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Domino, Vava which venue is better. smaller is preferred but not necessary

 

CHARLES AZNAVOUR ET L'O.S.M. COLISEE PEPSI 8:00 PM Sunday June 5, 2005

 

CHARLES AZNAVOUR et L'OSM PDA - SALLE WILFRID PELLETIER [info] 8:00 PM Wednesday June 8, 2005

 

CHARLES AZNAVOUR et L'OSM PDA - SALLE WILFRID PELLETIER [info] 8:00 PM Thursday June 9, 2005

 

CHARLES AZNAVOUR et L'OSM PDA - SALLE WILFRID PELLETIER [info] 8:00 PM Friday June 10, 2005

 

CHARLES AZNAVOUR et L'OSM PDA - SALLE WILFRID PELLETIER [info] 8:00 PM Saturday June 11, 2005

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Funny - i went to admission yesterday and they had nothing... maybe I didn't spell aznavour correctly in the search... :(

 

I guess the show at the Colisée is in Quebec City. If it's the place I'm thinking of, it's where the Quebec Nordiques (now the Colorado Avalanche) used to play way back when there was hockey.

 

La Salle Wilfred Pelletier is quite big, but the acoustics are much better than what you'd get at a hockey arena. Plus you'll be in Montreal! :thumbsup:

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Heck he signs a whole song to a deaf lady that he fell in love with that will bring tears to any one eyes.(Mon emouvant amour)

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Just like a blind can appreciate sculpture and touches to see, a deaf can appreciate a serenade and watches to hear!

 

 

Some of my favorites; based on the Lyrics, the Music, the story they tell and, of course, who I am and my sensitivities!

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I don't like when he sings in English! English is strictly forbidden! :)

 

(...)

La Boheme

Hier encore

La Mamma

Emmenez-moi

Comme ils disent

 

(...)

Qui?

Mourir d'aimer

L'amour c'est comme un jour

Parce que

Donne tes seize ans (Music arrangements a bit cheesy!)

 

(...)

Bon anniversaire

Dors

Tu exageres

Il te suffisait que je t'aime

Tu t'laisses aller

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I don't like when he sings in English! English is strictly forbidden! :)

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Siamanto, one of his best songs is She which he sings in English only and Yesterday when I was young is MUCH better in English. :) Other than those 2 I have to agree with you even though I do not understand French, However I know all the songs by heart and I know all the English meanings of them. :)

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Siamanto, one of his best songs is She which he sings in English only and Yesterday when I was young is MUCH better in English. :)  Other than those 2 I have to agree with you even though I do not understand French, However I know all the songs by heart and I know all the English meanings of them. :)

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Yesterday when I was young

is the best song By Aznavour :ap:

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Siamanto, one of his best songs is She which he sings in English only and Yesterday when I was young is MUCH better in English. :) 

Other than those 2 I have to agree with you even though I do not understand French, However I know all the songs by heart and I know all the English meanings of them. :)

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Azat,

I owe an explanation! I prefer his performances in French for two main reasons:

1- The poetry and emotional intensity of the French lyrics are far more "superior!!!" For instance, how can "Qui?" be translated?

That would be blasphemy! It should be illegal!!! :)

2- Aznavour's performance, it's sensibly inferior when he sings in English - including "She!" :) (I've never hear "Yesterday..." in English.)

Compare - in in the following songs - the

2.1- Flow of words and rhyme

2.2- How articulate is the diction- a bit different form the "flow?"

2.3- Rhythmicity of the diction/singing

2.4- Dynamics of the voice

2.5- Timbre of his voice

2.6- Playfulness of the voice/singing

2.7- Assurance of the voice/singing

2.8-...

 

(Click on the title. Of course, it's preferable to compare the original recordings, unless your computer is somehow

connected to your Stereo System.)

She

La boheme

 

When he sings in English, he sounds as "amateurish" as those rappers who can't rap! :)

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You had to go ahead and throw the comment about the rappers in there didn't you. :)

 

Please don't think that I prefer the English performance over the French. No true...

 

However She is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. And we cant compare it to La Boheme his most amazing song. Probably one of the top 10 French songs ever.

 

I cut yesterday for you, you can get it from my site. He even won and grammy for it.(the English version)

Yesterday when I was young

 

Merry Christmas kids. See you all in Montreal on the 10th of June. I'll be the guy crying when the curtain comes down. :)

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Thank youuuuuuuu!  "La boheme"  moved me, brought memories... melancholia  ;)

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You're welcome!

I love to be moved! I appreciate anything that pleases my senses and intrigues my intellect!

Merry Christmas!

 

 

 

I cut yesterday for you, you can get it from my site.  He even won and grammy for it.(the English version)

Yesterday when I was young

 

Merry Christmas kids.

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Azat,

Thank you for the mp3! Here is the French version:

Hier encore

 

Merry Christmas to everybody!

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Azat  - Yesterday when I was young- es yerg@ ova  grel

 

nor  @enkers er mots  - dudukov  porstets  shat  lav statsvets -

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Movses jan, yete chem sxalvum, The lyrics were written Herbert Kretzmer, Georges Garvarentz(Aznavours Brother in law) wrote the music for it. Aznavour first sang the song in public on a cold night in Moscow in 1965 or 6. It was also sung by Roy Clark a country western star and made popular in the US and because of this Aznavour won a Grammy for the song. It is an incredible song.

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YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG

(Hier Encore)

 

 

Music and original French lyrics written by Charles Aznavour.

English lyrics by Herbert Kretzme

Charles Aznavour (France)

 

Dusty Springfield

Roy Clark - 1969

 

Yesterday when I was young,

The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue,

I teased at life as if it were a foolish game,

The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame;

The thousand dreams I dreamed,

The splendid things I planned I always built, alas,

on weak and shifting sand;

 

I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day

And only now I see how the years ran away.

 

Yesterday

When I was young,

So many drinking songs were waiting to be sung,

So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me

And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see,

I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out,

I never stopped to think what life was all about

And every conversation I can now recall concerned itself with me,

and nothing else at all.

 

Yesterday the moon was blue,

and every crazy day brought something new to do,

I used my magic age as if it were a wand,

and never saw the waste and emptiness beyond;

 

The game of love I played with arrogance and pride

and every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died;

 

The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away

And only I am left on stage to end the play.

There are so many songs in me that won't be sung,

I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue,

The time has come for me to pay

for Yesterday When I was Young.

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I'm going 100000% who else is comming??

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Ed, are you really coming?

 

I have tickets for the 11th. Maybe we can meet for dinner sometime that week. I plan to be there Thursday to Sunday. Maybe Monday. We will see. My tickets are for that Saturday might(the last concert)

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yes Azat jan, I'm sure I'm, now I have to see ( convince) my wife as well, but I'll be there for sure, 11th? sounds good, give me few days and I'll give you an answer.
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Ed, it would be awesome bud.

 

Domino, Vava, what's the deal with Montreal hotel prices and availability that weekend? I check other weekends and rates are between 80-150 US for 4 star hotels, that weekend the cheapest one is 256 and it goes up to 450. Jesussssssssss.

 

Any nearby places(upto 30-40 minute drive with nice hotels with a bit more reasonable rates?)

 

Domino you have space on the floor in your room. :)

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Azat, besides purching concert tickets, i would wait, due to high Canadian dollar, untill early spring then look for flight and hotel, CAN$ hasent been this high historicly and I dought it will go any higher, one hotel I would recomend highly is Saint Sulpice in old Montreal, right behind of Notre Dame, another my fayvorit is Ritz on Sherbrook, Delta and St-Paul, but dont forget those are very busy and popular times in Montreal.
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Ed, I am getting my air free on American Advantage miles. The hotels are more then half booked.

 

Ritz(I love the Ritz as well and am staying there in March in Kapalua Hawaii), Delta and St-Paul are fully booked. :(

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Ed, I am getting my air free on American Advantage miles.  The hotels are more then half booked.

 

Ritz(I love the Ritz as well and am staying there in March in Kapalua Hawaii), Delta and St-Paul are fully booked. :(

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Azat jan :ap:

 

you only need one way ticket - since yo might be driving my car back to LA

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hi, i am new in the forum and that will be great to meet all of you at the concert-i have tickets already.

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Spasi mi hat tsanotananq heto handipenq. jezzzz, es taza Hay axchikner mi angamits handipelu masin en xosum. :) yev um hetes uzum handipel? :)

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