http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGs0y-fciLg
Those Dancing Days Are Gone Review
Carli Bruni, an Italian born French singer/songwriter, offers us an easy-listening performance of Yeats’ poem Those Dancing Days Are Gone. Similar to other popular songs by Bruni, this song is largely dependent upon a simple arrangement of musical instruments, particularly the acoustic guitar. This is a fitting poem for Bruni to be singing, as the poem itself suggests listening to the beauty that can be found in song. Contrary to Russianyardie’s comment that Bruni “cant sing, especially in English”, Bruni’s vocals are admirable, and the fluency in her voice resonates well with the poems verses. The harmonica played in between verses compliments Bruni’s voice nicely in this rendition of the poem. While Russianyardie may say that I am “just a lost imbecile fool” for disagreeing with him, I think that Carla Bruni’s performance of this poem is deserving of the applause she receives.
Kyle Best
Is that French President Sarkozy's wife?
ReplyDeleteYes, that's her. This is the first I've seen of her other than pictures in which she's on his arm. Interesting and original choice of a poem to record -- I hadn't even read that one before.
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