Smile

My apologies for dropping off the face of the Blogsphere, everybody. I'll be out doing the blog rounds shortly!

I did not go out to celebrate the 4th of July, because I was home with the flu, but the local bloggers did (click here for some shots) and, of course, the local paper did as well, and got quite a few good ones (click here).

Yesterday, it seems like the whole country (world?) stopped everything to watch Michael Jackson's final good bye to the world.

Regardless of how you felt about Michael Jackson, I hope you enjoy this wonderful, wonderful interpretation by Jermaine Jackson of a favorite song of mine.

According to Wikipedia, the music was originally composed by Charlie Chaplin in 1936 for the movie Modern Times and the song was later interpreted numerous artists. The best known version was recorded by Nat King Cole in 1954.



Thank you Sir, for this wonderful interpretation, and how appropriate.

Because you never know how long the videos of MJ's memorial will stay on UTube, here it the song again, by Nat King Cole.



Awwww. What a song!

Good bye, Michael! Thanks for all the great hits and excellent entertainment all these years. Thanks for setting the bar so high and for showing your contemporaries and the new generation of pop singers/musicians/dancers/entertainers how it's done.

One thing is for sure, we'll never forget you. RIP.


Additional Resources and Links
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* MSNBC coverage of the entire Michael Jackson Memorial on 7/07/09, online, here (177 minutes)


* The lyrics to the song Smile here.


* 4th of July fireworks Pictures here and here

(Thanks to commenter "From Cali" for providing the link to the Michael Jackson Memorial)