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To: Nita Nupress

When I was six, I fell in love with his voice. God, what a voice. (Not singing ability, mind. Just the tonal quality that comes out in speaking.)

My favorite album was the soundtrack to Robin Hood, which had the whole fim on the album. (my second-favorite movie at the time, first being "Monty Python & the Holy Grail".)


22 posted on 09/16/2006 6:44:52 PM PDT by stands2reason (ANAGRAM for the day: Socialist twaddle == Tact is disallowed)
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To: stands2reason
When I was six, I fell in love with his voice. God, what a voice. (Not singing ability, mind. Just the tonal quality that comes out in speaking.)

I know exactly what you mean. Someone in the book, maybe Bobby Bare, said he could see the pain in Roger's eyes, or something to that effect. I think his early childhood & everything he lost was why his voice was so expressive. He used it to express his emotions. Here's an example of what I'm saying. (It was in an earlier version of my article, before I cut it out) The italics section is from the book:.

One time after Roger had a fight with his 2nd wife over the phone, he and Don Bowman got in the car for the 30-minute drive to Roger's house. Bowman tells what happened:

...he was humming and tapping on the dashboard. He didn't say a word all the way there. We got there and he got out and walked in the house, picked up his guitar and sang "Husbands and Wives." He had written the entire song over that fight they had over the phone!


33 posted on 09/16/2006 7:21:57 PM PDT by Nita Nupress
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To: stands2reason
I totally agree! Miller's soundtrack to Disney's Robin Hood was great!

Ev-ery town, gots it's ups and downs...

137 posted on 09/18/2006 2:03:23 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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