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    • dance-tonight
      dance-tonight last edited by

      Great singer, I like her voice and her calm songs. There is a new album on the way, the first single is "Happy Pills".

      Other great songs: Sunrise
      Don't Know Why

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        admin last edited by

        i kinda digged her when she first came but lost interest over the years

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        • dance-tonight
          dance-tonight last edited by

          The same with me. Loved her first songs in 2004, but after 2007 I lost interest too. But now after five years, I saw her on a German television show promoting her new album and sang her new single and now I listen to her again.

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          • oobu24
            oobu24 last edited by

            Did you ever see the song she sang with Dave Grohl at a tribute for Paul? Great version!

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              admin last edited by

              Yes great version but would have liked it better if she didn't change the words.......

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              • SusyLuvsPaul
                SusyLuvsPaul last edited by

                Her daddy recently passed (Ravi Shankar, yes, I know it seems unlikely--he had a one night stand with a Texas girl and Nora was the result) at age 92, he got to live a long time. Thanks for reminding me about Nora. I do admire her talent and her singing and looks like she's been quietly successful all along. Maybe she'll keep writing new stuff. Ravi was tight with George H. It's nice that Nora appreciates Paul, too. OOPS Ravi Shankar didn't die, I got that wrong. I had actually read he just celebrated his 92nd birthday, recently. My former dentist Dr. Purvis just died at 92, somehow I must have gotten them mixed up

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                • dance-tonight
                  dance-tonight last edited by

                  oobu24:

                  Did you ever see the song she sang with Dave Grohl at a tribute for Paul? Great version!

                  Didn't saw it before, thanks. One of my favorite male singers and one of my favorite female singers performing together a song of my favorite singer/songwriter. Nice.

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                  • dance-tonight
                    dance-tonight last edited by

                    JennyLP:

                    Yes great version but would have liked it better if she didn't change the words.......

                    What do you mean, changing the words? She only sang "Maybe I'm the only WOman" instead of "Man", or am I wrong?

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                      admin last edited by

                      dance-tonight:

                      JennyLP:

                      Yes great version but would have liked it better if she didn't change the words.......

                      What do you mean, changing the words? She only sang "Maybe I'm the only WOman" instead of "Man", or am I wrong?

                      woman, man and she....three words..

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                      • dance-tonight
                        dance-tonight last edited by

                        JennyLP:

                        dance-tonight:

                        JennyLP:

                        Yes great version but would have liked it better if she didn't change the words.......

                        What do you mean, changing the words? She only sang "Maybe I'm the only WOman" instead of "Man", or am I wrong?

                        woman, man and she....three words..

                        I don't see what's wrong with that? 😉 Every time I hear a cover of this song by a woman, they changed the lyrics to "Maybe I'm the only woman...you're the only man" etc., but I don't see something bad about it. It's only natural that they sing it of the perspective of a woman.

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                          admin last edited by

                          dance-tonight:

                          JennyLP:

                          dance-tonight:

                          JennyLP:

                          Yes great version but would have liked it better if she didn't change the words.......

                          What do you mean, changing the words? She only sang "Maybe I'm the only WOman" instead of "Man", or am I wrong?

                          woman, man and she....three words..

                          I don't see what's wrong with that? 😉 Every time I hear a cover of this song by a woman, they changed the lyrics to "Maybe I'm the only woman...you're the only man" etc., but I don't see something bad about it. It's only natural that they sing it of the perspective of a woman.

                          And I see nothing wrong with a man/woman keeping the lyrics exactly as the songwriter originally wrote them......nothing wrong with that either. I guess we have to agree to disagree.....yeah right

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                            Dr. Winston last edited by

                            Well, let me explain it this way: The song is "Maybe I'm Amazed." Not "Maybe Paul's Amazed" or "Maybe He's Amazed," but "Maybe I'm Amazed." It's an intensely personal song from Paul to Linda expressing his amazement at the depth of her love for him. But it's not Paul-specific. The song's narrator is a person, period, expressing amazement. Now, the way Paul wrote it, the narrator is a man, to be specific, "a lonely man who's in the middle of something that he doesn't really understand," and maybe his lover is "the only woman that could ever help [him]... understand." But the sentiment is not strictly limited to men. I've heard many women be incredibly amazed at the depth of a man's love for them. I've also known many women who would be uncomfortable or offended if someone referred to them (in song or otherwise) as a man. Two or three little words don't change the main thrust of the song: the narrator's disbelief and amazement at the love pouring out of the person supporting them. It's a tribute to that love. Whether it's coming from a man or coming from a woman, it's the same story no matter the pronoun. She's not hurting the song by doing it. She's not hurting Paul either; it's not like she's Madonna changing a handful of words in a song and demanding co-author credit and copyright (but that's a gripe for another thread :wink. It's just a different spin, a different perspective. So, what would you rather hear from a woman singing the song? That she's a lonely man in the middle of something that she doesn't really understand? Or would you rather she personalize it and offer the woman's perspective? I say, if a woman's singing it, she's "a lonely woman in the middle of something that she doesn't really understand." (Personally, though, I'd go for a rewrite that stuck more closely to the melody, as with the Gadget White Band's cover for the Coming Up compilation: "Maybe I'm amazed / Maybe I'm lonely and I'm in the middle of something / That I don't really understand / Maybe I'm amazed / And you're the only one who could ever help me...") Just my tuppence.

                            finally starting over
                            with love, j

                            \\\\ those with ears to hear

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                              admin last edited by

                              And yes......"Maybe I'm Amazed"

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                              • dance-tonight
                                dance-tonight last edited by

                                JennyLP:

                                dance-tonight:

                                JennyLP:

                                dance-tonight:

                                JennyLP:

                                Yes great version but would have liked it better if she didn't change the words.......

                                What do you mean, changing the words? She only sang "Maybe I'm the only WOman" instead of "Man", or am I wrong?

                                woman, man and she....three words..

                                I don't see what's wrong with that? 😉 Every time I hear a cover of this song by a woman, they changed the lyrics to "Maybe I'm the only woman...you're the only man" etc., but I don't see something bad about it. It's only natural that they sing it of the perspective of a woman.

                                And I see nothing wrong with a man/woman keeping the lyrics exactly as the songwriter originally wrote them......nothing wrong with that either. I guess we have to agree to disagree.....yeah right

                                Okay. "Dr. Winston" explained my view on it, I think it's weird if a woman sings "I'm the only man...".

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                                • oobu24
                                  oobu24 last edited by

                                  ESPECIALLY in this case where Norah & Dave seem to be singing to eachother. They did it right ...especially in this instance.

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                                    admin last edited by

                                    I stick with my view....leave the words alone

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                                    • oobu24
                                      oobu24 last edited by

                                      No one is trying to change your mind Jen. We have to all agree that they did do a supurb job on that song!

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                                        admin last edited by

                                        oobu24:

                                        No one is trying to change your mind Jen. We have to all agree that they did do a supurb job on that song!

                                        Yes they did....though a solo would have been much better...

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                                          Dr. Winston last edited by

                                          No one's trying to change your mind, I agree. But I ask you, Jen... ...are you a lonely man in the middle of something that he doesn't really understand? 😉

                                          finally starting over
                                          with love, j

                                          \\\\ those with ears to hear

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                                          • dance-tonight
                                            dance-tonight last edited by

                                            Btw, listened to her new album "Little Broken Hearts", it's really great. Favs so far: "Say Goodbye", "After The Fall", "Travelin' On", "Happy Pills", "Miriam" and "All A Dream".

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