Who is Sigrid and Why is She the Next Big Thing in Music?

[pinball1970]

I just heard this song and I think it was awesome, I instantly fell in love with it!
It's a Scottish band called CHRVCHES. I got the suggestion from one of my subscribers (who is a big fan of Sigrid like me) on my live music youtube channel.

The vocals here remind me a bit of Kate Bush, actually, @pinball1970 ...

CHVRCHES - Never Ending Circles (lyric video)

I listened to this twice, her voice sounds slightly produced I would have to hear her live.
Her range is a little lower, more Ariana Grande in sound.
Nice tune though!

 

[DennisN]

I listened to this twice, her voice sounds slightly produced I would have to hear her live.

I agree, I've listened to quite many of their songs today, both produced and live. But I think they are very good live too, at least judging from what I've heard so far.

 

[pinball1970]

Amazing.
The story of his playing is interesting too.

 

[DennisN]

Like the lead guitar starting at 2:22.

Edit, first result of search below, The Youngbloods, Darkness Darkness.

A very cool song! With quite a strange mix of genres, sounded like folk music meeting 70s psychedelic rock. That song must have been made in the 1970s.

Edit: No, it's from 1969. And on Wikipedia it was categorized as Folk rock, psychedelic folk, so I was pretty close.

 

[david2]

 

[DennisN]

I listened to this twice, her voice sounds slightly produced I would have to hear her live.

I found a very nice live performance of the song today:

Never Ending Circles (Reading Festival 2016) CHVRCHES Live
I'm already a fan of them, they won me over instantly, so will remaster the sound and upload it to my own live music channel, probably today.

 

[DennisN]

The vocals here remind me a bit of Kate Bush, actually, @pinball1970 ...

Haha, quote from wikipedia : "They are also were influenced by acts such as ... Kate Bush ...".

 

[DennisN]

Another Scottish band I liked during a period in the 80s was Simple Minds, and here's a wonderful live version of "New Gold Dream":


Original is here.

And I found an even better live performance of Chrvches' "Never Ending Circles" which I remastered the sound on and uploaded just a while ago, gosh I just love it:

CHVRCHES - Never Ending Circles (Live at iHeartRadio 2018, remastered)

 

[DennisN]

Happy new 2020, lovers of music!
I hope of hearing more good songs in this thread during this year.
And I also hope this year will be a great music year. I personally plan to see many good artists live.
And this band is now on my personal "artists to see live" list :

Chvrches performs "Clearest Blue" from Central Park Summerstage, New York

 

[Spinnor]

I personally plan to see many good artists live.

Strap on a body cam and take us along,

Be nice if the cam had great sound recording as well.

 

[DennisN]

I've recently discovered the very talented singer/songwriter Billie Eilish,

I've just seen this fun Carpool Karaoke with Billie Eilish and James Corden. Wow, she sounds great singing in a car without any effects... And she sings and plays a lovely snippet of "I will" by The Beatles at 5:00. I wish she wouldn't have stopped, it sounded wonderful.

 

[OCR]

Classic. . . . Yuppies in the Sky · Peter, Paul and Mary

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[DennisN]

This is currently one of my favorite songs by Billie Eilish. It's a slow and sad one, but I think it is so beautiful and well done. Great melodies, hooks and lyrics and great singing. It gets a 10 out of 10 by me .

Billie Eilish - When The Party's Over

 

[DennisN]

I've recently discovered the very talented singer/songwriter Billie Eilish

I just saw on the wikipedia main page that Billie Eilish got a grand slam at the Grammy Awards 2020, she won the major categories:

• Album of the Year
• Best Pop Vocal Album
• Record of the Year
• Song of the Year ("Bad Guy")
• Best New Artist

She was also nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance. Congratulations, Billie! I am very, very impressed. Well, I already was impressed before she won these prizes, actually.

Billie Eilish - bad guy

 

[hutchphd]

The same song brings the same outrage 50 years later. Thank you Mr Zimmerman.

 

[ZapperZ]

I know DennisN has mentioned Billie Eilish a few times. Many of her other tunes have been getting a lot of publicity, but when I first bought her album, the track that stood out to me was "I Love You". Over the many months that I've listened to it, it has definitely grown on me, and now I consider it as one of my all-time favorites. The music, lyrics, and singing are just spot on with loads of emotional punch, especially considering that it is performed with such quiet elegance.

She has performed this with her brother a few times, including a performance on Saturday Night Live. But here's a video of the song performed at the Greek Theater.


Zz.

 

[DennisN]

"Money For Nothing" is a classic, iconic song by Dire Straits, and I recently saw a fun video in which Mark Knopfler told about the background to the song. He overheard a worker in a kitchen appliances store complaining about music artists playing on MTV, and Knopfler hid behind some goods and wrote down the things the worker was saying. Here is that clip about the song.
The entire video is good by the way, it is about Knopfler's five favorite guitars.

And this is another great video where Knopfler talks about guitars and guitar playing, and in which he displays his formidable skills with the instruments :
The video for "Money For Nothing" was the first video to be shown on MTV in the UK. And the video and the lyrics make more sense if you know the backstory. By the way, Sting did the intro vocals and backing vocals.

And here's a live version of "Money For Nothing" with four legends, Mark Knopfler on lead guitar and vocals, Sting on backing vocals, Eric Clapton on rhythm guitar and Phil Collins on drums!

 

[fresh_42]

 

[OCR]

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Actually, I have never really cared much for that one. . . .

What really turns me on though, are. . .Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. . . .

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[fresh_42]

Emmylou, my crush of youth!

 

[OCR]

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Ain't that the truth. . . .
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[DennisN]

Great song, cool video, powerful performance:

The Cult - Wild Hearted Son

 

[fresh_42]

 

[Mary Conrads Sanburn]

 

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[DennisN]

MUSE & Brian Johnson of AC/DC - Back In Black [Reading Festival 2017]

 

[DennisN]

Lovely, suggestive electronica by Carmen Rizzo:

Carmen Rizzo - The Space Left Behind

 

[DennisN]

Looks like Chvrches did a special quarantine live performance of one of their songs.
Gosh, I really like her voice...

CHVRCHES - Forever (Separate But Together Version)

 

[DennisN]

Mmmm... very nice.

Billie Eilish & Finneas perform "Sunny" | One World: Together At Home

 

[DennisN]

Another one from the special show "One World: Together At Home on April 18"
Great song, I think.

Billie Joe Armstrong (from Green Day) performs "Wake Me Up When September Ends"