About ten days ago, I was just sitting at home, listening to my music and catching up with some needed blogging and story writing, nothing unusual. I had one of my new favorite memory songs, "Time to Say Goodbye", playing from a video on Youtube. And then I watched a bit of the video, and there was one part where I saw Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli take a step toward each other. Sarah Brightman was staring longingly at him as she stepped forward, but Andrea Bocelli looked a bit awkward with his eyes closed taking a crooked step slightly to the right. And I thought, and wondered, why isn't he looking at her the way she is looking at him? This is a music video, after all, and it entails some level of acting on the singers' parts. Then it hit me: can he see? (And by see, I mean literally speaking.) I checked Wikipedia, which had previously proved the true ethnicity of Robyn to me, and looked up Andrea Bocelli. Sure enough, he has glaucoma. I always thought he closed his eyes when he sings just to feel more emersed into the music he creates.
In lieu of my stupidity, I dedicate this video (and this great song with its wondeful memories of pseudo-drunk singing at Buca) to the great man whose musical talent transcends his visual handicap.
Signore Bocelli, thank you for opening my eyes, and I do hope you pardon the metaphor. Grazie.
2 comments:
tight song.
oh! I remember singing this at Buca too!
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