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Unfortunately, Playlist failed me again .... How can they not have a single song by Amanda McBroom. I hope it is a matter of copywrite because otherwise they are NUTS! I assume everyone and their cousin knows of Bette Midler's version of "The Rose". Then there is Barbara Cook on her Live From London CD singing several of Amanda's best. My favorites on that CD: Make Me A Kite, Sweet Dreams, and Ship In A Bottle.
I'll kick this off with the Title Song. The ladies are meeting for cocktails and the over 40 is confiding about her newest love: Crimes of the Heart
Amanda at her empowered if once disillusioned womanly best with "I Loved"
Daddy's and daughters do have their problems. This is her composition about her B +++ actor father and the toll his career took on their relationship: Errol Flynn (There is a lot of truth here even if you daddy wasn't an actor).
Near the beginning of her career, Amanda McBroom was in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in New York. Here she is with Brel's "Chanson De Vieux Amants".
Lest you think she is all tears and angst, I'll close the set with her comedic, "Martha"
It almost doesn't matter which of her CDs you buy or songs you download from ITunes. Something about Amanda McBroom will stay with you.
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I've noticed that Playlist.com is often lacking in the songs that I'm looking for and I've yet to figure out if it's possible to upload something of one's own to the website. Thank goodness for YouTube, though!
By the by, love your Doctor Who widget over there on your sidebar! Amanda has become quite enchanted with the new Doctor and I must agree that Matt Smith is doing a smashing job at filling David Tennant's shoes.
Back to Five on Friday - for mine this week I was inspired by my daughter to use a set list based on a song about "giving up on love this time" but used in a completely different context!
Lovely set with clips that really let us get to see her as a performer. Simple and powerful. I do have to say that Martha was my favorite!
Did not know here before...she is talented indeed
Thanks...and I have linked you from The Couch so I remember to come here every day
Gee, Jamie, I know that song "Errol Flynn" it's so poignant! Thanks for playing it! :)
This is a great choice. I really enjoy her voice.