This is another cover: me singing ‘Storm’, a Carmel song I fell stone in love with 25 years ago:
http://www.nicolagriffith.com/audio/player.swf
(direct link)
Carmel, the singer, lives–or did, last time I was paying attention–in France. For some reason, when I was 23 I felt an affinity for her music. I knew nothing about her (didn’t read magazines, didn’t have a TV, it was before the Internet). Halfway through writing this post, I stopped to look her up on Wikipedia, and discovered she went to Catholic school in Scunthorpe (not far from Hull). Sunny Scunny (that’s a joke–miserable, miserable fucking city, not unlike Hull itself). No wonder I sense a kinship. And then there’s the whole ex-pat thing (and singing out of tune…) thing going on.
Anyway, I searched but couldn’t find any video of ‘Storm,’ but here’s another song from the same era, ‘More More More’. Pay attention to the background; it’s either Sunny Scunny or Hull (or, as everyone calls it, ‘ull):
Really liked this song Nicola. Is that you on the guitar this time?Fun to watch that video too.
You have a very true voice. Even when singing off key, your’e on key. I liked it very much.Carmel is so cool to watch. Even in the eighties she dresses like the fifties. There she is with her band in the back of a pickup, cheering up the streets of that crappy town.
<>jennifer<>, nope, but I picked out the tune and taught it to Jane, only I got one of the notes wrong, so you can hear where we clash, every time, and we were both too stubborn to change…<>barbara<>, I can recommend buying her early albums. Maybe one day I’ll get around to listening to her new stuff, and buying it–but I’m not the musical explorer in our house; that’s K’s job, tho’, hmmmn, Carmel is my original find so I suppose it’s up to me, tuh–and then I’ll be able to recommend those, too.