I didn't see any wanted man last night, but this morning I did see two ladies who are sharing a birthday today.
A Happy 73rd to Shirley MacLaine and 65th to Barbra Streisand.
and a Good Day to All.
Hello there, Raggedy. Aha, a duo today. Thanks, PA.
Well, folks. We're looking at Babs and Shirley.
Here's a great song by Barbra Streisand.
Memries,
Like the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were
Scattered pictures,
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we? could we?
Memries, may be beautiful and yet
Whats too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So its the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember...
The way we were...
The way we were...
Out of left field, I admit...but if any of you haven't heard Carly Simon's new version of this Beatles classic, it's a winner. From the "Into White" CD...
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.
Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Eva, Welcome back, gal. I love Carly as most people already know.
Haven't heard that one, but the lyrics are awesome.
This one seems to match yours somewhat, especially since it was featured in the movie, Sleepless in Seattle.
Artist: Joe Cocker
Song: Bye Bye Blackbird
Pack up all my cares and woes
feeling low here I go
Bye Bye blackbird
Where somebody waits for me
sugar sweet so is she
Bye Bye Blackbird
No one seems to love or understand me
and all the hard luck stories they keep handing me
where somebody shines the light
I'll be coming on home tonight
Bye Bye Blackbird
Nobody seems to love or understand me
and all the hard luck stories they keep on handing me
where somebody shines the light
I'm coming on home tonight
Bye Bye Blackbird
Shirley MacLaine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birth name Shirley MacLean Beaty
Born April 24, 1934 (1934-04-24) (age 73)
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Spouse(s) Steve Parker (1954-1982)
Academy Awards
Best Actress
1983 Terms of Endearment
Nominated: Best Actress
1958 Some Came Running
1960 The Apartment
1963 Irma la Douce
1977 The Turning Point
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music
1976 Gypsy in My Soul
Golden Globe Awards
Most Promising Newcomer - Female (1955)
Special Award (1959)
Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1961 The Apartment
1964 Irma la Douce
Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
1984 Terms of Endearment
1989 Madame Sousatzka
Cecil B. DeMille Award (1998)
BAFTA Awards
Best Foreign Actress
1960 The Apartment
1961 Ask Any Girl
Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty April 24, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actress, well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. She is also the writer of a large number of autobiographical works, many dealing with her new age beliefs, such as solipsism, as well as her Hollywood career. She is the older sister of Warren Beatty.
Early life
Named after Shirley Temple, Shirley MacLean Beaty was born in Richmond, Virginia to father Ira O. Beaty of English descent and a Canadian mother Kathlyn (MacLean) Beaty of Irish and Scottish ancestry. Her family followed the Baptist faith. Shirley's father was a professor of psychology, public school administrator and real estate agent, who died in 1987. Her mother a drama teacher died in 1994. Reportedly Shirley also had grandparents who were school teachers.
MacLaine's father moved the family from Richmond to Norfolk, Virginia and then to Arlington, Virginia while she was still a child, eventually taking a position at Arlington's Jefferson Middle School. The Beaty family lived in a house in the Western part of the county off Wilson Boulevard where it was said that Shirley and brother, Warren, were known around their neighborhood as troublemakers in their pre-adolescent days.
Her early childhood dream was to be a ballerina. She took ballet classes fervently all throughout her youth and never missed one, and whenever they performed a piece, she would play the boy's role, due to being the tallest one there. She was so determined and so set on being a dancer that her recurring childhood nightmare was that she missed the bus to class.
She finally got to play a respectable woman's role, the Fairy Godmother in "Cinderella," and while warming up backstage, she snapped her ankle. Many would bow out in this particular situation, but she was so determined that she simply tied the ankle ribbon on her toe shoes extra tight and go "on with the show." After it was over, she called for an ambulance.
Eventually, MacLaine decided that professional ballet wasn't for her. She said that she didn't really have the right body type and that she did not want to starve herself. Also, her feet weren't good enough (she didn't have really high arches and insteps). Nor was she an "exquisite beauty." At that point, she decided to switch her focus to acting.
Shirley attended Washington-Lee High School and was on the cheerleading squad and acted in school productions. The summer before her senior year, she went to New York to try acting on Broadway with some success. After she graduated, she went back and within a year she achieved her goal of becoming a star when she became an understudy to actress Carol Haney in The Pajama Game; Haney broke her ankle, and MacLaine replaced her.
A few months thereafter, with Haney still out of commission, director-producer Hal B. Wallis was in the audience, took note of MacLaine, and signed her to go to Hollywood to work for Paramount Pictures.
She would later sue Wallis over a contractual dispute, a suit that is credited with having ended the old-style studio system of actor management. Hanrihan v. Parker, 19 Misc. 2d 467, 469 (N.Y. Misc. 1959)
Career
Her first film was the Alfred Hitchcock film The Trouble with Harry in 1955. Her film career is now in its sixth decade. MacLaine was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role five times: in 1958 for Some Came Running, in 1960 for The Apartment, in 1963 for Irma la Douce, in 1977 for The Turning Point and in 1983 for Terms of Endearment (which she finally won). In 1975, she also received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature for her documentary The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir. She recently appeared as the maternal grandmother to Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette in In Her Shoes.
Private life
MacLaine was married to businessman Steve Parker until 1982. They had a daughter, Sachi Parker (b. 1956). Shirley filed for divorce after she learned that Steve had lied to her about his childhood in Japan, and that he had transferred all her money into the bank account of his Japanese mistress over the years.
In political circles, MacLaine is known for her former relationship with Andrew Peacock, a former Australian Liberal Party Prime Ministerial aspirant who was later appointed as Ambassador to the United States. She also has a close friendship with Ohio congressman, Dennis Kucinich, who was a candidate in the 2004 Democratic presidential primary.
MacLaine interest in spirituality is very strong and long-lived. Many of her best-selling books, such as Out on a Limb and Dancing in the Light have it as their central theme. Her beliefs have compelled her explore herself and the world. This includes walking El Camino de Santiago and working with Chris Griscom.
MacLaine found her way into many law school casebooks when she sued Twentieth Century-Fox for breach of contract. She was to play a role in a film titled, Bloomer Girl, but the production was cancelled.
Twentieth Century-Fox offered her a role in another film, Big Country, Big Man, in hopes of getting out of its contractual obligation to pay her for the cancelled film. MacLaine's refusal led to an appeal by Twentieth Century-Fox to the Supreme Court of California in 1970, where the Court ruled against them. Parker v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 474 P.2d 689 (Cal. 1970).
References in popular culture
In the episode Pardon My Past of the WB series Charmed, Phoebe says the following to Prue, Piper and Leo: "Where's Shirley MacLaine when you need her?" as they're looking for a spell in the Book of Shadows about how to go back to a past life
In the cartoon series Animaniacs Dot often referred to her
A line in Randy Stonehill's song "Great Big Stupid World" is "(We're) channeling Houdini with Shirley MacLaine"
Jill Ireland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jill Ireland (April 24, 1936 - May 18, 1990) was an English actress.
Biography
Born in London, England, Ireland was best known for her many films with her second husband, Charles Bronson, in the 1970s, and for her portrayal of Leila Kalomi in the Star Trek episode "This Side of Paradise".
She was married to Scottish actor David McCallum from May 11, 1957 to 1967, with whom she had three sons, including their adopted son, Jason McCallum, who died of a drug overdose in 1989. His death devastated Ireland and made her into an anti-drug activist during the remainder of her life.
She subsequently married Bronson, who had appeared with McCallum in The Great Escape, and had a daughter with him. They remained married from October 5, 1968, until her death.
Ireland was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1984. After a six-year battle with the disease, she succumbed to it in 1990, dying at the age of 54 at her home in Malibu, California. She was survived by her husband, three children, and her parents.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Jill Ireland has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Boulevard.
Taxes
A fine is a tax you pay for doing wrong,
and a tax is a fine you pay for doing all
right.
Everybody should pay his income tax
with a smile. I tried it, but they wanted
cash.
I went to Washington and visited the
Tax Department. I just wanted to see
the people I'm working for.
I'm putting all my money in taxes--it is
the only thing sure to go up.
Patrick Henry should come back to
see what taxation with representation
is like.
A taxpayer is a person who has the
government on his payroll.
As quoted in Bob Phillips, Phillips' Book
of Great Thoughts & Funny Sayings,
(Wheaton, IL, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, 1993), p. 306.
Well, folks, there's our hawkman with bio's and witticisms. Thanks again karaoke Bob.
Boy, was I surprised to find out that Shirley Maclaine was named after that Temple woman.
Since we are all obsessed with tax time, let's listen to the Beatles and their complaint; doesn't matter what the system, be it the IRS or socialism.
Let me tell you how it will be
Thereճ one for you, nin'teen for me
Cause I'm the tax man
Yea I'm the tax man
Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
Cause I'm the tax man
Yea I'm the tax man
If you drive a car-car I'll tax the street
If you try to sit-sit I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk I'll tax your feet
Tax man
Well I'm the tax man
Yea I'm the tax man
Don't ask me what I want it for
If you don't want to pay some more
Cause I'm the tax man
Yea I'm the tax man
Now my advice for those who die (tax man)
Declare the pennies on your eyes (tax man)
Cause I'm the tax man
Yea I'm the tax man
And you're working for no one but me
(Tax man)
bobsmythhawk wrote:Taxes
A fine is a tax you pay for doing wrong,
and a tax is a fine you pay for doing all
right.
Everybody should pay his income tax
with a smile. I tried it, but they wanted
cash.
I went to Washington and visited the
Tax Department. I just wanted to see
the people I'm working for.
I'm putting all my money in taxes--it is
the only thing sure to go up.
Patrick Henry should come back to
see what taxation with representation
is like.
A taxpayer is a person who has the
government on his payroll.
As quoted in Bob Phillips, Phillips' Book
of Great Thoughts & Funny Sayings,
(Wheaton, IL, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, 1993), p. 306.
Letty
I don't mean to interrupt but, I find this funny.
bobsmythhawk you can't win or lose. I enjoy reading what you post so thank you.
Shirley MacLaine: Trivia (I believe she still lives by me). I don't keep track especially since the channeling thing and the other person who will
remain nameless did it as a pair. I didn't even know Shirley MacLaine wrote books.
Barbra Streisand said that she gets nervous before each singing engagement. That surprised me since she sings so well. I watched an interview she did and that is where she said that.
TTH, you are not interrupting anything. We enjoy mini discussions in our little cyber studio. Incidentally, many great artists get nervous before performances. Our piano player told me that he did every time he played, and he was excellent.
Hi TTH:
I sing tonight (karaoke). If it's a song I've done before no tremors, quivers or shakes. If there's a new song it's a different matter. I use an old song I'm really comfortable with to loosen me up. Singing is definitely therapeutic. It's amazing how good I and the kindred spirits who inhabit the melodious (to us) caverns feel after a full session of music. I recommend it to one and all.
Biomedic Bob
Biomedic Bob.(love that) do you read your audience before singing? Often a performer may get a little nervous because he senses a cold crowd.
Anyway, until TTH responds, let's do a dedication song.
To the lovers of the ocean
Dan Fogelberg
ยป Song Of The Sea
Broken clouds along the blue horizon
The sun is setting and the wind is dying down
Outward bound
There is music all around
Can you hear it--it's the
The song of the sea.
Sounding taken at the edge of darkness
The widest silences the heart will ever hear
You can steer to the stars along your lee
Set your bearings to the--
The song of the sea.
And the song is as ancient as the days
And the wind upon the waves
Let it carry you away, so far away.
Trim my sails to greet the breaking morning
Past the headlands to the rolling, open sea
And it comes to me
I have never felt so free
As when I'm listening to the--
The song of the sea.
And the song is as different as the days
And the wind upon the waves
Let it carry me away
So far away.
Some were meant to watch the
World from windows
And never look beyond the road
Beneath their feet
But for me
I was always meant to be
One forever chasing
The song of the sea.
Letty
What was I suppose to respond to?
I didn't know there was a question.
Often, TTH, people miss a direct address.
"Hi TTH:
I sing tonight (karaoke). If it's a song I've done before no tremors, quivers or shakes. If there's a new song it's a different matter. I use an old song I'm really comfortable with to loosen me up. Singing is definitely therapeutic. It's amazing how good I and the kindred spirits who inhabit the melodious (to us) caverns feel after a full session of music. I recommend it to one and all.
Biomedic Bob"
Letty wrote:Often, TTH, people miss a direct address.
"Hi TTH:
I sing tonight (karaoke). If it's a song I've done before no tremors, quivers or shakes. If there's a new song it's a different matter. I use an old song I'm really comfortable with to loosen me up. Singing is definitely therapeutic. It's amazing how good I and the kindred spirits who inhabit the melodious (to us) caverns feel after a full session of music. I recommend it to one and all.
Biomedic Bob"
Letty
I did see it, only I didn't know I was suppose to respond. Hi back bobsmythhawk. I can't sing literally (wish I could). I like to read the lyrics or hear people sing.
I don't have a set schedule so I try to keep up on this site,
plus I am doing other things (multi-tasking) just so you know.
Thanks again
It's a particular thing I have, TTH. Having been a teacher, I know the value of saying a person's name, and it's not a fiat by any means for you.
How about a little of James Taylor, listeners.
When youre down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, whoa nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.
You just call out my name,
And you know whereever I am
Ill come running, oh yeah baby
To see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall,
All you have to do is call
And Ill be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Youve got a friend.
If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
And soon I will be knocking upon your door.
You just call out my name and you know where ever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you got to do is call
And Ill be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey, aint it good to know that youve got a friend?
People can be so cold.
Theyll hurt you and desert you.
Well theyll take your soul if you let them.
Oh yeah, but dont you let them.
You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
Oh babe, dont you know that,
Winter spring summer or fall,
Hey now, all youve got to do is call.
Lord, Ill be there, yes I will.
Youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.
Call me
Call me
If your arms are lonely
Call me
If you?re feeling blue
If you don?t believe me
Just call and say you need me
And darling I?ll come to you
Call me
If your dreams should tumble
I will help you start anew
If you don?t believe me
Just call and say you need me
And darling I?ll come to you
Call me if thing looks hopeless and gray
I?ll come and change the view
Call me when spring seems farthest away
I?ll change the seasons for you
Call and say you want me near you
I?ll be there before you?re though
If you don?t believe me
Just call and say you need me
And darling I?ll come to you
Call and say you want me near you
I?ll be there before you?re though
If you don?t believe me
Just call and say you need me
And darling I?ll fly to you
Johnny Mathis
Great song, edgar, and I was surprised to find that Johnny is still engaged in a worthwhile life.
Here's a follow up, folks.
A certain smile
A certain face
Can lead an unsuspecting heart on a merry chase
A fleeting glance
Can say so many lovely things
Suddenly you'll know why my heart sings
You love awhile
And when love goes
You try to hide the tears inside
With a cheerful pose
But in the hush of night
Exactly like a bittersweet refrain
Comes that certain smile to haunt your heart again
But in the hush of night
Exactly like a bittersweet refrain
Comes that certain smile to haunt your heart again
Time for a station break.
This is cyber space, WA2K radio
It's Only Love - The Beatles
I get high when I see you go by, my, oh, my
When you sigh, my mind inside just flies
Butterflies
Why am I so shy
When I'm beside you
It's only love and that is all
Why should I feel the way I do
It's only love and that is all
But it's so hard
Loving you
Is it right when you and I should fight
Every night
Just the sight of you makes nighttime bright
Very bright
Haven't I the right to make it up, girl
It's only love and that is all
Why should I feel the way I do
It's only love and that is all
But it's so hard
Loving you
It's to hard
Loving you
Loving you
