Sorry chrysalis - senior moment!

 

 

That's all right Pearl - we all have them, me in particular. :lol:

Thanks to Ann-Marie.

 

Just heard Will talking on Radio 2 about the olympic party as the rehearsals have started. Said it took him ages to come up with a song to sing with his manager. They eventually decided on I Can See Clearly Now and i think he said it's a big ending to it which sounds fantastic.

 

:D :D

 

 

Thanks TT.

Looking forward to listening to his performance!! :cheer:

Thanks to Ann-Marie.

Just heard Will talking on Radio 2 about the olympic party as the rehearsals have started. Said it took him ages to come up with a song to sing with his manager. They eventually decided on I Can See Clearly Now and i think he said it's a big ending to it which sounds fantastic.

:D :D

 

Thanks TT, he's not singing with Simon Fuller is he? :o :lol: I'm really looking forward to hearing this song as I

always enjoy it when it pops up on the radio. :dancing: Fingers crossed he doesn't get edited out for someone else to be shown. :rolleyes:

Edited August 22, 200816 yr by suggy

'I can see clearly now? :wacko:

 

Is it fast, slow? Can someone tell me who sings it for me to do a search?

 

I asked my dad last night and he sung it down the phone, but he was drunk and it was bloody well awful :puke2:

Here is a You Tube clip of Jimmy Cliff singing the song. It was featured in the film Cool Running about the Jamaican bobsleigh team.

 

Jimmy Cliff

 

Here is the original singer, Johnny Nash.

 

Johnny Nash

Edited August 22, 200816 yr by Pearl

'I can see clearly now? :wacko:

 

Is it fast, slow? Can someone tell me who sings it for me to do a search?

 

I asked my dad last night and he sung it down the phone, but he was drunk and it was bloody well awful :puke2:

 

 

It's Johnny Nash, FG, a hit for him in 1972.

 

The first few lines go something like.

 

I can see clearly now the rain has gone

I can see all obstacles in my way

Gone are the dark clouds that hid the sun

It's gonna be a bright, bright sun shiny day.

 

 

Does that help? :D

 

 

 

Here is a You Tube clip of Jimmy Cliff singing the song. It was featured in the film Cool Running about the Jamaican bobsleigh team.

 

Jimmy Cliff

 

Here is the original singer, Johnny Nash.

 

Johnny Nash

 

 

It's Johnny Nash, FG, a hit for him in 1972.

 

The first few lines go something like.

 

I can see clearly now the rain has gone

I can see all obstacles in my way

Gone are the dark clouds that hid the sun

It's gonna be a bright, bright sun shiny day.

Does that help? :D

 

Thanks ladies

 

My pleasure. It took about five minutes to find the two clips. I just put the title in my Google search box and it came up with the two singers at the top of the list.

 

I've put Johnny Nash's version in Devoted.

Edited August 22, 200816 yr by Pearl

Thanks Pearl

 

I heard the Jimmy Cliff version on R2 just a few minutes after reading about Will doing it, in the Daily Star the other day.

Edited August 22, 200816 yr by munchkin

sunday posted this on Devoted.

 

Will is very savvy. Wonder if he knew & it influenced his decision. :)

 

Johnny Nash song shines as top summer hit

 

12:05 | Friday August 22, 2008

By Paul Williams

 

Johnny Nash’s I Can See Clearly Now has been named the most-played summer song of the past year in a new survey undertaken by PRS.

 

The Warner/Chappell-published song is followed in the Top 10 by Screen Gems – EMI’s Walking On Sunshine, which was written by Kimberly Rew and performed by Katrina & The Waves.

The Bryan Adams hit Summer Of ’69, which he wrote with James Douglas Vallance and is published by Universal, takes third place, while the Carlin-published Kinks hit Sunny Afternoon, penned by the band’s Ray Davies, is fourth. The Don Henley/Michael Campbell song The Boys Of Summer, published by Warner/Chappell, is at five, while the Top 10 also features songs that were hits for Mungo Jerry, Bananarama, Isley Brothers, The Beatles and Cliff Richard & The Shadows.

PRS chairman Ellis Rich says, The summer’s been a bit of a wash-out, so it’s great to hear these classic summer-time songs that remind us of the best of British weather. All these summer songs have stood the test of time, which goes to show the importance of music in our lives and the nostalgia it brings, no matter what the weather forecast.”

 

 

The full Top 10 (publisher) is:

1 I Can See Clearly Now (Warner/Chappell)

2 Walking On Sunshine (Screen Gems – EMI)

3 Summer Of ’69 (Universal)

4 Sunny Afternoon (Carlin)

5 The Boys Of Summer (Warner/Chappell)

6 In The Summertime (Sony/ATV)

7 Cruel Summer (Associated/Reverb/Sony)

8 Summer Breeze (The International Music Network/Universal MCA)

9 Here Comes The Sun (Harrisongs)

10 Summer Holiday (Elstree Music)

Edited August 22, 200816 yr by truly talented

What has happened to mine and Munchkin's posts? We seem to have overwhelmed each other!

 

All sorted now - I don't know what happened there. My banner was across Munchkin's and she didn't have a banner at all.

Edited August 22, 200816 yr by Pearl

suzzi has received a text from Toni saying the cover has been Willified with a big end note! :dance: :yahoo:

Thanks to Bumbling on D:

Aw Will soundchecked wearing grey hoody and jeans and did Changes twice and ICSCN three times

 

They'd better get his mic and sound right on the night after all that.

 

Photos thanks to Mrs Soul on D: Looking good.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioassets/photos/2008/8/22/46239_2.jpg

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioassets/photos/2008/8/22/46240_2.jpg

 

Edited August 22, 200816 yr by munchkin

suzzi has received a text from Toni saying the cover has been Willified with a big end note! :dance: :yahoo:

 

Can't wait to see him :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

 

suzzi has received a text from Toni saying the cover has been Willified with a big end note! :dance: :yahoo:

 

 

Great. :yahoo: Thanks munchkin (and Mrs.S.) for the pics.

Just listening to that Johnny Nash audio - has the same clarity to his voice as Will and someone says "thought it was a chick singing". Sounds familiar.

suzzi has received a text from Toni saying the cover has been Willified with a big end note! :dance: :yahoo:

 

 

Thanks TT suzzi and Toni .....love the way Will makes a song his own :w00t:

 

Just listening to that Johnny Nash audio - has the same clarity to his voice as Will and someone says "thought it was a chick singing". Sounds familiar.

 

Yeah, I saw that too :D

 

I think what attracted me to Will in the first place, was the pitch of his voice being very similar to my favourite singers of all time, the great soul artists of the 60s & 70s.

 

If that person thinks Johnny Nash sounds like a 'chick' he needs to have a listen to the fantastic Stylistics, that was male falsetto in all its glory. :D