Christine Doing Standards

[aleuzzi]

Okay, here's a fantasy: Christine winds up doing another solo album comprised entirely of standards, accompanied by acoustic instruments.

What standards would you imagine her singing?

Here's a handful I can think of:

Don't Take Your Love from Me
Willow Weep for Me
If You Got to Make a Fool of Somebody...


Let's have fun and think of more.

[Gailh]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Okay, here's a fantasy: Christine winds up doing another solo album comprised entirely of standards, accompanied by acoustic instruments.

What standards would you imagine her singing?

Here's a handful I can think of:

Don't Take Your Love from Me
Willow Weep for Me
If You Got to Make a Fool of Somebody...


Let's have fun and think of more.

I would love to hear her singing some really old standards such as "I get along without you very well" or "Cry Me a river"

Gail

[jbrownsjr]

Not too far off topic....

I would like her to do more blues....

but as for the thread...

Summertime
Comes Love
Misty
Songbird
Solitude


just a few

[nicepace]

My only wish for this album is that the "acoustic instruments" would consist almost entirely of Christine's own piano.

How does a song qualify to be a "standard"? Doesn't that have to be a really old song (pre rock 'n' roll era)?

[Gailh]

Originally Posted by nicepace

My only wish for this album is that the "acoustic instruments" would consist almost entirely of Christine's own piano.

that would be good. Actually I would like to hear her just playing the piano.

I absolutely love the instrumental only version of Songbird.

We know she "ploughs through" some Mozart very now and then. I for one would love to hear it

Gail

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Gailh

that would be good. Actually I would like to hear her just playing the piano.

I absolutely love the instrumental only version of Songbird.

We know she "ploughs through" some Mozart very now and then. I for one would love to hear it

Gail

do you have the instrumental of songbird?? i've never heard it... would love too

[David]

Originally Posted by Gailh

We know she "ploughs through" some Mozart very now and then. I for one would love to hear it

Mozart? My hunch is she does the first page or two of the C major piano sonata & then stops -- the typical student thing.

I'd like to hear Chris record:

Stranger in Paradise
BaÃ*a
How Little We Know (the Carmichael song)
Old Cape Cod
Yesterdays
Twilight on the Trail

Don't laugh at my Twilight choice. In fact, I think Chris would be more interesting on folk revival songs than on pop standards -- stuff like Turtle Dove. She stylizes her vocal more in the English folk song way than in the jazz or big band way.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Not too far off topic....

I would like her to do more blues....

but as for the thread...

Summertime
Comes Love
Misty
Songbird
Solitude


just a few

Oh man, her singing Solitude would be perfect!

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Oh man, her singing Solitude would be perfect!

no pun intended?

[JazmenFlowers]

I'd love to hear Christine cover kd lang's drag album.

Don't Smoke In Bed, Smoke Rings, The Joker, OH MY!

[emeraldeyes38]

Oh I could totaly see Christine doing standards! As Time Goes By, I have only eyes for you, and Fly me to the Moon!
Oh my gosh, that would be awesome to hear Chris do these songs. Sharon