Sweet Murmur of the Evening

This is a song whose melody has kept in my mind since I ever heard it in the 90's for the first time. It sounds really sweet and beautiful, I even dared to make my own version with the guitar changing the lyric. At last!, I've guessed something more about the song. Although it was composed by one of the Rolling, it was recorded first by: Marianne Faithfull "As Tears Go By" (1965).
And here a live version by the spanish and mallorquina (from Majorca) diva singer Maria del Mar Bonet "Dolça remor de cada tarda"  (Sweet murmur of the evening), at the theatre Liceo in Barcelona (2008).

Update 19 Feb 2014:
There is a new version recorded by Franco Battiato & Antony Hegarty

French Chansons

By The Blogger Around

Here you can listen to a few beautiful songs in french, as you can see the female french voices in the 60's were unique.

Francoise Hardy- Tous les Garcons et le Filles (1964)

Marie Laforet - Les Vendanges de l'Amour (1963)

France Gall- Poupée de Cire Poupée de Son (Eurovision 1965)

Natasha St-Pier- Je n'ai que mon âme (Eurovision 2001- 4th Position)

Carla Bruni- Raphael (2002)

Let's Read Together! - Alice in Wonderland

Facsimile page from Alice's Adventures Under Ground. From Wikipedia

   I've created this space so that we can read a book together, a kind of Reading Club experiment; I've chosen to start a wonderful story full of fantasy: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll (published in 1865). Every week or so on, I'll put a link to a chapter here on this post. When we have finished reading the book, I'll publish a post so that you can make your comments about what you liked the most about the book.

   So Let's Read Together!

   FROM THE PROJECT GUTENBERG ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND:

   Read eBOOK

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"Updated 14 Jun 2010"

Alice in Wonderland statue in Central Park

   "When the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT-POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet..."

   " 'And what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?' "

   And what fantasy would be without Alice in Wonderland?

   (Thank you so much to the many of you who have shown a great interest for this post)

Think Can Do!

   A few  days ago, I watched on Disney Channel (fortunately free and open for everybody since last summer) a Warner animation film titled The Easter Bunny Is Coming To Town (1977) which has the legendary Fred Astaire as narrator. There's a very constructive scene I liked very much and now, by creating this tale, I tell you my own way.

   Once upon a time, there was in a little village, near a little barn, where three yellow hens lived, a mouldy rusty old locomotive which felt sad and had oblivion as his best warehouse-mate. One day an easter bunny with some friends of him arrived at that place and while they were walking along the countryside, they heard a series of moans coming from an old warehouse. They ran over there to see who was inside and couln't believe what they were seeing, a locomotive!, a locomotive which was crying!. The easter bunny immediately understood what was going on and had a great idea, he asked the locomotive to take them to the town as in that way they wouln't be late for carrying the easter eggs to all the children who lived there. The locomotive said that it was permanently impossible as she could hardly open her eyes because of the rust, the cobwebs and the mould, and anyway she didn't feel she could ever start again. As the bunny insisted and insisted, and even the three neighbour yellow hens came to insist her too, the locomotive gave in and let them fix and paint her in joyful colours. However, despite she was really ready for a try, she kept on saying as before that she couldn't and so repeated once and once again. One of the three yellow hens suddenly started to sing "All you've got to do is think can do...". Immediately, the other two yellow hens started to sing too, the same thing the easter bunny did and also the friends who came with him. The locomotive got so amazed by such a beautiful melody that powerful words began to come out of her mouth. She couldn't stop saying  "I can do, I can do, I can do...", and the words seemed to be stronger and stronger and powerful till she started to move and to work perfectly, as new!. Everybody, even the locomotive, got so happy with excitement that in a jiffy all together got to town, and the children had a lot of fun and joy with the easter eggs.

   But what's the moral of the story? Whatever you have to do don't forget the following: All You've Got To Do Is... Think Can Do!

HAPPY EASTER!

Friends I Still Can Recall

In My Life

There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

By "The Beatles"

* Search for videos: Sean Connery reciting In my life; The Beatles- In my life