Happy 2016. As we celebrate a brand new year, it is only fitting that we look back at those youngsters we fell in love with and watch them grow. ~Marie
Video submitted by Ann.
“Amazing video showing Il Volo thru the years. The difference in their voices is amazing from when they start to where they are now.”
~Ann
Here’s Gina with “Auld Lang Syne“
Eighteenth-century Scottish poet Robert Burns may well be most famous not for a poem he wrote, exactly, but for a poem he wrote down. According to Burns Country, a comprehensive website devoted to the poet, Burns, in a letter to an acquaintance, wrote, “There is an old song and tune which has often thrilled through my soul. You know I am an enthusiast in old Scotch songs. I shall give you the verses on the other sheet… Light be the turf on the breast of the heaven-inspired poet who composed this glorious fragment! There is more of the fire of native genius in it than in half a dozen of modern English Bacchanalians.”That song was a version that Burns fashioned of “Auld Lang Syne,” which annually rings in the New Year at parties across the world, though most often sung out of tune and with improvised lyrics, as it has been described as “the song that nobody knows.” Though the history of the authorship of the poem is labyrinthine and disputed, Burns is generally credited with penning at least two original stanzas to the version that is most familiar to revelers of the New Year. Here are the first two stanzas as Burns recorded them:
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!
Chorus.-For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poems–new-year
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Traditional Song |
Modern English Translation |
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Auld Lang Syne Should auld acquaintance be forgot, Chorus: We twa hae run about the braes, We twa hae paidl’t in the burn And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere, And surely ye’ll be your pint’ stoup, |
Times Gone By Should old acquaintances be forgotten, Chorus: We two have run about the hillsides We two have paddled (waded) in the stream And there is a hand, my trusty friend, And surely you will pay for your pint, |
~Gina
Marie, my video is blue on my screen and didn’t get it to the end. Is it my computer?
ann and Gina, Thanks for the video. the boys are getting better and better. The sky is the limit for them. I wish I could be around to see it. Joanie G
Ladies and gentlemen we must get ready. It is January 2016 a month before the boys start their US tour. I believe that Buffalo, NY is lucky to be the first stop.
I am getting serious about my “Ignazio hug” practice.
Thanks Ann & Gina for the reminder of those amazing videos of our precious young men, they were a joy to watch. And yes I am looking forward to Buffalo. I will be there with bells on & running into Ignazio’s arms.
What a great video so neat to see how adorable they were then and how much they have grown in to handsome men and their voices now incredible and you know they still have fun when they are together. Can’t wait till March in Vegas to get to my Piero.
Thanks Ann and Gina for the trip down Memory Lane. I loved them way back then, and I love them even more now, if that’s even possible. Looking forward to 2016 to see how high our boys will fly. Can’t wait for March, and the FanFaire in Las Vegas!
Thank you very much for sharing ! It is so beautiful and amazing how these 3 sweet boys have grown!! I love all 3 boys the same but Gianluca has a special place in my heart!! With one look , I was in love with him!! He is so sweet , shy and sensitive and has that beautiful smile!! He is handsome!! I am going to their concert!!
What fun to listen to those young boy voices not only singing, but talking as well. It seems like so long ago they were so young, but it really has not been that long at all. Thank you for the great post!
I am putting careful thought into what I want to say to them when I see them. I will let management hurry me along instead of how I hurried myself!!!. My grandmother used to always tell me “Don’t wish your life away” whenever I said I wished some event would hurry up and get here and I have to say that at 62 I really understand that but ohhhhh….March. There will still be plenty to keep us all occupied until we finally get in breathing range of the same air they breathe!
Happy New Year to all, Il Volo, and the Flight Crew !!!
Marie, I got most of it this time. Don’t know what happened before. Thanks.
Good. Wouldn’t want you to miss anything, Ann! Especially your own post.
I have every one of these videos (and about 50 more!) in my collection; seeing the clips back-to-back gives a unique glimpse in their development over the years. Good work! And now at least I can say that I’m going to see them THIS YEAR at the meet-greet in Connecticut NEXT MONTH!
Wow John! First time anyone has said, “next month.” That got my blood pumping this morning! Can’t believe it’s almost time. Feel like a kid on Christmas eve.