what ever would we have done without Elly.... and even more... what would Brel have done? She created a repeatable variorum edition... something one can only dimly appreciate now that it is gone...
Saw her in concert and fell in love with her voice and delivery and that was before I knew she starred in "Jacque Brel....". Saw her many times after that including in "Jacque Brel..." Stopped singing and became a director or so I read years ago.
I loved the movie, but in all fairness that song is a love song about Flanders. Brel had written and sang a song called "Les Flamandes" which was considered an insult. Brel and Jouannest wrote "Marieke." They were hoping that the people of Flanders would like Brel again.
This is the cast that I've seen the play with once upon a time at the Alley theater in Houston :) so to me this IS the original version and love the voices.
I know you people have never heard of Phil Marcus Esser, but this american put on the best musical production of " Jaques Brel is alive and living in Paris" for the average citizen who didn't know they could be entertained for 3 hrs by some "French" guy. Thankfully Phil was a local guy, with a great ensemble, great compositions, great cast and most of all "a great idea", in Detroit, at Mercy College, in dinner theatre format. Phil was an original proponent of the heart of this city.
I don't know...I like this song but it's nothing like the original. In the original version there is almost a kind of psychic fear of being traped forever between Bourg and Ghent. Does love-past loves lead to more life across the barren field of remose in front of us or does it trap us? And there is the correlation of the Dutch chorus to French lyric-the Flemish chorus seems to almost threaten and challenge the French. Not the same song
After many years of futile attempts, I was finally able to find a good quality cd of Jacque Brel is alive.....and so on. It remains glorious after all these years. The production is a rare treat.
Her voice I find grating, and the dutch words attempted to pronounce with a french speaking background (like Brel) combined with the english speaking accent is truly awful.
Ouch. I enjoy Brel very much, and this very much not.
Wish someone would download onto youtube Elly Stone's beautiful songs: Mea Culpa, Baby, The Pointillist, Carousel, Port of New York, Old Folks, Wilhelmina cord, Something Wicked, Alexander's Song, My Childhood, Song for old lovers....
@EveSimone I am working on it! Just added Wilhelmina Cord, so search for Wilhelmina Cord Elly Stone and you'll find it. I will add more as I get them done. I love that album, have had it for many years and it is about time I got the songs off into digital form.
@Hillels2 -- I love Jacques Brel is Alive and well...., and was once cast in it but was unable to fulfill the performance. ELLY STONE is amazing. Friends of mine who saw the show when it debuted in America said Elly Stone "had no life" performing 8-10 shows a week for 7 months and that the emotion and demand of her performances all but killed her. I THANK Ms. Stone and Mr. Blau for bringing Brel to English. I will never get tired of listening to it.
:) Have to agree with you. She's the original singer I've heard Jacques Brel sung by and nothing else will do. Funny about first impressions.
We've had the pleasure to enjoy the performance at the Alley Theater in Houston, TX back around 1974. :) The child I was carrying then is now a UN warrior in the Sudan. Long way from Texas.
Brilliant and unforgettable performance by Ely from the film.
While you're at it, couldn't you post "If We Only Have Love" from the film, too??? My favorite song, and with the orchestration, and performers from the Original Company, NONE doing the show have ever done it better!
Sorry, I have to disagree. Her husband may have translated it but she just saws away relentlessly. Hers is, in my opinion, the least good version I have ever heard. I have seen her in performance doing other songs -- and liked them -- and her -- but this song, NO.
I guess that's what makes horseraces. I have seen many performances of Brel, going back to the original cast in NYC. Nobody can do Brel like Elly Stone.
Hi MROsen62-- I have also sat a few feet away from her in NYC and watched her sing her heart out. It was absolutely fantastic and I am glad that someone posted her doing this song, because I have not heard it for too many years. I did not know there was a movie though (?).
I have to be honest too-- NOT as great as Brel doing it live, and the translation did not seem right to me this time. ALSO, I like her vinyl record and live performances better.
This Video is Absolutely Chilling and Wonderful!!! Elly Stone is the only one who can sing a Brel song with such emotion...She is the best. Great Song...Great Video!!! Great Artist!!!
what ever would we have done without Elly.... and even more... what would Brel have done? She created a repeatable variorum edition... something one can only dimly appreciate now that it is gone...
ffvsartoris 2 months ago
Saw her in concert and fell in love with her voice and delivery and that was before I knew she starred in "Jacque Brel....". Saw her many times after that including in "Jacque Brel..." Stopped singing and became a director or so I read years ago.
jmtrapp 5 months ago
I loved the movie, but in all fairness that song is a love song about Flanders. Brel had written and sang a song called "Les Flamandes" which was considered an insult. Brel and Jouannest wrote "Marieke." They were hoping that the people of Flanders would like Brel again.
puppyshoes 1 year ago
This is the cast that I've seen the play with once upon a time at the Alley theater in Houston :) so to me this IS the original version and love the voices.
IsadorkaDuncan 1 year ago
I know you people have never heard of Phil Marcus Esser, but this american put on the best musical production of " Jaques Brel is alive and living in Paris" for the average citizen who didn't know they could be entertained for 3 hrs by some "French" guy. Thankfully Phil was a local guy, with a great ensemble, great compositions, great cast and most of all "a great idea", in Detroit, at Mercy College, in dinner theatre format. Phil was an original proponent of the heart of this city.
purveyor24 1 year ago
I don't know...I like this song but it's nothing like the original. In the original version there is almost a kind of psychic fear of being traped forever between Bourg and Ghent. Does love-past loves lead to more life across the barren field of remose in front of us or does it trap us? And there is the correlation of the Dutch chorus to French lyric-the Flemish chorus seems to almost threaten and challenge the French. Not the same song
cagervin 1 year ago
@Hillels2 I agree totally..
goblinonacloud 1 year ago
Brel loved Elly's voice doing his music. He said once that she should have been French. Very high praise from him indeed..
goblinonacloud 1 year ago
After many years of futile attempts, I was finally able to find a good quality cd of Jacque Brel is alive.....and so on. It remains glorious after all these years. The production is a rare treat.
TheWein13 1 year ago
Wow, this is a little much early in the morning.
Her voice I find grating, and the dutch words attempted to pronounce with a french speaking background (like Brel) combined with the english speaking accent is truly awful.
Ouch. I enjoy Brel very much, and this very much not.
baldhermit 1 year ago
I wore out this album of Elly Stone Mort Shuman et al. Loved it!
iodine125 1 year ago
Wish someone would download onto youtube Elly Stone's beautiful songs: Mea Culpa, Baby, The Pointillist, Carousel, Port of New York, Old Folks, Wilhelmina cord, Something Wicked, Alexander's Song, My Childhood, Song for old lovers....
EveSimone 1 year ago
@EveSimone I am working on it! Just added Wilhelmina Cord, so search for Wilhelmina Cord Elly Stone and you'll find it. I will add more as I get them done. I love that album, have had it for many years and it is about time I got the songs off into digital form.
KathlynB 1 year ago
@Hillels2 We need more of her on youtube!!!
colorfields 1 year ago
It's a terrible video but a tinglingly gorgeous interpretation of a beautiful song
Alexandrasaurus 1 year ago
Beautiful version..i saw Jacques Brel is Alive and Well in Chicago several times in the 60's...never forget the songs and the tremendous cast
sra1944 1 year ago
yeah, I dunno--I could listen to Jacques Brel sing this all day, but I couldn't make it through this once. To each they own, I suppose.
sassyweitzel 1 year ago
i saw that play done by a small repertory group in Miami nearly forty years ago.
the evening is among my most vivid memories.
Brel's songs are about what we feel.
I never forgot Angelina Christofori's heart rending performance of this song.
Thank You Jacques Brel, and Ms Stone . Reminds me of yesterday, when i was young.
joebfftspllkkk 1 year ago
@Hillels2 -- I love Jacques Brel is Alive and well...., and was once cast in it but was unable to fulfill the performance. ELLY STONE is amazing. Friends of mine who saw the show when it debuted in America said Elly Stone "had no life" performing 8-10 shows a week for 7 months and that the emotion and demand of her performances all but killed her. I THANK Ms. Stone and Mr. Blau for bringing Brel to English. I will never get tired of listening to it.
MJames2700 1 year ago 3
Wow, all of my friends thought my family was sooo silly listening to this album.....I was 12 and IN LOVE with every song.
julialoszewski 2 years ago
Seems like a different song from Brel's. A mother mourning a child.
brelfan 2 years ago
:) Have to agree with you. She's the original singer I've heard Jacques Brel sung by and nothing else will do. Funny about first impressions.
We've had the pleasure to enjoy the performance at the Alley Theater in Houston, TX back around 1974. :) The child I was carrying then is now a UN warrior in the Sudan. Long way from Texas.
SternElla 2 years ago
Brilliant and unforgettable performance by Ely from the film.
While you're at it, couldn't you post "If We Only Have Love" from the film, too??? My favorite song, and with the orchestration, and performers from the Original Company, NONE doing the show have ever done it better!
Trampyre 3 years ago
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You are totally wrong.
drurylaine 2 years ago
awful accent... truly awful
Marenqo 3 years ago
You are right, it is awful in every respect. The word "caprine" springs to mind.
drurylaine 2 years ago
FINALLY, I found it, searching for 'Marieke' NOT EllyStone.... Fantastic!
PADRAEG 3 years ago
Obviously you think that if you say it often enough it will come true!
Brelfanlongtime 3 years ago 2
Elly Stone is the gold standard. I wonder if anyone has any video of her performing Brel on stage?
MROSEN62 3 years ago
Sorry, I have to disagree. Her husband may have translated it but she just saws away relentlessly. Hers is, in my opinion, the least good version I have ever heard. I have seen her in performance doing other songs -- and liked them -- and her -- but this song, NO.
Brelfanlongtime 3 years ago
I guess that's what makes horseraces. I have seen many performances of Brel, going back to the original cast in NYC. Nobody can do Brel like Elly Stone.
MROSEN62 3 years ago
Hi MROsen62-- I have also sat a few feet away from her in NYC and watched her sing her heart out. It was absolutely fantastic and I am glad that someone posted her doing this song, because I have not heard it for too many years. I did not know there was a movie though (?).
I have to be honest too-- NOT as great as Brel doing it live, and the translation did not seem right to me this time. ALSO, I like her vinyl record and live performances better.
Still, she is a great entertainer. :-)
HondosPlace 2 years ago
Astounding. Beautiful. Elly Stone sings with such strength, yet she's ethereal too. This is an amazing song. Thanks for posting!
MsBHoopingAllure 3 years ago
This Video is Absolutely Chilling and Wonderful!!! Elly Stone is the only one who can sing a Brel song with such emotion...She is the best. Great Song...Great Video!!! Great Artist!!!
pd799 3 years ago