Crossover Music, Easy Listening, & Light Classical

[Condobloke]

 

[wizardfromoz]

I put most of my Australian Idol offerings in Rock Roxx but I am putting this one here, because it is such a pretty song, and yes, I have watched Twilight.

John Van Beek

 

[Condobloke]

And this is the last of my collected Andrea Bocelli,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3jfIcCCaq0&list=PLS7pJHWEeM_QsSygOO80wOBqABeYPw1Up&index=42

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60euxXvw5aA&list=PLS7pJHWEeM_QsSygOO80wOBqABeYPw1Up&index=43

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzs8XZ87EHI&list=PLS7pJHWEeM_QsSygOO80wOBqABeYPw1Up&index=44

 

[Condobloke]

Something different....just for a change

 

[Condobloke]

nd again....not what we are used to....

 

[Condobloke]

 

[KGIII]

I flippin' love me some Nina Simone.

I sometimes tell a story about one of the weirdest driving experiences in my life...

I went to the UK for a while. I was supposed to be there for six months but it was not quite that long.

I'm from the US. We drive in the right lane. My manual shift rental car had the steering wheel on the right. Well, I took a ferry to France where I was now in a right-hand driving manual car but back in the right lane.

It was just so surreal, so bizarre...

Anyway, my foray into France was to go see none other than Nina Simone perform at a really small night club.

I'd do this a couple of times, but only once did I go to see her. I also went to visit Jim's grave, among some other things. I'd also go to Belgium to do 'touristy' things like respecting history by visiting the Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial/ I think that's the correct title. I've been to all sorts of similar things, but I think that's right.

As an aside, and this is history so let's not make it politics, I visited other memorials in the area. The American contribution was very small when compared to the number of deaths. Many, many young lives were lost in that area.

 

[Condobloke]

 

[Condobloke]

 

[KGIII]

It helps to know the context of this song. It was from a time of unrest in the US as black people (of which I am part, and an era that I do indeed remember from personal experience) were fighting for their civil rights. While I'd love to dive into this deeper, we're just gonna have to listen to the music.

Amusingly, when she finally moved to France one of her first public statements was something to the effect of, "Well, if you want to see me, you're just going to have to come over here. I'm not going back no more." This song is from one of her defined eras known as the 'Civil Rights Era'. If one needs to research this, they certainly can. If one wants to discuss this, we're not the platform for that.

Music does that. It often speaks of the politics, the religion, the relationships, and things of that nature. We allow it as music but we sure can't go discussing it with any hope of keeping things from going off the rails.

 

[wm460]

And this is the last of my collected Andrea Bocelli,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3jfIcCCaq0&list=PLS7pJHWEeM_QsSygOO80wOBqABeYPw1Up&index=42

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60euxXvw5aA&list=PLS7pJHWEeM_QsSygOO80wOBqABeYPw1Up&index=43

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzs8XZ87EHI&list=PLS7pJHWEeM_QsSygOO80wOBqABeYPw1Up&index=44

I like Helene Fisher.

 

[Condobloke]

Marlon Williams, with Paul Kelly

 

[Condobloke]

Marlon Williams...

"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"​

 

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