Comments for Old Fogey's Favourites

Comment on Will Ye Gang, Love by Old Fogey

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:33:21 +0000

My pleasure. It is lovely, isn’t it. Glad you liked it. OF

Comment on Will Ye Gang, Love by Metry Road

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:21:58 +0000

God bless you for posting this lovely song.

Best wishes

Comment on Autumn in New York by Old Fogey

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:36:19 +0000

botogol - Yes, Ella and Louis are very good. In my own defence I will say only that Sinatra singing it straight and simply doesn’t take our attention away from the song. With Ella and Louis (Louis especially) I find I’m listening more to what they are doing with the song rather than purely to the song. But they are inimitable.

Comment on Autumn in New York by botogol

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:30:40 +0000

Sinatra? Schimatra! Give me the Ella & Louis version any day!

Autumn in New York song was one of the highlights of their 56/57 sessions with their voices, Louis’ trumpet and the simple arrangements all combing perfectly for three golden minutes.

I suspect that AinNY was one of the songs where the first take was so good it that they kept it, and it made it on to the album, certainly Louis’ shaky pronunciation was uncorrected (the “greemy” rooftops at sundown, the gay “divorces”).

I think that explains the freshness for above all they all seem to be *enjoying themselves* so much on that track.

Comment on Robbin’s Nest by old fogey

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:37:22 +0000

Lovelyn - Thank you for your comment. When I was young I pretended to like Coltrane and Coleman. And only a few weeks ago I sat down and listened to ‘A Love Supreme’ again - and I was bludgeoned into admiration for Coltrane’s instrumentalism. But that’s not enough, and in the end I concluded that it was music which had no welcome for me. Music (or literature or any art) that does not hold out its hand to welcome its audience can have no complaint when we vote with our feet.

I’m glad you liked ‘Robbin’s Nest’. Best wishes OF

Comment on Robbin’s Nest by Lovelyn

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:14:57 +0000

While I am a John Coltrane fan, I appreciate this style of massage also. Thanks for the great post and the good music.

Comment on Ian Bostridge by Irene

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:07:43 +0000

Hello, OF! Thank you. I saw Mr. Bostridge perform with Roger Vignoles only once, a Schubert/Wolf programme in Paris (it’s on DVD now in fact). Fantastic concert. They never formed “the” relationship that Bostridge and Drake did, but they were both totally attuned to each other on that occasion. Best wishes, I.

Comment on Kilkelly by oldfogey

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:27:59 +0000

WWW and Gringo - Yes. I think the song works so well because it simply presents the father in his own words without trying to comment. OF

Comment on Kilkelly by Gringo

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:42:39 +0000

Ditto.

Comment on Ian Bostridge by Old Fogey

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:27:56 +0000

Irene - I’ve finally dug out the programme and found out who was playing the piano - it was Roger Vignoles. OF

Comment on Kilkelly by wisewebwoman

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:48:58 +0000

Oh I was bawling my eyes out, OF, I never did hear this song before, how incredibly moving without being mawkish. Thank you. XO WWW

Comment on Ian Bostridge by Old Fogey

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:36:15 +0000

Dies Natalis is a lovely work, but I haven’t heard him do it. I like his Die Schone Mullerin. It probably was Julius Drake but I didn’t make a note at the time. Regards OF

Comment on Ian Bostridge by Irene

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:27:06 +0000

Thank you, oldfogey! I am a great admirer of Mr. Bostridge, have been since I first heard him sing Dies Natalis in 1997. This is an excellent, interesting account of his Wigmore debut. You can say “I was there”. And, as they say, the rest is history. Was that Julius Drake accompanying him? Sounded so to me, but I might be mistaken. Thanks so much for posting this and uploading the Mahler!

Comment on The Holy Ground by oldfogey

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:05:46 +0000

WWW - Just shows you doesn’t. I remember it slow - like Mary Black’s version. Perhaps crossing the Irish Sea slowed it down. Regards OF

Comment on The Holy Ground by wisewebwoman

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:00:29 +0000

Jeez, OF: I hate to disillusion you but this is the Cork National Anthem, or close to it, after the “Banks of My Own Lovely Lee”. “Holy Ground”, in my experience has always been sung to a rollicking, yelling, stomping beat (’fine girl y’are’ roared at the top of the lungs throughout!). Mary puts a lovely spin on it. I met her a couple of times, she is such a warm person, and I love her voice. thanks for this version! XO WWW

Comment on Resurrection by wisewebwoman

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:31:03 +0000

i took the time to download, David. How absolutely delicious this piece is. An air of the “sean nos” about it - the old Irish way of singing. Magical. XO WWW

Comment on Time stands still (5): Joanna MacGregor by oldfogey

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:07:32 +0000

Thanks for you comment. Glad you like it. OF

Comment on Time stands still (5): Joanna MacGregor by howard

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:58:56 +0000

Lovely music!

Thanks for your site.

Howard

Comment on Bitter Boy by Robert Brookes

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:10:45 +0000

David

I loved the performance. I felt throughout that Richard Thompson was about to join in. If the rest of the album is similar I’d best get onto Amazon.

Comment on Elizabeth Connell sings Schlafendes Jesuskind by oldfogey

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:02:03 +0000

Delighted you enjoyed it. It was a lovely concert. You must find it strange listening to yourself, all these years later, on someone else’s blog. Best wishes OF