CECILIA REACTS to "When the lord" by Susanne Sundfør
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- Опубліковано 1 лис 2021
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The Brothel is another great song
by Susanne.❤
Yes that one is on my list too! Thank you!
Thanks for reaching to Susanne Sundfør❤️She is a fantastic musician
I was in awe when I first heard her music. Of course! She’s a special one indeed! Thank you for coming to visit me!
This song gets me every time, as you said it's very cathartic. A song of hers I find quite impressive vocally is White Foxes
I really liked that one too! Yes it’s very cathartic, it’s a song for a good cry soon, but also hints at a sense of comfort that suffering would eventually end… it’s so beautiful!
A wonderfull artist. Have you listened to Angelina Jordan - an other facinating norwegian singer. Started singing at 3 1/2 , won Norwegian Talentene at 7 and is noe near 16 and with about 150 cover
Thank you for sharing your very wise reflection of this wideo and the amazing Susanne Sundfør.
Perfect. I wish I could give you a thousand likes.
Aww you are so sweet thank you! This artist was such an honor to react to!
The river :)
Correct!!! 💕
I want to thank you for giving this song a profound, intelligent and insightful interpretation and reaction. You are by far my favourite «reactor». ❤️
Thank you so much! And thank you for visiting my channel! ❤️
I love your heart felt reaction to this Susanne Sundfòr song and this piece of art. It is completely stunning. I get so tired of people saying there's no good music anymore!! There is so much great music around today and Susanne Sundfòr is the best of it! It makes me smile and cry at the same time. ❤️
Susanne Aartun Sundfør March 19, 1986 ,35 years old is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer. Born and raised in Haugesund,Norway.
💕💕💕
and now living in london
so beautiful
Norway has a lot of talented artists.. KALANDRA and Eivor is a must try artist 🤘🤘🔥🔥 and i love the Aurora framed picture and tha back 😍😍🤘
Thank you! It’s for sale on her official website! Omg Norway totally does! It’s been so special getting to dive into all this incredible music!
@@musiccecilia7754 As much as I wish Eivor was Norwegian, she is from the Faroe Islands. But an amazing artist!
Try "Undercover" by Susanne Sundfør ua-cam.com/video/A-uRyOu4YV4/v-deo.html a song full of emotions.
There are many fantastic Norwegian artists, and much can probably be due to the fact that we have a school system that gives children the opportunity to test and play with music without great demands.
"Sissel", Sissel Kyrkjebø, is also a Norwegian crossover artist you should try out. She has been a Norwegian national treasure for several decades.
This ua-cam.com/video/EFe84U__kt8/v-deo.html is in my opinion a masterpiece ..
Your pronunciation of Susanne's name was very good, but I'm excited to hear Sissel's last name, it's Norwegians who struggle with it.
@@dagsvendsen3377 undercover is indeed a fantastic song! do you know the version recorded at barbican? it is even more intense, but the jazz part in the second half is not everyones cup of tea.
@@soleywolfgangsdottir No, I did not, but have heard it now! Very good, and I am very fond of jazz so that was definitely my cup of tea. Thank you so much for the tip.
@@dagsvendsen3377 you are welcome! the whole session is fantastic, she played all the songs from "music for people in trouble". sound of war is so intense!
i'm excited!
So well said! Beautiful! Thank you for a thoughtful reaction. It didn’t feel rushed, but done in such a respectful way💜
💕💕❤️ this made my night, thank you. This artist deserves the utmost respect, what a high and beautiful form of art.
@@musiccecilia7754 you’re very welcome. Yes she does:) I hope you will react to more Susanne Sundfør, your video analyzing makes me intrigued to hear more!
Love your thorough, intelligent and thought inspiring reaction!
Nice pronounciation btw, you roll the "r" like they do on the western coast of Norway. It's really cute :)
Great, thoughtful analysis, thank you. I'm a Susanne megafan, saw her in concert here in Edinburgh. Amazing performance. If you're looking for more Norwegian artists, I would absolutely recommend Hanne Hukkelberg - it's frankly a crime that she's not better known. Fantastic, creative, powerful art. I'd recommend something like 'Cheater's Armoury', 'Balloon'' or 'Do Not As I do' as a staring point.
Wow, I really enjoyed that artist! Very creative and fun music😄 Thanks for the tip👍
what an amazingly good reaction/ analysis. thanks from a photographer in Norway.
Love the video ! you should check out her live performance of undercover posted 3 years ago !
Will do! I’ll add it to my list! And thank you 💕
Great reactions! Check out the Faroese artist Eivor Palsdottir and the song Trollabundin performed at the historical farm Stigen in Norway.
Oooh will do! I love artists and performances from Norway! Thank you 😊
Awesome reaction 🔥
First time on your channel. I hear Aurora, I subscribe lol and of course the song re your face painting is The River ❤ now I will watch the rest of this reaction, such a haunting song x
Welcome! And yes of course you are correct! I’m so glad you are enjoying my content. Thanks for coming to pay my channel a visit. 💕
Love the flowers
You can see Susanne at the hospital singing to Lene 18:57 💔
Love love love your reaction!! Love Susanne Sundfør and will pretty much recommend any song... but Sound of war and Reincarnation are probably my favourites right now. You will not be disapointed❣
Thank you so much for the kind words and for your recommendations in both comments! I am in the middle of planning my reactions for the next few months so I can film ahead a little bit, so I will for sure check them out!
Thanks for a great reaction!
Heartbreakingly beautiful music, and video!
Aww thank you I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I agree!
@@musiccecilia7754 I was actually at the pre-premiere of the documentary film, where the clips in this video are taken from. Lots of tears throughout the film 😢
@@janr.halvorsen7568 oh I am so glad you got to have that beautiful experience!! I do want to watch this documentary and I know it will be an emotional experience when I do. What a beautiful thing to get to witness at its premiere 💕
Very moving. Sweet voice. Well done.
Thank you! She is such an incredible artist and I’m so glad I get to use my channel to bring more awareness to her!
Another beautiful reaction, thank you :) ... Not gonna comment on the makeup and its meaning, I'll just say that rivers are subscribing to your channel, because they love streaming ;)
Yessss this comment gave me life! So glad you enjoyed this and thank you for supporting my channel! That means so much to me. 💕
@@musiccecilia7754 Haha, you're welcome :) ... If you need other suggestions (though, personally, I'd rather see more of Aurora ;)), I can recommend Eivor, and especially this live performance : ua-cam.com/video/KNPIdGBn7M4/v-deo.html
@@fabrice7211 Thank you for the suggestion! Overall I hope to have a nice variety on this channel, but I am certainly continuing with the Aurora series too cuz she's amazing and I'm kind of obsessed!
@@musiccecilia7754 I most definitely relate ;) I only found Aurora some 3 or 4 months ago, been pretty much listening to nothing else since then. Except Eivor who caught my attention lately :)
@@musiccecilia7754 Btw, been doing some "advertizing" for your channel on Aurora's FB group, I hope that will work out because you definitely deserve a lot, lot more subs than 130 :) ... They should come up when you'll make more Aurora reactions, I suppose ;)
Your face decoration is beautiful and if i'm not wrong it's from Auroras song The River ...?
You are correct!!!! And thank you 💕 I am a very amateur makeup artist but it was super fun to make!
@@musiccecilia7754 love it! When you got enough time , check out these norwegians :
Emilie Nicolas ( top 3 in Norway) , Highasakite , Kalandra , Wardruna with Aurora the song Helvegen , Ane Brun , Anna of the north.... a few to begin with
@@leod2408 Yay more artists from Norway! I am so excited to check them out!
Woooow!!! This is the best reaction and analyze I have heard on this heartbreakingly beautiful song and video 💖💖 We have another amazing young artist from Norway who will be the next superstar. Her name is Angelina Jordan and is now 15 years old. She won Norway's got talent at the age of 8. Please react to her cover of Adele's latest song "Easy on me", you will be blown away 🥰🥰🙏
Thank you so much! I am so glad you were moved from this and I will for sure add that artist to my list!
The RIVER (but ofc, all W & W's knows that 😘) And looking really good 😍
This is such an emotional song, touching an extremely important subject. And it gets me every time. I really recommend the documentary "Self Portraits". But a WARNING it is not for the faint of heart.
Btw. Susanne is the one sitting beside Lenes bed in hospital, and hugging her mother in the hallway. So she was invested in this documentary on several levels.... which makes the song even more mindblowing.
Just a note, personally I found Murder Song (5. 4, 3, 2, 1) w Aurora more carthartic, but probably because I'd worked my way through eating disorders years ago, but was in a "Dark night of the Soul" state when I first encountered Murder Song
Yes Murder song is extremely cathartic for me too! I think both touch the heart strings in different ways, that’s an amazing fact about her thank you for sharing! I love seeing how much respect she had for the subject of this documentary. I am so sorry you have struggled in the past with eating disorders but I am so glad you are hear and gage gotten something meaningful from these videos. Thank you for coming by my channel!
Lol meant to spell “here” and not the other version of the word, but you know what I mean. 💕
Another Norwegian you should check is Sissel Kyrkjebø.
Ooh wonderful! I’ll add them to my list!
You have so many interesting views and thaughts. I do not however think that all people dying are at peace at the moment they die, unfortunately. I will however say that Susanne Sundfør is an artist I have followed through many years, and have been one of my favorites and still is.
Great React! If you are into classical and contempary, pls check out Memorial of her. Its magical written.
you hear hints if susanne sundfør in aurora. susanne is the og, and aurora just stated se will not accept a norwegian grammy for best artist before her.
So fitting decoration on you.
Because I cry when I hear and see this.
This is a difficult song to listen to! But man is she such a stunning artist ❤️
@@musiccecilia7754i know, she is just amazing! but not all of her songs are so heavy. the more i listen to her the more i love her and your insight into the technical aspects of music, how it is done and the techinc behind it is highly appreciated.
i've met her accidentally in a café in oslo, back in 2012 we shared a table while she was writing some lyrics. i realized a bit too late that it was her. her band members were also often in this café.
she is able to bring the saddest topics to life, without being pathetic. "when" (not to mix up with when the lord) is such a beautiful heartbreak-song. or undercover. pure bliss.
i hope you find the time to check out my other reccomendations. you'll see, all of them are of high quality and skills so you need to share your love for aurora with some other artists.😊
@@soleywolfgangsdottir yes I agree! That’s so amazing that you ran into her! I’m definitely a new fan of this artist and will be checking out a lot of her work in the coming weeks, it’s so beautiful getting to discover new music! Man musicians from Norway… I admire them so much. Thank you for the recommendations they are all for sure on my list! What wonderful musical discoveries I am making!
@@soleywolfgangsdottir this sounds so strange but I felt an almost celestial calling to speak about this song in particular first, because it moved me so much. I for sure will be doing more lighthearted pieces as well. 💕
@@musiccecilia7754 i could see thhat you were deeply moved by this song and can imagine that you had a kind of shock when you watched it the very first time. i cry every time. i'm looking forward to the next song you pick from her!
I think you are a really wonderfull reactor Cecilia. Have a look at Susannes "The Brothel" (live at La Cigale). She is alone with a piano. Auroras "Lucky" live at Nidarosdomen is a masterpeace she wrote at a age of 9. The atmosphere and sound in this huge Cathedral is divine. Many calls Susanne the mother of the new generation female artists in Norway.
The grandmother i then think must be Sissel Kyrkjebø. Here she perform in 2006 ua-cam.com/video/0F8qJUZZ0hg/v-deo.html.
And here in 2019 ua-cam.com/video/EFe84U__kt8/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for your kind words and recommendations! I will most definitely add these to my list!
You are a smart girl.
This is one of the best analyse i have
seen so far.
You are proberbly updated on the Norwegian female artists but there is some realy good male artists as well.
Please analyse/react to Tomas Dybdal's
One day you will dance for me New York City.
Jarle Bernhoft's Fly Away (live @ lydverket)
Sivert Høyem's Majesty Live at Acropolis
Aten.
By the way Susanne is from my hometown Haugesund and se studied
music were my Brother was theaching.
Love from Norway ❤
Thank you so much! I am so glad you got so much from the video and it’s so cool that you have that personal connection! Thank you for the recommendations!
And, if you have not yet heard or reacted to Dimash Kudaibergen I strongly recommend you do. 😊Any song!! Pure magic❤
Lovely! I will make sure to look them up! Thank you 😊
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27 minutes are not too many with you. Thanks for your insights.
I love hearing that thank you! So glad you enjoyed this video! Yes my videos are a little on the long side… but I don’t want to cut out any of the good stuff 💕 this art deserves my time!
You should definitely check out Kalandra.
Noted! Thank you so much for the suggestion!
Good reaction, but I wonder why the video was so censored. You said the you like provocative music, but not video? I feel the edits reduced the intended impact of the music.
Hey! Thank you so much I am so glad you enjoyed! We loved the video and we love the photographer the documentary is about, we love provocative art but we were just trying to be as sensitive as possible to people who may have struggled as well with eating disorders and other things the videos depicted, we were hoping that could make the video a little more accessible to those viewers. That being said, I am still learning how to be as kind as possible and balance those things, so thank you for your kind feedback! We have also linked the original video in our description to spread awareness toward it. ❤️
I’ll probably comment again after the video, just gotta say that was a really good pronounciation. It’s always impressive when people make the effort. 😊 The way you said her name is very close to how Aurora would have said it as you had that R they say in Bergen (Where Aurora is from).
Thank you so much! I’m an opera singer, and while I’ve never been trained in this particular language I have been trained in the standard operatic languages and know IPA, so that helped a lot with the pronunciation! I think it’s important to at least try! 💕
@@musiccecilia7754 that’s really great:) never heard about IPA before. (Other than the beer)
I was suprised you had such a strong R like they say in Bergen.
It’s almost German sounding but Germany and Bergen (Norway) had lots of connections as it was a shipping harbour many centuries ago and ships would come from Germany all the time which also affected the accent/dialect.
Im a singer too, well not professionally though. Im a 1 alt in a choir so I bet you sing higher as an opera singer.
@@mari97216 I sang alto in choir in undergrad! (my high notes were too loud to do soprano and I couldn't blend lol) but I loved singing alto, It made me a stronger sight reader. So glad to hear that you sing as well! IPA is the International Phonetic Alphabet, it helps with learning how to pronounce other languages by creating symbols that basically can be read and applied to any of them, that tell you how to say certain things. I am much more well versed in German diction though, which would make sense that it sounds a little German. lol I do my best. The two languages are similar in many ways! So glad that I was able to do the beautiful name justice and I for Sure want to react more to this beautiful artist in the future!
@@musiccecilia7754 oh, my problem is the opposite. I like singing high but it’s not as strong. I guess that’s why I’m an first alt now. (We have first and second alt and first and second soprano. I think they divide it different or call it something different other places).
I would prefer to be a second soprano but I’m just gonna roll with it, I recently started up. It’s just more difficult to do the harmony voice on it all, plus the sopranos have more of the song to sing, not just the back up vocals. It’s fun either way though:)
Sounds interesting to learn IPA, useful:) btw Lene Marie Fossen, not that you will bump into her more. You say Len and then the E is like the E in energy. I think the other two names sounded about right. So if you bump into more norwegians that’s usually (probably always) how the e will sound.
It does have many of the same words as in German. It’s really a mix of English, Swedish, Danish, and some German. And a few foreign borrowed words like Sofa.
I’ll follow you to hear more reactions:) have a great weekend.
lets pronounce some icelandic names :D
Maybe you could react to Jussi Björling Pavarottis idol
The river
Correct!!
The river by Aurora
Yes indeed!! 💕
This song and video breaks me every time. Thought provoking, deep, sad and hauntingly beautiful.
If I may recommend another Norwegian artist here it would be Sivert Høyem (lead singer of Norwegian band Madrugada) and his song "Prisoner of the Road", released in 2010 for the Norwegian Refugee Council. ua-cam.com/video/c-0jy3iCB8U/v-deo.html
I agree! And I love hearing about new artists from Norway especially, thank you so much for the suggestion!
Susanne Sundfør´s "music for people in trouble", might be something you would like. It would be interesting to hear you react to the entire piece of art that record is- To me Susanne is closing in on my all time favorite Joni Mitchel every year, her talent seems unlimited
Yes! Thank you! There will for sure be more to come of her in the future and I’ll add that to my list!
Hi there, Can you react to Angelina Jordan - How Great Thou Art. Angelina is not only Norway's biggest treasure now but she's becoming global star like no one before.
If this performance by Angelina doesn't heal anyone's soul then there's no hope... she's that good!!!
ua-cam.com/video/WLAEy1LIHrc/v-deo.html
Yes she is on my list already! I’ve had more then one recommendation for her so I’m gonna have to check her out for sure!
If you like Norwegian music, try to listen to emelie Nicolas, feel fine. You’ll be stunned
Will do thank you for the suggestion! 💕
Get to the musikk..