Delerium's "Nature's Kingdom", ft. Kirsty Hawkshaw

This is one of my favorite songs, featuring Kirsty Hawkshaw's beautiful vocals and Delerium's gorgeous production (Bill Leeb, Chris Peterson).

The lyrics of the song, with imagery of vast open deserts, sand storms, and lonely souls, always reminded me of the film The English Patient. Hope you like it.

Visuals from:
-BBC Planet Earth: Deserts (2006)
-National Geographic Africa 2: Desert Odyssey (2001)
-The English Patient (1996)

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[quistunes]

There's another singer in this song that wasn't credited on the CD by the record company. Beth Quist did back up vocals on the chorus, and you can hear her trading solos w/ Kirsty in the bridge, & she finishes the song w/ another solo.

[solargun]

quite interesting factoid. how did you find out?

[quistunes]

I'm the other singer (Beth Quist). I was with Kirsty when we gave them all the info. Kirsty was really bummed when they didn't credit both me & the person who co-wrote the lyrics with her (Tony Pantages). The music business is a bummer sometimes.

[solargun]

aww, that is a bummer. it's always a disappointment to hear when talented individuals are not recognized for their efforts. but your beautiful inspirational music is definitely timeless and is appreciated by countless numbers of fans worldwide (including me!) :-) don't get discouraged and keep making great music!

[quistunes]

@kirstyhawkshaw Hi Lovely Lady! I know you acted with the utmost of integrity. I did have contact with people when it all went down & was assured that I would get credit in later pressings. It was so long ago, that I'm not sure it's really worth pursuing further. I'm also feeling pretty beaten down by the whole music business in general lately anyway. I don't stop the music, but the corporate realm seems to be too cutthroat for my sensitive soul. Hope you're well. Lots of love & hugs 2U!

[kirstyhawkshaw]

Hi Beth, you can always contact ppl and add your name and take it into your own hands. Unfortunately this happens alot with registrations, I have found countless mistakes and lost performance royalties for it, including 'It's a Fine Day'. I spoke to Nettwerk and wrote emails telling them that I didn't want to lose any 'friends' over their mistake. I used Tony's fridge poetry for some of the first verse :)

[TVBABYSPONTANOMOUS]

Awesome! Thanks! This song brought a tear first time I read the lyrics... Nature is definitely an old friend of mine.

[LandE520]

Hypnotic ;)

[disinterestful]

@quistunes Do you have any other music, Beth? I'd like to hear it. Also, can you give me a timer, as to whereabouts your vocals are on the track? I ADORE this song. It is beauty, innocence, chastity and virtuousness personified for me.

[disinterestful]

@solargun I couldn't have said that better.

[DataUnit]

<3 !

[bigminder21]

Epic thinking about how huge the universe and the world are listening to this at the same time...

[ironsidefan]

Bravo, solargun! It's such a blessing to again be able to view this beautiful video of yours after all these months! Thanks so very much!

[ironsidefan]

(continued from previous post) older submission and still wants iPhone users et al to also be able to play it back must go into the YouTube settings screen and manually reset that particular setting to allow that to be the case. Hope this info will be of use to you--I really like this video of yours and would love to be able to view it again on my iPhone--I can't afford a computer so my iPhone serves that purpose for me instead!