It’s a wonderful world

by | Saturday, July 12, 2008

My 12 year old son, Soham, has never been into music. An MP3 player I bought for him languishes somewhere in his room. So you can imagine my surprise when, a few months ago, he indicated an interest in a song, Louis Armstrong’s What a wonderful world. So this posting is for him, two very beautiful, yet very different renditions/representations of the same song, brought to you, thanks to YouTube.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlbQPmXg08]

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTSFhIv9bYg]

Topics related to this post: Art | Creativity | Fun | Personal | Video

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