w/m
jacques brel
litlr
by
oldrottenhead
on his £10 acoustic
Title: port of amsterdam: oldrottenhead Live In The Living Room for the bowiefest
Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 24, 2016, 01:57:03 PM
Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 24, 2016, 01:57:03 PM
hearing hilary doing a jacques brel song earlier today, reminded me that bowie covered this brel song.
excuse my swollen sinuses and poor playing.
port of amsterdam
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Post by: Groundy on January 24, 2016, 09:35:52 PM
Post by: Groundy on January 24, 2016, 09:35:52 PM
Liking this a lot James, One I have not heard before...
Alex
Alex
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Post by: thetworegs on January 25, 2016, 12:08:59 AM
Post by: thetworegs on January 25, 2016, 12:08:59 AM
Your excused Jim... I throughly enjoyed it
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Post by: chapperz66 on January 25, 2016, 12:12:00 AM
Post by: chapperz66 on January 25, 2016, 12:12:00 AM
This is fantastic! I had not heard this before either. Absolutely love it.
Paul
Paul
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Post by: Redler on January 25, 2016, 01:04:19 AM
Post by: Redler on January 25, 2016, 01:04:19 AM
Not familiar with the original... Brilliant singing! Emotional and soulful! Well done!
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Post by: Jean Pierre on January 25, 2016, 01:23:05 AM
Post by: Jean Pierre on January 25, 2016, 01:23:05 AM
James,
Thank you for the tribute of thisgreat french composer singer
there is, these days , an intrusion of some French song, it seems :)
Dance on me (Claude Nougaro) , Ne me quitte pas,( Jacques Brel ) port of Amsterdam (Jacques Brel) pleasure of love (Plaisir d'amour , unknown)...
And soon I put my song idol " the blues of the dentist " of Boris Vian and Henri Salvador
James your inetrpretation is great( and it seems that the translation in English is rather faithful has the original
Thank you for the tribute of thisgreat french composer singer
there is, these days , an intrusion of some French song, it seems :)
Dance on me (Claude Nougaro) , Ne me quitte pas,( Jacques Brel ) port of Amsterdam (Jacques Brel) pleasure of love (Plaisir d'amour , unknown)...
And soon I put my song idol " the blues of the dentist " of Boris Vian and Henri Salvador
James your inetrpretation is great( and it seems that the translation in English is rather faithful has the original
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Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 25, 2016, 02:12:57 AM
Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 25, 2016, 02:12:57 AM
QuoteJames your inetrpretation is great( and it seems that the translation in English is rather faithful has the originalthe translation was done by Mort Shuman. who worked with brel on Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. a musical revue of the songs of Jacques Brel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Brel_is_Alive_and_Well_and_Living_in_Paris
Bowie's studio version was released as the B-side to his single "Sorrow" in October 1973. (This recording may have been made in the summer of 1973 or in late 1971. Brel originally stated that he didn't want to "give his songs to fags", and refused to meet Bowie, who nevertheless admired him.
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Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 25, 2016, 06:20:06 PM
Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 25, 2016, 06:20:06 PM
my idol is Jahia. Jaques Brel is not French he is Belgian.
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Post by: cuthbert on January 25, 2016, 09:24:42 PM
Post by: cuthbert on January 25, 2016, 09:24:42 PM
I'm more familiar with the Scott Walker version, but I do also know the David Bowie version (haven't heard Jacques Brel's original, though) - you did a fine job evincing the atmosphere that I've gotten from those versions. I kept expecting an accordion to jump in!
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Post by: Hook on January 26, 2016, 11:17:49 AM
Post by: Hook on January 26, 2016, 11:17:49 AM
Wonderful performance my brother.
ROck on!
ROck on!
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Post by: fenderbender on January 26, 2016, 12:06:22 PM
Post by: fenderbender on January 26, 2016, 12:06:22 PM
One of your best vocals James I reckon
New song to me -but it is yours as far as I'm concerned
Excellent
Tommy
New song to me -but it is yours as far as I'm concerned
Excellent
Tommy
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Post by: Oldrottenhead on February 05, 2016, 07:40:36 PM
Post by: Oldrottenhead on February 05, 2016, 07:40:36 PM
i can't believe i did a song with an f chord in it, i should be proud or summit. hic burp fart.
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Post by: Johnny Robbo on February 06, 2016, 02:19:22 AM
Post by: Johnny Robbo on February 06, 2016, 02:19:22 AM
Can't say I know the original, but I love the performance you give here. Brilliantly done!
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Post by: Blooby on February 06, 2016, 08:25:09 AM
Post by: Blooby on February 06, 2016, 08:25:09 AM
I am getting more and more into this sort of folk...more folk in general these days. Lovely cover here.
Blooby
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Post by: Oldrottenhead on June 21, 2017, 05:26:27 PM
Post by: Oldrottenhead on June 21, 2017, 05:26:27 PM
the original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2kkr0e_dTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2kkr0e_dTQ
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Post by: Jean Pierre on July 25, 2018, 11:09:26 PM
Post by: Jean Pierre on July 25, 2018, 11:09:26 PM
new listen and bump
It's interestingto hear the french version by JanPol and the english version by Oldrottenhead of this great song
It's interestingto hear the french version by JanPol and the english version by Oldrottenhead of this great song