Xann Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Leaves us at 84. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Yep. So long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Sad to hear this, probably the only crooner I ever liked and listened to in any kind of capacity. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_shere Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 RIP a great singer who's song will last an eternity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted September 26, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 26, 2012 Sad times. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Always thought The Impossible Dream would be an amazing song for the terraces. This is my quest To follow that star No matter how hopless No matter how far ... Such an epic song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 Always thought The Impossible Dream would be an amazing song for the terraces. This is my quest To follow Villa No matter how hopeless No matter how far ... One bit goes quite seamlessly. It would be nice to have a custom verse too. Here's the original. To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go To right the unrightable wrong To love pure and chaste from afar To try when your arms are too weary To reach the unreachable star This is my quest To follow that star No matter how hopeless No matter how far To fight for the right Without question or pause To be willing to march into Hell For a heavenly cause And I know if I'll only be true To this glorious quest That my heart will lie peaceful and calm When I'm laid to my rest And the world will be better for this That one man, scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton65ca Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 RIP. My mum adored the man, many Christmas memories enveloped in this guy's tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted September 28, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 28, 2012 For some reason, ever since I heard this news, I can't stop singing Wichita Lineman in my head, even though I know it's one of his songs. Evidently the subliminal word association wiring in my brain is faulty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonp Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Sad times. RIP. Great song. Andy Williams and Matt Monroe my two favorite crooners. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Somewhere in America, Nelson Muntz sheds a tear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Always thought The Impossible Dream would be an amazing song for the terraces. This is my quest To follow Villa No matter how hopeless No matter how far ... One bit goes quite seamlessly. It would be nice to have a custom verse too. Here's the original. To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go To right the unrightable wrong To love pure and chaste from afar To try when your arms are too weary To reach the unreachable star This is my quest To follow that star No matter how hopeless No matter how far To fight for the right Without question or pause To be willing to march into Hell For a heavenly cause And I know if I'll only be true To this glorious quest That my heart will lie peaceful and calm When I'm laid to my rest And the world will be better for this That one man, scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star. If the holte sang that I'd probably go all vinnie jones and get emotional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 2, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 2, 2012 Perfect timing for the greatest hits package at Christmas. Who is it that your parents currently like, that you think is bland shit? Whoever it is, in thirty years' time your kids will be going on about how fantastic he was, and you'll be shaking your heads with incredulity. That's Andy Williams to me. One or two songs were notable exceptions, but he and his ilk (Perry Como, Carpenters, Manilow, et al) were mostly bloody awful. Not on the same planet as Sinatra or Bennett. And he was also largely to blame for The Osmonds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Perfect timing for the greatest hits package at Christmas. Who is it that your parents currently like, that you think is bland shit? Whoever it is, in thirty years' time your kids will be going on about how fantastic he was, and you'll be shaking your heads with incredulity. That's Andy Williams to me. One or two songs were notable exceptions, but he and his ilk (Perry Como, Carpenters, Manilow, et al) were mostly bloody awful. Not on the same planet as Sinatra or Bennett. And he was also largely to blame for The Osmonds. Rest in peace though Fixed for you Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 2, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 2, 2012 Perfect timing for the greatest hits package at Christmas. Who is it that your parents currently like, that you think is bland shit? Whoever it is, in thirty years' time your kids will be going on about how fantastic he was, and you'll be shaking your heads with incredulity. That's Andy Williams to me. One or two songs were notable exceptions, but he and his ilk (Perry Como, Carpenters, Manilow, et al) were mostly bloody awful. Not on the same planet as Sinatra or Bennett. And he was also largely to blame for The Osmonds. Rest in peace though Fixed for you Mike!Given my lack of belief in the afterlife, I've stopped doing the "RIP" thing. When you're dead, you're dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 good lord you are grumpy. And you wont be bothered by that as you do not believe in the lord ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Somewhere in America, Nelson Muntz sheds a tear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 I much prefer Andy's voice to Frank or Tony. Karen Carpenter, a voice like warm butterscotch, and she could do too. It's amazing how completely smashed Richard Carpenter looks on some of their big TV appearances. Big rictus grin through a heavy pharmaceutical haze, accompanied by his increasingly skeletal, dieing sister, beamed prime time into the homes of middle America - Brilliant. An aging Judy Garland did some corking dance routines clearly off her tits. Funny looking back at some of this stuff now we're all a little wiser about the effects of drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 8, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 8, 2012 I much prefer Andy's voice to Frank or Tony. Karen Carpenter, a voice like warm butterscotch, and she could do too.We're going to have to agree to differ again. I always found her voice utterly flat - not in the sense of pitch, that was fine, but (IMO) it lacked any emotion or soulfulness. I have one Carpenters song in my collection - Goodbye to Love. Purely for the blistering Tony Peluso guitar solos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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