Posted on 12/24/2020 12:50:37 AM PST by xomething
“Feliz Navidad” singer José Feliciano celebrated 50 years of his hit Christmas classic, explained God’s goodness as well as his pro-life conversion in a recent interview, in which the singer said that he considered himself pro-choice until he heard his unborn daughter’s heartbeat.
“I used to be pro-abortion, many, many years ago. I would have called myself pro-choice. But then when I had my daughter Melissa, I went the other way — when I heard Melissa’s little heartbeat on the monitor, I said, ‘Well, wait a minute. Even if all there is is a heartbeat, that’s life, that’s life,'” said Feliciano in a recent interview with National Catholic Register.
The Puerto Rico-born crooner, who was born blind and immigrated to the United States as a youth, is a practicing Catholic. He said that he believes God had a special plan for his life.
“When I was first born, my father couldn’t face up to the fact that he had a son who was born blind,” said Feliciano. “In a sense he thought it was a defect from him, and people told him, ‘Hey, listen, don’t worry about him being blind. You don’t know what God has in store for him in the future” — truer words were never spoken!”
“In a Latin family, more so than in an American family, being blind is like having the plague,” the seven-time Grammy-winner said. “By that, I mean my parents in the beginning thought there was no future for me, therefore, I couldn’t get around and do all of the things that parents think about.”
“And it seemed to me that before my parents read the Bible or did other things with me, God was pushing me into the music area,” said Feliciano. “God was showing me the light ever since I...
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[“Feliz Navidad”]
A good story. Just heard the song on the radio last night.
[“Feliz Navidad”]
A good story. Just heard the song on the radio last night.
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Nice. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas
He covered “Light My Fire” too.
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Love that song.
Glad to see Jose embrace life.
That’s one of the great sing-along Christmas songs ever. Last week at bowling league, they played that song and we all stopped bowling to dance and sing. It was great fun!
Yes, an excellent job on that one, too. I kinda prefer that version to The Doors.
Knew a girl who met him. He wanted to touch her face to get some idea what she looked like. She had no problem with it. Seems he was a gentleman. She told me this story about 1982.
Really, it’s the best version for me - thanks for reminding me of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RtTWDv-yWM
Yes, I'm old. And my memory is way too perfect :-P
“Feliz Navidad”. One of the Christmas classics.
I always though him to be a good person with a good heart, great musician also
Back in the 80's I played soccer in High School. A team mate and very good friend of mine was Vietnamese. His dad had been a helicopter pilot in the South Vietnamese Army and they had fled the country to the US.
One year as Christmas approached my friend Hoang asked if I'd like to go shopping with his family and hang out. I said, "Sure!," and they came and picked me up in the family's little Toyota or Honda (I don't recall specifically, only that it was a tiny 80s compact). As we drove off, Hoang's mom and dad were in the front seat having a conversation in Vietnamese. Hoang, his sister and I were stuffed in the back seat having a conversation in English and Jose Feliciano came over the radio crooning, "Feliz Navidad," in Spanish.
I thought to myself....only in America.
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I have been watching off and on what seems to be a pretty good movie so far: https://tubitv.com/movies/461286/loving-the-bad-man “A young Christian woman gives birth to a baby conceived when she was raped, keeps the child, and uses her faith to help her assailant find God.”
“The Puerto Rico-born crooner, who was born blind and immigrated to the United States...”
Puerto Ricans are USA citizens. There is no “immigration”. Americans don’t immigrate from state to state.
Fuh-leas On Your Dog.
Always have appreciated him; here’s another excellent cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5MpyEedu3s
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