January 10, 2022
"Marilyn Bergman, who with her husband, Alan Bergman, gave the world memorable lyrics about 'misty watercolor memories' and 'the windmills of your mind' and won three Academy Awards..."
"... died on Saturday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 93.
A spokesman, Ken Sunshine, said the cause was respiratory failure.... For many years their words were also heard every week over the opening credits to hit television shows like 'Maude,' 'Good Times' and 'Alice.'.... In 1956 she fell down a flight of stairs and broke her shoulder.... Unable to play the piano because of her injury, she recalled many years later, she could not compose and so decided to write lyrics instead."
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As did Michael Lang, organizer of Woodstock. https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Woodstock-organizer-Micheal-Lang-dies-at-77-16760763.php
I remember when my mom once remarked that it seemed like all of her friends and people she grew up watching and listening to were all dying off.
I think we've reached that point where it's starting to happen to those of us from this portion of the baby boomer gen. Seems like almost daily I hear of a friend or rash of celebrities I grew up with, passing on. And I cannot help but thinking it's weird that I'm still 23 and people I know of are passing away.
I saw the way we were 45(?) years ago.
I remember 3things
The great music.
Coming out of the theater wondering what the movie was about.
The quote "In a way he was like the country he lived in; Everything came too easily to him. But at least he knew it
She did write a lot of good music
John LGBTQBNY Henry
"The Way We Were" is one of those songs that -- even if you hate, hate, hate -- it, it's hard to help loving a little. It gives you a chance to really let go and unleash your inner divo/a/x in the shower. Some Neil Diamond songs are the same love/hate way.
The nostalgia vibe is something you can connect to your own personal memories of the past, even if you weren't a campus Communist in the Thirties or a sit-com writer in the Fifties. Reading the synopsis now, it sounds a little too much like propaganda, with Barbra as the too-good-for-this-world Communist saint. Did Katie -- or Barbra, or Arthur Laurents -- learn nothing over the years?
But speaking of nostalgia, I do remember having to sing "The Windmills of Your Mind" for the second or third grade show. I had no idea what it was supposed to be about, but I guess it expressed some of the music teacher's own suppressed longings.
Finally, did we ever find out if Frozen's "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?" is the same song as Yentl's "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" Deadpool still wants to know.
I never saw "The Way We Were" -- or "Yentl," which also had songs by Bergman.
Just didn't care about that sort of mainstream Hollywood stuff at the time (or since).
I think the only Barbra Streisand movie I've seen is... parts of "Funny Girl" (not sitting through the whole thing) and maybe parts of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."
That's a lot of things I haven't seen — "Prince of Tides," "Nuts," "What's Up Doc?," "A Star Is Born." I've got a half-century record of steering clear of her. I don't even feel that I dislike her. These are just all, independently, movies that are not for me. Whatever her taste is, it's not mine.
Those are some very singable songs.
@Althouse, What's Up Doc contains great Madeline Kahn scenes. It's worth it for those.
I've got a half-century record of steering clear of her. "
LOL I've seen a few of those Streisand vehicles and can assure you that you haven't missed much.
OTOH I do mourn the passing of well-crafted songs with intelligent and evocative lyrics. Movies kept them going for a while after rock had eclipsed the Great American Songbook/crooner era, but now that's gone too. We're the poorer for it. RIP Marilyn.
Temujin: Same here. I open my iPad every morning and hope I don’t see my name in the Obits.
Prince of Tides, Pat Conroy’s semi-autobiographical book is very much worth reading.
For many years their words were also heard every week over the opening credits to hit television shows like 'Maude,' 'Good Times' and 'Alice.'....
If you like her "Theme from Maude" you'll love Maude Theme Extended Version.
Sorta sad when your claim to fame is the theme to MAUDE and writing the lyrics to a bad Striesand song. But I'm sure she was well paid.
"The Way we were" should be retitled "The way we NEVER were". I never bought Robert Redford mooning over Commie Babs. Talk about wish fufillment. The problem with Striesand movies is they're Entertainment product for a niche audience.
Their popularity has decreased as their niche audience has died out.
A line from "The Windmills of Your Mind": The color of her hair.
https://pbfcomics.com/comics/carolyn-vert/
"A line from "The Windmills of Your Mind": The color of her hair. https://pbfcomics.com/comics/carolyn-vert/
Nice cartoon.
When I hear "The color of her hair," I think, "Her voice was soft and cool/Her eyes were clear and bright/But she's not there..."
I can't watch anything Streisand's in or does.
The Queen of limousine liberals.
The girls in junior high swooned over James Brolin. He married Streisand and they stayed married. With all her many faults, she must have something going for her. I'm not a fan either, but not totally a hater.
Soon enough Streisand and Brolin will be gone, too. Chad Everett's already ten years dead.
I took a blind date to see 'Yentl'. We never saw each other again. I think it was because she thought I was some sort of metrosexual wuss for taking her to that movie.
Marilyn and her husband wrote Like a Lover, sung by Lani Hall for Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66. When Lani describes her lover, I swoon. The lyrics are magical.
I prefer the Bonzos’ “Canyons of Your Mind”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_HobJRse9A
And “What’s Up, Doc?” Is hilarious, a great Peter Bogdanovich movie, probably Ryan O’Neal’s most natural performance; plus Madeline Kahn in her major movie debut, plus the great Kenneth Mars. Babs is tolerable. And a car chase for the ages!
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