Music, Music Videos, Covers Thread

[korg20000bc]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxePKps87k]Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand - YouTube[/ame]

[korg20000bc]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUtHe2agREs]TRIBUTE TO ISAAC FREEMAN, FAIRFIELD FOUR BASS VOCALIST - YouTube[/ame]

[korg20000bc]

TRIBUTE TO ISAAC FREEMAN, FAIRFIELD FOUR BASS VOCALIST - YouTube

Same guy:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjmEueiS80]O Brother, Where Art Thou Soundtrack - 18 - Lonesome Valley (+lyrics) - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTIrHBzTyks]The Lonesome Valley - YouTube[/ame]

[korg20000bc]

When I was young I loved my dad's record with this song.
Didn't know what he was singing but I was amazed at high and low he could sing- over 4 octave range:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNVNWqD-7QY]Ivan Rebroff - Im tiefen Keller - 2002 - YouTube[/ame]

[V8Ian]

Ever heard Lee Marvin sing? I related to this in my early days, Bob


Lee Marvin - Wand'rin Star (ReMastered Audio) (1969) (HD) - YouTube

We used to sing the alternate version, I Was Born Under a XXXX Sign.

[bob10]

I found it for you, Bob





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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Im Tiefen Keller



As everyone knows, the repertoire for basso profondos is relatively limited. Unless you are directing a performance of Mahler or Rachnmaninov, you will rarely find yourself in need of a basso profondo. Those of us who like basso profondos should be thankful for Ludwig Fischer (1745-1824), a man who is directly and indirectly responsible for a substantial chunk of the basso profondo repertoire.
It was for Fischer that Mozart wrote the role of Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Act 3 aria "O, wie will ich triumphieren," in which Osmin descends to a meaty D2. It is clear that Ludwig Fischer was a formidable bass himself, but he is only indirectly responsible for this sector of basso profondo repertoire.
Fischer was directly responsible, however, for the German drinking song "Im tiefen Keller sitz' ich hier—in English, “In cellar cool, I sit me here.” Fischer wrote the song to showcase the bass range, originally spanning F2-F4.

Below is an English translation of the lyrics:
In cellar cool I sit me here, upon a pipe at leisure
And with a cheerful mind I order
Win in right good measure
The tapster draws a mighty glass
When he beholds me winking
I hold my cup high in the air,
when I'm drinking, drinking, drinking.


Poor me a thirsty demon plagues,
But I shall surely fright him,
and with my wineglass in my hand
I'll up and bravely fight him
The whole world seems rosy red
and ever to my thinking
I'd do no harm to any man
when I'm drinking, drinking, drinking

[V8Ian]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWMDuRZBnnw]The Chaps - McRawhide - YouTube[/ame]

[jerryd]

Still my favourite version

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdR6MN2jKYs]Rawhide - The Blues Brothers (5/9) Movie CLIP (1980) HD - YouTube[/ame]

[bob10]

Perhaps the best version, IMO. Bob


Fiddler On The Roof - If I Were A Rich Man [With Lyrics] - YouTube


And, obviously AULRO members;


Fiddler on the roof - Lechaim (with subtitles) - YouTube

[Bob Harding]

What a terrible damm thread

I got lost in U tube land for hours

And ours watching and listening to all this

Horrible stuff you should be ashamed of yerselves