Dan Hill and Manny Pacquiao: How a knockout duet came to life
– 05/04/2011Posted in: Editor's Choice, Friends, Written by Dan Hill
Dan
Hill writes for The Globe and Mail about first hearing Manny Pacquiao
perform his song – and how their duet and their friendship came to be.
Dan Hill and Manny Pacquiao: How a knockout duet came to life
DAN HILL
From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
Published Tuesday, May. 03, 2011 6:00PM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, May. 04, 2011 12:27AM EDT
Nov. 3, 2009: My home in Toronto
“Oh my god, Dan! Get up here. Now!”
I’m in my basement studio, cutting a vocal, when my wife’s shout all
but shatters my headphones.
The last time Bev shrieked this loud was a
life-and-death situation, when a young man, armed and recently released
from jail, had tried to shake our family down for money.
This time, though, I find Bev hopping up and down in front of the
television like a tween watching Justin Bieber. A charismatic young man
is singing to talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel’s studio audience. Women of
all ages squirm, whoop and howl.
At last Bev says dreamily, “It’s Manny Pacquiao, the boxing champ. But don’t you recognize the song?”
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