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
TCB-FAN wrote:Wonderful pick MM. Never heard of The Corrs. They sound like a country band. New to me also....Thankittty Thankerrrs.
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".
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radFwHzD-PM
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radFwHzD-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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radFwHzD-PM
...and Chrissie Hynde looks so sexy...
Colin B wrote:...and Chrissie Hynde looks so sexy...
TCB-FAN wrote:Her musical style and mannerisms reminds me of Deborah Harry (Blondie).
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
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
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