nieuw juni 2004: Wendy MaHarry "Released"

[Jan W]

Titel : Released
Artiest : WendyMaHarry
Releasedatum : juni 2003
Genre: singer/songwriter pop/jazz
Meer info: http://www.corazong.com/bios.php?bio=53 http://wendymaharry.com

Hoewel al een jaar oud is deze cd toch zeer de moeite waard. De relatief onbekende Wendy MaHarry draait al een tijdje mee in het popcircuit (sinds 1993) en dit is een overzicht van het werk dat ze heeft uitgebracht. De eerste cd met een live-registratie is het meest toegangelijk. Op de tweede cd staan een twaalftal studio-uitvoeringen waar meer op wordt geëxperimenteerd. Voor elk wat wils dus. Wendy weet op beide cd's pop en jazz prima aan elkaar te smeden. Het is een album dat ook tot denken zet zoals "Dyan is Resting" Wendy zegt daarover:

quote:

About working with Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on ‘Dyan Is Resting’, the sad but true story about a New York socialite, who, in a fit of depression leapt off the ledge of  a high rise building in Manhattan. Wendy: ‘Dyan Is Resting’ is about this New York woman who circulated in the highest social circles. When she killed herself, there was an article about her in the newspaper that I read. After that I imagined what might be going through her mind just before she jumped.

            

quote:

Dyan Is Resting
Wendy MaHarry & Dwight Marcus

Dyan is resting
The blue sky above her
Crossing her legs
Tired from the day
Dyan is resting
The firemen below her
Shout, "Come down"
Disappears in her brain
Dyan is resting
A crowd begins forming
Circling around like a pinwheel that shines
Dyan is resting
Ignoring the sirens
That bounce off the face of the towering highrise
Oh yeah, this is the best
Oh yeah, better than the best
Dyan is resting
While the volunteers are testing
Their trampoline
A little more to the right
Dyan is resting
The pigeons are nesting
Across the way in a gutter up high
She hears a coo she takes as a sign
Stands up and bows
Bows in the light
Oh yeah this is the best
Oh yeah better than the best
Dyan is resting
And nothing disturbs her
Not the fact that her dreams were bigger than life
Dyan is resting
Let nothing disturb her
Because finally she’s done everything right.

            

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