Last year More 4 screened a documentary following the Young@Heart chorus touring round Europe.
This is no ordinary choir, all the members are above the age of about 75 (one of the first members had fought at the Battle of the Somme as a 16 year old) and they sing well known cover versions by the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Ramones and Frank Sinatra. I wanted to write about this before but i couldn't find any footage of the documentary. However, i received an email alert recently with a link to some footage on You Tube.
This is a clip of one of the most moving parts of a truly moving documentary. Fred Knittle and Bob Salvini, two members of the chorus, were scheduled to sing a duet of Coldplay's "Fix You" during the tour but Bob passed away in the run up to the show, so Fred had to sing the song on his own. I'm not a big Coldplay fan, but Fix You is a one of their best songs, which becomes even better in the context of Fred, Bob, and the whole Young@Heart chorus, who prove that it is never to late to do something great.
Magical stuff. You can download the track, and learn a bit more about Fred Knittle, here.
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