Hive Open mic week 173 'The Way We Were'

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Hello everyone, I hope you are all having fun with this weeks theme of Memories.

Memories play such an important part in our lives. Not only because we need to remember essential day to day tasks but also because we look back on things we have done and people we have known. I always think that this is in order to confirm our place in this world and also because we love to remember good things. There must be many songs written about such a topic and I know quite a few or them, but I chose 'The Way We Were'.

It is a song from 1973, by my namesake, Barbara Striesand. It is hard to believe I was only 6 when this song was released. Now fifty years later, here I am doing my own recording of it. Where on Earth did all that time go? I can remember it being on the radio when I was a child. My Dad always had music on whilst he was working or driving somewhere and I have fond recollections of being in Dads car going on holiday to the seaside, listening to music by Barbara Striesand, Elton John and The New Seekers to name but a few.

'The Way We Were' was actually a film about two lovers set in the 1940s, which starred Barbara Striesand and Robert Redford. The song was on an album that accompanied the film and it was named the number 1 pop single of 1974 by Billboard. It was also inducted in to the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1998.

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It's good you have sweet memories and your presentation is amazing

Thank you so much for listening and taking the time to leave a nice comment.

You're welcome

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this song has a beautiful melody, your tuning was perfect as well as your whole interpretation, sweet and tender, I loved listening to you tonight.

Thank you so much for listening to my recording and for stopping by to leave a kind comment.

Ayy... This is wonderful, Purple! Do I start with my love for your piano playing or your singing voice? They're both so nice!

You sing so well and so beautifully. And I woke that you play the piano well.
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Thank you so much for listening and also for your kind comments. Greetings from England UK

OMG this song sounds so beautiful. Piano sound and vocals are so melodious

Thank you so much for stopping by to listen to my recording and for taking the time to leave a comment.

you're welcome mam

Lovely. My better half is a big Streisand (aka Babs) fan and saw her when she performed in London some years ago. I did not go, but it was an expensive show for back then. It seems prices for big shows are higher these days.

I really enjoyed your songs last night. Desperado brings back memories of you playing it with Glenn. He did love the Eagles.

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Thank you Steve. It's the only one of hers that I do, but I love her singing. I like the fact that you can hear all the lyrics so clearly..she has great diction.

Glenn did love to sing Desperado with my piano accompaniment. For a while after he died, I just couldn't play it.

I really enjoyed it last night. It is a great venue.

@steevc, sorry!

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