Here is Bette Midler in a beautiful live performance, singing one of my favourite love songs. Recently this song has been gripping me. There are some very interesting words in that song, like: “love is a hunger, an endless aching need.” She says that the soul afraid of dying never learns to live. Other words are so interesting to me, like people think that love is only for the lucky and the strong. Many times in my life I have thought that the people in Hollywood must be the luckiest people in the world, and that everything goes great for them.
Having written songs myself I am always curious as to who wrote the song. I found out that this song was written by Amanda McBroom.
So I went to her website and read her story about how she wrote the song, and found it very interesting. She says how the song came to her while driving the car. This has happened to me many times, that is why I always have a pen and paper in the car just in case inspiration hits me. She had to race home and rush to the piano to write it.
Many years ago I worked at Damelin School in Johannesburg, and I often heard Bette Midler sing this song on the canteen duke box. The kids must have loved this song. It reminded me of how many times other people have helped me in my life, but often when I was a singer, I got all the glory, and they didn’t get any. There have been so many people in my life that I have admired, but never got to tell them. So I want to say “Thank you” to you all. They have been the wind beneath my wings, and this is one of my favorite love songs.
She has such a nice voice, and is so natural in her singing and presentation. Falling in love under the boardwalk!
When I was a little boy, my mother used to sing this song: `You`ve got to win a little, you`ve got to lose a little, you`ve got to let your poor heart break a little, that`s the story of, that`s the glory of love.`
This is very nice, with such beautiful pictures.
Bette Midler – In this life, I was loved by you `live`
This is a very nice song.
Another very lovely song. We all make mistakes, and learn from them. It is hard to find true friends.
Wonderful song. She wants love more than diamonds.
An incredible `live` performance.
Bette Midler sings: “From a distance, you look like my friend, even though we are at war.” It reminds me of a book I read when I was young. It was stories by D.L.Moody. I remember the one story going something like this. One night a soldier in the American civil war, had his rifle sights on an enemy soldier on guard duty on a wall. He was about to shoot, when the soldier on guard duty started singing a hymn. Then he felt he couldn’t shoot him because he was his brother in the Lord.
Many years later the soldier was on a ship going across the ocean, and was attending a church service on the ship. One man got up and told how one particular hymn meant a lot to him. He told how he was on guard duty during the civil war, and how he was feeling so scared, then he started singing a hymn, and how a peace came over him. So the other soldier stood up and told how he had him in his sights and was about to shoot him, when he started singing the hymn.
All the wars on earth seem so senseless. I recently read a book on Scotland’s history. So much fighting and killing. The same is true for every country. Why can’t everybody just live in peace? We need more love and less war!
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