HAPPY BIRTHDAY, дорогой, самый любимый, самый сверкающе-зубчиковый, самый мико-бросающий, самый обаятельный, самый мягкий и низенький, самый прелестный непотолочный кузен! ооооооууууууееееее! 59 лет - чудесный возраст (правда не знаю, чем он так чудесен, кроме того, что столько лет Полу)))) )

как поётся в одной прекрасной песне -

Now they got new band-member
He’s just come out of jail
He doesn’t shave too much these days
What a plaintive fairy-tale
© Princess

Ну что тут ещё сказать? Уверена, вся огромная семья присоединится с поздравлениями)) Надеюсь, что Пол будет долго-долго ещё выступать, и однажды снова приедет к нам) Конечно, лучше всего с Брайаном и Роджером, но и ему одному я буду очень рада!

(а вот таким молоденьким подзаборным половичком он был когда-то.... ))) )
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Влезла на его сайт, чтоб поздравить, а потом заинтересовалась, что в разделе Merchandise…. Лучше б я не видела этого!!! Футболочки с сердечками!!!! ))))
+ наткнулась на его свадебную фотографию))))
+ ещё пошарилась, вот что я нашла) Такой смешной трогательный Пол)) Так и вижу, как он говорит всё это! )) И вытирает нос, да)
Это черновик его речи с какой-то церемонии награждения или чего-то такого, там по тексту поймёте (я не очень))) ). + сорри за капслок, но перепечатывать это всё сил нет)

WIPE NOSE!

RUN TONGUE OVER TEETH -- TWICE!

REMOVE SUNGLASSES!

WAIT FOR APPLAUSE

GOOX XXXXXXXXX -- XX --I CAN'T BELIEXX XXXXXXX

HELLO, MY NAME IS PAUL RODGERS, AND I USED TO BE IN A LITTLE BAND CALLED BAD COMPANY. (WAIT FOR LAUGH!)

NOW I'M IN A LITTLE BAND CALLED QUEEN. (WAIT FOR LAUGH)

AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WHY BOB SEGER IS THE FIRST ROCK STAR TO BE INDUCTED IN TO THE RTH FOYER OF FAME.

Follow up:

I'VE BEEN IN A BUNCH OF BANDS WITH GREAT GUITARISTS (WAIT FOR LAUGH) -- FROM PAUL KOSSOFF (PAUSE, REMEMBER TO LOOK UP TOWARDS "HEAVEN") TO MICK RALPHS, AND, NOW, TO BRIAN MAY. AND (PAUSE) THEY ALL THINK THEY'RE THE REASON WHY FOLKS BUY RECORDS, SWITCH ON THE RADIO -- I GUESS I SHOULD SAY VIDEO... OR IS THAT YOUTUBE THESE DAYS? (LAUGH) -- AND COME OUT TO SEE THE SHOW.

(PAUSE)

BUT THEY'RE WRONG. I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY GETS PEOPLE GROOVING... THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY GETS FOLKS TO SIT UP AND PAY ATTENTION... QUITE FRANKLY, THE ONLY THING THAT CAN SAVE A MEDIOCRE SONG, IF NECESSARY... IS A DYNAMITE VOCAL.

I DON'T MIND SAYING: I SHOULD KNOW. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CUED UP YOUR COPY OF "RUN WITH THE PACK," OR "BURNIN' SKY"? SURE, WE HAD A GREAT BAND, BUT -- THERE'S MORE THAN JUST A SPOONFUL OF PAUL RODGERS IN THERE, PEOPLE.

BOB SEGER KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IT'S TRUE, HIS EARLY, OUT-OF-PRINT ALBUMS HAVE AN INTENSITY, A RAW POWER-- NOT TO MENTION A HUGE SOUND -- THAT HIS LATER MATERIAL WAS NEVER ABLE TO CAPTURE. (WAIT FOR APPLAUSE)

AM I RIGHT? (WAIT FOR APPLAUSE) HOW ABOUT THOSE EARLY RECORDS? (PAUSE) HEY, CAPITOL, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA RE-ISSUE THOSE ALBUMS, GUYS? (WAIT FOR APPLAUSE)

BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT MOST OF THE REASON BEHIND THOSE EARLY RECORDS' HUGENESS WAS BOB HIMSELF. IMAGINE "RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN" WITH JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE BEHIND THE MIC, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. (WAIT FOR LAUGHTER/APPLAUSE)

SURE, THE GUY IS A SONGWRITER. YOU KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT. GENERAL MOTORS KNOWS THAT. (WAIT FOR LAUGHTER) AND HIS SONGS -- "MAIN STREET," "TURN THE PAGE," "AGAINST THE WIND," AND MANY, MANY MORE -- HAVE WHAT WE CALL 'STAYING POWER' IN THE BIZ. BUT THE MAIN REASON BOB IS HERE IS BECAUSE HE'S FOR REAL. HE BELIEVES. AND HE'S CONSISTENT. THESE DAYS, HE MAY TAKE SEVEN YEARS BETWEEN ALBUMS, BUT YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT NEXT ALBUM TO DELIVER THE SOLID-ROCKIN', STRAIGHT-TALKIN', STEADY-WALKIN', GUITAR-SQUAWKIN' GROOVES YOU'VE COME TO EXPECT FROM BOB FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.

LET'S FACE IT: AS "GROWN-UP" AS HIS ALBUMS HAVE BECOME OVER THE YEARS, ONE THING HAS NEVER CHANGED -- AND THAT'S BOB SEGER'S BELIEF IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE, HEALING POWER OF ROCK AND ROLL. YOU CAN HEAR IT IN HIS VOICE. HE MEANS IT. HE LOVES IT. HE'S THE DOCTOR, PEOPLE. HE'S HERE TO HELP. HE'S HERE TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER. SO ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES, PEOPLE. ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND GET YOURSELF A SHOT OF RHYTHM AND BLUES. THE BOB SEGER TOUR BUS HAS JUST ROLLED IN FROM DETROIT CITY (APPLAUSE)... THE *MOTOR* CITY (APPLAUSE)... AND IT IS MY HIGH HONOR THIS EVENING, HERE IN FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY, TO INDUCT HIM INTO THE RTH ROCK AND ROLL FOYER OF FAME!

(WAIT FOR BOB, REMEMBER TO SHAKE HAND AND PRESENT TROPHY. NO SMALL TALK! STEP TO THE *LEFT*)

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