Lilac Wine - Fanny Ardant

Lilac Wine, Fanny Ardant et le Quatuor Ébène, 2010
Paroles et musique de James Shelton 1950
I lost myself on a cool damp night
Gave myself in that misty light
Was hypnotised by strange delight
Under a lilac tree

I made wine from the lilac tree
Lost my heart in its recipe
Made me see what I want to see
Be what I want to be

But I think more than I want to think
Do things I never should do
I drink much more than I ought to drink
Because it brings me back you

Lilac wine
Is sweet and heady, like my love
Lilac wine
I feel unsteady, like my love

Listen to me, I cannot see clearly
Isn't that he coming to me, nearly here

Lilac wine
Is sweet and heady, where's my love
Lilac wine
I feel unsteady, where's my love

Listen to me, why is everything so hazy
Isn't that he, or am I going crazy, dear

Lilac wine
I feel I'm ready for my love
Feel I'm ready
For my love...."

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Lilac Wine
• Quatuor Ébène
• Fanny Ardant
• Fiction
• Nina Simone
• dtolbiac

[dtolbiac]

In fact the CD, Fiction, has been produced in 2010 by a french string quatuor of classic music, the Quatuor Ébène,

They wanted to create new arrangements of old standards with four different singers : Luz Casal, Natalie Dessay, Stacy Kent and Fanny Ardant.

[Jackie1957able]

@clemnewyorker The version by Elkie Brooks  for ME is the best. A U.K hit in 1978. Great singer.

[dtolbiac]

@clemnewyorker

Si vous êtes français le problème n'est pas celui de l'interprétation de Jeff Buckley, qui rendait hommage à Nina Simone.

Mais de celle de Fanny Ardant avec le Quatuor Ébène que j'ai essayé d'illustrer.

Qu'en pensez-vous ?

[clemnewyorker]

@Mtaupin

I"m french and I agree with you. For me, only Jeff buckley could cover this song. There isn't not enough and not too much in Jeff cover

[nat00ben06]

Hey Frenchie's you loved Jeff Buckley, so you of course have good taste and know that he's the only one that sang/covered that gave this song what it really needed like every cover he did, get over it.

[TheSonjaxfactor]

nice! why did she sing this song. has she recorded in the past?

[dtolbiac]

@TheSonjaxfactor

Thanks.

You look to love her very much.

And she is so splendid.

[Mtaupin]

Fallait pas toucher à cette chanson Mme Ardant.C'est pour chanteuse cette oeuvre passe encore votre accent anglais assez mièvre mais dès le deuxième couplet vous vous plantez dans le préterit !!

Continuez à faire à faire autre chose mais par pitié ne chantez pas..........faut pas toucher à ce genre de chanson .........Ca se chante avec des """" couilles"""