Joyeux Anniversaire, Michel

Michel, je te souhaite un très joyeux anniversaire pour tes 75 ans.

Michel Legrand, le compositeur et le pianiste français
24 février, 1932 -

Ce MP3 Sélection a expiré le 4 mars, 2007:
Intérprete Frida Boccara
Les moulins de mon coeur (Legrand)

Another Sixty-Four-Dollar Question

There are many a sharp and flashing tongue, edged with cruelty; yet it rarely carries the sound of wit or wisdom.

Whose excellent mind in the blogosphere, I wonder, can speak with singularity to the question:

What is the only comfort in life and in death?

Bei Mir Bist Du Schön

Saul Chaplin, American lyricist/composer
(19 February, 1912 – 15 November, 1997)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 02-24-2007:
The Andrew Sisters
Bei Mir Bist Du Schön

Bei Mir Bist Du Schön

English Music and Lyrics: Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
(1937)

The Andrews Sisters

Of all the boys I've known, and I've known some
Until I first met you, I was lonesome
And when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light
And this old world seemed new to me

You´re really swell, I have to admit you
Deserve expressions that really fit you
And so I've racked my brain, hoping to explain
All the things that you do to me

Bei mir bist du schön, please let me explain
Bei mir bist du schön means that you're grand
Bei mir bist du schön, again I'll explain
It means you're the fairest in the land

I could say 'Bella, bella', even say 'Wunderbar'
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are

I´ve tried to explain, bei mir bist du schön
So kiss me and say you understand

Bei mir bist du schön, you've heard it all before
but let me try to explain
Bei mir bist du schön means that you're grand

Bei mir bist du schön, it's such an old refrain
and yet I should explain
It means I am begging for your hand

I could say 'Bella, bella', even say 'Wunderbar'
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are

I´ve tried to explain, bei mir bist du schön
So kiss me and say that you will understand

The Woman Without a Shadow

The chill winter pall is being chased away by a warm steady rain.   The lingering shower is scouring earth's mouldering urn and preparing it for the life to come.   Soon, the sun warmed soil will receive a synchrony of bouquets.

Spring shall dawn on the night of the winter grave.   Surely, the closing aria of Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten is waiting in the wing.

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Roberta Flack
10 February, 1937 -

This MP3 Selection Expired on 02-19-2007:
Roberta Flack (1972)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face


The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1972)
Roberta Flack

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the end of the skies

The first time ever I kissed your mouth
I felt the earth moved in my hand
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command
My love

The first time ever I lay with you
[ I ] felt your heart so close to mine
And I knew our joy would fill the earth
And last till the end of time
My love

The first time ever I saw your face
Your face...