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Chanteuses
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 7:19 pm
by Psmith
I checked,it is a word.
Amy Winehouse
You know I'm no good.
https://youtu.be/b-I2s5zRbHg
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 7:39 pm
by Psmith
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 10:07 pm
by Undie
No arguments from me with Amy and Dusty
Debby Harry / Blondie- Atomic
This gas become my " when all else fails" song. I'm glad it's something I genuinely do love
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:18 am
by Psmith
I'm sure she appeared in many a young(and old)man's fantasy.
One for the older listeners.
Peggy Lee
You was right,baby
https://youtu.be/5cm3Obkx9iw
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 2:23 am
by Psmith
Kate Bush
Hounds of Love.
Someone has done a very good video for this.They have included scenes from the Brit horror classic."Night of the Demon"
https://youtu.be/XGAkoCRRJvw
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:52 pm
by Psmith
Elizabeth Fraser
Song to The Siren
https://youtu.be/HFWKJ2FUiAQ
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 9:28 pm
by Psmith
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 12:48 am
by Turnipsock
Carol Grimes, bit left field I know, but vastly underrated (bit like the Pink Floyd woman).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-imVh6UMEw
Early 70s, that where all the good music was.
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:19 am
by Maximus
Kind of depends on the definition of 'chanteuse'. I tend towards the nightclub singer description.
Trying to cover all bases, here's a song by a chanteuse about a chanteuse:
Dusty Springfield by Blossom Dearie
I guess my go-to chanteuse is Julie London - every song seems to be born in a smoky nightclub.
The obvious (but great) one:
Cry me a river - Julie London
Nice cover of the Sinatra standard:
Julie London - In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Capitol Records 1960)
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:43 pm
by SuzySu
I love Blondie, I was lucky enough to see her a lot of years ago. I also have a soft spot for Alison Moyet, she has a fab voice, I was going to say I saw her last year, but it was in 2017, she wrote this song when she was 16 years old
https://youtu.be/O5NdaeQAHR4
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:06 pm
by Phillip Phlopp
Not to everyone's taste but Laura Nyro could combine rock and blues with her gravel voice
Stoned soul picnic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1CfSgsvqJE
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:24 pm
by Maximus
SuzySu wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:43 pm
I love Blondie, I was lucky enough to see her a lot of years ago. I also have a soft spot for Alison Moyet, she has a fab voice, I was going to say I saw her last year, but it was in 2017, she wrote this song when she was 16 years old
https://youtu.be/O5NdaeQAHR4
Yes Suzy, agree with both of those and I was a Blondie fan from way back, in fact the first album is still my favourite and I saw them back in the 70's too.
Alison Moyet does have a great voice and it took Vince Clarke to realise that he could take her bluesy voice and team it with his electronics to make something new and special.
This is my fave of theirs:
Yazoo - Situation ( Original Video Clip ) HQ
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:32 pm
by Maximus
Very much my taste too - I think I posted her somewhere on here not too long ago. I particularly like the jazz influences.
She can be pretty intense but this is one of her lighter ones:
LAURA NYRO - Time And Love
Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:50 pm
by SuzySu
Maximus wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:24 pm
SuzySu wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:43 pm
I love Blondie, I was lucky enough to see her a lot of years ago. I also have a soft spot for Alison Moyet, she has a fab voice, I was going to say I saw her last year, but it was in 2017, she wrote this song when she was 16 years old
https://youtu.be/O5NdaeQAHR4
Yes Suzy, agree with both of those and I was a Blondie fan from way back, in fact the first album is still my favourite and I saw them back in the 70's too.
Alison Moyet does have a great voice and it took Vince Clarke to realise that he could take her bluesy voice and team it with his electronics to make something new and special.
This is my fave of theirs:
Yazoo - Situation ( Original Video Clip ) HQ
When I say I saw Blondie a lot of years ago, it was in 1999, I wasn’t old enough in the 1970s nor would I have been allowed to go trotting off to see Bands
The Live version of Situation on the Alison Moyet Album I have is so good, a lot better than the recorded version, plus she did sing it to me as well

Re: Chanteuses
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:30 pm
by Undie
I like Moyet's voice but it's with Clarke that I prefer, Situation being my favourite too
Some slightly more obvious ones from classics
Etta James
Nina Simone used as the final titles from Luther Friday night
Mary J Blige
and do you know, I may not have liked much she has done since this song but I do remember seeing Beyonce' sing this live on CDUK or whatever that music show ANt & Dec used to do late 90's/ early00s. Stunning performance of a cracking tune
Crazy In Love