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Post by Libby on Dec 18, 2016 1:04:10 GMT
Haha, sounds like me on just about ANY night (since I don't always get to enjoy a literal Friday; I did this week, though). LOL What's Hayley's traditional hair color? Blond? I guess if Paradiso was your first album, then I guess that would seem "traditional" to you. But on her other albums for the most part it's been closer to brown... except for the one photo shoot for Odyssey. Her concerts in every market have mainly been charity concerts, and only ONE of those concerts was just for Hayley and nothing else!! And that was Dublin. If there had been no Flower festival in Taiwan, there might not have been a Hayley concert there. Well, maybe she would still have arranged something else in its place, but I have my doubts. I think she was just in demand by the festival arrangers, and she said yes! Every one of the 3 recent concerts has been with a few other artists, which means none of them were exactly full Hayley concerts. Well, it does sound like she sang quite a bit at the Huwaei one, but it did not compare at all with the Madison concert! I think her Madison concerts, the first one in 2004, and the second one in 2014, are literally her only full concerts she has ever done in the US! And we were there!  So, I guess YOU're used to long album waits, but I'm certainly not! I was impatient with Josh Groban, too! That was when he didn't release a "real" album for 4 years. There was Noel in 2007, but Illuminations didn't come out till 3 years later. But I wasn't nearly as impatient with him as I have been with Hayley. Though lately, ever since the video, my impatience has slowed down a little bit. Right now, I'm more starting to anticipate something that might be coming soon. But I'm warning myself not to get my hopes up too high. As Jillian said once, it's been so long since we've gotten any album, and then when you consider how long it's been since a "real" album, that it's almost hard to believe that a Hayley album might actually be coming soon. Like, we want it very badly, and we can imagine what it might be like, but it's almsot as if the prospect of it is like some sort of fantasy. Something unreal. I've reassured myself and other fans so much that I had started to get really pessimistic and cynical about it. Last New Year's when Hayley posted that note, she said "Let's do this" I was sure that meant the album would be out this year. But that dream was killed pretty quick! |
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Post by Libby on Dec 18, 2016 7:04:21 GMT
Thanks for the videos! That's how I spent my Saturday night!  Mario sang a different song than he did in Asia. He sang Buongiorno Principessa in Asia. Here he sang Vincero, Perdero. Oh, I didn't recognize the song Running. Well, actually, I did recognize it as the same as World in Union. But, what album is it from? |
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Post by Libby on Dec 25, 2016 4:07:02 GMT
Here's another studio pic! 2017 seems like the year for new albums. Even Josh indicated he would be working on his next album in the coming year, though he does have more Broadway shows to do, but it won't be all year. I wonder if his usual fall release wouldn't be too much to expect? |
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Post by Libby on Dec 27, 2016 4:10:32 GMT
Another studio photo! Though I'm sure these were all taken within the same few days, not during the holidays.
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Post by frenchie on Dec 29, 2016 5:56:31 GMT
Thanks for the videos! That's how I spent my Saturday night! Mario sang a different song than he did in Asia. He sang Buongiorno Principessa in Asia. Here he sang Vincero, Perdero. Oh, I didn't recognize the song Running. Well, actually, I did recognize it as the same as World in Union. But, what album is it from? Sorry for the long wait in replying to you. Glad that you liked the videos! Seems like Mario sang a song in the language of the host country. And Running is from Sarah's album Symphony. It's a really great album. Here is the promo video for the album. Running starts playing at the 30sec mark. And I have to say, I LOVE Sarah's red dress!! 2017 may be the year for albums. So far we have Josh Groban, Sarah Brightman, and possibly Hayley. I also know Celine is planning to release an English record at the end of the year too. And my fave band Blackmore's Night is releasing a new album + goodies for their 20th anniversary as a band. Exciting times!! <3 I don't think it's too much to expect Josh releasing the album at the end of the year cause I have read in interviews this summer that he was already preparing to make yet another album then. So he is already working on it. And it seems to take about a good year for him to make an album from start to finish. If nothing else, I hope he films and records his performance in the Great Comet so we have that to probably look forward to as well. I agree that all the Sarah pictures are from the same couple days before Christmas because she is wearing the same outfits and some are from the same angle/view as previous ones. I'm just glad they are teasing us with pictures! Sarah is a very private person. Worse than Hayley in my opinion. So anything from her camp is goodness. Guess she will start back up in January some time. |
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Post by Libby on Dec 30, 2016 4:32:55 GMT
I'm sure I'll get Symphony eventually. I have listened to the clips before, and I even watched the entire (well, most of it, I think) Live from Vienna on youtube. It's not that I didn't like it, or anything. I usually just buy one album at a time, whichever one appeals to me the most at the time. I had listened to clips from Harem, but chose other albums over it, too. So, I'm sure I'll decide to buy it eventually. I do have Winter Symphony. I have Eden, La Luna, Harem, Winter Symphony, Classics (from 2006), and Dreamchaser. Actually, I think Timeless might have been next on my list, but we'll see. I did download Canto Della Terra and Who Wants to Live Forever from those albums. I guess at that point I wasn't ready to buy those, since the other ones were higher on my list, I guess. Just curious, where did you read articles about Josh? I follow his social media and visit his forum (which is about as active as the old forum, with the exception of word games), but I rarely see any articles. Sarah herself may be very private, but the people who run her social media pages aren't shy! They post things quite a bit! Not always news, but often there's a photo with some lovely lyric from one ofher songs. I always read these to see if I know what song it's from. They also post fan artwork on a frequent basis, and always encourage more, providing a certain hashtag for them to use to send it in. So, while she may not be very involved in her social media posts, at least her fans are engaged several times a week, at least! Not so with our stubbornly quiet Hayley! Even Josh Groban has/had a separate news twitter page that would post news, though I haven't seen anything like that in a long time. I do like that her posts her all by her, and if she doesn't have any news, then there's nothing to say. She just needs to hurry up and MAKE some news!  |
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Post by frenchie on Dec 30, 2016 7:23:56 GMT
I'm sure I'll get Symphony eventually. I have listened to the clips before, and I even watched the entire (well, most of it, I think) Live from Vienna on youtube. It's not that I didn't like it, or anything. I usually just buy one album at a time, whichever one appeals to me the most at the time. I had listened to clips from Harem, but chose other albums over it, too. So, I'm sure I'll decide to buy it eventually. I do have Winter Symphony. I have Eden, La Luna, Harem, Winter Symphony, Classics (from 2006), and Dreamchaser. Actually, I think Timeless might have been next on my list, but we'll see. I did download Canto Della Terra and Who Wants to Live Forever from those albums. I guess at that point I wasn't ready to buy those, since the other ones were higher on my list, I guess. Just curious, where did you read articles about Josh? I follow his social media and visit his forum (which is about as active as the old forum, with the exception of word games), but I rarely see any articles. Sarah herself may be very private, but the people who run her social media pages aren't shy! They post things quite a bit! Not always news, but often there's a photo with some lovely lyric from one ofher songs. I always read these to see if I know what song it's from. They also post fan artwork on a frequent basis, and always encourage more, providing a certain hashtag for them to use to send it in. So, while she may not be very involved in her social media posts, at least her fans are engaged several times a week, at least! Not so with our stubbornly quiet Hayley! Even Josh Groban has/had a separate news twitter page that would post news, though I haven't seen anything like that in a long time. I do like that her posts her all by her, and if she doesn't have any news, then there's nothing to say. She just needs to hurry up and MAKE some news! That's what I do! Buy one album at a time, and enjoy it till I get tired of it. Then I get the next one. So all good. I was not trying to get you to run out and buy Symphony by the way. It's the closest thing I could think of that had a sampling of the songs off the album. Give ya a feel for the album. If there is one thing about Sarah's music, then it's the fact that each album has a different feel/mood and direction to it. However, I recommend it as an album. It's like Harem in the sense it's more on the pop/rock side of the classical crossover genre. So whenever..... But if I had to choose between Timeless and Symphony, I would get Timeless first. Just my humble opinion. Sarah is flawless on Timeless, and Timeless is a masterpiece. Especially if you like the more classical side of classical crossover, which I think you do. If I'm correct. Here is 2 articles I saved from Josh talking about the summer tour and the upcoming album. Both are from when he kicked off the tour in July. linklinkSarah's social media activity and all that her team shares has pleasantly surprised me. I remember joining her Official Forum through her website back in 2005. In the 9/10 years that I was a member before they shut it down, I think we got 6-8 posts from either Sarah or Frank. And another 2-3 contests. A couple pictures. That was it. We went years without any post or news from anyone in Sarah's staff beyond "Please stop the fighting!". So I'm glad with how they are trying to reach out, and share exclusive pictures, do FlashbackFriday, share fans' drawings/pictures, and all that. Likewise, this is one of the things I enjoy about Hayley when I first became fan. Hayley was directly posting on Twitter to us without an assistant (filter) to the picture or message. Yes, we only get them once a week or two, but it was much better than Sarah's team at the time. And I enjoy it for what it is....a thought for us the fans from Hayley. However inpatient I am for the next record. I just wish we knew where we stood in relation to the new Hayley record. Hopefully it will come in 2017. xoxo |
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Post by Libby on Dec 30, 2016 7:52:03 GMT
LOL Hayley's horoscope in the Seattle Times sounded promising as far as Hayley album plans go, not that I'm a true believer in that stuff. And she's not from Seattle, so I don't know how that would work, anyway. My horoscope, for example, is NEVER accurate, though I sometimes wish it was.  Anyway, I've seen horoscopes like that before, and we still know nothing. One time there was something like "good news comes from afar". Oh well, never mind. LOL I didn't think you were pressuring me to buy the album. I just didn't want you to think I hated the songs when I sampled them. LOL I'll think about it. I really liked the sound of the song Symphony, too. It sounded familiar, yet I don't think it would sound familiar just from listening to a clip once, or watching her live show once, either. I don't remember watching a concert video with it, either. Oh well! Oh, and I don't think I'm tired of any of her albums yet. Listening to music on shuffle makes this less likely to happen. You get surprised by a song you haven't heard in a while, and you remember how much you love it. That's pretty much how I listen to all my music these days, unless I just happen to be in a Sarah mood (or Josh mood, etc.). |
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Post by frenchie on Dec 31, 2016 20:26:49 GMT
LOL Hayley's horoscope in the Seattle Times sounded promising as far as Hayley album plans go, not that I'm a true believer in that stuff. And she's not from Seattle, so I don't know how that would work, anyway. My horoscope, for example, is NEVER accurate, though I sometimes wish it was. Anyway, I've seen horoscopes like that before, and we still know nothing. One time there was something like "good news comes from afar". Oh well, never mind. LOL I didn't think you were pressuring me to buy the album. I just didn't want you to think I hated the songs when I sampled them. LOL I'll think about it. I really liked the sound of the song Symphony, too. It sounded familiar, yet I don't think it would sound familiar just from listening to a clip once, or watching her live show once, either. I don't remember watching a concert video with it, either. Oh well! Oh, and I don't think I'm tired of any of her albums yet. Listening to music on shuffle makes this less likely to happen. You get surprised by a song you haven't heard in a while, and you remember how much you love it. That's pretty much how I listen to all my music these days, unless I just happen to be in a Sarah mood (or Josh mood, etc.). Cool! I tend to get obsessed about an era from an artist or band, and play the album and any live/correlating songs/albums from that era over and over. I fall in love with the world/feel the artist tried to create with the album and the era as a whole. For example, Harem and Live in Las Vegas gets a lot of air play when I am craving pop orchestra music in the summer months. I just feel like I'm in the desert myself with temperatures we have down here. And the humidity! Not to mention, it's the time of the year where I am doing a lot of traveling and dreaming, especially when I was in school. I also tend to wear a lot of sundresses with bright colors like the album artwork during the summer. The music is like an unconscious mirror of what's going on in my life. If that makes sense. Same goes to like Treasure. It gets a lot of airplay when we have overcast and rainy days here. Especially during or after the afternoon summer showers in June/July. Also if I go hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains when all the trees are green and lush. It doesn't always happen like this every year or with every album, but I find it interesting that certain albums are my "go to" albums at certain times of the year or how I am feeling. When things are not so inspiring in my life, I pick up an album I don't listen to often and rediscover some gems. Maybe it's in the car or when I am laying awake in the middle of the night. If I am discovering an artist or on a high from a great concert, then I may shuffle my music to keep me interested in them after playing their albums nonstop for the last few weeks/months. But I am still wanting to listen to that artist. But yeah, shuffle is not usual for me. Now that I bored ya....haha Anyways, Happy New Year!! Sarah did a fun song on New Year's Eve 1999. I don't know if ya seen it, but it's on her "cheesy" side in the way that it breaks the serious classical artist image she has obtained. And a Sarah Brightman page on FB shared a few other "cheesy" gems from her back catalog that you may find amusing. LOL Rhythm of the Falling Rain The Adventures of the Love Crusader: Lost My Heart To a Starship Trooper Dancing on the Ceiling |
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Post by Libby on Jan 1, 2017 6:01:12 GMT
Haha, no, I'm not bored. The only thing that bores me is a forum with no new posts! I just remembered, I do have a couple of songs from Timeless. I mentioned I downloaded Who Wants to Live Forever, but I also have La Wally on the album, classics. I really love that song! I'm starting to build up another list for new albums. In December, it was Enya's Christmas Secrets and Peter Hollens' new Christmas album. Now it's more Sarah albums, as well as the Peter Hollens one with Tolkien songs on it. |
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Post by Libby on Jan 4, 2017 5:03:38 GMT
I finally know what he looks like!
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Post by Libby on Jan 5, 2017 5:37:27 GMT
The popular answer is Hamburg, Germany. I guess that makes sense, if Frank is from Germany... I think?
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Post by frenchie on Jan 7, 2017 21:41:15 GMT
The popular answer is Hamburg, Germany. I guess that makes sense, if Frank is from Germany... I think? Yes, Frank is from Germany. Nemo Studios, Frank's baby, is located in Hamburg. Glad you finally have a face with the name. He has done several interviews with and without Sarah over the years. However, since he is strict with copyrights, very few seem to last on YouTube. But I found this gem. It's a little old...and it jumps/loses sound for a second here and there. But it's a biography of Sarah's life up to 2000 from Bravo. Lots of behind the scenes stuff. Ya get to "meet" Sarah's mom and Frank talks a bit too about Sarah. Enjoy! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 There is a part 5, but it's not view able in the USA on copyright grounds. Case in point. Sorry. |
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Post by Libby on Jan 15, 2017 22:40:18 GMT
New photo from Sarah and Frank! I might not have recognized her.  |
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Post by Libby on Jan 16, 2017 22:20:22 GMT
Ooh! It's getting exciting!
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Anyway, I've seen horoscopes like that before, and we still know nothing. One time there was something like "good news comes from afar". Oh well, never mind. 