Subj : Any good stuff to listen to lately?
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Dec 17 2021 09:37 pm

Hello Wilfred van Velzen!

** On Saturday 11.12.21 - 18:19, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> I like the singer in the yellow top. I don't know what those
 AA>> two ladies were singing about, but they clearly demonstrated
 AA>> fine command of the voice and pitch.

 WvV> As a Canadian you don't know any French?

I had the top marks in French in high school!  ;)  ..but I  
never quite mastered conversational french.


 WvV> https://www.google.com/search?q=je+suis+malade+lyrics
 WvV> And click on "Translate to English".

I DL'd the files and watched them later on my TV.  The DL'd  
version does not have those subtitles.

 WvV> I think it's about a woman who is love sick.

Noted.


 AA>> I did not care too much for Anneke van Giersbergen - Jest Oldu
 AA>> too much. That voice was a bit too screetchy for me.

 WvV> It was better with the original video from the show where you could see
 WvV> the emotions of the people but that unfortunatly got blocked, because of
 WvV> a copyright claim by the original composer... I saved it so, if you...
 WvV> ;)

Sure!  You know what to do.   ;)


 WvV> Anneke is our grand lady of Rock, although she would probably be
 WvV> offended by that title. ;-)

 WvV> She was the inspiration for Floor Jansen to go in the same musical
 WvV> direction.

Ah.. interesting.


 WvV> Check out this one from the 25 anniversary concert with her original
 WvV> band:

 WvV> https://youtu.be/Y46Lft_BZxo

OK..  a lil'bit better.  But the music was a more significant  
element. She spent a lot of time just seemingly brooding over  
the music as the musicians were playing.

 WvV> Or this duet:

 WvV> https://youtu.be/ScjEJRIZGvg

 WvV> And tell me you still don't like her singing? ;-)

Ah.. definately a song about 2 love-sick or love-smitten  
females?

I'm still not quite convinced that she is a great singer. She  
definitely has talent and conviction, but.. something is still  
missing.

One Canadian rock/pop singer that made a fairly big splash  
during the last 80's is Luba.  The voice is baritone, but  
powerful.

Check out this live performance of one her hits:

https://youtu.be/zKr5-LWTU4o

I'll have to did up some other fine female singers that you may  
not have heard but might enjoy.
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