Friday, February 17, 2012

Friday Jukebox: Poison and Wine

Remember where I talked about simple voice putting across a beautiful song?

Simply lovely.(Sorry for the ad, but it's worth waiting through, and h/t to Krugman, wherein I first heard this)

And this is for Lisa, with the gentle thoughts of another hopeful romantic.
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7 comments:

  1. Lisa2/18/2012 08:03:00 AM

    Oh, it absolutely is simply lovely, moving and true. Sung with feeling and understanding.

    Thank you for sharing.

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  2. Leon2/18/2012 04:33:00 PM

    That was quite lovely chief, I'm gonna have to look through their works.

    Since I'm currently sitting on my Canadian hobby horse I'd like to toss out a Canadian artist who deserves more awareness: Loreena McKennitt
    Lady of Shalott
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0rVNQw1DQM
    Unfortunately it's not an official video (can't find one). It's also a bit long but that's how we roll in Canuckistan.

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  3. Lisa2/18/2012 10:07:00 PM

    Leon,

    a lovely voice and a great poem.

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  4. FDChief2/19/2012 05:48:00 PM

    Lisa: you're welcome.

    Leon: Lovely! Thank you! I love the Tennyson in print, and this is a gorgeous adaptation. And it's not "long"...it's as long as it needs to be. God forbid that the rest of us force our music into the 3:45 pop song length demanded by the wasteland of FM radio...

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  5. Leon2/19/2012 05:50:00 PM

    She also does a song version of "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes.

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  6. FDChief2/20/2012 10:36:00 AM

    One thing I'd like to draw your attention to; the final moments of the video, after the last note has ceased, and the two musicians sit for a moment, and barely glance at each other, and exchange a little nod and thoughtful smiles.

    The interesting thing is that these two are not in any way together romantically - each has an inamorata and a completely separate emotional life. But at that moment they have a sort of connection beyond mere emotion.

    That's power. There just seems to be something about the fusion of words and music that lies deep within a whole lot of us.

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  7. Leon2/20/2012 12:55:00 PM

    Thanks for pointing it out, I assumed they were a couple also.

    On a lighter note, I stumbled across an Ukrainian folk-rock band doing a cover of Bon Jovi's "It's My Life".
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oRVhooUQwrM

    I love the internets sometimes.

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