Got to love Nana! I met her a couple years ago during her last tour. Wish I had been born in the 70’s just to get to experience her in her prime.... react to more of her please!
@@TheObsidean Me too. My first concert was Nana Mouskouri as a 10 year old. Front row centre. I was mesmerized. I also happened to look like a mini version of her coincidentally. Dark long hair parted in the middle with dark glasses. I remember learning to stand to give a standing ovation, my dad shouting Bravo, the crowd not wanting to sit. Some man running up the centre aisle and handing her the loveliest, biggest bouquet of roses. But most of all I remember she paused and deliberately came to the edge of the stage and just took some time to look down and smile at me. People started to look at who she was paying attention to, including my dad. I could tell she was genuinely pleased to have a child in the audience. My father was thrilled. And it was just kind of amazing for a little girl off a farm to come to the city and see such talent and beauty. It opened up the world to me. I loved the Greek songs. And her band was *incredible*! I was dazzled. Yes she was just as good as her studio recordings! My mother told me the next day that Nana had children my age at home while she was on tour. She thought Nana likely missed them and connected to me because of that. She did give me the biggest, widest smile. Thank you Nana. A class act with such a sweet temperament. This was in Canada 1981. Centre In the Square. Kitchener-Waterloo. Her music takes me back to life that is just memories now. Her music will always connect me to my father. He just loved her. And so do I.
I actually met her during the 2004 Athens Olympics when she came to talk to The Olympic Youth Camp, to young athletes and us volunteers, I believeon behalf of UNICEF. Very sweet lady. A music legeng. Maybe unknown to many nowadays but she has recorder "over 200 albums in at least twelve languages. She has sold in excess of 350 million albums worldwide, and globally speaking, she is the biggest-selling female artist of all time". I am not sure if that still applies but for sure she is among the bigest selling artists out there and she did it before the Social media era. Can't wait for this analysis. Greetings, from Athens, Greece
Jess, I love that you are bringing new artists to your channel, and that you are expanding regionally, many followers will thank you too. I would like you to analyze Yma Sumac, a Peruvian singer with a style that I have known very recently and she has her own style, inimitable. I leave you a couple of links in case you decide to analyze some of her performances. ua-cam.com/video/1KprLT-JxPY/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ZwtiyJfq1_M/v-deo.html I still have problems starting coments, so I included mine after ¿Despoina Marcopoulo?
Oh wow, that must have been amazing, I would love to have met her & just thank her for being part of the happiest times of my life and that through her music life memories never to be forgotten were made. ❤️
Considered by many critics as Europe’s answer to Barbra Streisand, Mouskouri’s was truly something amazing and totally different from the big voices coming from America. From the 60’s, 70’s, and most of the 80’s, the voice was dulcet, creamy, and clean as flowing water. She could color even the softest phrases as if it were the easy thing in world; a brilliant voice to say the least.
That lady rocks! It's not only her undoubted vocal charisma, mostly it's her performing, her interpretation of every song that gives the impression she means & understands every single word or punctuation - and she does- ! Last time I watched her live was on the last day of her farewell tour. One could guess the effect age (74 at the time) & a 4year world tour had on her voice, but on the other hand her technique was impeccable, her breaths were amazing and she could mask any vocal issues easily. Believing this was her last day on stage and without cameras that always make her feel uneasy she gave 200% of her capabilities. More than two hours of pure artistry and class!
Bravo! Very nice approach! Congrats for the courage to analyze with honesty such a magnifcent talent!! In case you do not know, Nana was born with a partcularity regarding her vocal cords! The one is thiner than the other and the vibration was not the same... So it's not just a good singer! It's the incarnation of willing!! I will always love her and be grateful having the opportunity to grow up with this magic sound of her voice in my life!
In addition to Greek, Ms. Mouskouri is fluent in French, English, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican. How impressive is that? But as she is familiar with all the other Romance languages, I’m surprised Romanian isn’t in her repartee. - BG
@@yaniscaraisco2550 Je me doute bien Mais je parle de ses 2 trésors. Qui m'ont accompagné pendant Plus de 40 ans...en plus leurs interprétations en Français étaient merveilleuses.... Mais vous avez totalement raison...
I had the precious, pleasure to see her in concert in Vancouver, BC, Canada around the late 70's to early 80's. I was pretty young and I remember her doing an amazing version of Terry Jack's hit song, Seasons in the Sun which was a favorite song for me. Terry was from Vancouver. Thank you for your reaction. Nana Mouskouri is an icon to many of us Greeks. Her along with Maria Callas are unfortunately part of a far to small group of internationally recognized Greek artists. There are many, many more the world is missing out on!
Fantastic reaction Jess! ❤️ Took me right back to my childhood, running into my grandmothers home, the smell of fresh baking and her belting out vocals to Nana M, Vera Lynn, Julie Andrews or some musical album that was on the record player, a truly emotional journey for me, God bless her, the wisest woman I ever knew & I was honoured to call her 'grandma' (She was one of those grandmas who was grandma to all children if you know the type, she was truly loved by all in the village a true force of energy & good in the community, also thought to be a bit potty as she would sing down the high street as she'd go shopping.) | Much Love, Peace & Respect | Stay Safe Ya'll
Been a fan of Nana's since I was in primary school, one of my greatest heroes. Seen her live twice she is phenomenal and one of my greatest inspirers. One of the greatest most beautiful Ladies on the planet. Her books are also amazing, shall always love and admire her.
I adore how you manage to vulgarize what most people might not understand or hear in one's voice. No one does it as you do. Thank you for this particular moment. Nana was my grandmother's favourite singer. ❤
Thanks for exposing us to more world-class vocals and for explaining the characteristics of her performance. You don't have to review it, but check out So Hyang where she sings "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - a live performance.
As I have said before, your explanations help me understand why I like something. and I then have a better basis for appreciating subsequent musical pieces. The French/English subtitles are greatly appreciated. My comprehension of spoken French is a mere ghost of what it was 60 years ago when I was learning it in school, and of sung French even worse.
@@jessicasopranonotes I was imagining that there was some sort of resource that provided the subtitles. You actually have to type them in? Like type up what is being sung then translate it and type that up and then put it all into the video? That is a huge amount of work! I feel uncomfortable about that. Am I the only one who ever commented on this?
Now, I feel old. All of these other commenters talking about how their grandma played Nana and it reminds them of their childhood. I sort of had a bit of a crush on Nana when I was young. I loved her voice and I thought she was beautiful. I think I still like girls/women with glasses because of her. She is a politician now, I think, and from what I've seen (not much admittedly) she hasn't aged much at all (but I still might have a bit of a crush, so I could be biased).
People should listen to her and Karen Carpenter to be reminded that you don’t have to be a belter or a vocal gymnast to become a legendary vocalist. I’m still a huge fan of vocal gymnastics, but it’s easy to forget it’s just an optional style.
In Fairy Voice Mother's breakdown of Wicked Game by Diana Ardukhinova, she notes that despite all the vocal skills on display (which FVM can list anatomically on first hear!), it's still all within an octave and a half. So range is also not necessary for great singers. Think Tony Bennett or any of the 80s emo singers, esp on songs like "All of my Heart" or "Enjoy the Silence". One thing that now drives me nuts in vocal reactions is tapping keyboards to check high notes, or in the video itself, silly cheering for high notes like it's athletics. In the immortal words of David Letterman: "This is NOT a competition. So please, NO WAGERING." If we discouraged people for lacking a distinct trick or a given range, we would never get self trained wonders like Sharon den Adel or Angela Gossow...
Thanks for your impressions about this song. I wish that some day you analyse her interpretation of one of her greek song. For exemple « Enas mythos » composed by Manos Hadjidakis who had a very unique style.
Nana was WAY ahead of the fashion curve on the nerd glasses. But she was so in the tradition of ultra emotive French torch singing. One that I think dates back at least to the Marseillaises itself.
Our Nana, for those who don't know was classically trained as a young girl with her sister all those years ago in Athens, she is a legend, her voice is simply wonderful, για σού Νάνα.
Jess, I wonder how you would analyse her singing of this very same song in English "Only Love", German "Aber die Liebe bleibt", Italian "Come un' eredita" and Spanish "La dicha del amor".
I would LOVE to see you react to Mika! He's a pop singer who was classically trained as a kid and his vocals and stage presence are amazing :) I'd recommend "Happy Ending (Sinfonia Pop)" or "Over My Shoulder (LPR, NYC)" You make me appreciate music more with the way you explain things btw, keep on the great work!
Great work! Nana, she was a relentless worker of her voice. And at this time in France, Edith Piaf's style was extremely loved by the french. And Nana has something of it. She worked her voice enourmously.
The year "L'amour en inheritance" was released, this style was outdated. It was the debut of Mylène Farmer, Jean Jacques Goldman, Téléphone, Renaud in France.
Hey! Watching you from France. Love your job! You should react to "Daniel Balavoine -S.O.S d'un terrien en détresse" or "Bruno Pelletier - Le temps des cathédrales" They are amazing french singers and I'm pretty sure you gonna love that !
Super choice ! Nana is a worldwild wellknown beautiful voice with a very sweet and kind personnality. This song is not the best one, and is the original soundtrack of a TV show, playde in the 80's. Her career is so long and interessant that a lot of other songs can be choose... for example "Je chante avec toi liberté", "The White Rose Of Athens", "Aranjuez mon amour"...
If you want to check a song from Nana Mouskouri in English check "Even Now" . In my opinion it is her Magnum Opus in English. Fun fact: She started with operatic singing as many other young Greek girls after the success of Maria Callas ( The greatest Greek singer of all time). On YT there is a mixed version of a song Maria sings in 7 different languages.
Hello I like your video Please can you do react to Johnny Hallyday and Patrick Fiori vivre pour le meilleur This two voice together is just beautiful Thanks
Nana Mouskouri is some kind of musical chameleon. She adopted very well for the countries (markets) she used to sing for. As examples, it was very much chanson like in France and more the "Schlager" type in Germany and probably more traditional in Greece. But what's really outstanding is her Jazz recording "The girl from Greece sings" from 1962, produced by Quincy Jones. Maybe you find the time to react to one of these songs. My recommendation would be "No moon at all" - ua-cam.com/video/ayzzWQSj-eE/v-deo.html
Erm I'm just wondering if you've had any requests to Austin Browns solo project of "Ain't No Sunshine" which in itself is amazing but more especially to what he says afterwards. Been hunting your videos comments sections for anyone else telling you about this and couldn't find anyone. Apologies if you've been inundated elsewhere, which I have to think is likely as I can't imagine you wouldn't have been, but because I couldn't see anything really felt you should have someone tell you. Just felt it was really something that was important and good for you to see.
I’ve gotten a few requests for this particular performance! And yes, many people have told me that he gives a shoutout to the reaction channels, mine included 😊 I fast forwarded to the very end of the video to watch his heartfelt thanks but haven’t seen his performance yet. I have it written down to react to 😊
@@jessicasopranonotes That's great glad you've seen his shout out and the song itself is definitely worth reacting too.😊 After having a look at you channel I can see you don't often react to the same person more than once which it totally cool, that's actually why I thought it worth telling you. I thought even if you didn't react to it on camera it would be good for you to just watch for yourself. 😊
That's a great question. As a French person, I always assumed that she was Greek AND French, as her prononciation sounds flawless. However, she isn't, and it looks like in fact she didn't even grow up in France! I'm genuinely impressed and would love to hear about her French background story if anyone over here has a clue?
@@jasminebouguerouche6384 Nana s'est installée en France en 1960 à 26 ans. Elle a épousé Georges, qui l'accompagnait fréquemment à la guitare, il me semble, l'année suivante. Elle a longtemps animé une émission à la BBC. Elle vit maintenant en Suisse avec son 2nd mari.
@@LizzieJaneBennet Merci beaucoup pour ces informations Lizzie ! Tout de même, développer une prononciation aussi authentiquement française en tant qu'étrangère à l'âge adulte, ce n'est pas si fréquent ! Cette artiste n'en finira pas de m'impressionner :)
She lives francophone the most part of her life and her 2nd husband is French. Besides her native Greek she speaks French, English, German, Spanish and Italian fluently. She has recorded songs in these 6 languages as well as in Japanese, Latin, Dutch, Portugese, Chinese, Korean, Welsh, Hebrew, Corsican, Katalan and recently (2018) Arabic and Hawaiian.
You should react to Ofra Haza - The Whole Soul. Please, please do. She was the biggest Israeli vocalist of all the time who also got very popular in the 80s and 90s internationally, often called as the Madonna of the Middle East, or the Barbra Streisand of Israel. She was the iconic voice behind the iconic 'Deliver Us' from the Prince of Egypt. Please check this out!
"Mouskouri has said that a medical examination revealed she only has one functioning vocal cord and this could well account for her remarkable singing voice (in her younger years ranging from a husky, dark alto, which she later dropped, to a ringing coloratura mezzo), as opposed to her breathy, raspy speaking voice", en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Mouskouri
I am greek. May i recommend? 1) one night with BELAFONTE and MOUSKOURI song: if you are thirsty (kean tha depsasses) 2) NANA MOUSKOURI IN NEW YORK the girl from Greece sings. by QUINCY JONES.
Hi, love your reactions and analysis. Can't believe you haven't reacted yet to the incredibly talented Young Angelina Jordan ! I can't wait for her black and white version of "I put a spell on you "ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html , or "Bohemian Rapsody" etc.... Will you ?.. Pleeease ! 🙏
I second your suggestion, especially her live performance of "Bohemian Rhapsody" on AGT. "Million Miles" by Angelina Jordan is unforgettable, I like the version with the graphics showing a child climbing a ladder into the heavens.
Just a little correcting: unlike Italian, in French words that have an "à" with the accent as in "delà", the accent is purely graphical, i.e. it doesn't affect the "a" sound in any way (at least in standard French, which certainly is Nana Mouskouri's French). I think that here she pronounces the a kind of open rather because "au-delà" means "above", so there is a (very nice) progression to a "lifted" sound. Sorry, that was the French teacher nerd coming out of me lol But ofc great video as always!
Thank you Jasmine!! Looking back, I instinctively knew that the sound of the 'a' vowel isn't changed, but musically it sounded like she gave it a certain type of energy not on the note before. Do you know why the language uses the accent if it doesn't alter the sound at all? Why not do without? Would love to know! ☺️
@@jessicasopranonotes You're very welcome :) My students ask this all the time haha For the "à" it mostly is because of homophones: in the written form of the language, we find it useful to differentiate words that are pronounced the same way but have different meanings. For example: à (preposition "to") is written with the accent to differentiate it from the verb "to have" (avoir) in the 3rd person singular, which is conjugated (il/elle/on) "a"
It's the same logic for "delà" because it is composed of de+là. We write the "là" (meaning "here") with the accent here so as to differentiate it from the determinate article "la" (feminine "the" in French)
There are other graphical accents in French that follow the same logic, for example "ou" (or) VS "où" (where), "sur" (sure, certain) VS "sûr" (preposition on), "mur" (wall) VS "mûre" (blackberry), etc. However, some other accents are effectively used for a true change in the vowel sound (mostly é/è/ê/ô in standard French). Finally, some just don't make a difference nowadays, but used to be pronounced differently in an older layer of the language and we kept them (mostly â, for example in "château", castle, the â is pronounced just like a regular a in modern standard French, so there is no effective use of the accent anymore, however we still keep it). This goes for standard French though, some francophones would make a difference between "a" and "â" in speech (mostly in Quebec accent -in France this isn't widely used at all as it is considered somewhat "arrogant" and non-standard)
Hope that helps! Don't hesitate if you have any more questions :) Btw, are you keeping up with learning French? I mentioned your French diction challenge video to my students as a way to train their prononciation, found it really clever! Thanks for having shared this!
Please please react to Home Free's cover of 'Mayday' by CAM soon. I think you are familiar enough with Home Free that you'll get the surprise they spring on ya in the video. Just remember those crazy low notes you heard from Tim Faust as you watch. I know you'll love it. Aside from the surprise its just a great song. It was the second song Adam Chance did with the group after he replaced Chris Rupp. Speaking of, Chris Rupp, after leaving to pursue a solo career, worked with a Russian American youtuber to make 'Wayfaring Stranger - Epic Version' by Simon Khorolskiy feat. Chris Rupp. The title _does not lie,_ it is quite epic and I think you would love it. Simon also does an AMAZING version of a song called 'Wonder as I Wander - Epic Version' again, the title does not lie.
you should react "tu es mon autre" avec maurane et lara fabian ua-cam.com/video/TbelBI7uY0g/v-deo.html version en concert avec english translation de "tu es mon autre"
Would love to see your reaction for this video. Female singer a.k.a vocal coaches too from my country, Malaysia. She sing her own song for the prestigious music award in Malaysia called "ANUGERAH JUARA LAGU". Malaysian would love to hear your comments about her performance. Thanks! m.ua-cam.com/video/kxq3TV4Wyag/v-deo.html
You should react to the old A-ha song Take on me with the Northern Kings maybe you could call it a Finnish "boy band" *Big big smile* ua-cam.com/video/GkHJRrMwmSQ/v-deo.html
. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I first her on radio when I was in Scotland in 1975 or so. I immediately went down to Glasgow to buy some of her records. (33⅓ rpm in those days.) In fact I still have them. Anyway, I’ve been looking for some “first-time” listeners or singers to review MMS. Mouskouri. Thanks again. [smiling happily] - BG
Her voice, those glasses! Iconic😍
She has sold in excess of 350 million albums worldwide, and globally speaking, she is the biggest-selling female artist of all time.
Nana is such a Legend! One of the greatest!
What a great appraisal of one of the most loved superstars . Still charming at 86 years old.
Fellow opera singer and Nana Mouskouri fan- this reaction made me happy :)
Good Grief! Never expected Nana! Can't wait!
Always expect the unexpected 😁- I honestly didn't expect it either, awesome though! ❤️
So glad I was introduced to her! I love analyzing artists that aren't highlighted in the reaction community ☺️
Got to love Nana! I met her a couple years ago during her last tour. Wish I had been born in the 70’s just to get to experience her in her prime.... react to more of her please!
I was lucky to grew up in a family with good taste of music, including the beautiful voice of Nana
Very nice!
Same 😊
@@TheObsidean Me too. My first concert was Nana Mouskouri as a 10 year old. Front row centre. I was mesmerized. I also happened to look like a mini version of her coincidentally. Dark long hair parted in the middle with dark glasses. I remember learning to stand to give a standing ovation, my dad shouting Bravo, the crowd not wanting to sit. Some man running up the centre aisle and handing her the loveliest, biggest bouquet of roses. But most of all I remember she paused and deliberately came to the edge of the stage and just took some time to look down and smile at me. People started to look at who she was paying attention to, including my dad. I could tell she was genuinely pleased to have a child in the audience. My father was thrilled. And it was just kind of amazing for a little girl off a farm to come to the city and see such talent and beauty. It opened up the world to me. I loved the Greek songs. And her band was *incredible*! I was dazzled. Yes she was just as good as her studio recordings! My mother told me the next day that Nana had children my age at home while she was on tour. She thought Nana likely missed them and connected to me because of that. She did give me the biggest, widest smile. Thank you Nana. A class act with such a sweet temperament.
This was in Canada 1981. Centre In the Square. Kitchener-Waterloo.
Her music takes me back to life that is just memories now. Her music will always connect me to my father. He just loved her. And so do I.
@@DreamsSketcher that’s such a beautiful memory. I’m really happy you had that experience and shared it with me. Thank you 💙
@@TheObsidean Thank you for your response. 😁Just discovered you. Really enjoyed your reaction and analysis.
nice choice!!! Brilliant
She is one of the best selling artists in the world!
I actually met her during the 2004 Athens Olympics when she came to talk to The Olympic Youth Camp, to young athletes and us volunteers, I believeon behalf of UNICEF. Very sweet lady. A music legeng. Maybe unknown to many nowadays but she has recorder "over 200 albums in at least twelve languages. She has sold in excess of 350 million albums worldwide, and globally speaking, she is the biggest-selling female artist of all time". I am not sure if that still applies but for sure she is among the bigest selling artists out there and she did it before the Social media era. Can't wait for this analysis. Greetings, from Athens, Greece
Jess, I love that you are bringing new artists to your channel, and that you are expanding regionally, many followers will thank you too.
I would like you to analyze Yma Sumac, a Peruvian singer with a style that I have known very recently and she has her own style, inimitable. I leave you a couple of links in case you decide to analyze some of her performances.
ua-cam.com/video/1KprLT-JxPY/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/ZwtiyJfq1_M/v-deo.html
I still have problems starting coments, so I included mine after ¿Despoina Marcopoulo?
Oh wow, that must have been amazing, I would love to have met her & just thank her for being part of the happiest times of my life and that through her music life memories never to be forgotten were made. ❤️
wow!! what an accomplishment, especially when you consider how great of an impact social media has on consumerism.
ΝΑΝΑ μοναδικη σε λατρεύω
Considered by many critics as Europe’s answer to Barbra Streisand, Mouskouri’s was truly something amazing and totally different from the big voices coming from America. From the 60’s, 70’s, and most of the 80’s, the voice was dulcet, creamy, and clean as flowing water. She could color even the softest phrases as if it were the easy thing in world; a brilliant voice to say the least.
That lady rocks! It's not only her undoubted vocal charisma, mostly it's her performing, her interpretation of every song that gives the impression she means & understands every single word or punctuation - and she does- !
Last time I watched her live was on the last day of her farewell tour. One could guess the effect age (74 at the time) & a 4year world tour had on her voice, but on the other hand her technique was impeccable, her breaths were amazing and she could mask any vocal issues easily. Believing this was her last day on stage and without cameras that always make her feel uneasy she gave 200% of her capabilities. More than two hours of pure artistry and class!
Bravo! Very nice approach!
Congrats for the courage to analyze with honesty such a magnifcent talent!!
In case you do not know, Nana was born with a partcularity regarding her vocal cords! The one is thiner than the other and the vibration was not the same...
So it's not just a good singer! It's the incarnation of willing!! I will always love her and be grateful having the opportunity to grow up with this magic sound of her voice in my life!
Oh very interesting!
Not the first time hearing her sing, she's wonderful.
I started listening to her in Jr. High School back in the mid 70's. I heard her as part of my French class in 7th grade. Great voice!
Loved her voice!!! ❤️
Nana is Greek. I’m so proud!!! Maria Calas as well!
Comme Demis Roussos magnifique aussi..3 des plus belles voix .. bravo la Grèce éternelle...
In addition to Greek, Ms. Mouskouri is fluent in French, English, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican. How impressive is that?
But as she is familiar with all the other Romance languages, I’m surprised Romanian isn’t in her repartee.
- BG
@@gillessotty8156 il y a d'autres chanteurs grec de talent
@@gillessotty8156 ua-cam.com/video/d5uwtI0FTj4/v-deo.html
@@yaniscaraisco2550
Je me doute bien
Mais je parle de ses 2 trésors. Qui m'ont accompagné pendant Plus de 40 ans...en plus leurs interprétations en Français étaient merveilleuses....
Mais vous avez totalement raison...
Beautiful song, voz incomparable ❤
I had the precious, pleasure to see her in concert in Vancouver, BC, Canada around the late 70's to early 80's. I was pretty young and I remember her doing an amazing version of Terry Jack's hit song, Seasons in the Sun which was a favorite song for me. Terry was from Vancouver. Thank you for your reaction. Nana Mouskouri is an icon to many of us Greeks. Her along with Maria Callas are unfortunately part of a far to small group of internationally recognized Greek artists. There are many, many more the world is missing out on!
How lovely! I hope to discover more artists from Greece 😊
What a beautiful and emotional rendition! I saw her then as a child too. She amazed me.
Νανα μουσχουρη κυρία αηδονακι και μοναδική καρδούλα μας και καμάρι μας 🌹 💕 ❤️ 💋
Fantastic reaction Jess! ❤️ Took me right back to my childhood, running into my grandmothers home, the smell of fresh baking and her belting out vocals to Nana M, Vera Lynn, Julie Andrews or some musical album that was on the record player, a truly emotional journey for me, God bless her, the wisest woman I ever knew & I was honoured to call her 'grandma' (She was one of those grandmas who was grandma to all children if you know the type, she was truly loved by all in the village a true force of energy & good in the community, also thought to be a bit potty as she would sing down the high street as she'd go shopping.) | Much Love, Peace & Respect | Stay Safe Ya'll
I loved reading this 🥺 I felt like I was in your kitchen watching you admire grandma. So happy you have fond memories of her 💛
Nana let me hit your bell. I remember this song very well. Thank you!
Been a fan of Nana's since I was in primary school, one of my greatest heroes. Seen her live twice she is phenomenal and one of my greatest inspirers. One of the greatest most beautiful Ladies on the planet. Her books are also amazing, shall always love and admire her.
I adore how you manage to vulgarize what most people might not understand or hear in one's voice. No one does it as you do. Thank you for this particular moment. Nana was my grandmother's favourite singer. ❤
Awe, thank you8 for commenting such nice words 💛
Don't you mean "vocalize" instead of "vulgarize" ??
I think you don't understand what 'vulgarise; means..
NOT a compliment!!
The great Nana Mouskouri was my mother's favourite singer and I'm a super fan of Vicky Leandros, two of the most talented Greek female singers ♥
Oh my god, this song brings me back to my childhood 🥰 thank you for this reaction
You're welcome! 🤗
I’ve noticed that her mouth is very open even though she’s not singing at a huge volume. Very good technique that I’ve been realising lately.
My mom's fav singer❤️
I love her too thanks Jessica
You’re very welcome ☺️
I've only ever heard the English version of this. called Only Love `just as beautiful. :)
Thanks for exposing us to more world-class vocals and for explaining the characteristics of her performance. You don't have to review it, but check out So Hyang where she sings "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - a live performance.
As I have said before, your explanations help me understand why I like something. and I then have a better basis for appreciating subsequent musical pieces. The French/English subtitles are greatly appreciated. My comprehension of spoken French is a mere ghost of what it was 60 years ago when I was learning it in school, and of sung French even worse.
Oh, I'm glad you liked the subtitles! I have to put them in manually (which takes a great amount of time) so I am thrilled that they're helpful ☺️
@@jessicasopranonotes I was imagining that there was some sort of resource that provided the subtitles. You actually have to type them in? Like type up what is being sung then translate it and type that up and then put it all into the video? That is a huge amount of work! I feel uncomfortable about that. Am I the only one who ever commented on this?
Absolutely love this ❤️
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A very informative review. Thank you.
Now, I feel old. All of these other commenters talking about how their grandma played Nana and it reminds them of their childhood. I sort of had a bit of a crush on Nana when I was young. I loved her voice and I thought she was beautiful. I think I still like girls/women with glasses because of her. She is a politician now, I think, and from what I've seen (not much admittedly) she hasn't aged much at all (but I still might have a bit of a crush, so I could be biased).
I absolutely love her look as well! The glasses seem to be such an iconic look for her 💛
People should listen to her and Karen Carpenter to be reminded that you don’t have to be a belter or a vocal gymnast to become a legendary vocalist. I’m still a huge fan of vocal gymnastics, but it’s easy to forget it’s just an optional style.
Very well said!
In Fairy Voice Mother's breakdown of Wicked Game by Diana Ardukhinova, she notes that despite all the vocal skills on display (which FVM can list anatomically on first hear!), it's still all within an octave and a half. So range is also not necessary for great singers. Think Tony Bennett or any of the 80s emo singers, esp on songs like "All of my Heart" or "Enjoy the Silence".
One thing that now drives me nuts in vocal reactions is tapping keyboards to check high notes, or in the video itself, silly cheering for high notes like it's athletics. In the immortal words of David Letterman: "This is NOT a competition. So please, NO WAGERING."
If we discouraged people for lacking a distinct trick or a given range, we would never get self trained wonders like Sharon den Adel or Angela Gossow...
Rosa, I know you're a fan of the legendary Ofra Haza, as well. She should check her out! The Whole Soul would be a great start.
Thanks for your impressions about this song. I wish that some day you analyse her interpretation of one of her greek song. For exemple « Enas mythos » composed by Manos Hadjidakis who had a very unique style.
Thank you so much.. Wonderful analysis. Great singer.
You impress me Jess, listening and reacting to 2 french songs !!
Thank you!
Nana was WAY ahead of the fashion curve on the nerd glasses. But she was so in the tradition of ultra emotive French torch singing. One that I think dates back at least to the Marseillaises itself.
Μοναδική φωνή ❤❤❤❤❤
C'est un beau cadeau... l'amour en héritage ❤❤❤🎶🎶🎼🎵👍🌞🌞😘
I love you... thank you to react and analyse french artists. ❤
Φωνή θεϊκή ευλογία του Θεού και δική μας ευχαριστηση
Thank you for this analysis. Wonderful. Good luck in your own careeer.
Our Nana, for those who don't know was classically trained as a young girl with her sister all those years ago in Athens, she is a legend, her voice is simply wonderful, για σού Νάνα.
Jess, I wonder how you would analyse her singing of this very same song in English "Only Love", German "Aber die Liebe bleibt", Italian "Come un' eredita" and Spanish "La dicha del amor".
I would LOVE to see you react to Mika! He's a pop singer who was classically trained as a kid and his vocals and stage presence are amazing :) I'd recommend "Happy Ending (Sinfonia Pop)" or "Over My Shoulder (LPR, NYC)"
You make me appreciate music more with the way you explain things btw, keep on the great work!
Great work! Nana, she was a relentless worker of her voice. And at this time in France, Edith Piaf's style was extremely loved by the french. And Nana has something of it. She worked her voice enourmously.
The year "L'amour en inheritance" was released, this style was outdated. It was the debut of Mylène Farmer, Jean Jacques Goldman, Téléphone, Renaud in France.
Hey! Watching you from France. Love your job! You should react to "Daniel Balavoine -S.O.S d'un terrien en détresse" or "Bruno Pelletier - Le temps des cathédrales" They are amazing french singers and I'm pretty sure you gonna love that !
Super choice ! Nana is a worldwild wellknown beautiful voice with a very sweet and kind personnality. This song is not the best one, and is the original soundtrack of a TV show, playde in the 80's. Her career is so long and interessant that a lot of other songs can be choose... for example "Je chante avec toi liberté", "The White Rose Of Athens", "Aranjuez mon amour"...
If you want to check a song from Nana Mouskouri in English check "Even Now" . In my opinion it is her Magnum Opus in English. Fun fact: She started with operatic singing as many other young Greek girls after the success of Maria Callas ( The greatest Greek singer of all time). On YT there is a mixed version of a song Maria sings in 7 different languages.
She’s the 2nd best selling female artist in the world in case you didn’t know ;) ( 350M albums sold )
Not only does Nana have the voice of an angel but she can speak 13 different languages. Let that sink in, 13!!
Hello
I like your video
Please can you do react to Johnny Hallyday and Patrick Fiori vivre pour le meilleur
This two voice together is just beautiful
Thanks
Fantastic ❤️❤️❤️
Oh I love Nana!!
She went into politics later in or after her singing career.
Wonder what you will think of Ivan Rebroff. Kalinka is my favourite.
MARIA CALLAS and NANA MOUSKOURI. New era Godesses of Classy Greece
Nana Mouskouri is some kind of musical chameleon. She adopted very well for the countries (markets) she used to sing for. As examples, it was very much chanson like in France and more the "Schlager" type in Germany and probably more traditional in Greece.
But what's really outstanding is her Jazz recording "The girl from Greece sings" from 1962, produced by Quincy Jones. Maybe you find the time to react to one of these songs. My recommendation would be "No moon at all" - ua-cam.com/video/ayzzWQSj-eE/v-deo.html
La voix d'un rossignol, légère et puissante
Erm I'm just wondering if you've had any requests to Austin Browns solo project of "Ain't No Sunshine" which in itself is amazing but more especially to what he says afterwards. Been hunting your videos comments sections for anyone else telling you about this and couldn't find anyone. Apologies if you've been inundated elsewhere, which I have to think is likely as I can't imagine you wouldn't have been, but because I couldn't see anything really felt you should have someone tell you. Just felt it was really something that was important and good for you to see.
I’ve gotten a few requests for this particular performance! And yes, many people have told me that he gives a shoutout to the reaction channels, mine included 😊
I fast forwarded to the very end of the video to watch his heartfelt thanks but haven’t seen his performance yet. I have it written down to react to 😊
@@jessicasopranonotes That's great glad you've seen his shout out and the song itself is definitely worth reacting too.😊
After having a look at you channel I can see you don't often react to the same person more than once which it totally cool, that's actually why I thought it worth telling you. I thought even if you didn't react to it on camera it would be good for you to just watch for yourself. 😊
Her French sounds perfect to my ears. Did she study linguistics?
That's a great question. As a French person, I always assumed that she was Greek AND French, as her prononciation sounds flawless. However, she isn't, and it looks like in fact she didn't even grow up in France! I'm genuinely impressed and would love to hear about her French background story if anyone over here has a clue?
@@jasminebouguerouche6384 Nana s'est installée en France en 1960 à 26 ans. Elle a épousé Georges, qui l'accompagnait fréquemment à la guitare, il me semble, l'année suivante.
Elle a longtemps animé une émission à la BBC.
Elle vit maintenant en Suisse avec son 2nd mari.
@@LizzieJaneBennet Merci beaucoup pour ces informations Lizzie ! Tout de même, développer une prononciation aussi authentiquement française en tant qu'étrangère à l'âge adulte, ce n'est pas si fréquent ! Cette artiste n'en finira pas de m'impressionner :)
She lives francophone the most part of her life and her 2nd husband is French. Besides her native Greek she speaks French, English, German, Spanish and Italian fluently. She has recorded songs in these 6 languages as well as in Japanese, Latin, Dutch, Portugese, Chinese, Korean, Welsh, Hebrew, Corsican, Katalan and recently (2018) Arabic and Hawaiian.
@@calistaskywalker That's impressive!
Όντως είναι απίστευτη Το αηδόνι της χώρας μας
You should react to Ofra Haza - The Whole Soul. Please, please do. She was the biggest Israeli vocalist of all the time who also got very popular in the 80s and 90s internationally, often called as the Madonna of the Middle East, or the Barbra Streisand of Israel. She was the iconic voice behind the iconic 'Deliver Us' from the Prince of Egypt. Please check this out!
"Mouskouri has said that a medical examination revealed she only has one functioning vocal cord and this could well account for her remarkable singing voice (in her younger years ranging from a husky, dark alto, which she later dropped, to a ringing coloratura mezzo), as opposed to her breathy, raspy speaking voice",
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Mouskouri
I am greek. May i recommend? 1) one night with BELAFONTE and MOUSKOURI song: if you are thirsty (kean tha depsasses) 2) NANA MOUSKOURI IN NEW YORK the girl from Greece sings. by QUINCY JONES.
Hi, love your reactions and analysis. Can't believe you haven't reacted yet to the incredibly talented Young Angelina Jordan ! I can't wait for her black and white version of "I put a spell on you "ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html , or "Bohemian Rapsody" etc....
Will you ?.. Pleeease ! 🙏
I second your suggestion, especially her live performance of "Bohemian Rhapsody" on AGT. "Million Miles" by Angelina Jordan is unforgettable, I like the version with the graphics showing a child climbing a ladder into the heavens.
Just a little correcting: unlike Italian, in French words that have an "à" with the accent as in "delà", the accent is purely graphical, i.e. it doesn't affect the "a" sound in any way (at least in standard French, which certainly is Nana Mouskouri's French). I think that here she pronounces the a kind of open rather because "au-delà" means "above", so there is a (very nice) progression to a "lifted" sound. Sorry, that was the French teacher nerd coming out of me lol But ofc great video as always!
Thank you Jasmine!! Looking back, I instinctively knew that the sound of the 'a' vowel isn't changed, but musically it sounded like she gave it a certain type of energy not on the note before. Do you know why the language uses the accent if it doesn't alter the sound at all? Why not do without? Would love to know! ☺️
@@jessicasopranonotes You're very welcome :) My students ask this all the time haha
For the "à" it mostly is because of homophones: in the written form of the language, we find it useful to differentiate words that are pronounced the same way but have different meanings. For example: à (preposition "to") is written with the accent to differentiate it from the verb "to have" (avoir) in the 3rd person singular, which is conjugated (il/elle/on) "a"
It's the same logic for "delà" because it is composed of de+là. We write the "là" (meaning "here") with the accent here so as to differentiate it from the determinate article "la" (feminine "the" in French)
There are other graphical accents in French that follow the same logic, for example "ou" (or) VS "où" (where), "sur" (sure, certain) VS "sûr" (preposition on), "mur" (wall) VS "mûre" (blackberry), etc. However, some other accents are effectively used for a true change in the vowel sound (mostly é/è/ê/ô in standard French).
Finally, some just don't make a difference nowadays, but used to be pronounced differently in an older layer of the language and we kept them (mostly â, for example in "château", castle, the â is pronounced just like a regular a in modern standard French, so there is no effective use of the accent anymore, however we still keep it).
This goes for standard French though, some francophones would make a difference between "a" and "â" in speech (mostly in Quebec accent -in France this isn't widely used at all as it is considered somewhat "arrogant" and non-standard)
Hope that helps! Don't hesitate if you have any more questions :) Btw, are you keeping up with learning French? I mentioned your French diction challenge video to my students as a way to train their prononciation, found it really clever! Thanks for having shared this!
Please please react to Home Free's cover of 'Mayday' by CAM soon. I think you are familiar enough with Home Free that you'll get the surprise they spring on ya in the video. Just remember those crazy low notes you heard from Tim Faust as you watch. I know you'll love it. Aside from the surprise its just a great song. It was the second song Adam Chance did with the group after he replaced Chris Rupp. Speaking of, Chris Rupp, after leaving to pursue a solo career, worked with a Russian American youtuber to make 'Wayfaring Stranger - Epic Version' by Simon Khorolskiy feat. Chris Rupp. The title _does not lie,_ it is quite epic and I think you would love it. Simon also does an AMAZING version of a song called 'Wonder as I Wander - Epic Version' again, the title does not lie.
she studied as classical singer but was kick out for singing Jazz
you should react "tu es mon autre" avec maurane et lara fabian ua-cam.com/video/TbelBI7uY0g/v-deo.html version en concert avec english translation de "tu es mon autre"
try Mireille Mathieu
Please react katrina velarde
ua-cam.com/video/MtcMkSPrm14/v-deo.html This is a must react of hers. They call it "Oi kyknoi" in Greek. It's Fabulous.
More Diana Ankudinova please!!!
Rechenka I'm particular.
ua-cam.com/video/35Dwo4QVLqs/v-deo.html
I used to listen to Nana in the 70's!
Great voice!
React to Project Aegis In the rest is Mystery
Would love to see your reaction for this video. Female singer a.k.a vocal coaches too from my country, Malaysia.
She sing her own song for the prestigious music award in Malaysia called "ANUGERAH JUARA LAGU".
Malaysian would love to hear your comments about her performance. Thanks!
m.ua-cam.com/video/kxq3TV4Wyag/v-deo.html
You should react to the old A-ha song Take on me with the Northern Kings maybe you could call it a Finnish "boy band" *Big big smile* ua-cam.com/video/GkHJRrMwmSQ/v-deo.html
soften your "r"s when speaking French my dear, you'll have an easier time :) This ain't German haha
. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I first her on radio when I was in Scotland in 1975 or so. I immediately went down to Glasgow to buy some of her records. (33⅓ rpm in those days.) In fact I still have them.
Anyway, I’ve been looking for some “first-time” listeners or singers to review MMS. Mouskouri. Thanks again. [smiling happily]
- BG