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Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby TCB-FAN » Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:27 am

In tribute to the Irish, Here's a couple of tunes by a little known Irish singer named Clodagh Rodgers.....Enjoy ! :)

Her singing style reminds me of Cilla Black,Dusty Springfield,Marianne Faithful and Sandy Shaw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o7rl2Hq8Sw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWrdlfHSOR4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBH2GKZodVs
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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby Mountain Mist » Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:38 am

TCB-FAN wrote:In tribute to the Irish, Here's a couple of tunes by a little known Irish singer named Clodagh Rodgers.....Enjoy ! :)

Her singing style reminds me of Cilla Black,Dusty Springfield,Marianne Faithful and Sandy Shaw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o7rl2Hq8Sw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWrdlfHSOR4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBH2GKZodVs




Loverly songs, Dearest - all new, which is fantastic, thankity thanks, lol :D :D :D I agree with you with regard to Clodagh's singing style :D

Tribute for St Patrick's Day - more songs from the Irish - from one of my favourite bands, The Corrs :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzerbXFwGCE


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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby TCB-FAN » Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:48 am

Wonderful pick MM. Never heard of The Corrs. They sound like a country band. New to me also....Thankittty Thankerrrs. :)
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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby Mountain Mist » Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:51 am

TCB-FAN wrote:Wonderful pick MM. Never heard of The Corrs. They sound like a country band. New to me also....Thankittty Thankerrrs. :)



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Ohhhhhhhhhh good - I love them - I shall share more, as time goes on, lol :D

Happy St Patrick's Day, lol :D


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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby TCB-FAN » Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:17 am

Dusty's loverly rendition of the classic ballad "If You Go Away". She's one of those unique songstress who can make one's heart skip a beat whenever she sings a ballad like this one......written by Rod McKuen & Jacques Brel.

From 1967. Enjoy ! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyCVxPEPx5Y


Back story behind this song......

A sad but hopeful ballad, the lyrics are told from the perspective of someone telling their lover how much they'd be missed if they left. This is described in vivid, hyperbolic terms, such as "there'll be nothing left in the world to trust". If the lover stays, the narrator promises them both devotion and good times ("I'll make you a day / Like no day has been, or will be again"). Some lines show that the narrator is speaking to the lover as they are already leaving, or considering doing so ("Can I tell you now, as you turn to go..."). The lines "If you go, as I know you will" and later "...as I know you must" make clear that despite the narrator's protests, the lover's leaving is inevitable.

McKuen's translation is significantly different from the original Brel lyric. The English version is based around contrasting what would happen "if you go away" and what could happen "if you stay".

In the original French version, the singer begs for his lover not to leave him and is more supplicant and almost self-humiliating (the title "Ne me quitte pas" translates "Do not leave me"). Significant is the last image of the French version; although the McKuen version has lyrics that come close to the original sentiment, the French lyrics are far bleaker (as is the song in general): "Let me become the shadow of your shadow, the shadow of your hand, the shadow of your dog" (lit. translation of the original) as opposed to "I'd have been the shadow of your shadow if I thought it might have kept me by your side" (English lyrics).

The English version omits a section of the original version in which the singer begs his lover to give their relationship a second chance, using examples derived from the natural world: "I will tell you of those lovers who saw their hearts catch fire twice;" "Fire has often been seen gushing out of an ancient volcano we thought too old"; "There are, people say, burnt lands that produce more wheat than the best of Aprils".
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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby TCB-FAN » Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:46 am

The Pretenders -- Back On The Chain Gang (1982)
Vocals : Chrissie Hynde
Bass : Tony Butler

Play this tune almost every morning on my way to work......back on the chain gang (back in the rat race).....lol :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radFwHzD-PM
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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby Mountain Mist » Mon Mar 21, 2016 1:38 am

TCB-FAN wrote:Dusty's loverly rendition of the classic ballad "If You Go Away". She's one of those unique songstress who can make one's heart skip a beat whenever she sings a ballad like this one......written by Rod McKuen & Jacques Brel.

From 1967. Enjoy ! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyCVxPEPx5Y


Back story behind this song......

A sad but hopeful ballad, the lyrics are told from the perspective of someone telling their lover how much they'd be missed if they left. This is described in vivid, hyperbolic terms, such as "there'll be nothing left in the world to trust". If the lover stays, the narrator promises them both devotion and good times ("I'll make you a day / Like no day has been, or will be again"). Some lines show that the narrator is speaking to the lover as they are already leaving, or considering doing so ("Can I tell you now, as you turn to go..."). The lines "If you go, as I know you will" and later "...as I know you must" make clear that despite the narrator's protests, the lover's leaving is inevitable.

McKuen's translation is significantly different from the original Brel lyric. The English version is based around contrasting what would happen "if you go away" and what could happen "if you stay".

In the original French version, the singer begs for his lover not to leave him and is more supplicant and almost self-humiliating (the title "Ne me quitte pas" translates "Do not leave me"). Significant is the last image of the French version; although the McKuen version has lyrics that come close to the original sentiment, the French lyrics are far bleaker (as is the song in general): "Let me become the shadow of your shadow, the shadow of your hand, the shadow of your dog" (lit. translation of the original) as opposed to "I'd have been the shadow of your shadow if I thought it might have kept me by your side" (English lyrics).

The English version omits a section of the original version in which the singer begs his lover to give their relationship a second chance, using examples derived from the natural world: "I will tell you of those lovers who saw their hearts catch fire twice;" "Fire has often been seen gushing out of an ancient volcano we thought too old"; "There are, people say, burnt lands that produce more wheat than the best of Aprils".



I agree, Dearest, Dusty does make one's heart skip a beat. I can feel the emotion that Dusty places into the song immediately, she makes one feel so forlorn over the possibility of losing the loved one, so well :(

Dusty was a wonderful story teller :D :D :D

Thank you, a wonderful pick and a sad and emotional back story - the metaphors... :D



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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby Mountain Mist » Mon Mar 21, 2016 1:44 am

TCB-FAN wrote:The Pretenders -- Back On The Chain Gang (1982)
Vocals : Chrissie Hynde
Bass : Tony Butler

Play this tune almost every morning on my way to work......back on the chain gang (back in the rat race).....lol :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radFwHzD-PM



:D :D :D Good song! :D :D :D :D


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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby Colin B » Mon Mar 21, 2016 6:12 am

TCB-FAN wrote:The Pretenders -- Back On The Chain Gang (1982)
Vocals : Chrissie Hynde
Bass : Tony Butler

Play this tune almost every morning on my way to work......back on the chain gang (back in the rat race).....lol :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radFwHzD-PM


...and Chrissie Hynde looks so sexy...
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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby TCB-FAN » Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:06 pm

Colin B wrote:
TCB-FAN wrote:The Pretenders -- Back On The Chain Gang (1982)
Vocals : Chrissie Hynde
Bass : Tony Butler

Play this tune almost every morning on my way to work......back on the chain gang (back in the rat race).....lol :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radFwHzD-PM


...and Chrissie Hynde looks so sexy...



Her musical style and mannerisms reminds me of Deborah Harry (Blondie).
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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby Colin B » Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:10 pm

Colin B wrote:...and Chrissie Hynde looks so sexy...
TCB-FAN wrote:Her musical style and mannerisms reminds me of Deborah Harry (Blondie).


Yes - They both don't just sing a song..................... they attack it !
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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby TCB-FAN » Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:57 pm

Here's another pretty ballad by Canadian singer Susan Jacks from 1973. It's called "Greenfields". Originally recorded by the Brothers Four. Enjoy !


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-dcTvHJcp8
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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby Mountain Mist » Tue Mar 22, 2016 3:46 am

TCB-FAN wrote:Here's another pretty ballad by Canadian singer Susan Jacks from 1973. It's called "Greenfields". Originally recorded by the Brothers Four. Enjoy !


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-dcTvHJcp8




A very pretty ballad, Susan Jacks ha a loverly voice, too, she sings with so much feeling.

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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby TCB-FAN » Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:13 am

Eva Cassidy -- Song Bird & Tennessee Waltz

I thought I'd post a 2fer by this loverly singer. Hard not to get goosebumps when listening to her voice.......RIP Eva.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTNLYeaL7No

Colin posted a snippet of this earlier.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkT_p2Xvy7s
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Re: Song Pick Of The Day ♪♫

Postby Mountain Mist » Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:15 am

TCB-FAN wrote:Eva Cassidy -- Song Bird & Tennessee Waltz

I thought I'd post a 2fer by this loverly singer. Hard not to get goosebumps when listening to her voice.......RIP Eva.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTNLYeaL7No

Colin posted a snippet of this earlier.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkT_p2Xvy7s



I love Eva, too, Dearest, she also gives me goosebumps. RIP lovely, talented, gentle, lady.

I've just discovered a beautiful song that Eva sung, "A Red, Red, Rose" which was originally a 1794 song in Scots by Robert Burns, who preserved "A Red, Red Rose" along with "Auld Lang Syne" and 300 other songs, for posterity.

Bob Dylan, when asked for the source of his greatest creative inspiration, selected "A Red, Red Rose's", lyrics as those that had the biggest effect on his life.

I have to agree with Mr Dylan, "A Red, Red Rose" is highly evocative and to me, perfect to portray one's feelings, with versus such as, "I will come to you again,10000 miles" along with versus mentioning rocks melting and seas running dry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arCs2Lw1Nu8


I just found that Eva also sang the beautiful Irish song, "Danny Boy" :D :D :D (makes me cry that one).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSKM0YiU8LU


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