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I just found this transalation of Sukiyaki


I look up when I walk so the tears won't fall
Remembering those happy spring days
But tonight I'm all alone

I look up when I walk
Counting the stars with tearful eyes
Remembering those happy summer days
But tonight I'm all alone

Happiness lies beyond the clouds
Happiness lies above the sky

I look up when I walk so the tears won't fall
Though my heart is filled with sorrow
For tonight I'm all alone

Whistling

Remembering those happy autumn days
But tonight I'm all alone

Sadness hides in the shadow of the stars
Sadness lurks in the shadow of the moon

I look up when I walk so the tears won't fall
Though my heart is filled with sorrow
For tonight I'm all alone

C.I. I guess we're all monkeys in a way. Glad to see that medical report, however.

edgar, glad you translated that song. What comedian was it that married a Japanese girl and said the only thing he understood in the language was Sessue Hayakawa?

Back later. Just found an item to a movie that I have been searching for. It has to do with Mayerling.

Listeners, where is Walter when you need him?

Another test:



Best 1,000



Type: Features
Distributor: Pax Films
Rating: NR (Not For Children)
Running Time: 95 minutes Starring: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Dax, Jean Debucourt, Gabrielle Dorziat, Suzy Prim, Marthe Regnier
Directed by: Anatole Litvak

PLOT DESCRIPTION
Based on Idol's End, a novel by Claude Anet, the French Mayerling is based on the tragic real-life story of Hapsburg Crown Prince Rudolph and his mistress, Baroness Marie Vetsera. Since the details of Rudolph and Marie's lives and deaths are clouded in controversy, much of the film is romanticized speculation-with emphasis on the romance. The film establishes Rudolph (Charles Boyer) as a rebellious "man of the people", at eternal odds with his despotic father, Emperor Franz Joseph (Jean Dax). To keep him quiet and out of trouble, Rudolph is forced into an arranged marriage, and surrounded by Hapsburg informers and spies. In an effort to escape this oppressive atmosphere, a disguised Rudolph dashes off to a fair, where he meets the beauteous 17-year-old Marie (Danielle Darieux). Thus begins an illicit romance, which the lovers try vainly to keep secret from the prying eyes of the Emperor's flunkeys. One of Rudolph's enemies arranges for Marie to be taken away to Trieste for a "rest cure." Rudolph sinks into a drunken depression, snapping out of it only when Marie returns. They attempt to legitimize their love through marriage, but the Catholic hierarchy will not approve of Rudolph's divorcing his wife. Desperately, the lovers flee to Rudolph's hunting lodge in Mayerling. Here they spend an exquisite last night together, then formulate a death pact. The following day, Marie and Rudolph are found lying side by side-united in death. Transforming this grim story into a tender, moving romance was quite an undertaking, but the end result was worth it: Mayerling was a huge international hit, and the winner of several industry awards, including the New York film critics' "best foreign picture" prize. Mayerling was remade in surprisingly cold and distant fashion in 1968, with Omar Sharif and Catherine Deneuve. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Grrrrrr. Didn't include the picture. Maybe Raggedy could help.

This is probably the only picture of Mayerling we'll be able to copy, Letty.



May I suggest that you don't bother seeing the remake with Shariff and Deneuve. (and I like Deneuve)

That's it, Raggedy. Thanks, honey. You are the bestest. I didn't see that one, lol. Just been searching for it for many moons.

Good Morning.
Some January 11 Birthday people:

1755 Alexander Hamilton, statesman and 1st treasury secretary (British West Indies; died 1804)
1815 Sir John MacDonald, 1st prime minister of Canada (Glasgow, Scotland; died 1891)
1842 William James, psychologist and philosopher (New York, NY; died 1910)
1885 Alice Paul, women's rights leader (Moorestown, NJ; died 1977)
1897 Bernard De Voto, historian/critic (Ogden, UT; died 1955)
1926 Grant Tinker, TV executive (Stamford, CT)
1929 Rod Taylor, actor (Sydney, Australia)
1934 Jean Chrétien, Canadian prime minister (Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada)
1942 Clarence Clemons, musician/singer (Norfolk, VA)
1946 Naomi Judd, country singer (Ashland, KY)
1952 Ben Crenshaw, golfer (Austin, TX)
1957 Darryl Dawkins, basketball player (Orlando, FL)
Happy Birthday Naomi:

Good morning, listeners. As usual, Raggedy has kept us apprised of the celebs and who's who in natal day news.

Naomi Judd is a delightful red head and her famous sister Ashley is noted for her outstanding performances in Hollywood filmdom.

A bit of news:

It seems that there will be a big change on the college campus in Virginia:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2027&ncid=2027&e=1&u=/chitribts/20050110/ts_chicagotrib/vacollegeslookingtotradefundsforfreedom

More privatizing?

Just for clarification sweetie. Naomi is the mother of two talented girls...Ashley and what's her name...the country singer.
Their story is uplifting but I've been told that the girls are pretty nutty.

Thanks, panz. I'm afraid that I don't keep up with the Judds. Mommy dearest is lovely, however.

Listeners, we are fortunate to have our blue grass editor keep us apprised of slight errors in reporting.

Let's just hope that we don't miscalculate to the tune of Rathergate.

I have been remiss in not mentioning a new album for bluegrassers. This is very well done and a small review follows:



"Mandolinist David Harvey produced Moody Bluegrass as a tribute to the progressive rock band formed in 1964 in Birmingham, England whose music was once described as "psuedo-philosophical music to get stoned by" and "mood music for the permissive generation's lazy ears."

The Moody Blues really launched their career with their most famous song (in 1967), "Nights in White Satin." It brought goose bumps to hear John Cowan, Sam Bush and Alison Krauss now sing this song accompanied by guitars, mandolins, violins, violas, cello, dobro and bass. In the old days, it was Mike Pindar's Mellotron (a type of synthesizer) that enabled the Moodies to tour without orchestra. Another big hit, of course, was "I'm Just a Singer in a Rock & Roll Band," and the new acoustic cover featuring Cowan, Bush and John Randall's vocals is a splendid happening.

On other tracks, additional lead vocalists Tim O'Brien ("Land of Make Believe" and "Legend of a Mind"), Larry Cordle ("The Other Side of Life" and recitation on "Late Lament"), and Jan Harvey ("It's Up To You") expertly interpret the music. Jon Randall, Jill Snider, Russell Smith and Patty Mitchell are some other vocalists who sing nice harmonies"

My friend Fred just gave me an old 5-string banjo along with a good few banjo playing books by the likes of Seeger and Scruggs. Good stuff.

I haven't handled one of these babies for about, oh, forty years so am a bit rusty.

I just have to buy and fit a new vellum and strings then I'm away. Grand Ol' Opry, here I come.

"Foggy Mountain Banjo" Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. This is the definitive album with which many professional banjo players learned to play. Many of the songs by this great banjo appear in tablature in the Earl Scruggs 5-String Banjo Book. A must have instrumental album for anyone who loves bluegrass music, especially the banjo! Songs: Ground Speed, Home Sweet Home, Sally An, Little Darlin', Pal of Mine, Reuben, Cripple Creek, Lonesome Road Blues, John Henry, Fire Ball Mail, Sally Goodwin, Bugle Call Rage, Cumberland Gap



The Earl Scruggs book is the best because you can buy the cd "Foggy Mtn Banjo" and play along with the book and the CD

"Reuben" is the coolest of the lot...but I think it takes a different tuning.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0686090683/103-4894423-8639805?v=glance

It's hard to imagine a Brit playing a five string. Wasn't Foggy Mountain Breakdown the music played in Bonnie and Clyde?

Our friend who worked with us in TV, played a mean banjo and was on the road with Bill Munroe. He played that song like none that I have ever heard. He died too early.

Thanks Pan- how many pushups can you do with that weight BTW?

I'll think about getting the CD if I can make some progress with the material I've got- the Scruggs book I've got from my friend is not the one you mention, but is very comprehensive and thorough.

"Hey, hey, skip to my lou..."

<smile> Skip to my lou. Now this is one that I remember:



Fireball Mail



Here she comes, look at her go
There she goes, eaten that coal
Watch her fly, look at her sail,
Let her by, by, by, the Fireball Mail

Let her go, look at her steam,
Here the low, whistle and scream
Like a hound dog wagging its tail,
Let her by, by, by, the Fireball Mail

Engineer, making up time,
Tracks are clear, look at her climb
See that freight, clear the rail,
I'll bet she's late, late, late, the Fireball Mail

Watch her swerve, look at her sway,
Get that curve out of the way
Watch her fly, look at her sail,
Let her by, by, by, the Fireball Mail.










Author: na
Version: Lonesome River Band
Notes:

One more tune before I go. I've been trying to track this one down to see whether it's a Child Ballad from England...anybody know?

Y'all have a good day!

LITTLE SADIE

Went out last night to take a little round,
I met my Little Sadie and I blowed her down.
I run right home and I went to bed,
A forty-four smokeless under my head.

I begin to think what a deed I done,
I grabbed my hat and away'd I'd run.
I made a good run, just a little to slow,
They overtook me in Jericho.

Standing on the corner a-ringing a bell
And up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville,
Says, 'Young man, is your name Brown?
Remember the night you blowed Sadie down.'

'Oh, yes, Sir, my name is Lee,
I murdered little Sadie in the first degree,
First degree and second degree,
Got any papers, will you read 'em to me?'

Took me downtown and dressed me in black,
They put me on a train and they sent me back,
Had no one for to go my bail,
Crammed me back in the county jail.

Judge and the jury took their stand,
Judge had his papers in his right hand.
Forty-one days, forty-one nights,
Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes.

Tom Ashley's music influenced so many artists, especially in the Folk revival of the 1960s. Although most of his recordings are of traditional tunes not written by Ashley, his versions of the songs inspired recordings by other famous musicians. Joan Baez played and recorded "House Carpenter" on many of her live albums. Bob Dylan played G.B. Grayson's "Omie Wise" as sung by Ashley, early in his career as well as recorded Ashley's "Little Sadie" on his 1969 album "Self Portrait". Big Brother & the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin, inspired by Clarence Ashley, recorded the traditional tune "Coo Coo" (The Coo Coo Bird) on their 1967 LP.

Thanks, panz. Drive safely!

Medical report for today.
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How To Avoid The FLU

Eat right! Make sure you get your daily dose of fruits and veggies.
Take your vitamins and bump up your vitamin C.
Get plenty of exercise because exercise helps build your immune system.
Walk for at least an hour a day, go for a swim,
take the stairs instead of the elevator, etc.
Wash your hands often. If you can't wash them,
keep a bottle of antibacterial stuff around.
Get lots of fresh air. Open windows whenever possible.
Get plenty of rest.
Try to eliminate as much stress from your life as you can.


OR

Take the doctor's office approach.
Think about it...
When you go for a shot, what do they do first?
Clean your arm with alcohol.
Why?
Because alcohol kills germs.
So......

I walk to the liquor store.
I put lime in my Corona..
Celery in my Bloody Mary
Drink outdoors on the bar patio..
Get drunk, tell jokes, laugh..
Then pass out.

The way I see it...

C.I. You are one funny guy. First big laugh that I've had today, even after I discovered that my sprinkler system may have a leak.