Posted on 01/08/2022 8:47:49 PM PST by nickcarraway
With her husband Alan, Marilyn Bergman crafted some of the most memorable songs of the last century, including "The Way We Were"
Marilyn Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with husband Alan Bergman on “The Way We Were,” “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?” and hundreds of other songs, died at her Los Angeles home Saturday. She was 93.
She died of respiratory failure not related to COVID-19, according to a representative, Jason Lee. Her husband was at her bedside when she died.
The Bergmans, who married in 1958, were among the most enduring, successful and productive songwriting partnerships, specializing in introspective ballades for film, television and the stage that combined the romance of Tin Pan Alley with the polish of contemporary pop.
They worked with some of the world’s top melodists, including Marvin Hamlisch, Cy Coleman and Michel Legrand, and were covered by some of the world’s greatest singers, from Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand to Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson.
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I just heard that Faye Dunaway is gravely ill. I predict she will be next by 01/15.
Rest in peace Mrs. Bergman. But I hate, hate, hate this song.
Memories
Light the corners of my mind
Misty watercolor memories
Of the way we were
Scattered pictures
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we?
Could we?
Memories
May be beautiful and yet
What’s too painful to remember
We simply to choose to forget
So it’s the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember
The way we were
The way we were
It is strange when it is “news” when 90+ year old people die...
...Betty White, Sidney Poitier, Marilyn Bergman, etc...
I guess that the “news” is that they actually lived so long.
Is it the song? Or is it just Streisand?
Mostly Streisand.
Both. The song is about left fetishists. Baba is one.
RIP.
Gladys Knight does a nice version.
Good to know. That will make this thread three times shorter.
It’s like “I will always love you”. I can tolerate the Dolly Parton version. But I hate, hate, hate Mariah Carey.
To be really effective it should be overlaid on footage of BLM/Antifa rioting and burning cities.
Thank you 💕
Babawa
They also cowrote “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” which I find a very moving song. I like schmaltz, if it is.
Wrote Sinatra’s snappy “Nice ’n’ Easy”.
Nice ‘N’ Easy - Frank Sinatra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXlma_piRWo
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