Thank you very much...

The late Didier Lockwood with Birelli Lagrene.

"Nuages" (Django Reinhardt):

 
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It seems death is taking a heavy toll these days.

Aznavour died last Saturday. A great artist, a great composern a great lyricist.

100% French, 100% Armenian, 100% authentic, witty, a desperate optimist, a humanist.

Saw him on a talk show on Friday evening. He then went for dinner with Jean-Paul Belmondo and died in the night from pulmonary emphysema at the age of 94 (he had given up smoking decades ago).

He sang in different languages, but I heard that the version he preferred of his thit (in France, in 1963 - I was 8 years old and I still remember how it moved the adults around me) was the one by Ray Charles:


And for those who understand French, one of my favourite songs ever, "Emmenez-moi" (1967). As the son of immigrants, that rang a bell the first time I heard it.


An English version (1978). An American Dream ? An old version at least.

Now he must be on his way to an greater land - I don't really believe that, but at least he'll stay in the memories of many people, and will live thoughout a few generations I'm sure :)

 
We all know he would of wanted some metal too.


Nebel seems appropriate, to you Grimmy!

Translated lyrics...

They stand with their arms tightly around each other
a mixture of flesh, so rich in days
where the sea touches the land
she wants to tell him the truth

But the wind eats her words
where the sea ends
she holds his hand, trembling
and kissed him on the forehead

She carries the evening in her chest
and knows that she must wither away
she lays her head in his lap
and asks for a last kiss

and then he kissed
her where the sea ends
her lips, delicate and pale
and his eyes tear up

The last kiss was so long ago
the last kiss he does not
remember it anymore
 
I know @AlainK is interested in other peoples' music culture and I am sure a lot of fellow B-Nutters do, too.
So, here is a musical work for you Alain (and anyone interested). Please, listen when you are in the mood and I would like to ask for your comments.
Thank you :)
 
Yes, I love ethnic music, and world music as well.


The world is round. I don't envy those who lock themselves into a blockhaus, bunkers, inside borders and walls.

 
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Thanks @AlainK for the above... An opportunity to refresh memory...
Rest in Peace Bobby... gone too soon... could have brought some change to make our pathetic world a better place...
 
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