My kids are picky eaters. So imagine my delight when my four-year-old told me, this afternoon, that he'd tried some lasagna at preschool, and liked it enough to have two helpings! My first thought was: hallelujah! And my other thought, of course, was: Aznavour!
| So that second thought is a little more obscure. My dad loved the music of "the French Frank Sinatra" Charles Aznavour, and when I was small, records that looked like this were always spinning on the turntable in my house. And, as a little kid, I always thought that the reddish-orangish-yellowish swirls on the record looked like... lasagna. Which is how I've ended up with a lifelong association that I'd never have bothered to mention to anyone, if not for the fact that, just a couple of hours after my lasagna conversation recalled Aznavour to my mind today, I heard from a friend that Charles Aznavour had died, at the age of 94. |  |
I saw him perform at Toronto's Roy Thompson Hall a long time ago. It seemed like an opportunity that wasn't to be missed. Around that time, I drew this seemingly self-obsessed comic to illustrate an Aznavour song that felt like the soundtrack to my life, back then - as I went through that gloomy stage of trying to get over a relationship that had ended. Here's a link to the actual song as sung by Aznavour.
Right now I'm laughing because I can't be quite sure, at this distance, who the relationship was with! I guess the boyfriend didn't make that much of a lasting impression. But the song, of course, has stayed. I hope Aznavour's music will be with us to stay, for a very long time!
Right now I'm laughing because I can't be quite sure, at this distance, who the relationship was with! I guess the boyfriend didn't make that much of a lasting impression. But the song, of course, has stayed. I hope Aznavour's music will be with us to stay, for a very long time!
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