tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post3511862927267379289..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Edith Piaf: 50th anniversary of her death in 1963.Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-40678713359675681292016-05-06T23:55:13.168+10:002016-05-06T23:55:13.168+10:00Joseph
Thank you. I suppose any child who grew up...Joseph<br /><br />Thank you. I suppose any child who grew up on the streets without family protection would need someone to watch over them, including street gangsters. After all, Piaf was grubby, skinny, badly dressed, brawling, pregnant at a very young age, and probably blind.<br /><br />But once she started earning a living and lived in a proper house, the accusation that she was involved with old gangster friends became a bit silly. So I wonder why the animosity of Parisians remained intense, even after Piaf had been cleared by the police.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-40110118419174048642016-05-06T10:11:07.041+10:002016-05-06T10:11:07.041+10:00Helen look what the New Yorker had to say about Pi...Helen look what the New Yorker had to say about Piaf's connections to the gangster world in 1936.<br /><br />"Her Papa Louis Leplée was dead — murdered for unknown reasons by an unknown intruder. The crime has never been solved, but suspicion fell on one of Piaf’s gangster friends. The press found her guilty by association, even though the police had cleared her, and the animosity of Parisians was so intense — she was hissed off the stage at holes like Au Rat Mort, in Pigalle (the only work she could get) — that she skipped town. She spent about half a year on the road cruising for sailors in ports like Brest or Nice and getting into brawls. What or who brought Piaf to her senses no one knows."<br /><br />http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/06/25/french-bluesJosephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86035733860505263092013-12-19T20:58:34.410+11:002013-12-19T20:58:34.410+11:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225084442277482049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-7757652121678408842013-12-18T09:32:52.748+11:002013-12-18T09:32:52.748+11:00Mandy
that voice!!!!.... it rose about all the cr...Mandy<br /><br />that voice!!!!.... it rose about all the crappiness of her life and became the most important thing.<br /><br />It still moves me 50 years later.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62857397134578009702013-12-18T09:30:19.194+11:002013-12-18T09:30:19.194+11:00Parnassus
as I was writing up the post, I had a l...Parnassus<br /><br />as I was writing up the post, I had a long, hard think about whether to include all of Piaf's tragedies or not. I included them eventually because even if she wasn't the master of her own destiny (eg France hero's Marcel Cerdan plane crash), they made her what she became. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47999291376889377272013-12-18T09:25:38.118+11:002013-12-18T09:25:38.118+11:00Pat
that is an important thought. I wonder if Jud...Pat<br /><br />that is an important thought. I wonder if Judy Garland and Janis Joplin knew about Edith Piaf before 1963.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-17278199097515186472013-12-18T09:20:22.608+11:002013-12-18T09:20:22.608+11:00Andrew
She took the world by storm, way beyond th...Andrew<br /><br />She took the world by storm, way beyond the boundaries of France. I too believe she had no regrets.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-88248340157323455762013-12-18T07:09:05.253+11:002013-12-18T07:09:05.253+11:00Wow. This is fascinating Hels, I didn't know a...Wow. This is fascinating Hels, I didn't know <i>any</i> of this! She certainly had an incredible voice but how awful that she too neglected her child. Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37950203102045691842013-12-18T06:44:25.515+11:002013-12-18T06:44:25.515+11:00Hello Hels, Telescoping all these negative aspect...Hello Hels, Telescoping all these negative aspects together makes us pity her from our vantage point, but perhaps also makes her life seem more terrible than she felt herself when it was unfolding. It is often stated that great artists need to suffer, yet Piaf did not seem inclined to self-absorption. Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-45185811820833274182013-12-18T05:22:39.912+11:002013-12-18T05:22:39.912+11:00She was an amazing role model for young women. She...She was an amazing role model for young women. She may have had a difficult life, but she still succeeded at a time when women's careers were not being supported.Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-53617545580298761222013-12-17T22:08:19.111+11:002013-12-17T22:08:19.111+11:00I regret nothing, and I doubt she did. Raw talent ...I regret nothing, and I doubt she did. Raw talent is a good description.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-79579408298864867632013-12-17T21:28:52.758+11:002013-12-17T21:28:52.758+11:00John
everyone has magic decade or less when you r...John<br /><br />everyone has magic decade or less when you remember every song you sang, every outfit you wore, ever person you took out, every concert you attended. For me it was 1963-70. How sweet it was!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-76895236836360613662013-12-17T21:18:46.091+11:002013-12-17T21:18:46.091+11:00Hi Hels,
1963 - I remember a number of us crawlin...Hi Hels,<br /><br />1963 - I remember a number of us crawling under the walls of a marquee (we had no tickets) to hear the Seekers in Cambridge. I was smitten with the lead singer I seem to remember. Happy Days indeed.<br /><br />John Tyrrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14840928923304125310noreply@blogger.com