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RatsinFleight	Nana Mouskouri - Étoile Internationale	Lead	[-]
(06/22/08 5:55 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Tags : None Nana Mouskouri, talent extraordinaire.... I'll be damned if I'm not gettin' older. As such, it's becoming easier (and easier) for me to play, and listen to the sparrow tribute muses of Nana Mouskouri, and her untouchaby differing vocal chord orchestrations. From Over and Over, to Le Souvenir, to The White Rose of Athens, to La Paloma. She is a Maîtresse of La Musique. Anybody else appreciate Nana? Chimbolom anyone? The process is reversing itself! Last Edited By: RatsinFleight 06/27/08 3:03 AM. Edited 5 times.
RatsinFleight		#1	[-]
(06/22/08 6:05 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Untouchable.� That we would be so graced.......Plaisir D'Amour.... The process is reversing itself! Last Edited By: RatsinFleight 06/22/08 6:53 AM. Edited 1 times.
Jimchig	Wow!	#2	[-]
(06/22/08 12:22 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	What a beautiful voice. Thanks for satisfying my long dormant curiosity by posting that Rats. All my life I've been seeing her albums and cds and wondering what it could be like. She was seemingly everywhere and more popular than Zamfir! Surprisingly, I have never come across her work, even on the easy listening, or contemporary stations I've been listening to for decades. I'll be searching You tube for more now. I just love discovering new great stuff, especially when it's been there all along and only new to me.
RatsinFleight		#3	[-]
(06/22/08 3:53 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	No sweat, Jim. I knew I'd find somebody on this enlightened board who would appreciate the gift that is NM's voice [I was admittedly PUI (Posting while under the influence) last night when I posted the above, but regardless.] By sheer luck, I stumbled upon her "Passport" CD a few years back. Being French, I'd heard a significant amount of her music as a 70s child. Now that I've re-familiarized myself with at least some of her crowning achievements, I'd recommend Passport as possibly the best introduction to her angelic repertoire. I've recently read that what makes her voice so unique is the fact that she has one vocal chord that is larger than the other. Whatever the case may be, to this monsterkid's ears (and eyes, what with her signature Black eyeglasses), she is the personification of everything beautiful of which humanity is capable of. That includes all of her humanitarian work with the UN, Unicef and Oxfam. Don't get me wrong, my taste in music is (I'd like to believe) quite eclectic, but rediscovering NM as of late has been nothing but pure joy of a higher level. She's genial. She sings fluently in 7 (count 'em 7!!!) languages, including Greek (she's from Crete, after all..), French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Portugese, and even Japanese.... The process is reversing itself!
RatsinFleight		#4	[-]
(06/22/08 10:55 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Please bear with me guys, but here's more Nana Mouskouri (in English this time....). The process is reversing itself!
RatsinFleight		#5	[-]
(06/22/08 11:00 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Hey Jim, speaking of Zamfir, here's Nana performing with the Man himself.... The process is reversing itself!
Dr Spyclops		#6	[-]
(06/23/08 3:51 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Thanks for posting this particular Gheorghe Zamfir video clip, Rats. I first became aware of "The Lonely Shepherd", when Quentin Tarantino included a version of it on the soundtrack of KILL BILL Vol. 1. I was amazed at how well the music fit into the movie. It's the best tune never heard in a Sergio Leone western and Nana's beautiful vocals add even more of that Morricone vibe. (For you Leone buffs, Morricone and Zamfir actually did get to work together on the soundtrack for ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA.)
Jimchig		#7	[-]
(06/23/08 8:23 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Hauntingly beautiful! It does sound very much like some of the 'Once Upon A Time in America' soundtrack. All I need is a hit off'n the Opium pipe.
RatsinFleight		#8	[-]
(06/23/08 11:36 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Dr Spyclops wrote: Thanks for posting this particular Gheorghe Zamfir video clip, Rats. I first became aware of "The Lonely Shepherd", when Quentin Tarantino included a version of it on the soundtrack of KILL BILL Vol. 1. I was amazed at how well the music fit into the movie. It's the best tune never heard in a Sergio Leone western and Nana's beautiful vocals add even more of that Morricone vibe. (For you Leone buffs, Morricone and Zamfir actually did get to work together on the soundtrack for ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA.) Glad you enjoyed that one, Doc. It is very Morricone-esque, indeed. But as Jimchig put it, It's all a Pipe Dream... Seriously, tho. I'm kicking myself (hard) for missing her on the Canadian leg of her Farewell World tour last year when she came to Toronto!! Just found out about that a coupla days ago...She still has to finish off Europe (including Greece this July, then France, and Spain...), as well as South America... Paris or Buenos Aires. Right now it's a toss up...You only live twice, right? I'd have to buy the concert tickets well in advance, which would then force my hand into buying the plane tickets.... The process is reversing itself!
TServo4		#9	[-]
(06/24/08 1:43 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Best Nana Mouskouri moment? J. Theakston The Central Theater, Passaic, NJ
Bob Furmanek		#10	[-]
(06/24/08 1:58 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I've known of Nana for at least 30 years, but only recently have I started to fully appreciate her music and artistry. I too picked up the Passport CD, and it's a slice of musical heaven. Like yourself, I kick myself for missing her one New York City appearance on her Farewell Tour. I only learned of it a few weeks ago, and it took place sometime last year. Damn! I had the pleasure of meeting Nana when she did an in-store appearance promoting her latest album. This was circa 1978, and somewhere I've got a 3-D slide of us together. The commercial for Wizard is quite a unique moment, and even Nana has admitted in recent years that she wished she hadn't done it. Oh well. If that's the only flaw in her musical legacy, so be it. There's supposed to be a real prime album cut in New York in the early sixties with Quincy Jones producing. Apparently, she does some good jazz-tinged material. I've got to check that one out.
RatsinFleight		#11	[-]
(06/27/08 3:11 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Glad you enjoy the Passport CD, Bob.� She certainly is at her best in many of those singles.� I tried giving a listen to some of that NY Jazz session, and it just weren't for me... It's tough to find, or make readily available, some of her best worldwide material such as Soleil Soleil, or Chimbolom, or A La Claire Fontaine, or Le Souvenir, or Dans Le Moulin Et Dans Le Vent, or Schubert's Ave Maria...Yet, sometimes one lucks out.... The process is reversing itself! Last Edited By: RatsinFleight 06/27/08 4:43 AM. Edited 3 times.
RatsinFleight		#12	[-]
(06/27/08 5:06 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	OK, here's some more from yer pal Rats. Heck I grew up with this stuff... Here's one of the finest versions of La Paloma.... � The process is reversing itself! Last Edited By: RatsinFleight 06/27/08 5:09 AM. Edited 1 times.
ryanbrennan		#13	[-]
(06/27/08 5:29 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Who is that with her? Mirielle Mathieu (sp)?
RatsinFleight		#14	[-]
(06/27/08 12:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Yup, that's Mireille, all right. Yet another French/European icon. (If anyone hasn't figured it out yet, I'm a Frenchie - Now, before everybody says "Don't reply to this post or you'll just encourage him!", just remember that us Frenchies still hold the patent on them potatoe slices that get fried in oil and that everyone's been raving about lately...) Actually I've promised myself that once I'm done my tour of (work) duty up in them mountains again this season, I'm gonna finally order me a copy of Mireille's and Morricone's spectacular 1974 collaborative effort in which she sings to Ennio's magnificent arrangements. The process is reversing itself!

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