Angelina Jordan - Stay (Reaction!) 

I think we'll forever like Ivan for these collabs, he has the same humble soul like Angelina.

I love this song done by her.

⁠@@Lopezprieto He did a great interview all about recording with Angelina - hopefully you’ve all found it and listened!! So much good and interesting information in there! ( Ivan Mendez) In This song , The accompaniment may not have been the ultimate that it could be, but he was playing under very difficult circumstances! Besides the fact that he says he sometimes forgets he’s accompanying her and finds himself listening and marveling, her style is also that she doesn’t tell him which songs they’ll be recording ahead of time - he just comes, visits with the family for a while, and then they go into the recording studio. They have one or two takes only!! She likes it to be spontaneous, so he has no choice but to learn the song as fast as he can and then they are off and running! It’s especially amazing for Angelina to record so beautifully like that, but it’s also amazing that he can learn quickly and adapt as they go, and that’s the take that’s used! All in all, it has to be said that these recordings with Ivan are jewels!!

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I’ve run out of words and adjectives to describe to express my feelings about her all I can say is she’s fantastic one of the best young singers I’ve ever heard in my life it’s nice to be alive to hear that

@@williamarmstrong9008 Agree 100%

She has a soul that is far beyond her years. It truly sounds as if she’s been through a storm and just barely made it through. Its beautiful to hear

Well written, Keith. I have relayed this back story several times, but not as compact and precise as your paragraph.

I’ve Mendez is the guitarist He was under ConTrac to play for her when she was in Los Angeles Also a child prodigy is from Mexico living and working in LA

A lot of the time Angelina closes her eyes when she sings. As she said “When I sing I go to another world. The world is endless. It's like, full of happiness. I love it. It's amazing. And when I am on stage, I don't want to go [leave the stage]. [laughing]. I just want to be on stage"

Yes one can say that one version is better than an other one . But only when you compare a genius to a standardise singer. Taste comes after . Still one can prefer Rihanna ! In one hand you have a product shape to please a maximum of consumers and in the other hand a true creation a true authentic genius. Yes one is better than the other .I love to do paintings but sorry for me Rembrandt is much, much better than me .And yet, taste some times goes my way! (rarely don't worry 😂😂😂😂 )

I agree wholeheartedly.There are not enough words to describe the talent that Angelina possesses!

Clever. Hadn’t thought of it that way but it is a very good description.

For years this has been my number one cover,not only by Angelina,but by anybody and in comments where people has said that a cover must be the most beautiful cover,I have always said,just listen to Angelina's cover of Stay,and I think you will think different, because nearly always but especially in this song she hit you not only in your ears,you feel it with your whole body,and your soul like nobody has ever done with a song,at least to me .The last years she has come out with many amazing songs,both covers and originals,but for me at least this song Stay by her is still number one.

@@frankjohansen9364 I always hesitate to claim any of her covers or originals is my absolute favorite because she's so consistently, compellingly outstanding, but I certainly know what you mean, Frank. I have mentioned in other comments that this is one cover I sort of hope she never touches again. Intellectually, I know that she has done several versions of certain songs over the years and her subsequent performances often turn out better because her voice has matured and her skills have improved. But there's just something ineffable, ethereal, elusive and emotional going on in this one that's kind like lightening in a bottle for me. Cheers. 😇

The way she uses her graceful hands to feel and help interpret the song has always intrigued me. It's beautiful and fascinating to watch. It's as if her hands have a "sign language" all their own! The first time I ever caught notice of them, and the way they were synced to her voice and the music, was when she did "Feeling Good" at age 10 during the indoor live TV stage performance. It was almost like she was casting a spell on the audience and me (which she did in my case)! It's fascinating, too, that when you look at the root etymological meaning of her full name, Angelina Jordan Astar, it literally means "an angel [Angelina} descending [Jordan, as in the "Jordan" River descending from Mt. Hermon to the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea] from the stars [Astar]." To which I say, yes, indeed!

Ryan, we *are* all crazy, but what do you mean "almost" a religion? 🤣😂😉😇

@@Owen_S. I'm just saying if she built a church with our money, she would bother to feed the homeless.

@@ryanjacob3338 Her heart definitely seems to be in the right place, for sure.

Yeah I didn't really mean that joke, at least not without way more context, and I didn't mean anything by almost anyway. It's even her money obviously. But I add those disclaimers only now as not to muddle the joke. I mean no offence to anyone other than mega churches and millionaire preachers, swindling their followers, and it was only the funniest thing to come quickly to mind. The church right next to me does what it can, more than me.

tmtjr One in a million would mean there are 8000 more like her. Do you really think so?

@@103mrg There are about 8 billion people alive today. About 8 billion people have lived before. So, Angelina is "one in a 16 billion!"

What makes Rihanna’s relatively emotionless monotonous version so popular then. Is there some secret ingredient and will AJ have to adopt it too? Is it that the American market demands a ‘show’?And does the jazz club circuit still thrive?

@@pa1189j I love Angelina but have the same reservations as you. IMO, because of years of no or very little talent being the money makers for the industry, has the ears of the listening public become numb to hearing real music? I think it started with Madonna and continued through Brittany Spears and now Taylor Swift with Christina Aguilera being the only real talent but choosing the money route. Overproduction in the studio, dancers and sexualized live performances, can Angelina's peers in mass even recognize all the things her fans hear so clearly and easily. It seems like Angelina's fans are of a mature age. I believe that's because we were exposed to great singers, songwriters and bands who came from many labels trying to make money and couldn't afford to overproduce their talent. I would love to hear an album of jazz, blues and soul standards from Angelina. It wouldn't make her rich but it could be historic. Lord knows we don't need another pop princess.

@@pa1189j The song is a beautifully written and arranged song, so when a super talented singer like Rhianna presented it, everyone had to be impressed. However, Angelina's cover of it hadn't been done yet. To better illustrate the difference between non-jazz singers and actual jazz singers when it comes to heartfelt ballads, and not just this one but those by another iconic singer, that being Adele, who also is great but, again, not a jazz singer, expert vocal analyst Andreas Grussl constructed a You Tube video where he compares, section by section of Adele's song 'Easy On Me', comparing it to Angelina's rendition. He explains why found Angelina's cover has more of the emotional warmth emitted than Adele, for he, like I, are penetrated more deeply by her jazz style of singing it. Two singers of jazz who totally redefined the genre were Billie Holiday, who inserted ' breathy', 'whisper-like' inflections when she sang heartfelt ballads, and Amy Winehouse who applied radical mid-sentence 'key' changes and 'slurring' of words to deliver a more intense effect when she sang them. Angelina has adopted both of these artists unique components, which she weaves into her own vocal style and the result is intricately more complex, for the listener gets to hear what sounds like the vocals of multiple 'master' singers. Add to this her ability to emulate Adele's actual vocal sound, as well as that of many other A-List artists, due to her being a true 'vocal chameleon', just enhances her representations of songs whenever she wants to apply this unique musical talent to them.

In my opinion she’s one of the best thing I’ve ever heard in my life regardless of age she’s my number one on my top 10

Ivan the guitarist will meet with her and Julian them she said you know this song Knigge no I don’t what is this do it anyway that’s what they did here

@@brendaarmstrong3677 I think I’ve worked out what you’re typing and agree.