever love is through
Hearts need the shouts of broken glass
Lost inside the maze
I shed a tear and I forgave
The things we did for love
When love was all

Repeatedly, it's true
The child in me would long for you
And readily you'd give
To set me free you'd mother me
I crept into your soul
Before I knew that it was wrong
Lost for words and dreams
I'm gonna scream

Chorus:
My love, my love
I love you eagerly
Like a star upon a screen
My love, my love
I need you desperately
Like the man I will never be
My love I love you so

So wrong to place in you
All of my dreams, all of the pain
Too late now to undo
I shoulda known there'd come the rain
Trapped inside the haze
We danced the night in sweet embrace
My love, oh how I yearned
To feel the burn of your caress

My love, my love
I love you helplessly
Like a star upon a screen
My love, my love
I need you desperately
Like the man I will never be
My love I love you so
(My love I love you so)

My love, my love
I love you hoplessly
Like a star upon a screen
My love, my love, my love, my love, my world, my soul
I need you desperately
Like the man I will never be
My love I love you so
My love I love you so
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The new First Lady of France -

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/03/2152979.htm?section=justin
Sarkozy, Bruni tie the knot: reports
Posted 1 hour 25 minutes ago
Updated 11 minutes ago

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has married supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni at the Elysee Palace, French radio reported, quoting several witnesses.

Two radio stations said the pair tied the knot at a low-key ceremony conducted by the Mayor of the Paris district that houses the grandiose Elysee estate.
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Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un m'a dit

bang bang

doing an ad for boots ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flmoa2dVOSU
 
Question? who do you think this song was written for- or rather about?
My guess is hubby James Taylor - drugs etc :eek: - but quite likely I'm wrong - certainly not too many kind words between them these days ;)

You're So Vain

"You're So Vain" is a song written and performed by Carly Simon released in December 1972.

The song is a critical profile of a self-absorbed lover. The song was a number-one hit (it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in early 1973, and also spent two weeks at the top of the Adult Contemporary chart, her first #1 song on either chart), and spawned what many fans consider to be the biggest musical mystery of the era. There has been much debate over who exactly the song is about. Popular guesses on the subject include Mick Jagger (who sang uncredited backing vocals on the song), Cat Stevens, Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson (with whom she had had brief relationships), unfaithful fiancé William Donaldson, and Simon's ex-husband, James Taylor.
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Subject of the song
Despite these guesses and many interviews asking who it was, to this day Carly Simon has never publicly acknowledged in full whom the song is about. She commented in an interview that it was about "many vain men I've known in my life".

In a 1989 interview, Simon acknowledged that the song is a little bit about Beatty but said that the subject of the song is a composite of three men from her L.A. days. [1]

Simon made another comment about the subject's identity as a guest artist on Janet Jackson's 2001 single "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)", which sampled "You're So Vain". In the song, Simon says "The apricot scarf was worn by Nick/there's nothing in the words that refer to Mick".

Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports and a friend of Simon, was the highest bidder for a Martha's Vineyard Possible Dreams charity auction offering in which the prize was the revelation of the person whom "You're So Vain" was about. A condition of that prize is that Ebersol would not reveal to anyone the actual subject. Later, Ebersol revealed that he was allowed by Simon to divulge a clue about the person's name:

"Carly told me that I could offer up to the entire world, a clue as to what she'll tell me when we have this night in about two weeks. And the clue is: the letter 'E' is in the person's name."[2]

In 2004 Simon told Regis Philbin, "If I tell it, it's going to come out in dribs and drabs. And I've given out two letters already, an "A" and an "E". But I'm going to add one to it. I'm going to add an "R", in honor of you." (If Simon was not being flip, then of the above guesses, Jagger, Beatty, and Taylor would remain as potential candidates; Stevens, Kristofferson, and Donaldson are all missing one or more of the requisite letters.)

Shortly before the writing of the song, Simon was married to James Taylor. She later admitted that he was not the subject of the song. Several days after the identity of Watergate-era press source Deep Throat was revealed during the summer of 2005, a USA Today reporter asked Simon to name the subject of her song. Simon exclaimed with a laugh that it was "about Mark Felt!", who revealed himself as the legendary Watergate source. [3]

During a 2006 interview for the Sunday Life Magazine insert, Simon was asked what music she would pack for a long, presumably secluded vacation. Her response was that it would be something by The Rolling Stones; "I'd want something like 'Angie'." In Backstage Passes (1993), Angela Bowie claims to be the subject of the song "Angie" as well as the 'wife of a close friend' in "You're So Vain", that the two had been very close and Mick had, for a time, been 'obsessed' with her.

Recently, Beatty admitted that he in fact believes he is the subject of the song, saying: "Let's be honest. That song was about me." [4]

However, the speculation continues, with many fans considering it more of a general, rather than specific, indictment of vanity. Simon has yet to confirm Beatty's statement.

"You're So Vain" was voted #216 in RIAA's Songs of the Century.
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James Taylor - You Got a Friend - Rock in Rio 1985

James Taylor
In the early 1980s Taylor's career was again beset by drug problems. Additionally, Taylor's wife, Carly Simon, was unhappy with his extended absences due to touring. After an ultimatum from her that he spend more time with their children, Ben and Sally, and Taylor's response with the 1981 album Dad Loves His Work, he and Simon divorced in 1983.

He was quoted in various interviews that he was thinking of retiring after fulfilling his last contractual obligation, the Rock In Rio in 1985. However, he was surprised by the reception of the audience on Saturday, January 12 (there were 250,000 people, the biggest attendance of the 10-day festival), when he performed right before George Benson. Two days later, they were scheduled to perform in the same order, but since Taylor's extended performance had caused a huge delay to Benson's back on Saturday, Benson proposed that they switch the order. Taylor ended up the headliner in this second performance. Buoyed by the audience's reception, he decided to take back his life and his career. (16 years later, on January 12, 2001, he played the very same site, at the opening night of the third Rock in Rio, whose organizer, Roberto Medina, described Taylor to the Brazilian press then as "his good luck charm").

The song "Only a Dream in Rio" was written in tribute to that night, with verses like "I was there that very day and my heart came back alive". The album, That's Why I'm Here, from which that song came, started a series of studio recordings that, while spaced further apart than his previous records, showed a more consistent level of quality and fewer covers.

In 1985, Taylor married his second wife, actress Kathryn Walker, who helped him through recovery of his substance addictions. According to Taylor, he remains clean and sober to this day.....
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