Friday, June 10, 2011

My new video...

Doors of Italy.

Hope you like it?

Weiner the wiener had no class...

Guess he never saw this?



There was a tumultuous hullabalu over Streisand (a Jewess) kissing Sharif (an Egyptian)...

...and just look at what has happened since?

BTW, Huma is of Iranian and Pakistani descent.

And the expected Weiner child shall be brought up as a....

If that don't beat all, huh?


Sure.  The Obamas have been compared to the Kennedys ad infinitum, haven't they?



They sure look like Jack and Jackie, don't they?

Especially when Michelle wears a THONG with an evening dress...Jacqueline, were she still alive, would approve, right, because she was married to a Democrat...and whatever Dems do is OK, right?

Well, if you have read, the Kennedys were pretty amped up and down with pharmaceuticals--and I expect the situation is similar with the Obamas.



She is either fearful of being "doped up to high heaven" to attend this sham dinner, OR she is just 'doped up' as usual (menopausal be-yotch)..  No woman with training LIFTS the haunches of her gown, ever!


Then I noticed this on my sidebar, and because Google is playing its stupid political games, you, my readers, are forced to view this ugliness:
 
"1963 John F. Kennedy names Winston Churchill U.S. honorary citizen
"



Soooo. As I am finally getting back to my 'old mode' of carping about politics, I have to ask the pResident:

"What is it you didn't like about Churchill?  I realize Churchill was way before 'YOUR time' BUTT, what did you not care for about Winston Churchill, as he was designated an honorary citizen of the US by President Kennedy?

Are you dishonoring Jack Kennedy's judgment, and therefore his presidency, because he and most of his family are no longer alive to defend themselves? "


Luciano vs. Andrea

Each has a beautiful tradition in operatic voice.

Luciano was from Modena; Andrea is from Bologna.



Believe me, there is a great difference in the accents between these two cities (I've visited both), yet it is almost magical to be able to listen to each of their voices, isn't it?

While I was thinking of Luciano...

..why not listen to his rendition of "CARUSO"?



CARUSO
by artist Lucio Dalla
Qui dove il mare luccica
e tira forte il vento
su una vecchia terrazza davanti al golfo di Sorrento
un uomo abbraccia una ragazza
dopo che aveva pianto
poi si schiarisce la voce e ricomincia il canto:

Te voglio bene assai
ma tanto tanto bene sai
e' una catena ormai
che scioglie il sangue dint' e' vene sai...

Vide le luci in mezzo al mare
pensò alle notti la in America
ma erano solo le lampare
e la bianca scia di un'elica
sentì il dolore nella musica
si alzò dal Pianoforte
ma quando vide la luna uscire da una nuvola
gli sembrò più dolce anche la morte
Guardò negli occhi la ragazza
quegli occhi verdi come il mare
poi all'improvviso uscì una lacrima
e lui credette di affogare.

Te voglio bene assai
ma tanto tanto bene sai
e' una catena ormai
e scioglie il sangue dint'e vene sai...

Potenza della lirica
dove ogni dramma e' un falso
che con un po' di trucco e con la mimica
puoi diventare un altro
Ma due occhi che ti guardano
così vicini e veri
ti fanno scordare le parole
confondono i pensieri.

Così diventò tutto piccolo
anche le notti la in America
ti volti e vedi la tua vita
come la scia di un'elica.

Ah si, e' la vita che finisce
ma lui non ci pensò poi tanto
anzi si sentiva felice
e ricominciò il suo canto:

Te voglio bene assai
ma tanto tanto bene sai
e' una catena ormai
che scioglie il sangue dint'e vene sai...
Te voglio bene assai
ma tanto tanto bene sai
e' una catena ormai
che scioglie il sangue dint'e vene sai...

TRANSLATION

Here, where the sea shines
and the wind howls,
on the old terrace beside the gulf of Sorrento,
a man embraces a girl
he wept after,
then clears his throat and continues the song:

I love you very much,
very, very much, you know;
it is a chain by now
that melts the blood inside the veins, you know…

He saw the lights out on the sea,
thought of the nights there in America,
but they were only the fishermen’s lamps
and the white wash astern.
He felt the pain in the music
and stood up from the piano,
but when he saw the moon emerging from a cloud
death also seemed sweeter to him.
He looked the girl in the eyes,
those eyes as green as the sea.
Then suddenly a tear fell
and he believed he was drowning.

I love you very much,
very, very much, you know,
it is a chain by now
that melts the blood inside the vein you know…

The power of opera,
where every drama is a hoax;
with a little make-up and with mime
you can become someone else.
But two eyes that look at you,
so close and real,
make you forget the words,
confuse your thoughts,
So everything became small,
also the nights there in America.
You turn and see your life
through the white wash astern.
But, yes, it is life that ends
and he did not think so much about it
on the contrary, he already felt happy
and continued his song:

I love you very much,
very, very much, you know,
it is a chain by now
that melts the blood inside the veins, you know…

I love you very much,
very, very much, you know,
it is a chain by now
that melts the blood inside the veins, you know…

But, it was done better by Luciano...in 1980



O, Luciano, mi manchi!