the thin man-dedicated to the great bill tilden-tony hayes

solo piano ,an homage to the great bill tilden,some great photos of him playing tennis,i actually wrote this tuneabout a tennis buddy of mine,kevin packer,who also was and is a very elegant tennis player and a thin man

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[soclarc]

Nabokov on Tilden's tennis: "...the divine delicacy of absolute power."

Me on Nigelxman: The bovine idiocy of absolute sour.

[daisymocc12]

@soclarc beautiful comment by vladamir

[Nigelxman]

Nice to know you guys appreciate a child molester.

[daisymocc12]

@Nigelxman ,i think i liked him for his tennis but he was a dreadful old queen

[RondelayAOK]

Refined pervert. For tennis, he contributed to the redefinition of "touch".

[spacecowboy95]

@daisymocc12 Hi, thank you for putting up this beautiful video filled with some rare Tilden photos that I've never seen before.

Tilden was important to me because my late dad grew up idolizing him in a sense and he would pass on stories to me about his prowess. I have all of Tilden's books, I'm 24 now.

Thanks again.

[Tonyhayes48]

i think he is the father of the modern game as much as anyone including the great bjorn borg

[shrinkucci]

I just read Deford's book and it was a revelation--I had no idea what a monster tennis player Big Bill (who was only 6' 1") was. He was by far the best at that time. He was to tennis as Louis Armstrong was to jazz--an innovator and genius. As far as "best of all time" It's impossible to decide such a thing--too many conflicting variables between generations to take into consideration. I separate his gay issue from his playing. He suffered enough pain about it--no need to add more posthumously.

[neldar624]

Tilden was, and will always be, the greatest; when it comes to tennis, his is the name above all names.

[soclarc]

daisymocc, Nabokov holds beautiful art is our only refuge--see last words of "Lolita"--including Tilden's tennis artistry. During Humbert Humbert's and Lolita's 1940s odyssey, Lolita takes a tennis lesson from a "grizzled veteran" Humbert recognizes from the 1920s, "Ned Litam." Spell backwards. Nabokov couldn't bring himself to identify Tilden directly in his oldster quandry of the day's provincialism. Tilden in the pathos his life is a metaphor for the novel.

[leosupercluster]

great tribute for the greatest tennis player of all time.. the real father of modern tennis, the one who revolutionized this sport more than anyone else in the history.

thanks for your upload

[soclarc]

@tom47usa  Great comment, Tom. Happy New Year to you, as well. Keep that indoor court going! Quite a shot by Fed I sent you earlier, eh?

--Soclarc