Diamanda Galás is certainly one of the most powerful voices of our time. A great soprano sfogato, magnificent pianist and improviser. She alone on stage is able to eat a 5-piece rock band
I'm glad to hear that it pierced your heart. Her music has been about that for pretty much her entire career. "The Sporting Life" (a rock album by her with the bassist from Led Zeppelin) borders on "fun". She's very much an acquired tastee, but if she can pierce your heart, she might really be for you.
There is no other voice like Diamanda Galas. This is an extremely “tame” performance relatively speaking. When asked what category her music should be filed under she has replied, “My name is Diamanda Galas, that should be enough.” And, uniquely, in her case it is. This may be the only true artist of our time that will, eventually, be recognized for what she is an what she the legacy she has contributed. Diamanda isn’t simply listened to. She is experienced.
From the Department of the Easily Available: "Gloomy Sunday" (Hungarian: Szomorú vasárnap), also known as the "Hungarian Suicide Song", is a popular song composed by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezső Seress and published in 1933. The original lyrics were titled "Vége a világnak" (The world is ending) and were about despair caused by war, ending in a quiet prayer about people's sins. Poet László Jávor wrote his own lyrics to the song, titled Szomorú vasárnap (Sad Sunday), in which the protagonist wants to commit suicide following his lover's death.[1] The latter lyrics ended up becoming more popular while the former were essentially forgotten. The song was first recorded in Hungarian by Pál Kalmár in 1935. "Gloomy Sunday" was first recorded in English by Hal Kemp in 1936, with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis,[2] and was recorded the same year by Paul Robeson, with lyrics by Desmond Carter. It became well known throughout much of the English-speaking world after the release of a version by Billie Holiday in 1941. Lewis's lyrics referred to suicide, and the record label described it as the "Hungarian Suicide Song". There is a recurring urban legend which claims that many people have committed suicide while listening to this song, particularly Hungarians.[3]
originally it's a Romanian song. it was band for air on the radio because alot of girls took there life after listening to this song. that's why they changed the ending.
Glad to see you back - hope you are feeling better. Thanks for the song, very intense and very beautiful. Take care of business, stay safe and Carry On!!
Nina Simone also recorded a Billie Holiday song called Strange fruit about the lynching of blacks in the south. The strange fruit is the men hanging from the trees. Very powerful.
For the record, this one of the most straightforward things Galas has ever done. She has several albums of piano and voice, with her doing blues standards and songs about the oppressed from around the world. She's more beloved by her oldest fans for her supra-intense vocal fries, wails, and giving voice to excruciating existential agony, especially on her first five albums. However, this doesn't mean she can't kick it out live. This thing from 2017, live, is amazing in so many ways; try reacting to the piece at 7:05, and then a 41:07 as well: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YkpT9QfcEXY.html&ab_channel=BorisTodorov
Very hard, there are some more versions of the lyrics, try Lydia Lunch version studio on Queen of Siam album, my fave or Christian Death from Atrocities album. Thx forload❤
