I have just seen an interview on YouTube which I enjoyed. It is a 60 Minutes tribute to Pavarotti.

Part 1

Part 2

Glory when the fat man sang
"One hundred and forty kilos of chubbychops had just keeled over at the age of 71. Here was the chance for the advocates of scrawn to leap up and down like gibbons, pointing fingers, chattering their teeth and squealing, I told you so. If only he'd gone for the broccoli and tofu drizzled with self-flagellation, he could have clung on till 75.

"What does come into it, I suspect, is that the bullying fools, the guilt dispensers, the health zealots who disguise the delight they take in telling others what to do behind the pretence of caring, knew that the voice had it right and they had it wrong. Their creed is that the sole purpose of life is to stretch it out as long as possible. That note in Nessun Dorma says something else. It says that what matters is not that you stretch life long but that you stretch it wide."

and another rises!

Pavarotti arrives in heaven and tells St. Peter he has a note for God from the pope. God opens the note and reads "Here's that tenor I owe you".

For me, Pavarotti means Christmas and wonderful memories with my father, who is now long gone. Both are Titans in my heart, indeed.

Jennifer

-- Food Philosophy. Sensuality. Sass.

He had the voice of a Titan. Rest In Peace.

Pavarotti brought the beautiful sounds of Puccini, Verdi and so many others to us and opened the ears, minds and souls of a wide audience beyond traditional opera circles to those sounds.

Nice tribute Linz. I heard Pavarotti once in person, in the early 1990s at a large, packed sports arena (the first Pres. Bush was in the audience). But I've known him from recordings, TV shows and videos since the early '70s. It's with pain that I think of a world without him but with joy that I listen to his voice and music today and know that we'll have them with us always.

Ciao Luciano!

Nice tribute to a grand Gent. You came across brimming with confidence and cheer. Aesthetically, you seemed to have lost a whole decade! Must be all the Shiraz.

Only above the waist. And no tie!

All a bit of a rush job, but went well in the end. I was pleased to be able to help pay tribute to a legend.

More on air tomorrow. My last day.

Well done.

Loved the story about the interview ..most amusing.

You were wearing a suit!

I'll be sure to tune in Linz

It's a shame that we've lost such a beautiful voice.

Just reading now that he was inspired by Mario Lanza

"In his teens, Pavarotti joined his father, also a tenor, in the church choir and local opera chorus. He was influenced by the American movie actor-singer Mario Lanza.

“In my teens I used to go to Mario Lanza movies and then come home and imitate him in the mirror,” Pavarotti said."

Also admire him for having made a stand against pretensious critics who slammed him for succumbing to "commercialism"

“The word commercial is exactly what we want,” he said, after appearing in the widely publicized “Three Tenors” concerts. “We’ve reached 1.5 billion people with opera. If you want to use the word commercial, or something more derogatory, we don’t care. Use whatever you want.”

Loved his "Nessum Dorma" and the contrast between him and Bono in "Miss Sarajevo - The Best Of 1990-2000 - U2"

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

suppose I am wasting my time suggesting you hijack the programme and start talking about Objectivism whilst giving Campbell the good horse whipping he richly deserves?