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Article #15Re: Songs about birds
From: Urs Stafford
Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 22:28
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Bernie, I think the cover of Blackbird you're referring to might be Sarah McLachlan's one from the "I am Sam" soundtrack? Or possibly the one from "Across the Universe", sung by Evan Rachel Wood? Both versions are fantastic and very ecto-friendly. Cheers, Urs. -- We come from everywhere. Speak peace and welcome home. On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Bernie Mojzes <brni@kappamaki.com> wrote: > Yes, brilliant song. > > There is also the Beatles "Blackbird" which is lovely just as it is, but > there is a very slow, haunting version by a female vocalist that I can't > find now. > > However, I did find this, that I didn't know existed: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=CgTgledCjOI<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgTgledCjOI> > > Julie Fowlis covering the song in Scots Gaelic. > > > > > On Wed, 22 May 2013, jeff burka wrote: > > I'm sure others will come to mind soon, but the one that immediately >> hits me is "The Cuckoo." Covered by many, but specifically the version from >> Kristin Hersh's "Hips and Makers" >> >> jeff >> >> On May 22, 2013, at 5:05 PM, "Marcel Rijs" <Marcel.Rijs@KB.nl> wrote: >> >> Dear all, >>> >>> Here's a question for all those of you who like to participate in this >>> kind of >>> thing. >>> For a friend of mine, I am currently compiling a mixed tape, well cd, >>> with >>> songs about birds. By that I mean songs that have the name of a certain >>> type >>> of bird in the songtitle. Examples: "Little bird" by Annie Lennox is not >>> good >>> (non-specific), "The nightingale" by Julee Cruise is good (i.e. >>> specific). I >>> am making a booklet to go with the cd and each song has to be >>> represented by a >>> real bird. That's the idea, anyway. >>> >>> To make matters a bit more difficult: my friend doesn't like 'heavy >>> guitars' >>> so some ecto artists will have to be dropped, while others (who use >>> guitars >>> but not in a 'hard' way) are still acceptable. >>> >>> Well, this is the briefing, I hope you have something to contribute. If >>> all >>> goes well I'll send out a nice tracklisting to this list. :) >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Marcel. >>> >> >> > -- > > brni > > i don't want the world, > i just want your half. > > http://www.kappamaki.com/ > http://brni.livejournal.com/
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