Yet another wonderful weekend and an unforgettable start of the summer .
I was really excited about this concert in Royal Albert Hall. Farewell concert of the amazing Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, songwriter, actor and a public activist, who's songs captured millions of hearts around the globe. He was named the greatest entertainer of the 20th century in a CNN poll in 1998 (outclassing Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan). His first big break came when Edith Piaf took him on tour with her back in 1946, though he started singing when he was only 9 years old.
He always wrote lyrics first in a way one would express his/her feelings for lost love, youth and beautiful memories of old Paris. The list of his songs is endless: "" La Bohème", "Je Voyage", "Ave Maria", "Je N'ai Rien Oublié", "Mes Emmerdes", "Hier Encore ". But the most famous one is must be "She". I mean, who doesn't know the lyrics for this song? (Hint: He wrote this song for the film "Notting Hill"). It is almost sinful not to know it.
He always wrote lyrics first in a way one would express his/her feelings for lost love, youth and beautiful memories of old Paris. The list of his songs is endless: "" La Bohème", "Je Voyage", "Ave Maria", "Je N'ai Rien Oublié", "Mes Emmerdes", "Hier Encore ". But the most famous one is must be "She". I mean, who doesn't know the lyrics for this song? (Hint: He wrote this song for the film "Notting Hill"). It is almost sinful not to know it.
His glorious, sensual, romantic and dreamy voice has naturally diminished a little, but it still made my heart melt. At the concert he sang as if he just wrote the lyrics and he couldn't wait to share it with us. He danced as if he was only seventeen and in love for the first time. Aged 90, he had it all - passion, love, energy and sense of humour. The band started one of the songs from the wrong note. So he stopped them, smiled and in his calm voice said: "They didn't get this quite right. We all do mistakes. Let's start this again". We all laughed and all I remember now, is how remarkably harmonious he sounded with the band.
And then he was gone. In vain were the standing ovation that went on for minutes. 90 minutes of singing didn't seem to be enough. But there was no encore.
Jasmine xxx
And then he was gone. In vain were the standing ovation that went on for minutes. 90 minutes of singing didn't seem to be enough. But there was no encore.
Jasmine xxx
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