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If this doesn't get you into the Christmas spirit, then I don't know what will:
Leonard singing "O Christmas Tree / O Tannenbaum" (more or less)

https://clyp.it/4f1oiyni?token=3be541fa ... 44e2cec568

Hehe! Good one Hartmut,
I find No Regrets in listening to that rendition
The "more" is for sure one of Leonard's favourite songs!

B4real wrote: ↑ I find No Regrets in listening to that rendition

Funny, Bev!

B4real wrote: ↑ The "more" is for sure one of Leonard's favourite songs!

He and Jennifer once had plans to do a whole album of Piaf songs. - A pity that this never actually happened.

Hartmut wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2017 3:19 am He and Jennifer once had plans to do a whole album of Piaf songs. - A pity that this never actually happened.

I vaguely recall something along those lines. I've never heard your link before and I wonder where it came from?
I do remember LC at an interview in 2009 being asked if he regretted not having a life long partner. He spontaneously replied by singing in French, with that cheeky smile on his face all the time, the first few lines of No Regrets

B4real wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2017 5:33 am

Hartmut wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2017 3:19 am He and Jennifer once had plans to do a whole album of Piaf songs. - A pity that this never actually happened.

I vaguely recall something along those lines.

I've heard him talk about it in several interviews. Here's an excerpt from one of them:
https://cohencentric.com/2016/02/10/leo ... anslation/

B4real wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2017 5:33 am I do remember LC at an interview in 2009 being asked if he regretted not having a life long partner. He spontaneously replied by singing in French, with that cheeky smile on his face all the time, the first few lines of No Regrets

Well, you might be onto something here ...

Thanks for the link, Hartmut,
I do remember reading that now

Bonjour. The title of the song is "Non je ne regrette rien" by Edith Piaf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJvI0WNihyM

tularosa wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2017 6:07 pm Bonjour. The title of the song is "Non je ne regrette rien" by Edith Piaf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJvI0WNihyM

Bonjour, ça va?

Indeed, it's some lines from "Non, je ne regrette rien" combined with the melody of "O Christmas Tree".

Hartmut and B4-
Sorry for intruding, but I was interested in seeing the O Christmas Tree by Leonard so I followed your links and found this thread, and when I clicked on your link for "Non je ne regrette rien" by Edith Piaf, I immediately recognized it from the Dove Chocolate commercial that has been broadcasted heavily here recently, and which I immediately thought was cool. It is so rare to see a woman of age portrayed as vital in advertisements (at least here in the US, not sure of elsewhere).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uQOVZw9XJU
It's funny how our connection to Leonard touches so many things.
Vickie

Hi Vickie,
Thanks for the link. Interesting. I didn't know this commercial.

Thanks everybody ... love it