Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves
Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#1
Posted: 10/20/08 at 8:41pm
So gorgeous. I love this song.
Autumn Leaves
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#2
Posted: 10/20/08 at 9:13pm
That's a voice from Heaven. It isn't learned or acquired. You can't buy it or fake it. It's the voice of truth and honesty.
Thanks for sharing it, Dame. Such a tragedy she was taken from us so soon. I'm just glad we have her music now. Our chance to get to know the artist and the person a little bit.
She's one of those rare singers... like Karen Carpenter... or Mama Cass... or Ella Fitzgerald...
When I hear that voice, I believe in magic.
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re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#2
Posted: 10/20/08 at 9:56pm
I could not agree more......
One of my favorites:
Over The Rainbow
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#3
Posted: 10/20/08 at 10:01pm
Because of Garland's definitive version of "Rainbow," it's hard for me to listen to anyone else sing the song.
They usually get "gonged" before they're halfway finished.
In fact there are only two other singers I enjoy singing this song: Ella Fitzgerald (from the Harold Arlen Song Book)... and Eva Cassidy.
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re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#4
Posted: 10/20/08 at 10:36pmI discovered Eva's music a few years ago. She was absolutely amazing. I also love her Fields of Gold. Thanks for posting this thread so that there will be new fans.
Stand-by Joined: 10/28/07
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#5
Posted: 10/25/08 at 12:39amI've been pleased to find that even teenagers know Eva's music and love her. Thanks to the internet!
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#7
Posted: 10/25/08 at 2:38am
So haunting.
I would like to reccomend Rachel Yamagata's new double cd to any Cassidy fans. It's steeped in beautiful melancholy, and the second cd is instrumental.
Just gorgeous.
Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#8
Posted: 10/25/08 at 8:19am
Eva's first few notes made me cry.
Here is the beginning: Edith Piaf herself singing the song (slides, no video), first in English, then in the original French.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2s2tPORlW4
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#9
Posted: 10/25/08 at 8:27am
And Barbra, in French and English, mais oui!, from Je M'Appelle Barbra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiRvvorZ4ic
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#10
Posted: 10/25/08 at 9:43am
I first found Eva when I was looking for different versions of this song:
People Get Ready
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#11
Posted: 10/25/08 at 11:52amGorgeous. Thanks for sharing that.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#12
Posted: 10/26/08 at 2:27amiflit, that's my favorite rendition of the song. I'm also partial to Eva's version of "Wade in the Water."
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#13
Posted: 10/26/08 at 4:13amThank you for sharing some Eva Cassidy with me. It has really made my day :)
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#14
Posted: 10/26/08 at 4:14amThank you for sharing some Eva Cassidy with me. It has really made my day :)
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#15
Posted: 10/26/08 at 4:31am
Just have to throw this into the mix, because it's one of my favorite songs ever.
And she is . . . well, who she was.
What A Wonderful World.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
re: Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves#16
Posted: 10/26/08 at 4:36am
Saw this on a site of hers, and just had to share:
"Support the hardworking musicians in your area by attending live performances. Go out to the little clubs and restaurants that offer live music, and if you like what you hear, tell the performers! Clap long and loud! And if they're selling CDs and tapes from their guitar cases, as Eva once did, support their talents and efforts that way too. As someone once wrote in the Guestbook, "There will never be another Eva Cassidy, but there will be someone else."
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