I was visiting my Aunt and Uncle in Ann Arbor, Mi. They had 3 kids, the 2 eldest, Kurt and Reimar took me to play tennis. The next day, my Uncle Harry, told his bored son, Kurt who was 10 or so( I was 14), to go and play tennis with me. He judged a bit and told his dad, "aber, Papa, Sie kann night Gut Spielen." At which i said, " I know i cant play well, but I try my best. We can do something else." My Uncle teamed with delight because his son thought I could not understand German. This is one of my favourite moments.
Over at Monday Music Moves Me, its all about Tennis since Wimbledon is THE Tennis tournament. So let's hear some songs about Tennis...
1. CAN I BE YOUR TENNIS BALL SUNG BY JAMIE FOX-2003
This is a funny, suggestive song sung by Jamie Fox, who also wrote the song, to Serena Williams during the ESPY Awards.
2. THE TENNIS SONG SUNG BY JAMES NAUGHTON AND DEE HOTY- 1989
This is a song from the musical, "City of Angels" that won a Tony Award. Another double entrende song sing with romantic tones.
3. THE MAIN THEME BY DIMITRI TIOMKIN-1951
Why this piece? It's from the great film, " Strangers on a Train," by Alfred Hitchcock where the main protagonist is a Tennis star. Only Hitchcock could make a tennis match full of suspense.
Any Tennis songs you can think of?
Hi Birgit…busy watching the qualifying for Wimbledon today,it’s so hot the automatic line calling has stopped working…so switched to Eastbourne..and trying to keep cool,so unusual for us here in the UK xxx
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