Well, I guess it would be difficult with the language barrier (when I was young and did not understand English, I was not interested in English music either). But I learned from the documentary yesterday that he was famous in France already before he became famous in Germany. Singing with Gilbert Bécaud. There is also a video of him singing with Harry Belafonte. Basically, he got them all ;)
From what I was reading today, I guess he really overdid himself with the last concerts. His brother said he wanted to celebrate Christmas with him but he rather wanted to be alone, feeling exhausted. And he was about to move into a new house in the new year which was reconstructed at the moment, and more concerts to come in February, after which he did not want to work as much anymore but spend time with his children and grandkids. His last CD is called "Mitten im Leben" and that's what it feels like, even at 80.
This weekend is all about bad news. Now he's followed by Joe Cocker (that will be a party in Heaven) and then the sad news about Glasgow yesterday :( I heard about it when John Barrowman tweeted about it. They also had that bad helicopter crash last year. I know the place, I have been there, and I will fly to Glasgow again on January 1st. That could have been me lying dead on the pavement.
So, I am falling from one sadness into the next, it all started last week with watching the finale of "White Collar". So sad to see this show go.
I just wrapped my gifts and played some Udo Jürgens Christmas songs while doing so.
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From what I was reading today, I guess he really overdid himself with the last concerts. His brother said he wanted to celebrate Christmas with him but he rather wanted to be alone, feeling exhausted. And he was about to move into a new house in the new year which was reconstructed at the moment, and more concerts to come in February, after which he did not want to work as much anymore but spend time with his children and grandkids. His last CD is called "Mitten im Leben" and that's what it feels like, even at 80.
This weekend is all about bad news. Now he's followed by Joe Cocker (that will be a party in Heaven) and then the sad news about Glasgow yesterday :( I heard about it when John Barrowman tweeted about it. They also had that bad helicopter crash last year. I know the place, I have been there, and I will fly to Glasgow again on January 1st. That could have been me lying dead on the pavement.
So, I am falling from one sadness into the next, it all started last week with watching the finale of "White Collar". So sad to see this show go.
I just wrapped my gifts and played some Udo Jürgens Christmas songs while doing so.