HeHasRisen Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Gone https://news.sky.com/story/legendary-crooner-tony-bennett-dies-at-the-age-of-96-12924922 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) Another era comes to a close. Tony Bennett, was one of kind. His songs made people feel good about themselves, and the World. As a kid, remembering him singing Rags to Riches, at the Carleton Cinema, when they first starting playing pop songs at intermissions. Then got to see him often when he had his regular gigs at the Royal York hotel in TO. His best song IMO was: "If I ruled the World" If I ruled the world Every day would be the first day of spring Every heart would have a new song to sing And we'd sing of the joy every morning would bring If I ruled the world Every man would be as free as a bird Every voice would be a voice to be heard Take my word we would treasure each day that occurred My world would be a beautiful place Where we would weave such wonderful dreams My world would wear a smile on its face Like the man in the moon has when the moon beams If I ruled the world Every man would say the world was his friend There'd be happiness that no man could end No my friend, not if I ruled the world Every head would be held up high There'd be sunshine in everyone's sky If the day ever dawned when I ruled the world A bit different from the song of the same name today, by "Nas:? The world's hot, my son got knocked Evidently, it's elementary, they want us all gone eventually Trooping outta state for a plate of knowledge If coke was cooked without the garbage, we'd all have the top dollars Imagine everybody flashing fashion, designer clothes Lacing ya clique up with diamond Roles Your people holding dough, no parole, no rubbers Go in raw, imagine law with no undercovers Edited July 21, 2023 by trastrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Wallace* Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 We will never get another one I never heard a bad word said against him RIP Tony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) Ah Bless, R.I.P. Sinatra's favourite singer, didn't he make a record with Lady Gaga. The song I remember him singing is 'I lost my heart in San Francisco' Giving it plenty with Lady Gaga........ Edited July 21, 2023 by cressida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 9 minutes ago, cressida said: Ah Bless, R.I.P. Sinatra's favourite singer, didn't he make a record with Lady Gaga. The song I remember him singing is 'I lost my heart in San Francisco' S.F.'s gone the way of the music, Cressida. You wouldn't lose your heart there today. Maybe your wallet, or your car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, trastrick said: S.F.'s gone the way of the music, Cressida. You wouldn't lose your heart there today. Maybe your wallet, or your car! I've no inclination to go there, Hollywood studios and the film stars of the 30s, 40s and 50s (where they lived and their lives) have always interested me, nothing else really thaat I can think of, maybe The Hamptons lol. You live in the Dominican Republic, there was a guy on Birmingham forum, who was always in his swimming pool - username Trapio/Tramp (Norman) loved the place. Edited July 21, 2023 by cressida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 41 minutes ago, cressida said: Ah Bless, R.I.P. Sinatra's favourite singer, didn't he make a record with Lady Gaga. The song I remember him singing is 'I lost my heart in San Francisco' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, Jim Hardie said: Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, cressida said: I've no inclination to go there, Hollywood studios and the film stars of the 30s, 40s and 50s (where they lived and their lives) have always interested me, nothing else really thaat I can think of, maybe The Hamptons lol. To bad you never got to see it in it's prime. It really was just like a Hollywood film set. In technicolor! Waterfront restaurants, a real Chinatown, the hills and the trollies. Happy people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln3sNwccHxI Edited July 21, 2023 by trastrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, trastrick said: To bad you never got to see it in it's prime. It really was just like a Hollywood film set. In technicolor! Waterfront restaurants, a real Chinatown, the hills and the trollies. Happy people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln3sNwccHxI Cheers for that - 'They don't make them like that any more' (My father cried when she died!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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