WEEKEND ASSIGNEMENT #33

Weekend Assignment #33: You can have any person, past or present, sing any song for you that you want. What is the song, and who is singing it for you?

Extra credit: Name a singer you wish you could sing like, but can't. So that means even those of you with excellent voices have to pick someone you can't sing like.

Remember, the idea behind the Weekend Assignment is to write it up in your own AOL Journal or other blog, and then come back here to leave a link to your entry in the comment thread. Anyone can do it!

http://journals.aol.com/johnmscalzi/bytheway/entries/2939

Oh, This is an easy one for me

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (Louis Armstrong)

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?"
They're really saying "I love you"

I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Oh yeah

I've loved this song and have only heard it sung by him (actually recently I heard Rod Steward sing it ~ does sound good, but its not Louis) since I first heard it as a little girl.  I cannot quite remember the time or the place where I heard it first.  But this song has always been in my head.  It's the song that I sing when I used to get up at a karokee bar.  It's the song that I hum when I am doing dishes.  It's the song that always is in my head when things appear the darkest in my life.  The song shows me that there is hope.

IS IT A WONDERFUL WORLD  I wrote about this in a past journal entry.

EXTRA CREDIT:  WHO WOULD I WANT TO SING LIKE?

That's an easy one........ I would want to sing like Carole King.  Carole's voice is so earthy and beautiful.  Her songs always reach my heart. From Tapestry to Slapwater Jack.  Not to mention the beauty of her piano playing.   He voice always soothes me.  You know what they say music always soothes the savage beast.  LOL