Which one is your favorite? - III -

Here is the third post of the interactive series that recently started on the blog. All you need to do is to listen to the 3 different versions of the song I choose, pick the one that appeals to you the most and leave a comment on why you picked that particular one...You can make your comments here on the blog page (below the post), on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/atiblogger/) or on Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/atiblogger/)...

And our song for today is:

"The Man I Love"

It is a popular standard with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira.  It was originally intended to be part of the Gershwins' 1924 musical, "Lady, Be Good", with the title, "The Girl I Love". However this wonderful and timeless song could not become so popular in that era's musicals and was eventually dropped from "Lady, Be Good"...
The Gershwins tried to fit the song in somewhere else after it was dropped from "Lady, Be Good". With the new title, "The Man I Love," it appeared in satirical anti-war show, Strike Up the Band, in 1927 and then again in Flo Ziegfeld's Rosalie in 1928.
There was one person who did like the song, though. Lady Edwina Mountbatten, wife of the great-grandson of Queen Victoria and member of England's high society heard the song when George played it a party. It was not the least bit unusual for George to commandeer a piano at party during the Roaring Twenties and play his catalog of songs. He was not shy about his work or his talent. Lady Mountbatten took a copy of the music back to England and requested that her favorite dance orchestras play it. "The Man I Love" caught fire in London and Paris. Since then, the song is being played by artists from various musical genres.


And now the 3 versions I chose for you;

• Hindi Zahra - "The Man I Love"

• Kate Bush - "The Man I Love"

• Caetano Veloso - "The Man I Love"

For this week, there's a bonus instrumental track for you (out of competition) that I like very much....

• Ethan Iverson Quartet - "The Man I Love"

Now the floor is yours, go ahead and make your comments (here, Instagram, Facebook wherever you feel like...).


nb. Please note that I intentionally do not include the original versions of the songs as it would be a little unfair to the artists covering the songs, and I am sure that sometimes you will be surprised to see that the songs you thought were the originals are just covers...

Five Songs for the Weekend - XLIII -

Well, the summer is officially over...Maybe not heat wise but definitely holiday wise...So everyone seems a bit better and not ready to welcome the bleak weather. Therefore I propose you to try to get out of this mood via good music and spending more time outdoors while you still can...

As Jean Paul Richter once said;

"Music is the poetry of the air."

And here is our list for this weekend;

• Thelonious Monk Quartet - "Round Midnight"

• Florence + The Machine - "Shake It Out"

• The Chemical Brothers - "MAH"

• Laurie Anderson - "It's Not the Bullet that Kills You (It's the Hole)"

• Snarky Puppy - "Bad Kids to the Back"

Hope you have a great weekend.

nb. You can open the actual youtube page by clicking the name on the upper left side of each video.

"Which one is your favorite?" - II -

Here is the second post of the interactive series that recently started on the blog. All you need to do is to listen to the 3 different versions of the song I choose, pick the one that appeals to you the most and leave a comment on why you picked that particular one...You can make your comments here on the blog page (below the post), on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/atiblogger/) or on Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/atiblogger/)...

And our song for today is:

"Enjoy The Silence"

The original song is by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was recorded in 1989 and released as the second single from their seventh studio album, Violator (1990), on 16 January 1990. Songwriter Martin Gore created a ballad-like first version of the song, which the band took into the studio in 1989. Following band member Alan Wilder's insistence, the song was re-worked into the up-tempo version as released on the album. The song hit the 6th place in the UK charts and the 8th place in the US charts.

And now the 3 versions I chose for you;

• Carla Bruni - "Enjoy The Silence"

• Tori Amos - "Enjoy The Silence"

• Moriarty - "Enjoy The Silence"

Now the floor is yours, go ahead and make your comments (here, Instagram, Facebook wherever you feel like...).

nb. Please note that I intentionally do not include the original versions of the songs as it would be a little unfair to the artists covering the songs, and I am sure that sometimes you will be surprised to see that the songs you thought were the originals are just covers...

Five Songs for the Weekend - XLII -

September is on the way and yet summer is going on with full steam ahead around here. Seems no need to get depressed that autumn's coming for at least another couple of weeks... Enjoy these last summer days, spend more time in the open air and listen to music every chance you get...

As Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once said;

“There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, 
so hand me over my violin and let us try to 
forget for half an hour the miserable weather and
the still more miserable ways of our fellowmen.”

And now, our list for this weekend;

• Paolo Nutini - "Candy"

• Martin Roth - "An Analog Guy In A Digital World"

• The Cinematic Orchestra - "To Build a Home"

• k.d. lang - "Constant Craving"

• Bob Marley - "Sun is Shining"

Hope you have a great weekend.

nb. You can open the actual youtube page by clicking the name on the upper left side of each video.

"Which one is your favorite?" - I -

I've been meaning to start a new series on the blog called "Which is your favorite?" where I will be posting 3 different versions of the same song and you will comment (hopefully) which one you like the most. What would really please me and the other readers is that if you could also indicate why you think your choice is better than the others...

You can make your comments here on the blog page (below the post), on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/atiblogger/) or on Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/atiblogger/)...

One additional feature of the series will be that I will dash a brief note about the songs I will choose and I hope this will enable you, the listeners, to understand a bit better of the original song...

So here is our first song; please listen all, pick and comment on the one that appeals to you the most...

"Summertime"

The song is originally an aria from George Gershwin's 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The opera is based on a book called "Porgy" by DuBose Heyward who is also credited of the lyrics of the song (in fact co-credited with Ira Gershwin).

Right after its introduction in "Porgy and Bess", the song became one of the most played jazz standards of all time and even today is being covered by many artists...

The 3 versions are below, please listen and comment on the one you like the most...

• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Summertime"

• Janis Joplin - "Summertime"

• Parov Stelar feat. Maya Bensalem - "Summertime"

Now the floor is yours, go ahead and make your comments (here, Instagram, Facebook wherever you feel like...).

nb. Please note that I intentionally do not include the original versions of the songs as it would be a little unfair to the artists covering the songs, and I am sure that sometimes you will be surprised to see that the songs you thought were the originals are just covers...