Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: Liking it So You Don’t Have To #5 – Another Song

I've heard that song before, on TV as well. It is ...

2009-09-13T03:23:00.667+01:00

I've heard that song before, on TV as well. It is mesmerizing. Not what I would think of first in a list of my top songs. There are some songs, one by Anne Murray, which make me remember being really homesick for my Mother, my home, my country, that I still bawl when I hear it.

Not a hope, Hope. Stick with me eh? This old pla...

2009-09-12T17:52:23.025+01:00

Not a hope, Hope.

Stick with me eh? This old place is very important to me and I ain't never giving it up.

I thought perhaps we just scared you away because ...

2009-09-12T16:30:51.209+01:00

I thought perhaps we just scared you away because the majority AGREED with you about the song. :)

Or that you'd been swept off to Hollywood and your people would've been contacting we people. ;)

Thank you all, thank you all for your comments on ...

2009-09-11T20:27:44.656+01:00

Thank you all, thank you all for your comments on this. I've been a little distracted but I'm here, I'm here. Usually this level of distraction results in a substantial piece of completed writing so let's hope that's the case here too.

Reese: It's a good guess but it's not what I had in mind. Sorry about that. I wrote about my favorite book...

Now... better try for a new post before this place falls apart altogether. :)

Anyone who liked the songs of the musical Les Mise...

2009-09-11T13:46:40.258+01:00

Anyone who liked the songs of the musical Les Miserables should be ready to make the step up to the even more beautiful songs -- of course, they call them arias -- of Wolfie Mozart.
As for Les Miserables, did you see the sequel, MORE Miserables?

The song is okay, but for me, wasn't the standout ...

2009-09-09T17:50:48.390+01:00

The song is okay, but for me, wasn't the standout from Les Mis. Les Mis is my favorite musical (that's right, ahead of Phantom, and ahead of Mamma Mia!) I think the youtube version is okay, but seeing it live is when the chills run up and down my spine. To me, the showstopper and best song from Les Mis is "On My Own." It's one of the most original, poignant and poetic songs I've ever heard. "The End of the Day" is rousing and fun, "I Dreamed A Dream" is another highlight. "Drink with Me" has all the Nostalgia a fraternity or family reunion could ever hope for. But again, all these songs are best when performed and seen live.

You know me, I can't pass up a contest. The Girl...

2009-09-08T17:09:56.537+01:00

You know me, I can't pass up a contest. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.....

This isn't the only song Colm sings that gives me ...

2009-09-07T14:19:34.795+01:00

This isn't the only song Colm sings that gives me tingles.(Listen to him sing 'Gethsemane' or 'Summertime'). But I think you're right about the vulnerability in the falsetto in this one. I've never heard anyone sing it as well as him, but then, it was written especially for him.

Yup, I was transfixed - I think that's the word - ...

2009-09-06T11:50:32.252+01:00

Yup, I was transfixed - I think that's the word - though I think more by him than the song. I'm going to have to hear it again. Maybe I'll get my revelation years down the road, same as you.

Oh this cursed dial-up; I can't see YouTube videos...

2009-09-05T20:26:47.438+01:00

Oh this cursed dial-up; I can't see YouTube videos anymore. I miss the high-speed too much these days!

My college days were spent immersed in French Literature, including the works of Monsieur Hugo. Imagination my horror at hearing they'd done a MUSICAL of Les Miserables. Tch. I've never seen it, probably never will....burnout maybe? LOL

I went to see Les Miserables last year after havin...

2009-09-03T21:45:31.268+01:00

I went to see Les Miserables last year after having previously been iffy about it, and then absolutely loved it. And cried quick a bit during it too (mostly to 'On My Own', but this one got tears too).

I have absolutely no shame in liking musicals, or in letting them tug at my emotions. (Rachel, I cry at bits of Evita too.)

I LOVE this song! Like you, the first time I hear...

2009-09-03T17:46:00.420+01:00

I LOVE this song! Like you, the first time I heard it, it gave me chills. At the time I wondered if it was due to the who and why of it being sung.

A week after 9/11 a man sang it live on an American morning news show. [The Today Show]. He was a N.Y. City Policeman named Daniel Rodriguez with the most beautiful tenor voice. He went on to become an opera singer, which was his dream.

Every time I hear that song I get a lump in my throat and it has nothing to do with 9/11. It's the thought of "No, spare him, take me instead" that gets to me. Colm's version was just as spine tingling for me. Thank you. :)

Colm has a lovely voice. I will be looking for ot...

2009-09-03T15:52:23.204+01:00

Colm has a lovely voice. I will be looking for other selections that he performs, that's how much I liked it. thanks for sharing.

I'm going to go all esoteric here, but you did ask...

2009-09-03T11:01:20.812+01:00

I'm going to go all esoteric here, but you did ask. I have mentioned several times on my blog how much I struggle with (a.k.a. hate) opera. And I do. Big time. And yet in my music collection you'll find a copy of Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schoenberg. I found a decent version on YouTube because all the words in the world can't really describe sprechstimme, the vocal style used by the soprano. Now why this wailing woman gets to me I have no idea but what I do remember is a televised version when the singer clambers around a giant climbing frame and for some reason I was utterly captivated by the whole thing and this song-cycle still reaches places that other vocal pieces can't. And I can't explain it. But odds are you'll hate it.

As for Les Miserables, it was on TV sometime and I seem to recall watching some of it and wondering who the hell would pay to listen to it. It's probably one of those musicals you need to listen to several times for it to grow on you. Great set design mind.

I've never seen this musical or indeed heard this ...

2009-09-03T09:37:01.850+01:00

I've never seen this musical or indeed heard this song. Can't say it stirs me but I can see why it might stir others.
It's interesting which songs from the shows stir up emotions for each of us. I always get tearful to 'Confidence in me' from 'The Sound of Music'! And there's the odd bit of 'Evita' I like too (though Covington versions only please).
x

It does it for me too. And I loved the whole musi...

2009-09-03T07:59:39.997+01:00

It does it for me too. And I loved the whole musical, when it played in Melbourne some ten years ago.

This is gorgeous..no shame should be involved in l...

2009-09-03T02:26:03.286+01:00

This is gorgeous..no shame should be involved in liking it..

Peace -Rene

I think it's absolutely gorgeous, but then bits of...

2009-09-03T00:50:39.766+01:00

I think it's absolutely gorgeous, but then bits of me are Irish too. I don't think nationality has much to do with it though....and who gives a flying fuquetart if others do NOT like it...it's what speaks to you, and that, my friend, is ALL that matters! XO