{"id":5215,"date":"2016-03-25T20:59:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T20:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=5215"},"modified":"2016-03-25T20:59:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T20:59:34","slug":"brotherhood-love-and-the-magic-of-youtube-they-cant-take-that-away-from-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2016\/03\/brotherhood-love-and-the-magic-of-youtube-they-cant-take-that-away-from-me.html","title":{"rendered":"Brotherhood, Love and the Magic of Youtube. They Can’t Take That Away from Me."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Having grown up watching every old movie ever made these images are in my DNA, part of my growing up, and live and breath in my heart. \u00a0When I stumble on some shared work from one of these movies my heart explodes with gratitude.<\/div>\n
\nSome of the most beautiful words and lyrics we have in the history of American Classical Music have been written by George and Ira Gershwin.\u00a0They Can’t Take That Away from Me<\/a>\u00a0written near the end of George Gershwin<\/a>‘s life\u00a0is wrapped with so much love and community, so much respect and reverence for talent and has lived on long past its introduction in Shall We Dance<\/a>, the 1937 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Drop into the magic with this clip, featuring this song at the end of the film (and because the YouTuber<\/a> missed the Dancing that does not happen in the 1937 film, edited in the promise fulfilled with the beautiful movement between the two that is featured in The Barkley’s of Broadway from 1949. \u00a0Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers shared a balance and harmony and joy of performing with the other. Their chemistry is unmistakeable and we are all the better for these reminders that the universe celebrates music and dancing, a perfect pairing.<\/div>\n
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