Saturday, May 9, 2015

ABBA, their music.

ABBA : I Have A Dream (HQ)


ABBA - Thank You for the Music

ABBA : Fernando (HD)
This song tells about the history of two Mexicans soldiers whose were fighting in the Mexican-American war 1836-1846.


ABBA - Chiquitita 1979
This song is about a man who robbed a bank and he is saying goodbye to his family because he has to turn himself in to the authorities. The man's name? Chiquitita.

ABBA Gimme Gimme Gimme Lyrics!!

ABBA-Money Money Money Lyrics

Andre Rieu Celebrates Abba
Andre Rieu - Abba-Medley 201

https://youtu.be/-5V62LiTseM

ABBA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Abba" redirects here. For other uses, see Abba (disambiguation).

Background information
Also known asBjörn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid
OriginStockholmSweden
GenresPoppop rockdisco,
Years active1972–1982
LabelsPolar, Metal, PolydorAtlantic,UniversalEpicVogueRCA,PolyGram, Sunshine(Rhodesia/Zimbabwe), Ariston/Dig It (Italy)
Associated actsHep StarsHootenanny SingersBenny Anderssons Orkester
Websiteabbasite.com
Past membersAgnetha Fältskog
Björn Ulvaeus
Benny Andersson
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
ABBA (stylized ᗅᗺᗷᗅ) was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972, comprising Agnetha FältskogBjörn UlvaeusBenny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. ABBA is an acronym of the first letters of the band members' first names and is sometimes stylized as the registered trademark ᗅᗺᗷᗅ. The band became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1975 to 1982. They also won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at the Dome in Brighton, UK, giving Sweden its first triumph in the history of the contest and being the most successful group ever to take part in the competition. Ulvaeus and Andersson are also known for writing the Broadway musical "Chess" in 1980.
ABBA has sold over 380 million albums and singles worldwide,[1][2] which makes them one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and the second best-selling music group of all time. ABBA was the first group to come from a non-English-speaking country that enjoyed consistent success in the charts of English-speaking countries, including the UKIreland, the U.S.CanadaAustraliaNew Zealand, and South Africa. The group also enjoyed significant success in Latin American markets, and recorded a collection of their hit songs in Spanish.
ABBA logo
During the band's active years, Fältskog and Ulvaeus were married, as were Lyngstad and Andersson, although both couples later divorced. At the height of their popularity, both relationships were suffering strain which ultimately resulted in the collapse of the Ulvaeus–Fältskog marriage in 1979 and the Andersson–Lyngstad marriage in 1981. These relationship changes were reflected in the group's music, with later compositions including more introspective, brooding, dark lyrics.[3]
After ABBA broke up in late 1982, Andersson and Ulvaeus achieved success writing music for the stage while Lyngstad and Fältskog pursued solo careers with mixed success. ABBA's music declined in popularity until several films, notably Muriel's Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, revived interest in the group and the spawning of several tribute bands. In 1999, ABBA's music was adapted into the successful musical Mamma Mia! that toured worldwide. A film of the same name, released in 2008, became the highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom that year. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 15 March 2010.[4]
ABBA were honored at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, when their hit "Waterloo" was chosen as the best song in the competition's history.[5]

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Friday, May 8, 2015

Hava Nagila, Hebrew folk song.

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Hava Nageela - Harry Belafonte.wmv
https://youtu.be/KTCmKmofaKA

Hava Nagila - Jednego Serca Jednego Ducha 2010

HAVA NAGILA DANCE

Downtown Bhangra 2011 - HAVA NAGILA Jewish Punjabi Israel India Dance

Хава нагила Филипп Киркоров


HAVA NAGILA - ANDRÉ RIEU
https://youtu.be/JfUz2BZa7UY


Hava Nagila

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Hava Nagila” (הבה נגילה Havah Nagilah, "Let us rejoice") is an Israeli folk song traditionally sung at Jewish celebrations. It is perhaps the first modern Israeli folk song in the Hebrew language that has become a staple of band performers at Jewish weddings and Bar/BatMitzvahs. It was composed in 1920s Palestine, at a time when Hebrew was first being revived as a spoken language for the first time in 2,000 years (since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE). For the first time, Palestinian Jews were being encouraged to speak Hebrew as a common language, instead of YiddishArabicLadino, or other regional Jewish languages.
Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, a professor at Hebrew University, began cataloging all known Jewish music and teaching classes in musical composition. One of his students was a promising cantorial student, Moshe Nathanson, who later worked in New York, most famously composing the nearly-universal melody that is sung with the Birkat Hamazon ("Grace After Meals"). Idelson presented the class with a 19th-century, slow, melodious, chant (niggun) assigning the class to add rhythm and words in order to fashion a modern Hebrew song.
The niggun is attributed to the Sadigurer Chasidim, who lived in what is now Ukraine. It uses the Phrygian dominant scale common in music ofTransylvania. The commonly used text was probably refined by Idelsohn[1][2] in 1918 as one of the first songs designed to unite the early Yishuv [Jewish enterprise] that arose after the British victory in Palestine during World War I and the Balfour Declaration, declaring a national Jewish homeland in the lands newly liberated from Turkey by the Allies and entrusted to Britain under the Treaty of Versailles. Although Psalm 118(verse 24) of the Hebrew Bible may have been a source for the text of "Hava Nagila",[citation needed] the expression of the song and its accompanying hora ("circle") dance was entirely secular in its outlook.

Lyrics[edit]

TransliterationHebrew textEnglish translation
Hava nagila
הבה נגילה
Let's rejoice
Hava nagila
הבה נגילה
Let's rejoice
Hava nagila ve-nismecḥa
הבה נגילה ונשמחה
Let's rejoice and be happy
(repeat)
Hava neranenah
הבה נרננה
Let's sing
Hava neranenah
הבה נרננה
Let's sing
Hava neranenah ve-nismecḥa
הבה נרננה ונשמחה
Let's sing and be happy
(repeat)
Uru, uru aḥim!
!עורו, עורו אחים
Awake, awake,my brothers!
Uru aḥim be-lev sameaḥ
עורו אחים בלב שמח
Awake my brothers with a happy heart
(repeat line four times)
Uru aḥim, uru aḥim!
!עורו אחים, עורו אחים
Awake, my brothers, awake,my brothers!
Be-lev sameaḥ
בלב שמח
With a happy heart
Note: The “” can be pronounced as a voiceless pharyngeal fricative [ħ] (as in Classical Hebrew) or a voiceless uvular fricative [χ], as “ch” as in Bach (Modern Hebrew pronunciation).

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Million words not enough for this photograph in Nepal

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Two and a half year old sister protected by four year old brother in Nepal. Perhaps one of the most divine pictures of the century !

"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor political, but because one's conscience tells one that it's right..."  Martin Luther King Jr.

Sri Lanka photos of 1800s + C.T songs in the background

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More nostalgic memories for the greying generation.  


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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Connie Francis - songs 1960s.


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Connie Francis - Everybody's Somebody's Fool

CONNIE FRANCIS ON TV: LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR (1959)

CONNIE FRANCIS - Never on Sunday

Connie Francis ‎– Somewhere My Love
https://youtu.be/BCapoCxBrpA

Connie Francis - Theme Song Exodus Hava Nagila


Connie Francis

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Connie Francis
Background information
Birth name
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero[1]
Born
December 12, 1938 (age 76)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Instruments
Years active
1943–present
MGM Records, Polydor, GSF Records, Ivanhoe Records,United Artists Records, Malaco Records, Herzklang, Legacy Recordings, Carlton Music, Concetta Records
Associated acts
Website
Connie Francis (born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, December 12, 1938) is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw. Despite several severe interruptions in her career, she is still active as a recording and performing artist.




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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

André Rieu and his violin magic.

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André Rieu in Mexico. La Paloma.

Andre Rieu - Qué Será, Será 2011

Edelweiss - Andre Rieu

Andre Rieu - Amazing Grace, Auld Lang Syne

Nearer,My God,to Thee - Andre Rieu HD

Andre Rieu - You raise me up 2010

https://youtu.be/DIs5wPyLEhU

Mozart Medley




André Rieu

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André Rieu
Andre Rieu 2009.jpg
Rieu in 2009
Background information
Birth nameAndré Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu
Born1 October 1949 (age 65)
OriginMaastrichtNetherlands
GenresClassicalClassical crossover,WaltzEasy listening
Occupation(s)Conductor, violinist
InstrumentsViolin
Years active1978–present
LabelsDenon Records , Philips
Websitewww.andrerieu.com
Notable instruments
Stradivarius violin (1667)[1]
André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (born 1 October 1949) is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. Together they have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act, as successful as some of the biggest global pop and rock music acts.[2] For his work, Rieu has been recognized by the Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion by the Netherlands, the Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France, and the Honorary Medal by his native Province of Limburg.

Early life[edit]

The name Rieu is of French Huguenot origin.[1] Rieu's father, of the same name, was conductor of the Maastricht Symphony Orchestra. Showing early promise, André began studying violin at the age of five. From a very young age, he developed a fascination with orchestra. He studied violin at the Conservatoire Royal in Liège and at the Conservatorium Maastricht, (1968–1973), studying under Jo Juda and Herman Krebbers. From 1974 to 1977, he attended the Music Academy in Brussels, studying with André Gertler, finally receiving his degree "Premier Prix" from theRoyal Conservatory of Brussels.[3]

Career[edit]

At university he performed the Gold And Silver Waltz by Franz Lehár. Encouraged by the audience reaction[citation needed] he decided to pursue the waltz form. Rieu formed the Maastricht Salon Orchestra, and served as violinist with the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. In 1987, he created the Johann Strauss Orchestra and established his own production company. Since then, his melodramatic stage performances and rock-star demeanor have been widely associated with a revival of the waltz music category[citation needed]. André Rieu plays a 1667 Stradivarius violin.[1]