Beautiful song.....love Jennifer Warnes version and now i have heard Linda Ronstadt and aaron neville......such a magnificent piece of music Thank you so much Leonard cohen for such a beautiful song..:)))
I met Aaron Neville's voice in the credits of the film Alive, of Frank Marshall sung "Ave Maria", of Schubert, in an of the great and better interpretations that I already saw. Its voice is sweet as the one of an angel and I was fan of him. In this excellent song he puts all its soul and I love this song. I like Saint Bernadette's history and this music a lot the honor.
I don’t care how old I get or how many songs I hear or how jaded I become. This will always be the greatest Aaron Neville song ever sung. Thank you for sharing.
I could be wrong, but I think Ms. Ronstadt identifies as a "spiritual atheist." Whatever gives her mind and heart peace in this life is her personal business, but as for me, I couldn't be more grateful to this woman for what she has done with what I consider to be a gift from the Creator, and for how she has helped to illuminate the gifts of songwriters, musicians, and other talented singers. In a duet with one of her favorite songwriters, Jimmy Webb, there is a line in "All I Know" that says, "When the singers gone, the song goes on." Bernadette's and Linda Ronstadt's songs may have been very different, and in the eyes of man, one may have lived a more holy and virtuous life than the other, but I believe in the eyes of a merciful God, both of their songs will go on forever in the hearts of others who hunger and thirst for beauty and consolation.
I agree. The song isnt as much about Saint Bernadette as much as it is about the ways we wrestle with disappointment, success, uncertainty, hindsight and vindication. Yet, when we see the ones we love being battered by these forces, isnt it poetic that we might choose to embrace them with the certainty of one who had glimpsed into paradise! We neednt stamp Catholic or religious on this song to make sense of it. Lets just call it human.
i love this by aaron and linda. they sound so great together!! i had taped this christmas special but now don't have a tape player thanx sososo much for posting!
Mr. Neville had an experience like Bernadette. Holy Mother is the one who literally appeared to him and got him back on track. There's a lot more to it, you'd have to listen to him tell it, but he's a very man.
Aaron is wonderful but Linda's singing is quite simply magnificent. She has never sounded better. Jennifer Warnes does a wonderful version of this Leonard Cohen tune, but Linda and Aaron's version blows it away. What a performance.
she saw mary as a child, you can do a search and see her in her crystal coffin. her body did not corrupt and they dug her up twice. she still looks like she did when she died. the whole movie is on here.
Au contraire, micheemak. This words to this beautiful song were co-written by both Jennifer Warnes and Leonard Cohen. Cohen did not compose the music as that was co-written by Jennifer Warnes and Bill Elliot. Her performance of it on the Smothers Brothers Reunion show is one of the greatest performances I have ever seen. It is also posted on the website. Enjoy.
@MariposaGirl1981 Thank you Mariposa girl! I have the LP and cd of Jennifer Warnes, The day you send me this message I was visiting Mariposa for the first time, I never heard of it before. I live in the Netherlands and visiting California at the moment. Is'nt that fun! The same day I was in Mariposa, you, with the same name, send me this message! greetings, Rina.
The fact that the song was included on Warnes' album of Cohen covers has led many to conclude it was written solely by Cohen. If you read the liner notes and read up elsewhere, you'll discover that Jennifer penned MOST of the lyrics and co-wrote the melody with Bill Elliott. Cohen assisted with the lyric writing, but I doubt he would ever lay claim to the song himself. As a joint effort though, it "belongs" on the record and is, in fact, a hightlight.
Actually, it's interesting to see how Linda tries hard NOT to sound too much like Jennifer (their voices have certain similarities). She's also working hard to find ways to comfortably blend with Neville's quirky voice. She's a pro, and it all comes off pretty well. But is she wearing a weathervane on her head??
Jennifer warne not touching nough Linda Ronstadt is lot better singer by miles she make me cry . Jennifer good . But no Linda Ronstadt . Best lady singer all time.
looking at this as a religious song is missing the point. The story of bernadette is a means of illustrating a point that whether she saw Mary or not, her message was still the valid. Its about hindsight and admitting your wrong. The irony is that focusing on Bernadette and missing the point of the song is essentially point the song makes. A beautiful Song either way.
Europe will rue the day it turned away from Christianity and put itself in the care of the godless regime of the elites in The EU. it's not the New World Order, it's the Old World Order.
Leonard Cohen wrote that song. A Jewish Buddhist. He just likes biblical and Catholic metaphors. Don't claim someone as your own, when your church would have excommunicated him many times over.
Has everyone forgotten to ask who WROTE the song---or don't you want to know? Leonard Cohen, a Jewish Buddhist. A counter-culture non-conformist who would have been kicked out of the Catholic Church in a New York minute.
fractally. Greetings, the song was written by Jennifer Warnes, Bill Elliott, as well as Cohen. No one is "kicked out" of the Catholic Church which is / was the furtherance and continuation of "Judaism", you can be excommunicated for certain mortal sins such as abortion, however, than cannot stop you repenting and seeking forgiveness The American Servant Of God Dorothy Day for example had an abortion and is now being considered for canonisation. Then again in all human affairs you can be "Kicked out" or asked to leave IF you break the 'rules' - can you not? So such action is not exclusive to Catholicism as you seem to make it sound, while the Churches rules are from God. Many are they who despise what they think and are told is the Catholic Church, rather than they who actually Know what the Catholic Church is.
