Sunday, November 25, 2012

Eli's Theme Song



15 comments:

THE CLIMATE WARS said...

The older the song the better she gets:


, but the whole story sings better still :


Pinko Punko said...

I love the hell out of this song. Especially its use in Babe: Pig in the City.

THE CLIMATE WARS said...

Here are the missing video links from the above


Piaf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-5AV3QlYU


Lefilliatre'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfJZu_Bz6Yo

Jeffrey Davis said...

I never understand the sentiment. I regret almost everything.

toto said...

*goosebumps...*

/French

Neven said...

Here is another one for ze goosebumps, mon cher lapin.

willard said...

> I never understand the sentiment. I regret almost everything.

I concur, while hinting at the fact that choler is tough to understand for sanguine types.

And the way this famous song got lost in translation shows that the misunderstanding goes the other way around too.

This translation shows what translating should be.

PS. Elvis version of the last song will be my last post.

David B. Benson said...

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toto said...

I understand that Sinatra didn't really like the words to "My Way" - he found it too complacent. I wonder if he would have liked the very different French lyrics more (link w/ translation).

Edith Piaf has actually released an English album - English translations of her original songs. And no, I'm not linking to it. It just feels Wrong.

willard said...

Speaking of regrets, people might go read this:

http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2012/11/26/lonely-old-mann.html

before our beloved Bishop sanitize the thread furthermore.

Jeffrey Davis said...

It sounds like a disagreement over a relatively small issue that Bishop Hill's commenters have misinterpreted.

bill said...

No no no - it's not a relatively minor technical dispute between colleagues, it's the final and fatal revolution against the totalitarian edifice of Mannism and the entire CAGW scam. You wait and see, the polar ice-caps will now restore themselves and the seas will begin to sink back. It's Trooooo. They will! Any minute now...

Phil Clarke said...

Fun to be had Fisking this Open Letter from 125 'scientists'

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2012/11/29/open-climate-letter-to-un-secretary-general-current-scientific-knowledge-does-not-substantiate-ban-ki-moon-assertions-on-weather-and-climate-say-125-scientists/

A brief scan reveals that Richard Courtney has dusted off his comedy Doctorate, there's the Iron Sun guy, Nasty Whatnot, Tim Ball, Piers Corbyn, Morner the Dowser, a brace of Grays and another of Idsos, Fred Singer and a LOT of Emeritii and (Ret) ...

Phil Clarke said...

Oh, and the Viscount, Mutatis mutandis

Anonymous said...

Is this Edith or Mirabelle playimg Edith in the movie?

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