Most Passionate Songs Ever

[IndependentlyPoor]

As a friend of mine would say, this is a woman who could sing stormy wear her.

Warning, somewhat of a downer for a Monday morning.

 

[IndependentlyPoor]

Ya want pasision? I got cher passion for ya

YouTube - Turandot In questa reggia~ Maria Callas In 1954

 

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Ummmmm, hmmmmmm..........
YouTube - Robert Palmer - Some like it hot

 

[Emeritus]

YouTube - Hildegard Knef - Mackie Messer Song (Die Moritat von Mackie Messer) - Bertolt Brecht


We had this recording when I studied German in 1966. If it can't get to you nothing can

 

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Excellent version. Those Germans are masters of sexual menace.

Here is the song sung by the woman for whom it was written

YouTube - Mack the Knife Sung by Lotte Lenya

 

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Continuing the menace theme here is Lotte again

YouTube - Lotte Lenya Singing "Seeräuber Jenny" (Pirate Jenny)

 

[Emeritus]

Excellent version. Those Germans are masters of sexual menace.

Here is the song sung by the woman for whom it was written

YouTube - Mack the Knife Sung by Lotte Lenya

its a wonderful version Lotte was the wife of the composer Kurt Weil
She played Jenny

But the song was written for the show and the first Moritatsanger was
Kurt Gerron, later murdered in Auschwitz.
YouTube - Macky Messer - Kurt Gerron sings Mack the Knife from Threepenny Opera
here is a 1928 record with his version
(its the next to last piece)
http://www.poolpi.com/0/video/Moritat/RkwcQ6Ys4hY.html

 

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Here's a great one for any of you who are like I am fans of the emotion of loss-When the World Was Young, I believe one of the great Johnny Mercer songs.
YouTube - Peggy Lee on The Judy Garland Show

I saw this beautiful woman sing this song at the old Lookout House Night Club back when illegal gambling supported very high class entertainment. I was 13 or 14, and my buddy's Dad was an executive at this club and he took us from time to time. I saw many of the great entertainers of the generation ahead of me thanks to my friendship with this super guy and his family. His Mom was a former Rockette, and I thought I had never seen a mother as beautiful or as nice in my entire life. She only recently died.

Bobby Kennedy ruined all this in the early 60s and my buddy and his family moved to Las Vegas.

Ha

 

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its a wonderful version Lotte was the wife of the composer Kurt Weil
She played Jenny

But the song was written for the show and the first Moritatsanger was
Kurt Gerron, later murdered in Auschwitz.

here is a 1928 record with his version
(its the next to last piece)
http://www.poolpi.com/0/video/Moritat/RkwcQ6Ys4hY.html

Thank you Emeritus. I didn't even know of Kurt Gerron. His version was excellent. Many of the later American singers totally missed the emotion- worst one IMO was Frank Sinatra's.

My first taste of the power of Weimar caberet music was when I ushered for a stage version of The Blue Angel while I was still in high school. It is really a play for a more mature man or woman, but I remember being bowled over by the tragedy of the hopelessly smitten professor. Then I saw the film with Marlene Dietrich at film society in university. It msut have been German with subtitles, but I cannot remember for certain.

Whoa!

Ha

 

[RonBoyd]

Wonderful!! Thank you Ha and Emeritus.

 

[Purron]

I love music from the World War 2 era. Many songs of love, loss and hope.

YouTube - The Ink Spots - I'll Be Seeing You

YouTube - White Cliffs of Dover-lyrics, sung by Vera Lynn

 

[bbbamI]

Not sure how passionate...but...great guitar licks..
YouTube - Average White Band - Cut The Cake (live)

 

[Purron]

Love this one by the Police.

YouTube - The Police - Every Breath You Take (Black and White Version)

 

[audreyh1]

YouTube - Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On

Yeah but - it is way, WAAAY hotter when Tom Jones (the older version) sings it!
YouTube - The Full Monty (Tom Jones) - You Can Leave Your Hat On

Audrey

 

[audreyh1]

Barry White! Never, never gonna give you up!
YouTube - Barry White - Never never gonna give you up

Audrey

 

[yakers]

"Down So Low," Tracy Nelson, back when she sang with Mother earth ( 1968-69?)

Love that song, first LP I bought when I arrived in college in 1968. Saw them live, hard to believe so much sound can come from such a little person. Converted the LP to MP3 but had too many scratches, just bought it again from itunes.

Now, DW absolutely hates the song, makes funny parodies when I sing it.

 

[RonBoyd]

Is that "Passion" in a song or a song played "Passionately"? Or both

YouTube - Mercy, mercy, mercy

(I am also partial to Dana Owen's version -- Queen Latifah.)

 

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Is that "Passion" in a song or a song played "Passionately"? Or both

YouTube - Mercy, mercy, mercy

This is perfect for those, who like me, prefer their passion "molto dolce e soave".

Ha

 

[RonBoyd]

This is perfect for those, who like me, prefer their passion "molto dolce e soave".

Unless Google led me astray... "Very sweet and gentle" is the perfect attitude.

 

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Unless Google led me astray... "Very sweet and gentle" is the perfect attitude.

I used to hear Cannonbll and Nate at the Village Vanguard back in the mid 60s. Lots of very hard bebop, but lots of this sweet stuff too. I loved them.

Yes, very sweet and gentle. It makes me feel very good about being in this world.

Ha

 

[BigNick]

Love this one by the Police.

YouTube - The Police - Every Breath You Take (Black and White Version)/QUOTE]
Ummm... you do know that's a song about a deranged stalker, right? I saw Sting being interviewed about it - he said he found it really weird that people play it at weddings a lot.

You want passion? This song gives me goosebumps (especially at 2:22 when the piano comes in). Best song ever written about a friend who died.
Elbow - Friend of Ours

 

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Love this one by the Police.

YouTube - The Police - Every Breath You Take (Black and White Version)/QUOTE]
Ummm... you do know that's a song about a deranged stalker, right? I saw Sting being interviewed about it - he said he found it really weird that people play it at weddings a lot.

Well, one thing you gotta say about a stalker, he is passionate.

 

[Purron]

Yeah, I know. Carpenters. But hey, I've always loved Karen's voice. There now. I've admitted it. I feel so much better now. At least she's not a stalker, right?

YouTube - Carpenters - Superstar 1971

 

[Koolau]

Okay, here's the definitive Most Passionate Song

YouTube - Celine Dion-Im Your Lady

Here's something completely different but just as passionate

YouTube - The last farewell ( with lyrics ) - Roger Whittaker

 

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