Saturday, August 18, 2018

New old songs

Hi Honey!  What's going on today?  I assume you are keeping busy.  Oh yeah, it is the weekend after all: sports pros have to work on weekends.  By the way, you are the most beautiful VS Angel to me, even when you try to dress down in the presence of your buddies.  I love YOU.  I just added 3 new songs to my karaoke set list, and I'm really excited about them.  I had been looking for an acceptable version of "My Funny Valentine" for a long time already, but I couldn't find one that resonated with my emotions.  You see, I'm not a technical singer.  I am an emotional singer: I rely on my emotions to give me accuracy and power.  So I had trouble finding a good version of that song, and no I don't want to sing like Sinatra.  After a while of searching, then I found Rita Hayworth's rendition of the song.  Beautiful woman.  Not a singer, but the emotion is on the nose.  Plus she has a deep voice, which is easily in my range.  I love the aura of the old productions.

Hi Natty honey!  Are you learning how to cook, by any chance?  I think if you have free time, you should practice cooking.  Not just to feed yourself, but your family.  And since you are my wife inshaAllah, being an expert cook will give you even greater influence in the food business.  Anyway, the next song I added is "Dancing Queen" by Abba.  You know that one, right?  People want to hear the standards, performed as close to the original as possible.  Theory is that no one can be better than the original.  Except for the live situation: different circumstance, different aura, different "magic" (power of God, rather).  The 3rd song I chose is not a standard.  It is dear and personal to me.  Let's just say that it was when God kicked me up several notches by running me into the ground, and Siouxsie and the Banshees provided the soundtrack.  Siouxsie is beautiful in this video.  Who would have guessed.