Pope Paul the Last and grace and as Ian and Sylvia are always saying, Love is Strange.

[Allan Balliett]

Dears,

I will have used up my annual quota of posts with this one but since this
confusion was initiated on the goddam subject line I have to address it
otherwise I'll spend the rest of the day sitting here like the RCA dog,
looking at this subject line, unable to listen.

Mark, I don't know what secret knowledge you may have gained during your
Canadian Captivity about Canadian National Treasures Ian and Sylvia but
here in Trumpville we generally attribute "Love is Strange" to Mickey and
Sylvia, the R&B duet  who first recorded it and put it on the charts in the
US back in '56.

What a song. Thanks for making me think of it. Perhaps your experience is
different as one who has been way above the Mason Dixon Line, though. As a
joke, Ian and Sylvia actually recorded Love is Strange but it was only
released on a Bear Family rarities collection in the 90's.

What incredible guitar work on this song for 1956!

Mickey & Sylvia: Love is Strange
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpEA5QGYJFQ>

For a real thrill, though, look up the YouTube for  Ian McGregor lipsyncing
to Mickey and Sylvia's version in Dennis Potter's "Lipstick on your Collar"
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5p9fpGxv48> (Be sure to watch the
billboards!)

Thanks for initiating this unscheduled research project this morning, Mark.
(Oh, did I mention that Sylvia later became the owner of Sugar Hill
Records, one of the earliest successful rap labels?)

Allan in WV where the rain is still freezing  in the saddest state in
America



On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 5:51 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> She was a Polish philosopher --as was he, of course.
>
> _______________________________________________________________
>
> After telling her he believed she was a gift from God, he wrote: “If I did
> not have this conviction, some moral certainty of Grace, and of acting in
> obedience to it, I would not dare act like this.”
>
> In one letter after that period, he wrote: “My dear Teresa, I have
> received all three letters. You write about being torn apart, but I could
> find no answer to these words.”
>
>
> A--And, Michiko Kakutani's twitter feed reported that LOVE IN THE TIME OF
> CHOLERA was one of the most-liked by its readers Valentine's Day novels so
> she circulated again THAT great review we know and love.
>
>
>
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