Melancholia

"Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe"


(I am standing with one foot in the grave),

Saturday, November 22, 2014

First Love - Utada Hikaru 宇多田 ヒカル (cover) MusicByVivi + lyrics



I Love You So - Lehar's "The Merry Widow" 이원준&이종미(Korean Soprano & Tenor)

Uploaded on Feb 14, 2011

I Love You So - Lehar's "The Merry Widow" 이원준&이종미(Korean Soprano & Tenor)
Die Lustige Witwe
즐거운 미망인
喜歌劇「メリーウィドウ」- 楽しい未亡人
Hanna : Soprano 이종미 Lee jong-Mi
Count Danilo : Tenor 이원준 Lee Won-Jun
UiJungBu Municipal Opera Chorus
KBS Orchestra
13rd,FEb,2011.KBS Music Hall,Seoul Korea.

Trivia : My Explanation is for the outside of South Korea,
Tenor Won-Jun Lee, He is a professor of Vocal Music of HanYang UNIV in Korea.
Soprano Lee Jong-Mi is a Juilliard School Graduate in the dim past .
Also She is a Very Famous Soprano in Korea.
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Sumi Jo & Safina - I love you so (from 'The Merry Widow by F.Lehar)

Published on Jul 5, 2014
The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe) is an operetta by the Austro--Hungarian composer Franz Lehár.(wikipedia)
Dec.2003.Seoul,Korea. 경희대학교 평화의 전당.
Conductor : 최선용
Ukraine Pop Symphony Orchestra.
From her DVD "Dear Bernstein:Broadway Musical Highlight"
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Friday, November 21, 2014

Jimmy Reed - I'm going Upside Your Head




Kathleen Battle sings "Summertime" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess


Strauss - Kathleen Battle - Frühlingsstimmen - Voices of Spring






Kathleen Battle-Creole Love Song




Odetta - Mr. Tambourine Man


Uploaded on Oct 9, 2011
Lyrics:

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you

Though I know that evening's empire
Has returned into sand
Vanished from my hand
Left me blindly here to stand
But still not sleeping

My weariness amazes me
I am branded on my feet
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's
Too dead for dreaming

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you

Take me on a trip upon your
Magic swirling ship
My senses have been stripped
My hands can't feel to grip
My toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering

I'm ready to go anywhere
I am ready for to fade
Into my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you

Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging
Madly through the sun
It's not aimed at anyone
It's just escaping on the run
And but for the sky, there are no fences facing

And if you hear vague traces
Of skipping reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time
I wouldn't pay it any mind
It's just a ragged clown behind
And if to you he looks blind
I wouldn't worry, it's just a shadow that you are seeing that he's chasing

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you

Then take me disappearing
Through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time
Far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, sheltered trees
Out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea
Circled by the circus sands
Driving memory and fate
Deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you
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Odetta- Weepin' Willow Blues




Odetta - Livin' with the blues


Uploaded on Jan 25, 2010
Odetta is one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century. By combining the power and grace of an opera singer with the earthiness of a blues singer and the conviction of a folk singer, Odetta became a commanding, stirring singer unlike any other.




Odetta released her first album, Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, in 1956. This is some two years before the beginning of the folk revival with which she is usually associated. The power of her singing seems to connect her to an earlier folk music, more elemental and raw than her late-50s and early-60s peers. Unlike the Highwaymen or other popular interrupters of classic folk songs, Odetta seems closer in both approach and presentation to Leadbelly. Her interest in folk music appeared to be less of a personal "revival" or awakening, than a continuation of a living tradition. She was referred to as the "female Leadbelly."

Bob Dylan was major inspired by Odetta - - in 1956 her album, "ODETTA Sings Ballads & Blues," inspired him to trade in his electric guitar for a Gibson acoustic guitar,and got him into folk .


Livin' With The Blues collects a number of Odetta's blues songs recorded for Vanguard during the 1960s, including several that have been previously unreleased. The majority of the songs feature Odetta singing and playing guitar with bassist Bill Lee holding up the bottom end. The other material includes Odetta singing folk and blues with piano, bass, and drum accompaniment.






Odetta Holmes - Tomorrow Is A Long Time



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