Duffy-First Cut Is The Deepest.

[Affair on Touhy Ave.]

YouTube - Duffy - First Cut Is The Deepest (from Jools Holland)

[Nightingale]

It's funny, every time I hear her sing it hits me how odd her voice and style of singing is.
But, I always end up liking her songs. :)

Thanks for sharing this.

[Jesse Joe]

Thanks for this beautiful version... Im certain it would make "Cat Stevens" very happy, made him a lot of money, that's for sure...

[johnfowles]

It certainly is a great song by the artist once known as Cat
I first became aware of it when a couple of years ago Lite-FM of New York featured heavily on their playlist the version by the raspy voiced Rod Stewart
YouTube - First Cut is the Deepest - by Rod Stewart
later the same radio station changed to Sheryl's version
YouTube - Sheryl Crow -The First Cut Is The Deepest -Lyrics
Duffy's version is also interesting,fortunately the ever posing pianist/orchestra leader (Jools Holland) is for once quite restrained

[Jesse Joe]

Cat Stevens aka...Yusuf Islam.

[Affair on Touhy Ave.]

YouTube - Duffy - Rockferry

[jj]

It's funny, every time I hear her sing it hits me how odd her voice and style of singing is.
But, I always end up liking her songs. :)

Thanks for sharing this.

I'm glad we all have different and often similar (eg. Gord) tastes

and I'm glad this Duffy appeals to you:) ...I might be alone on this and she might be one of those artists that is an acquired taste (like broccoli) but I am almost entirely missing the talent (vocal and/or stage) that many are apparently finding in her..I mean check out the size of her following in this crowd!

YouTube - Duffy - Live at T4 on the beach

YouTube - 'The First Cut is the Deepest' TOTP intro by Sheryl Crow

Crow's rich cover version is still pretty fresh to me, and I wish an entire decade (minimum) would pass before other artists would have a go at a classic such as this...but I'm sure, like Gord, Cat never heard a cover he didn't like, lol

btw, I still don't like broccoli ;)

[Nightingale]

Well, see...I love broccoli...lol.
Duffy's appeal is limited, just like any other artist, jj. I wouldn't want to buy a ticket to one of her conerts but I do like some of her songs.

She is odd, has an odd voice and mannerisms when she sings, but I guess that's why I like her. She isn't a cardboard cutout like so many performers are today.

Sheryl Crow...lovely lady and great artist. I love a lot of her offerings.
She is more classic, kind of like meat and potatoes. Her music will be around long after the broccoli is wilted. :)

[jj]

lol, good one...actually i can stomach broccoli as long as someone lays on the cheese:)

if you like the Duff vocal style, you might find this wee, fresh gal from BC quite enjoyable...not sure quite yet if she is cardboard cutout or not

http://www.myspace.com/carlyraemusic

re the 2nd track, wonder who last covered the Denver classic?

[Nightingale]

Sure, jj...cheese makes anything more appealing:)

Okay, I like that little BC girl! Carly Rae Jepsen can sing well and seems to have a nice vocal range.
Yeah, 'Sunshine on My Shoulder'...I love that song and she does a really nice, all though different, version of it. :)

Thanks for the link, jj.

[Jesse Joe]

YouTube - Cat Stevens - The First Cut Is The Deepest

[jj]

YouTube - Elena Juatco - The First Cut is the Deepest

hey, jjo - I would have booted her off at the 1:05 mark, lol

[Jesse Joe]

lol ! Nice find jj, I still like her. I think she did her best. :)

[jj]

lol ! Nice find jj, I still like her. I think she did her best. :)

...yes, and that's all we can ask
(ugh, each day I sound more and more parenty)

[Nightingale]

Oh my gosh, Jesse Joe. That doesn't even look like Cat Stevens...lol. He looks about 12 in those first pictures.
It's nice that he had different dogs with him. I can see his inspiration for "I love my Dog" :)

Ohhhhh, Elena, well, that wasn't near as good as EMR, but still better than a lot of the singers that we get on American Idol. Some of them are truly awful...lol.
America's Got Talent is even worse.
Of course, they all sing much better than I do so I shouldn't complain. :)