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Post by Richard on Oct 14, 2008 7:31:51 GMT
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Post by comet on Oct 14, 2008 8:33:17 GMT
Thanks Richard for the "Now is the Hour" link.  Great Stuff ! |
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Post by martindn on Oct 14, 2008 22:43:13 GMT
Well, I don't mean to boast but I always knew that Now is the Hour was a Maori song, from childhood when my Dad used to sing it and play it on the banjo! When I first heard Hayley's E Pari Ra, I wondered whether it was actually the Maori version of the same song, but it is a bit different, so perhaps not. I'm looking forward to hearing Hayley's version later this month, oe maybe as soon as next Saturday!
Martin
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Post by Richard on Oct 15, 2008 7:35:32 GMT
Hello Martin! I wouldn't be surprised if Hayley sings 'Now Is The Hour' regularly at the end of her concerts, perhaps as the final encore.  See you in Northampton, Richard  |
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Post by Dori on Oct 17, 2008 11:12:52 GMT
I just wish Listen to the Wind would be one of the tracks - I think it's Hayley's best song to date!
Dori
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Post by comet on Oct 23, 2008 11:05:25 GMT
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Post by roger on Oct 23, 2008 11:07:58 GMT
Now is the Hour is everything I expected and MORE ! You mean it should be called 'Now is the Hour and a Half'?  Roger |
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Post by comet on Oct 23, 2008 16:13:33 GMT
Now Is the Hour ! this is a just a gorgeous version of this song.
It feels as though you are in a room with just Hayley and the guitar...
Lots of beautiful silent space around the sounds, really close up and personal.
The voice is warm and luxurious...
It's great beauty is in it's simplicity......
easy listening at it's very best
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Post by comet on Oct 23, 2008 22:24:53 GMT
Thanks Dave for the link to 'Now is the hour' sung by the St Joseph's Maori College Girls' Choir. It really is very beautiful and calming, I hope Hayley's version is a bit longer It's one of those songs that lies deep in the memory, I'm still trying to figure out why it is so familiar. Kind of weird trigger of something long ago. Goosebumps ! Whatever it is, it seems to be a pleasant memory... Tonight I was whistling this tune while my father was visiting, he asked me how I knew it ? His brother in law, my uncle Mick who worked for the BBC in London for many years had learned this song in Africa in the late 1950s and had taught it to my father when I was very young, so this is probably where I had heard the song before. I played the song by Hayley a few times and he asked what is it called now ? It used to be called "Now is the Hour " he said. Yes I said it still is ! |
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Post by Andrew on Oct 23, 2008 23:00:46 GMT
Hi Comet, I adore Hayley's song entitled: 'Now Is The Hour'... This was one of my favourite numbers which she performed live on the 'River of Dreams' Tour in Aberdeen too!  What a beautiful song... Andrew |
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Post by martindn on Oct 24, 2008 22:45:59 GMT
It is a song I have loved for ever, and it is well overdue for Hayley to sing it, coming as it does from NZ. And she finally did so, as she said the first time she had ever performed it in public, at Stoke. It is fabulous, i agree. And to think that I had with me a camera capable of recording that historic performance for posterity, and a seat in the auditorium that was made fr photography, and was too timid, or perhaps too Hayleywowed to use it. She sang the first verse in Maori, something I had never heard before, and when she introduced it used the Maori title as well as the English one.
I don't have the album yet. I perhaps made the mistake of ordering it from Amazon with other stuff that won't be available until later. But I seriously want this album now.
Martin
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Post by Joe on Nov 11, 2008 5:31:46 GMT
Here is the tracklisting for River of Dreams...The Very Best Of (NZ Special Edition), Cat #: 4781432 Date: 29/10/2008
disc 1
1 Pokarekare Ana
2 River Of Dreams
3 Dell'Amore Non Si Sa
4 Shenandoah
5 Who Painted The Moon Black
6 The Water is Wide
7 Songbird
8 Both Sides Now
9 Ave Maria (Caccini)
10 Benedictus
11 Amazing Grace
12 Danny Boy
13 Summer Rain
14 Never Say Goodbye
15 O Mio Babbino Caro
16 May It Be
17 Majesty
18 Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
19 Now Is The Hour
disc 2
1 Hine E Hine
2 Mary Did You Know
3 Silent Night
4 Away In A Manger
5 Scarborough Fair
6 Abide With Me
7 E Pari Ra
8 Santa Lucia
9 God Defend New Zealand
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Post by Tin on Nov 11, 2008 10:50:55 GMT
Hi Joe, I don't remember Hayley recording any song called 'Majesty'  . Is that a new recording? Tin |
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Post by roger on Nov 11, 2008 11:35:24 GMT
Yes Tin, we believe it is. Not many of us have heard it yet but several have it on order. We eagerly await its arrival!
Roger
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Post by Cherany on Jan 4, 2009 12:27:41 GMT
I just wish Listen to the Wind would be one of the tracks - I think it's Hayley's best song to date! Dori That's my favorite, as well.  |
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. Is that a new recording?
