Comments | whiteling: Christopher Lee sings

whiteling

Christopher Lee sings

Apr 20, 2008 13:40

When I was rummaging in the CD rack of our local library lately, I discovered a very interesting audio book (made in 2006). CD 1 contains poems of Edgar Allan Poe, read by several well-known German actors (and, to my surprise, the top-notch cast includes Christopher Lee! He reads "The Raven" in English, and another poem in perfectly fluent German ( Read more... )

song, edgar allan poe, music, christopher lee

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mariole April 20 2008, 13:23:45 UTC

Wow. With that voice I'm not surprised to learn he is a trained opera singer. Cool stuff, White!

whiteling April 20 2008, 14:06:35 UTC

Yes, it really is cool, isn't it? To think, he was 84 when the song was recorded! Simply amazing.

mariole April 20 2008, 21:32:53 UTC

84?!?!? I'm even more boggled than I was!!!

maewyn_2 April 20 2008, 13:34:38 UTC

Well, that was different! I didn't know Christopher Lee sang! It wasn't too bad, either. :)

I had a good Sunday, and I hope yours is wonderful too (the day's almost over on this side of the world!).

whiteling April 20 2008, 14:12:25 UTC

I wish I will be able to sing that lusty at an age of 84! Mr. Lee is a multi-talented and busy man.

Glad you had an enjoyable Sunday, Maewyn. Mine is good, too. Have been out for a nice walk, ate a tasty lunch and now the sun visits us to boot. Lovely.

aredhelebenesse April 20 2008, 20:39:24 UTC

Oh well, that sounds all so interesting! You made my mouth watery with your review. Alas I have no sound on my computer right now, so I have to wait until I can watch the video and listen to Christopher Lee's sonorous voice.
I just knew he speaks German and some years ago he did any project with some heavy metal or hard rock band (don't ask me further, I'm at best half informed) which must have been very impressing already.
Thank you for your tip! :)

whiteling April 21 2008, 17:24:07 UTC

I hope you're getting sound on your PC soon. I had no sound on mine too for quite a time and found it really annoying. There's just too much stuff which makes no sense without sound!

As for Christopher Lee - I read the names of the bands he had worked with, but none of them did ring any bell... I'm so out of the loop, particularly when heavy metal or hard rock is concerned. Hmpf. I'm getting *really* old. ;-)

aredhelebenesse April 21 2008, 21:33:42 UTC

Ah, I love it! Can't say something else.
I listened to the song on my mama's computer and it's really very impressive done. It reminds me of the time when I secretly watched scary movies in TV as a kid. This was my first thought and then I remembered, 'Ah, right, I'd watched Dracula ...'! ;D

este_tangletoes May 24 2008, 19:30:13 UTC

Whiteling - coo-eee!

Long time no hear. I hope you are safe Lass. It's been four weeks.

((((Hugs))))

--Estë

P.S. I did know that Christopher Lee sang but I had never heard him. Thank you so much for the YouTube link.

whiteling May 27 2008, 19:42:05 UTC

Coo-eee back!!

Thanks so much, dear Estë for looking after me.
I did not mean to disappear from LJ so completely as I did for the last five weeks or so... but RL calls like never before (nothing bad though) and I've been a little sick, too. I'm looking forward to having a bit more free time and mind soon.

I hope you are okay too, my dear!

((((Hugs))))