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“The Lady Is A Tramp”, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett

"Alexa play some music by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga," says I.

I could have asked, “Play something by two artists at the top of their games but separated in age by about 60 years“ or “Play a song that will make me laugh and cry with joy and admiration at the camaraderie between two artists, confident of and using every element in their each of their deep musical repertoires“ or “Play a song by two artists whose synergy together is powerful enough to split an atom“.

In a digital heartbeat Alexa loads up a 2011 version of “That’s Why The Lady Is A Tramp“.

The irony that Bennett has Alzheimer’s Disease and is singing on sheer instinct ignited by the chemistry with his friend Lady Gaga makes me cry and cheer from the first moment of this shot out of a cannon duet.

https://ladygaga.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lady_Is_a_Tramp_(song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_Is_a_Tramp

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tony-bennett-lady-gaga-alzheimers-disease-60-minutes-2022-06-26/    ...by the way, Bennett was 95 years old at the time of the concert.

“The Lady Is A Tramp”, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett

"Alexa play some music by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga," says I.

I could have asked, “Play something by two artists at the top of their games but separated in age by about 60 years“ or “Play a song that will make me laugh and cry with joy and admiration at the camaraderie between two artists, confident of and using every element in their each of their deep musical repertoires“ or “Play a song by two artists, whose synergy together is powerful enough to split an atom.“

In a digital heartbeat Alexa loads up a 2011 version of “That’s Why The Lady Is A Tramp“.

The irony that Bennett has Alzheimer’s Disease and is singing on sheer instinct ignited by his chemistry with his friend Lady Gaga makes me cry and cheer from the first moment of this shot out of a cannon duet.

https://ladygaga.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lady_Is_a_Tramp_(song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_Is_a_Tramp

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tony-bennett-lady-gaga-alzheimers-disease-60-minutes-2022-06-26/    ...by the way, Bennett was 95 years old at the time of the concert.