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So, I'm watching a Pavarotti concert on Foxtel. I recorded this ages ago and had kind of put off watching it purely because MaxBabe doesn't like opera. Anyway, she's at hockey training tonight, and I was in the mood, so here we are. Anyway. Long story short.. Pavarotti was a bit of a show-pony wanker, wasn't he? I mean, no doubt he was an outstanding tenor. But he was a bit of wanker on stage. After each song, he stands on stage and grins like a madman at the crowd, nodding and waving his arms, encouraging them to clap. It's like there's a voice in his head screaming at the audience, "CLAP, DAMN YOU!!! GIVE ME APPLAUSE!!!! IDOLISE MEEEEEEEEEE!!!!". I reckon he would've been really high-maintenance.

In saying all of that.. damn, what a voice. I wish I'd had the opportunity to see him perform. Right now, he's belting out "Vesti La Giubba". No idea what it means or what it's about, but it doesn't matter. It's awfully good. He was a damn fine singer.