I sang and played this for my sweet baby dog over and over the last few days of her life; it gave me great comfort and I was trying to tell her it’s ok for you to “go gently.” Love you and miss you, Abby.
This is the first V8 song I happened upon, Christmas night 2018. I was entranced. Somewhere around dawn, I finally stopped listening to and watching everything else I could find. The obsession was immediate. 😁
There is something very magical about discovering a great song on Christmas Eve, isn't there. I discovered The Police's "Walking on the Moon" on the drive home from Christmas Eve festivities, and it made such a beautiful mark on my mind, and I really considered it a gift.
I sang this my first year in my school’s audition choir. It was only two years ago, but it feels so long ago, and now I’m going to graduate by the summer. I only have four concerts until I will have sung every song I will ever sing as a high schooler in choir. Two years may not seem that long ago to anyone reading this comment, but that’s two years of the most complicated, fun, stressful, life-forming days I’ve ever had. Frankly, I’m not ready for this to be over. I lived for the end of the school year until I realized those days I was dragged through forced me in infinite, ever-lasting ways. Now it’s too late to get those back, and that’s a fact that has devastated me: I’ll never get that time back, ever, and I kinda hate myself for it. So I leave this comment to the abyss, never to be seen again. Goodbye (:
Underneath the stars I'll meet you Underneath the stars I'll greet you There beneath the stars I'll leave you Before you go of your own free will Go gently Underneath the stars you met me Underneath the stars you left me I wonder if the stars regret me At least you'll go of your own free will Go gently Here beneath the stars I'm landing And here beneath the stars not ending Why on earth am I pretending? I'm here again, the stars befriending They come and go of their own free will Go gently Go gently Underneath the stars you met me And Underneath the stars you left me I wonder if the stars regret me I'm sure they'd like me if they only met me They come and go of their own free will Go gently Go gently Go gently
VOCES8 has SUCH a sound--their own, unique, immediately recognizable sound. Gorgeous beyond words. Thanks to all of them for all the hard work it takes to get there and to maintain it.
The first time i heard this song was at the capital building at Montana with a schoold choir performing there test ir some sort. I was above the balcony hearing it above.
This was one of the first pieces I heard performed by Voces8...Can't believe half the singers in this video are gone including the lovely Emily singing this solo and her replacement Elenore is moving on too. So Bittersweet
Amazing, I have only heard Kate Rusby's work performed by, Kate Rusby. It is so different when V8 gives it their inimitable treatment. Very nice. So nice to see Sam lending his amazIng tenor voice too.
I've seen them perform this live and all I'll say is that I'm so glad that they performed it last because I was crying so much I'm not sure I'd have been able to pay attention to much more of the concert haha
Not only do Voces8 sing beautifully, and post videos with perfect sound and expert video editing, but... how do they manage to choose music I've not heard before, but which instantly joins my all time favourites list?! Thank you all so much... words just fail me!
Blake: you should post a waveform and spectrogram analysis of Emily's voice. I would love to see the same for Eleonore's voice as well. Two very distinctive voice timbres.
I'm learning this as a brass band arrangement - I'd never heard it before. The harmonies are so perfectly clear here. I hope I can do it justice on the cornet.
Only leave gently if you've been treated gently, if not, then don't ever, believe me. So, an amazing song and singing to be sure but it only means anything if it was a relationship of meaning to start with. If it wasn't then why celebrate it or believe in it? It's just words, actions are better. If it never was any good then this is a song of yearning and not some belief in something that was ever real.
Underneath the stars I'll meet you Underneath the stars I'll greet you There beneath the stars I'll leave you Before you go of your own free will Go gently Underneath the stars you met me Underneath the stars you left me I wonder if the stars regret me They come and go of their own free will Go gently Here beneath the stars I'm mending I'm here beneath the stars not ending Why on earth am I pretending? I'm here again, the stars befriending They come and go of their own free will Go gently Go gently Underneath the stars you met me And here beneath the stars you left me I wonder if the stars regret me I'm sure they'd like me if they only met me They come and go of their own free will Go gently Go gently
Poppamunz Jonas Vezia Thanks for your comment. The reason this videos has come up again is because this upload is on the group’s VEVO channel, which is different to the RU-vid channel. The reason is is appearing here is because we have now made our videos available across all digital platforms so that, for example, Apple Music subscribers can view them on the iTunes platform. We hope this will increase the amount of viewers who are able to enjoy them.
Such a perfect harmony perfect vocals, but compared to the original they completely miss the essence. Kate Rusby touches my heart because of her husky voice and close, intense singing. And she wrote the song.
Jonas Vezia Thanks for your comment. The reason this videos has come up again is because this upload is on the group’s VEVO channel, which is different to the RU-vid channel. The reason is is appearing here is because we have now made our videos available across all digital platforms so that, for example, Apple Music subscribers can view them on the iTunes platform. We hope this will increase the amount of viewers who are able to enjoy them.
This is the first V8 song I happened upon, Christmas night 2018. I was entranced. Somewhere around dawn, I finally stopped listening to and watching everything else I could find. The obsession was immediate. 😁
