Post by millring on Oct 17, 2006 18:54:46 GMT -5
I'd have never thought of the pairing. Bette Midler sings John Prine.
I've been listening to Pandora.com a lot lately and have created a couple of really good "stations". One of them started out with Ray Benson singing "Sorry". I liked the song well enough that I started a station from it.
Pretty soon I had a great station of standards sung by the likes of Jo Stafford, Johnny Hartman, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, etc.
One evening the song "For All We Know" as sung by Nat King Cole came on. Man, I used to LOVE that song as done by Roberta Flack. So I walked over to the computer and added Roberta Flack to the list of artists on the station.
Soon I was getting some really nice soul music interspersed with the standards. Really enjoyable -- especially late at night with some of the hours I've been putting in out here in the shop.
Anyway, last night a song came on and, though it didn't sound familiar at first -- and I didn't even recognize the voice at first -- it finally dawned on me that it was "Hello In There" by John Prine. The voice I didn't recognize was Bette Midler.
I got at least as many chills hearing this version as I did the first time I heard Prine do it. It was a wonderful arrangement. Some songs just transcend the performer.
I've been listening to Pandora.com a lot lately and have created a couple of really good "stations". One of them started out with Ray Benson singing "Sorry". I liked the song well enough that I started a station from it.
Pretty soon I had a great station of standards sung by the likes of Jo Stafford, Johnny Hartman, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, etc.
One evening the song "For All We Know" as sung by Nat King Cole came on. Man, I used to LOVE that song as done by Roberta Flack. So I walked over to the computer and added Roberta Flack to the list of artists on the station.
Soon I was getting some really nice soul music interspersed with the standards. Really enjoyable -- especially late at night with some of the hours I've been putting in out here in the shop.
Anyway, last night a song came on and, though it didn't sound familiar at first -- and I didn't even recognize the voice at first -- it finally dawned on me that it was "Hello In There" by John Prine. The voice I didn't recognize was Bette Midler.
I got at least as many chills hearing this version as I did the first time I heard Prine do it. It was a wonderful arrangement. Some songs just transcend the performer.
