Mamma mia!

Despite all possible bad comments about this movie and the probable free version of the musical (which I don't know: I haven't been to the musical yet) I must said that I had a great time watching the film and singing all the ABBA hits. I appreciated how the audience finally relaxed and started also singing and clapping at the end! Meryl Streep is outstanding and her voice is simply fabulous, something that I had the opportunity to listen live with Joan in New York a couple of years ago in Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children". For the curious, Streep also showed off her pipes with two versions of the country song "Checking Out of This Heartbreak Hotel" in Postcards from the Edge (1990), and with a campy, Broadway diva number called "Me" in Death Becomes Her (1992). Is there anything she can't do?

Please go and watch the film!

• Article of Maruja Torres in el PAIS
• "Mother Courage and Her Children"
• Meryl Streep singing "I'm checking out"
• Meryl Streep - "(I see) Me" from the Death Becomes Her
  

La Dolce vita

Back to Brussels today...13°C and raining...need to be tough! Well, the holidays are over but it is unavoidable to feel kind of nostalgic right? So nothing better to go with this feeling than some music from our past (I assume than for some of my readers this is too retro...): I found one of these songs of the 80's that made me think about the summer holidays, travelling and so on...la Dolce vita of Ryan Paris...please have a look on the u-tube link to watch the video-clip and add your comments.