Comments on: Come a little closer and I will sing my song http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:25:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/comment-page-1/#comment-5639 Clifford Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:07:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/#comment-5639 James - The Shirley Horn stuff on your site is <em> excellent!</em> Wow! -cvj James – The Shirley Horn stuff on your site is excellent! Wow!

-cvj

]]> By: James http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/comment-page-1/#comment-5638 James Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:52:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/#comment-5638 Clifford, great post! I cannot remember how I found Shirley's <i>Softly</i> album but as I played it over the weekend, I fell in love with it all over again. It is definitely an underrated album in her great musical legacy. Clifford, great post! I cannot remember how I found Shirley’s Softly album but as I played it over the weekend, I fell in love with it all over again. It is definitely an underrated album in her great musical legacy.

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/comment-page-1/#comment-5637 Clifford Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:29:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/#comment-5637 david... listening to her right now. Regret never having got to see her perform. You're a lucky guy to have the memory. I'm sure you'll cherish it. Cheers, -cvj david… listening to her right now. Regret never having got to see her perform. You’re a lucky guy to have the memory. I’m sure you’ll cherish it.

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: david http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/comment-page-1/#comment-5636 david Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:30:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/#comment-5636 ...i'm sitting here listening to shirley, tears streaming down my face... saw her last at the library of congress...took my 71 year old mother, and my ten year old son... shirley was amazing, and we have lost a true artist...here's to life, here's to love, and here's to you! …i’m sitting here listening to shirley, tears streaming down my face… saw her last at the library of congress…took my 71 year old mother, and my ten year old son… shirley was amazing, and we have lost a true artist…here’s to life, here’s to love, and here’s to you!

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/comment-page-1/#comment-5635 Clifford Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:45:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/#comment-5635 Grimmstail: You just made my day... no... (almost) my week! (Best thing this week was <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/18/encounters/" rel="nofollow">this</a>, but then reading your comment is the next best...) <em> Thanks!</em> -cvj Grimmstail: You just made my day… no… (almost) my week! (Best thing this week was this, but then reading your comment is the next best…)

Thanks!

-cvj

]]> By: Grimmstail http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/comment-page-1/#comment-5634 Grimmstail Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:28:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/#comment-5634 Thanks for this posting. I have been a fan of hers for years without knowing it. I had a mix with Here's to Life on it many years ago but subsequently lost. That was the only song on the CD that I cared about and I did not know the artist (or even the right song name.) I had long since given up on finding out who it was, but then as I read through to the end of your post I could hear those lyrics playing in my head as I read those words. Thank you. Thanks for this posting. I have been a fan of hers for years without knowing it. I had a mix with Here’s to Life on it many years ago but subsequently lost. That was the only song on the CD that I cared about and I did not know the artist (or even the right song name.) I had long since given up on finding out who it was, but then as I read through to the end of your post I could hear those lyrics playing in my head as I read those words. Thank you.

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/comment-page-1/#comment-5633 Clifford Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:31:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/#comment-5633 Wow! I love those... I was listening to them a lot recently. Fantastic! Cheers, -cvj Wow! I love those… I was listening to them a lot recently. Fantastic!

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: Moshe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/comment-page-1/#comment-5632 Moshe Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:23:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/#comment-5632 Clifford, yours was such a nice description of some of my favorite Miles Davis music, made me listen to the "in a silent way" sessions. I should also try her of course... Clifford, yours was such a nice description of some of my favorite Miles Davis music, made me listen to the “in a silent way” sessions. I should also try her of course…

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/comment-page-1/#comment-5631 Clifford Sat, 22 Oct 2005 01:33:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/#comment-5631 Athena: You and me both (as they say)..... Shirley Horn for the rest of the evening. Those words ring in my head a lot. I love that song....and the way she sings it! And you're right, what a year it has been for that. Cheers, -cvj Athena: You and me both (as they say)….. Shirley Horn for the rest of the evening. Those words ring in my head a lot. I love that song….and the way she sings it!

And you’re right, what a year it has been for that.

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: Athena http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/comment-page-1/#comment-5630 Athena Sat, 22 Oct 2005 01:22:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/21/come-a-little-closer-and-i-will-sing-my-song/#comment-5630 Clifford, thank you for the posting. What a year it has been for me in the passing of well-loved musicians. Interesting coincidence that you should say her words from Here's To Life often ring in your head, because hear the same song in my head whenever her name is mentioned. I attribute this association to owning that album by the same title (it's really wonderful â€" Wynton Marsalis plays trumpet on it too). Also enjoy her album, "I Love You, Paris." Hers is a voice that always gives me those tingly goosebumps. Need a commemorative listen tonight... Clifford, thank you for the posting. What a year it has been for me in the passing of well-loved musicians.
Interesting coincidence that you should say her words from Here’s To Life often ring in your head, because hear the same song in my head whenever her name is mentioned. I attribute this association to owning that album by the same title (it’s really wonderful — Wynton Marsalis plays trumpet on it too). Also enjoy her album, “I Love You, Paris.” Hers is a voice that always gives me those tingly goosebumps. Need a commemorative listen tonight…

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