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Post by Dave on Aug 16, 2005 13:26:32 GMT
I'd like to hear a completely original song of Hayley's, just to see what she wants to sing about, as opposed to her doing covers of other songs. Perhaps the tracks Hayley co-wrote or co-arranged give us a clue about what she wants to write about? These are What you Never Know, Both Sides Now and She Moves Through The Fair (I can see now why her Manager is so reluctant to drop that from the UK version). Of course Hayley's involvement in these three could also be because she doesn't yet have the skills to get heavily involved in more complex pieces - even if she likes them. We may have to wait a few years before we really know the answer but I think the three I mentioned do give us a clue. |
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Post by fusilier23 on Aug 19, 2005 2:51:54 GMT
Hayley also seems to like spirituals, and there are tons that would fit well in her voice:
"Ride up in the Chariot" (a rousing song sometimes paired with the more famous "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
"Honor, Honor" (another faster-paced spiritual encouraging "run along, chldren, and be baptized"
"King of Kings" (Christ as the greatest Worker bringing in the Kingdom)
"Gospel Train" (also famous "Get on board, little children, get on board, little children, get on board, little children, there's room for many-a more!")
"Deep River" ( a slower spiritual about "My home over Jordan")
"Let Us Break Bread Together " (perhaps a bit repetitious, but famous)
"There Is a Balm in Gilead" (Also famous, singing of "healing the sin-sick soul" and "If you cannot sing like angels, if you cannot preach like Paul, you can tell the love of Jesus, and say He died for all.")
"Great Day" (a rousing war spiritual)
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (so well-known that no comment is needed)
"Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep" (A fast spiritual about the drowning of Pharoah in the Red Sea)
"Go Down, Moses" (also so well-known as to not need description)
Hmm, sounds like we've almost got a whole revival going on here.
Seriously, any of these would sound great in Hayley's voice, with or without a gospel choir to back her.
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Post by Belinda on Aug 19, 2005 5:16:04 GMT
I'd like her to sing Eternal Flame from WITA
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Post by roger on Aug 19, 2005 14:44:00 GMT
Hi Belinda, It would be nice if she would sing everything from WITA, preferably in a recording studio!  Roger |
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Post by emmettb on Aug 19, 2005 15:24:45 GMT
Hi Belinda, It would be nice if she would sing everything from WITA, preferably in a recording studio! Roger And also stick it on a cd especially for the members of HWI  . Emmett |
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Post by Joe on Aug 20, 2005 1:21:03 GMT
Hi Belinda, It would be nice if she would sing everything from WITA, preferably in a recording studio! Roger And also stick it on a cd especially for the members of HWI . Emmett Brilliant! I'm sure Jill wouldn't mind making some more copies of WITA...I'll donate some blank cd's... labels... |
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Post by fusilier23 on Aug 27, 2005 11:10:03 GMT
You never know, maybe Hayley might pass a few copies out to her very best friends.
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Post by portia on Aug 27, 2005 13:27:34 GMT
I thought Hayley only co wrote/arranged what you never know?
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Post by Dave on Aug 27, 2005 13:40:06 GMT
I thought Hayley only co wrote/arranged what you never know? The sleeve notes credit Hayley with co-arranging What you Never Know, Both Sides Now and She Moves Through The Fair, as well as co-writing What you Never Know. |
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Post by Oksana on Aug 30, 2005 0:32:32 GMT
I'd like to hear Hayley do 'Smile' someday. her voice would be perfect for it.
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Post by HWI on Aug 30, 2005 0:56:40 GMT
Ah, yes. The great Charlie Chaplin hit. It's many years since I heard a cover of that. Now that would be a good one for Hayley.
Keith.
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Post by Belinda on Sept 4, 2005 22:55:34 GMT
Roger,Emmett Re Wita " WITA Revisited " yes I'd buy it Maybe Hayley is going to put some of WITA on future International albums Mists of Islay is on WITA. So thats a start. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifI listen to WITA all the time mixing it in with Odyssey and Pure to listen to while at work. Definitely a must to have either original or a future release, well we can dream Oh to win lotto, I'd book Hayley to sing us the songs From Walking in the Air. Who'd be there? Better buy a ticket today. . |
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Post by roger on Sept 5, 2005 17:50:45 GMT
Roger,Emmett Re Wita " WITA Revisited " yes I'd buy it Maybe Hayley is going to put some of WITA on future International albums Mists of Islay is on WITA. So thats a start. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifI listen to WITA all the time mixing it in with Odyssey and Pure to listen to while at work. Definitely a must to have either original or a future release, well we can dream Oh to win lotto, I'd book Hayley to sing us the songs From Walking in the Air. Who'd be there? Better buy a ticket today. . Hi Belinda, That would be fantastic and, yerp, I would be there no matter where it was in the world..... but Christchurch would be nice!  Roger |
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Post by Susan on Jan 17, 2006 19:51:13 GMT
Oooooooo...! What I wouldn't give... to have Hayley put some of the tracks from WITA onto a future international release album! (I was never one of the lucky ones to get a copy of her original WITA album. The earliest album I own by Hayley is the self-titled one, Hayley Westenra.)
I'd love for Hayley to put the two songs she sang with Andrea Bocelli, on the recent NBC skating special, onto a future CD -- the songs Con Te Partiro, and Vivo Per Lei.
Additionally... if my fondest music "fantasies" could come true... I would have Hayley offer us the following songs on a future album:
-- Oblivion (composed by Astor Piazzolla)
-- a "vocalise" rendition of Pavane (composed by Gabriel Fauré)
-- Vocalise (composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff) -- I have an old cassette tape on which Anna Moffo sings this Rachmaninoff piece, and it blows me away every time!
-- The "flower" duet from the opera LAKME, composed by Delibes.
-- Bailero (from Chants d'Auvergnes).
-- Ombra Mai Fu (by Handel)
BTW... Do not "confuse" the above Pavane by Fauré with the Pavane by Ravel. She has already sung the Pavane by Ravel (in the form of "Never Say Goodbye") If you want to hear what the Pavane by Fauré sounds like, you might listen to a rendition of it sung by Barbra Streisand on her album entitled "Classical Barbra."
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Post by roger on Jan 17, 2006 23:33:13 GMT
Hi Susan,
You make some good suggestions there and I wouldn't be surprised if she does some of them one day. I'm not saying which ones though coz I don't like being proved wrong!!
Faure's Pavane is lovely but I have never heard a vocalise version. If you want to start a petition to get her to sing that, I'll sign it!!
Best wishes,
Roger
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