Sorry, I was referring to another great Mouskouri solo: “plaisir d’amour”!
Had I not lived for a while in Canada and seen Nana on CBC, I would have gone through life unknowingly crippled.
Even Now
Carry Me On
Down By the Greenwood Side
Hallelujah
The Guests
Song for Liberty
I saw her in concert at SMU and her studio performances were unrepeatable live. So much multitracking and other effects.
But I love her stuff.
She did a concert in Oakland where I think the reviewer nailed it. Nana has the most technically precise singing of anyone alive at the time, but she lacks a modicum of soul. Fair enough. Her version of Love is a Rose lacks foundation and is typical of too much of her work. But that’s the way it goes, I guess.
Her Greek oeuvre I don’t care for. But her English and French numbers are very soothing listening. I’ve spent years listening to her. It’s frustrating she is unknown in the US while the rest of the world embraces her.
The situation is the same for Sarah Brightman, a British singer who can bring you to tears. She was married to Andrew Lloyd Weber, creator of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Sarah was featured as an entertainer of a recent Olympics, and was unrecognized by anyone is the US.
I love my country, but we are provincial. You have to spend time outside the US, exposed to international news and culture to see what navel gazers Americans are. There’s some great stuff out there besides rap, pop, and country.
/rant