[AGL] la vie in pearl and lace

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Connie,

Piaf is a hoot. I have a copied CD of hers. We look forward
to seeing the movie.

Who is the singer in Love, Janis?

Mike

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From: "Connie Clark" <connie_3c at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [AGL] la vie in pearl



> Who was it that introduced us to Edit Piaf in the 60s?

>  Was it Travis?  I had no idea that the woman singing

> the lovely french songs had such a tortured, I mean

> tortured life.  La Vie en Rose is a movie about her

> life and rise to become the sound of the soul of

> France. A poignant line in La vie en rose delivered by

> an ailing, fairly young but weathered Piaf - "I

> overdid it last night, didn't I" (or something like

> that). The performance by M Cotillard was stunning.

> Don't miss it, you can get it on DVD or on demand TV.

>

> Love, Janis.  Ok. I cried with the opening song,

> "Piece of my Heart" and again with final song, "Get it

> While You Can - don't turn your back on love".  Our

> very own tortured songstress. It was a great

> performance and the packed Alley Theatre loved it.

> BTW, Randy and I had to buy stand-by tickets Saturday

> night, every performance had been sold out early.

>

> Connie

>

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