Nessun Dorma

ok, so.....last night we sat and watched a program about great grammy moments of grammy's first 50 years.....which turned out to be pretty entertaining.....the first 'moment' was one that we missed somehow...in 1998 Luciano Pavarotti had rehearsed the aria nessum dorma with full orchestra and choir.....and just before the show was to air live, he was unable to perform.....and it occurred to somebody that aretha frankklin, on hand to present an award, has actually sung that aria at a charity event....and with no rehearsal she sang this italian piece on live television.....youtube has several version of this...wow.....some of the other fine performances included a tribute to joe strummer that included elvis costello, dave grohl, stevie van zandt and bruce springsteen.....they sang london calling doulbe wow.....and my personal favorite- melissa etheridge/joss stone tribute to janis joplin piece of my heart......triple wow...melissa had recently finished her chemo for breast cancer and her bald head and the words to the song sent chills down one's spine.....