TO LIVE AND LOVE WITH ABANDON

podsjetilo me na davne dane
pa sam si jednom za svagda razriješila enigmu Alexa Račića :)))))

(iako ja mislim da ga se osobno sjećam iz jako mladih dana
negdje sa samog početka osamdesetih....
ali ne vjerujem sama sebi puno :-P )

Guglala, i izguglala:



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LOVE AT FIRST SOUND
MUNICH - Singer Bibi Johns (79) and her partner, the musician Alex Racic (39), are now 120 years old together.
But the age difference is not an issue for them for a long time.
In the AZ interview they talk about their lives, their love and their songs.
January 15, 2009 - 4:55 pm | Evening News






AZ: Ms. Johns, it's a milestone birthday for you...

BIBI JOHNS: ...on the 21st Alex has three days before.
He'll be 40, I'll be 40 twice. I prefer to say it that way because 80,
even if it's just a number, sounds scary.

ALEX RACIC: We're celebrating our 120th birthday


You met on a cruise twelve years ago. Was it love at first sight?

B.J.: More like the first note.
I was fascinated by the sensitive way in which this very young pianist played Liszt, Schumann and other classics.

A.R.: When I heard Bibi singing “Et maintenant” by Gilbert Bécaud during rehearsal,
I found the petite woman with the beautiful voice simply sensational.

Did you stay together from then on?


B.J.: Actually, yes - even if he first went back to Vienna and I to Munich.
I got a love letter from him every day, beautiful, sweet letters - although his German wasn't that good back then.
Poetic letters that I first thought he didn't write himself, he read somewhere. But they were original texts.

A.R.: I think letters are important. If Bibi gets up before me - I'm a night person - she'll still find one today.

Was the age difference an issue for you initially?

B. J.: At first I was a bit – shall we say – cautious. But Alex convinced me.

A.R.: For me there was no doubt that she is the woman for me.

You, Mrs. Johns, were married to star director Michael Pfleghar and had partners after him.

B.J.: (impishly): I'm 80.

What does Alex have that the others didn't?


B.J.: He's romantic, very, very thoughtful, and no matter how busy he is, he's always there for me.
I haven't had that until now. And he doesn't look bad.

And you, Alex - did you have a great love before Bibi?

A.R.: I wasn't that open to relationships.
I practiced the piano like crazy, gave concerts, developed in a different direction than other young people.
If there were dreams, they have come true several times with Bibi.

Do you often talk about what Bibi used to do - about her appearances with stars like Tom Jones?

B.J.: I had an exciting life. But I'm not attached to what was.

A.R.: I didn't know any of the popular music names, including Bibis.
But I realized right away that she doesn't sing cheap hits.
And I'm happy when old films of hers are shown in the afternoon program
- like her favorite film "When Women swindle" recently.
Then we spend a few comfortable hours.

How do you celebrate your birthdays?

B.J.: The two of us in a holiday hotel on a lake, the exact destination won't be revealed.

And how's the music going?

B.J.: I don't have any concert dates at the moment - I would also like to perform only here in the area.
Traveling is too tiring for me.

You work together with three jazz musicians.

B.J.: We have a program with swing, a medley with my old hits and folk songs.
It's just hard to get engagements - the technology and everything that goes with it has become too expensive for many.
Sometimes I think about painting again.

A.R.: I'd rather not (he smiles). When Bibi is painting, I can't reach her for hours or days, locking herself in her studio.
We haven't been used to that for twelve years.

Interview: Lotte Holetz







Ajde, ljudi moji,
pa nije to sve skupa tako strašno :)))
Ima i nezgodnijih stvari. :))))))