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Like a Violin without strings
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Austria / Germany / Switzerland
My personal catchy song from Austria 🙂
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And here a compatriot of Mona and Lisa: Christina Stürmer from Linz (third largest city in Austria)
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Last but not least: Boy (a german-swiss co-production)
“Boy” is a music duo consisting of the Zurich singer Valeska Steiner and the Hamburg musician Sonja Glass:
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Hi Jurgen
I notice these female artists haven’t been mentioned so far. I think in North America these 3 were the biggest female rockers. Heart, Joan Jett, and Sheryl Crow.
I notice though in the performances, the main guitar work heavy lift were done by the guys that always disappointed me. That’s why Mona and Lisa are my guitar heroes, they do all the guitar work heavy lifting themselves like in Revolution!
My fave Sheryl Crow song done live.
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Heart:
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Jung, I thought you might enjoy this Heart video. Completely out of the big rock and roll arena, Nancy did a program with kids to explore the wild life in the beautiful Northwest. She and Ann wrote this song called “Baby Wild”. I can’t imagine how cool it would be to sit around a campfire by the ocean and listen to the Wilson sisters sing.
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Joan Jett:
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Now listen to Mona’s superb rocker vocals, and Lisa takes it away with that amazing lead guitar work!
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Hi Jung, thanks for the three US musicians. I already missed Joan Jett and Sheryl Crow (there are just so incredibly many good female musicians, so far we have only seen the tip of the iceberg). Good choice!
Yes Mona and Lisa’s live performance is great. You have already convinced me: I will never listen to any other music in the future! 🙂
PS: But there are also some Canadians missing.
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Hi again Jurgen, I’m sorry but was never nor will I be a fan of Avril ‘s music, only my opinion, but her music simply does not, never has appealed to me and I think her music care took off after she had won a radio contest to getup onstage and sing with Shania Twain at an Ottawa show Concert that Shania was doing, many moons ago… same thing with my hometown gal Alannis Morissette, I liked her early stuff until her Jagged Pill stuff, tgen was not a fan but now her current stuff, I can tolerate….lol…
As For Canadian female singers, I enjoy Sarah McClaughan, Anne Murray, LeMeow ( Gin Bourgeois ) , Shania Twain, Kelly Prescott, … Although I’m into alot of old school country music folks, Carol Baker is a Canadian country singer, that I enjoy music of and did enjoy Rita McNeill, I love Heather Rankin ( of The Rankins fame in Canada), Cowboy Junkies, Molly Johnston, Dawn Langston, Amanda Stott, Amanda Wilkinson, just to rattle off a few Canadian female musicians/singers that I enjoy of…
Jung lives out on West Coast while I live kinda near East Coast …. just so you have an idea where we 2 Canuckers live… also as Jung is aware, I’m not keen on Classical or Neil Young stuff either…lol..
I definitely have eclectic and certain likes/dislikes in my music tastes but again, only my opinion, everyone’s music tastes vary outside of the realm of MLT music, and that’s okay ….????☮
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Hi Jacki, thanks for your detailed information. Now I am well informed about the music scene in Canada. I know that Avril Lavigne makes very special music and this does not necessarily meet the taste here in the forum. But during the MLT advent calendar I met another Lavigne fan. And I thought: where there is one there might be two or even three. I also like Shania Twain very much, but unfortunately you don’t hear anything from her anymore. At least here with us. I have two CDs by Sarah McLachlan. Beautiful music. Regarding the living (or housing) situation of Jung and you, I know that you live at the one end of the road and Jung at the other end. And there are 4996.93 km in between by car (that’s a rough 2917.9663 miles). But remember, Jung drives a fast car. So you are almost neighbors. 🙂
PS: Canuckers, is that how you say it? Doesn’t sound nice somehow.
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Jurgen, LOL!!!???? Yeah those 4996 KM are nothing in the summer, but in winter, maybe a 5 hour flight is preferable.
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Hi Jacki, I guess for Canada we can claim one of the greatest female singer songwriters of all time, Joni Mitchell. I like some of Sarah McLaughlin’s stuff, she currently lives (West Vancouver) not more than 10 or 15 minutes from where I grew up, along with Brian Adams. As for Avril Lavigne, I’m just not familiar with her music at all to say I like or dislike her music. The Avril Lavigne song Jurgen posted sounds catchy enough. The mall shots look like the malls around where I use to hang out. I think if she was around a coupe decades earlier when I use to skate board, I might have been a big fan. In the 70s I found my older brothers skateboard and taught myself to skateboard. I’ve never seen my brother skateboard, so he must have lost interest after he bought it. But this was before skateboarding was a big thing like nowadays. There were no skateboard parks or anything like that around. I remember in my neighbourhood I was about the only skateboarder around.
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Jurgen, Angel is a great song, probably Sarah’s best. That Dido song you posted was nice too.
When I use to skateboard in the 70s, there weren’t any helmets and knee and shoulder pads like what you are required to wear today. At least I don’t remember seeing any sold in the sporting goods section back then for skateboarding. I use to look for the biggest hill I could find, and it felt like a daredevil stunt. I’m glad I survived those days in one piece. Thank god for the skateboard parks today for the kids that are a lot safer. With all the gear you only get bruised if you fall.
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Jurgen, while I’ve always dismissed Madonna’s music as just fun and superficial, I was very impressed with her last two songs from 1998, Frozen and The Power of Goodbye. Very moving. There is real maturity and complex subject matter in these two songs that set them apart I think from anything she did before. Both written by Madonna, and critically acclaimed as masterpieces.
Wikipedia: “Frozen” received acclaim from music critics, some of whom deemed it an album standout. It was described as being a masterpiece, and its melodic beat and sound were defined as “cinematic”.
“The Power of Good-Bye” received acclaim from music critics, who went on to recognize the song as one of the best on Ray of Light, with praise going to its instrumentation and electronic vibe, as well as Madonna’s vocals which were compared to “Frozen” (1998).”
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Madonna: Power of Goodbye
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Jung thanks for sharing the two madonna videos. Yes, Madonna as a musician is actually a topic in its own right. I saw her music similar to you: fun and superficial. But very big fun. The last album I own from her is from 2005 “Confessions On A Dance Floor“. I like that quite well. “Isla Bonita” I also still enjoy and some of her first big hits I really like to hear. Madonna’s great strength was that she was constantly reinventing herself and always introducing new music and fashion trends. You’re right: the two tracks “Frozen” and “The Power of Good-Bye” usher in a musical trend change for Madonna. Her music sounds more mature, more adult and one notices that she has gone through a developmental leap (at this point it would be quite interesting to see what has changed in her life. Sometimes drastic events in life lead to such changes or maturity processes. Not only with musicians…). Now the funny thing: I have the album “ray of light” from which both pieces are taken from in my CD shelf and have never heard it (it is from the estate of Manuela). Now you have aroused my curiosity, thank you. I will listen to the album at leisure.
What do you actually think of this piece of music? I like the energy and charisma of the singer very well. The accompanying album is unfortunately only mediocre (oh yes and in the music video is also skateboarding again) 🙂
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Hi Jurgen, thanks for sharing you perspective on the Madonna songs. I agree there is a realness with these two songs Frozen and The Power of Goodbye that has a kind of grit and passion, and it made me wonder what went on in Madonna’s life when she wrote these songs. The lyrics have a kind of profound wisdom to it that feels like it is backed by something personal and deep. The songs are powerful and moving. When an artist creates a song that comes from real life experience, it seems it can can often be very powerful as those exact complex feelings are being expressed through the music. If the songwriter has the prowess to translate those real raw emotions into the music you have something great. John Lennon talked about his song Help being real to him and some other songs too like Norwegian Wood. One of George Harrison’s favourite John Lennon songs, he says he can feel where that song is coming from.
That song “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes sound familiar. I think I’ve heard it on the radio years ago. The lead singer has good vocals and give the song a lot of flourish. It’s a good song, but too bad to hear the rest of the album is not as good.
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About a year ago I discovered on YouTube a talented young lady by the name of Anne Reburn, who has recorded a lot of covers of old songs in which she “clones” herself to produce multi-part harmonies. Here’s her most-viewed video:
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Hi David, thanks for the video and your interesting contribution. The idea is exciting and clever: record your own voice in different pitches and then overlay them to achieve multi-part harmonies. The result reminds me a bit of the Boswell Sisters and the Andrew Sisters.
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Juergen, I wasn’t familiar with the Boswell Sisters, so I looked them up and saw that they recorded a song called Rock and Roll… in 1934! I thought they might be time travellers, but it turns out the song is just about being in a boat on the ocean.
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That is pretty cool David! I wonder if they already knew at that time what kind of music will roll towards them later?
PS: Maybe they were time travelers trying to avoid a time paradox. Their performance should be only a hint to the future of music. We will never know.
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Hi David. She sounds quite amazing, and did a great job syncing the vocals to be able to harmonize so perfectly like that.
This reminds me of MLT’s “Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy” with the mixing magic Rudolf did with the layering of may Mona and Lisa vocals against a choir of Mona’s and Lisa’s in the background humming.
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Caro Emerald (NL)
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Silvy de Bee (B)
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Laïs (B)
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Sharon den Adel and Anneke van Giersbergen (NL)
(If you’re ever into symphonic metal, these are the most successful singers and bands on the scene: Sharon den Adel of Within Tempation, Floor Jansen and Tarja Turunen of the group Nightwish, Simone Simons of Epica, and Anneke van Giersbergen of the band The Gathering. Also the German band Beyond the Black around the singer Jennifer Haben could establish themselves in this music genre. Tarja and Floor have trained opera voices: in combination with the metal sound i like that very much).
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As long as we’re touring the world, a Filipino friend of mine once introduced me to this intriguing song. Even though it’s in Tagalog, you can feel the emotion in the lyrics. The lead singer’s name is Lolita Carbon. (I’ve since learned that this is a cover of a song originally written and performed by a male artist, but this is the version I know best.)
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Beautiful music David and a great idea. It makes me feel wanderlust. During our trips to Southeast Asia, we just turned on the TV more often in the evening and watched local TV stations. There are many music programs with regional or national music. It’s surprising how many Asian women play electric guitar and drums so damn well and the selection of rock and pop ballads is almost immeasurable. Here I have chosen a Thai musician. Her music is representative for a very popular music style in Thailand, among younger people.
PS: since I am not a native english speaker, it is completely normal for me not to understand lyrics, but I just follow the sound of the voice. So the voice of the singer becomes another instrument for me. I also like to do this with english songs. I don’t listen to the words, but to the melody of the voice. Of course, if I focus on the lyrics, I understand the content, but sometimes it’s just nice only to follow the melody of the voice.
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Wow Jurgen! Your familiarity with female artists from all over Europe is impressive! What a list you created.
It’s still in the early twilight where I am, and couldn’t fall back asleep, so thought I’d add one more to your list. The 1967 movie To Sir With Love had a big impact on me and my family growing up. The recent death of Sidney Poitier saddened me. Lulu became well known for her theme song for the film that became a big hit. I have the original 1967 vinyl soundtrack of the movie that my parents bought back then and played a few hundred times in the Roe household for decades since.
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Will post the soundtrack version of To Sir With Love as a tribute to Sidney Poitier, a true racial barrier pioneer in Hollywood, and the movie. Teachers are heroes!
To sir, with love. ????
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Hi Jung, thank you for your posting. Sidney Poitier became known in Germany through the movie “In the Heat of the Night”. I liked the movie a lot. He was a very likeable actor. It is a pity that he passed away. LuLu is a very beautiful song and the movie seems to mean a lot to you. Even nicer that you own the original vinyl soundtrack from 1967. That’s pretty cool and certainly a valuable treasure. Can you still play the record or has it suffered a lot from all the playing?
Making a long list is one thing. It is much more important that there are wonderful, interested people who look at it. Thanks to everyone who persevered up to this point. With such a long topic, I am sometimes not sure when the right time has come to stop. But I think as long as I still get feedback here, not everyone has fallen asleep or switched off. If I don’t hear from you anymore, then I know: now it’s time to go to bed. 🙂
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