@@mike969696I've come to Michel Legrand late in life, my loss but he's up there with the very best in my humble opinion. Well, Scott Walker, what can I say that hasn't been said before. I've seen comments, like how he's not mentioned in the same way as Sinatra or Tony Bennett but I don't think he wanted to be, because Scott definitely did things his way. RIP Michel and Scott
I will always see and hear you scott fantastic voice and looks, you can rest now my angel and sing your heart out in heaven the best voice ever bless you love you 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤❤
Didn't know the drunk story behind this recording. Scott's voice is sublime on this track. "the silver sound of humming bees' is a beautiful line perfectly delivered. I am a huge fan of all he does and gloriously drown in his bleak, stark and existential works. There is a part of me that hopes he has been secretly recording beautiful ballads like this over the last 30 years or so. Thank you Guidofski. I've just been to the Institute of Art in Chicago and gazed on that amazing Hopper painting!
Thank you, Colm - wouldn't it be wonderful if there were such recordings yet to be discovered? (I envy that you were able to see the painting up close).
I read the composer had a big strop with Scott cos he changed the lyrics ( I see the fields, in still green air, the sunlit ghosts , to dance their hair) Scott sang. Scott was supposedly pissed when he recorded it !! I can't tell, it sounds wonderful to me !
What were the original lyrics in those lines, Pipkin Hopkins? "To dance their hair" doesn't make sense to me, but Scott sings this song so beautifully!
Just loved to find this here . . . I loved this film which I saw along time ago and never forgot the music. I used to have this " single " and somehow lost it. Thanks for posting
¡ CARAMBA ! ♡ God bless Scott , I've been suddenly turned on to this number.... in today's mad world with globalist miscreant gangster arms dealers and their hypnotized henchmen ruining everything that took generations to achieve... imagine Scott singing a number.." where did it all go wrong..."♡
If you don't mind a long read, this is the alleged story, taken from the book "Scott Walker: The Rhymes of Goodbye", by Lewis Williams (2019 revised edition): "Scott Walker's solitary record release of 1971 was the non-LP single 'I Still See You'. And a quite wonderful record it is. With music by Michel Legrand and words by Hal Shaper, it was written to be the theme tune to the British film "The Go-Between", starring Julie Christie and the late Alan Bates. Legend has it that Scott was uncooperative and extremely drunk on the day he recorded the song, but none of this shows in the finished record. The authors of "A Deep Shade of Blue", in an account based on a telephone interview with the late Hal Shaper, who was present at the session, describe how Scott arrived drunk and then proceeded to drink two bottles of vodka. Unless the bottles in question were miniatures, it suggests he consumed much more than a lethal dose of alcohol in one session. What seems more likely is that Scott, perhaps a little worse for drink, changed one line of Shaper's lyric and Shaper wasn't particularly happy about it. The line as Shaper wrote it ran: 'I see the fields so green and fair, the silent ghosts are everywhere'; and as Scott re-wrote it: 'I see the fields in still green air, the silent ghosts to dance their hair'. Shaper felt this change was 'psychedelically stupid' and it apparently embittered him until his dying day. But it really doesn't mar the record at all. The general listener probably wouldn't notice anything odd about the line. And to fans in the know it adds an interesting bit of additional 'Scott-ness' to the record".
Interesting concluding notes to this theme/ song. Perhaps here Michel Legrand sounds more like Georges Delerue? Both composers produced memorably lush, romantic scores for film and TV productions.
Hi, Fadzilah. I'm sorry I am so late to reply. As someone else has pointed out, Hal Shaper himself said that Scott was drunk during the recording of the song, which is why this part doesn't make sense ("I see the fields/In still green air/The sunlit ghosts/to dance their hair") Shaper's original lyrics were: "I see the fields/So green and fair/The silent ghosts/are everywhere". I will post both the original lyrics and Scott's little "blunder" in a day or two!
Thank you very much guidofski! "Sunlit ghosts" sounds like a creative error: I imagine grey figures barely visible in the sunlight, but of course "to dance their hair" doesn't make sense.
One of Legrand's most poignant film themes. And Scott's voice was in its prime. Damn, I didn't even know this recording existed. I find The Go-Between one of the best movies of the early seventies. The hypocritic Victorian corset tortured so many women from the upper class. The cast with Julie Christie, Alan Bates and Margaret Leighton performed excellent.
I couldn't have said it better myself. "The Go-Between" is one of my all-time favourite films (and books), and the opening line - "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." - is probably my absolute favourite quote in the English Literature.
@@guida-walker-channel When I saw it I was 19, many movies made a huge impression on me, who had only seen James Bonds and westerns sofar...with the scene where Mrs Maudley and the boy run through the rain - great symbolic after months of un-English heat! - I saw DRAMA unfold... my heart went boom-da-boom! The music theme actually awoke in me a great interest in film music. Halfway the 1970s I became a big Ennio Morricone fan and collector. Legrand I found - and still find - the best French film composer. With George Delerue and Francois de Roubaix close runners up.
@@mattdeazeley55 Not only in Italy. But in the late 60s and '70s Legrand was for me the top French filmmusic composer right next to Morricone. And so far, I haven't heard today's equivalents of these two. Watching new movies, the music rarely makes me sit straight.
He sings to us with extreme heartfelt emotion in that beautiful velvet voice❤
Another masterpiece from one of the truly great voices of our time
あ〜スコット
涙が止まりません。きっと
天国で歌っていますね。❤
夢の中でスコットに会いにいきます。
永遠にスコットを愛しています。💖
スコットは私の生きていく希望です。有難うございます。🙏
Scott's voice is sheer perfection, as always. The sentiment of this incredibly beautiful song will resonate with so many many people
The strings at 2:49, heart-breaking.
スコットウォカー
何もかも完璧な方。❤きっと、天国でのお役目があって呼ばれたのですね？きっと今は幸せに暮らしていますね。その事を心よりお祈り申し上げます。🙏💖
Geez, this one's got me sobbing.😢. Scott was one of a kind, such a gorgeous haunting voice. So missed.😢❤.
❤ I've always been a little in love with this beautiful man, so sorely missed ❤
@@kathleenmiller4587 just a little
A long queue i should imagine . As you say, sorely missed
A classic film. A magnificent score by Michel Legrand. A superb interpretation of the song by Scott Walker.
Great book too
This singer is so romantic, a poet.
Michel Legrand wrote the music
What a special singer and near to the Angel.I love him since 1965!!!
Love this by scott walker. His voice range Is sublime. Miss you. Beautiful scott. R.i.p 💔 💔
That’s the word I’ve been looking for - Scott had a voice of velvet ❤️
Love and miss you Scott. Thank you for such beautiful songs.❤️
Beautifully written and arranged song too.
Beautiful man beautiful voice ❤️ RIP Scott 💔 Thankfully I can still see and hear you even though you’re no longer with us😢
Michel Legrand wrote the song.
Beautiful song. Beautiful man RiP Scott Walker.❤️💜🌹
See what the dream we had … was it us … that took us to be the ones we were .. I always llloved your songs ..
Chillingly, Michel Legrand and Scott Walker died only weeks apart in early 2019.
@@mike969696I've come to Michel Legrand late in life, my loss but he's up there with the very best in my humble opinion. Well, Scott Walker, what can I say that hasn't been said before. I've seen comments, like how he's not mentioned in the same way as Sinatra or Tony Bennett but I don't think he wanted to be, because Scott definitely did things his way. RIP Michel and Scott
I discover this song today and it seems to me so beautiful🎶
You're most welcome. It's a shame this remains practically unknown since Scott + The Go-Between is in fact a wonderful combination! :)
I will always see and hear you scott fantastic voice and looks, you can rest now my angel and sing your heart out in heaven the best voice ever bless you love you 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤❤
Perfection ❣️ from the perfect man ❤️ with the perfect voice ❤️💋💋
Yes I agree. Best voice and looks of any great male singer.r.i.p.Scott
💔💔
Michel Legrand !!! always great sung by Scott.and what a beautiful movie .
help i can't stop listening with eyes closed, picturing julie christie
I read that too, he said he'd never work with Scott again! Well, if that's true, then it's the best drunk singing I've ever heard, lol! :))
Echo that. How are you doing, Guidofski?
relentlessly great
when his voice joins in the lift of the french horns ,I go to jello
Oh my!
What Scott could still give us - if he so wished!
Great.......
Never heard this before - but am a HUGE fan of The Go Between score. Many Thanks!
A Treasure
Los temas de Legrand son siempre magistrales romanticos llenos de emotividad t ternura mas aun vocalizados con este tipo de interpretes
Didn't know the drunk story behind this recording. Scott's voice is sublime on this track. "the silver sound of humming bees' is a beautiful line perfectly delivered. I am a huge fan of all he does and gloriously drown in his bleak, stark and existential works. There is a part of me that hopes he has been secretly recording beautiful ballads like this over the last 30 years or so. Thank you Guidofski. I've just been to the Institute of Art in Chicago and gazed on that amazing Hopper painting!
Thank you, Colm - wouldn't it be wonderful if there were such recordings yet to be discovered? (I envy that you were able to see the painting up close).
My pleasure. It makes me very happy to know I could somehow help you find the song again. :)
One of my favorite songs of all time
What nostalgics memories with the magic voice of Scott , I'm a fan from 1965 , I have all his records. thanks to
Do you really have his discordant latter stuff?😮
Resound in Peace Scott
I read the composer had a big strop with Scott cos he changed the lyrics ( I see the fields, in still green air, the sunlit ghosts , to dance their hair) Scott sang. Scott was supposedly pissed when he recorded it !! I can't tell, it sounds wonderful to me !
What were the original lyrics in those lines, Pipkin Hopkins? "To dance their hair" doesn't make sense to me, but Scott sings this song so beautifully!
Hi, Fadzilah! I have replied to your question above, And yes, even when drunk, he does sing beautifully!
@@guida-walker-channel I agree. YES. Even drunk SCOTT's voice sounds beautiful.😍
post more of him please!!!!
Just loved to find this here . . .
I loved this film which I saw along time ago and never forgot the music.
I used to have this " single " and somehow lost it.
Thanks for posting
¡ CARAMBA ! ♡ God bless Scott , I've been suddenly turned on to this number.... in today's mad world with globalist miscreant gangster arms dealers and their hypnotized henchmen ruining everything that took generations to achieve... imagine Scott singing a number.." where did it all go wrong..."♡
hehehe, what a way to go... ;)
Lembra a voz do Caubi Peixoto.
You're very welcome. The film's score is very beautiful indeed.
What is the story behind the recording that everyone is talking about?
If you don't mind a long read, this is the alleged story, taken from the book "Scott Walker: The Rhymes of Goodbye", by Lewis Williams (2019 revised edition):
"Scott Walker's solitary record release of 1971 was the non-LP single 'I Still See You'. And a quite wonderful record it is. With music by Michel Legrand and words by Hal Shaper, it was written to be the theme tune to the British film "The Go-Between", starring Julie Christie and the late Alan Bates.
Legend has it that Scott was uncooperative and extremely drunk on the day he recorded the song, but none of this shows in the finished record. The authors of "A Deep Shade of Blue", in an account based on a telephone interview with the late Hal Shaper, who was present at the session, describe how Scott arrived drunk and then proceeded to drink two bottles of vodka. Unless the bottles in question were miniatures, it suggests he consumed much more than a lethal dose of alcohol in one session.
What seems more likely is that Scott, perhaps a little worse for drink, changed one line of Shaper's lyric and Shaper wasn't particularly happy about it. The line as Shaper wrote it ran: 'I see the fields so green and fair, the silent ghosts are everywhere'; and as Scott re-wrote it: 'I see the fields in still green air, the silent ghosts to dance their hair'. Shaper felt this change was 'psychedelically stupid' and it apparently embittered him until his dying day.
But it really doesn't mar the record at all. The general listener probably wouldn't notice anything odd about the line. And to fans in the know it adds an interesting bit of additional 'Scott-ness' to the record".
Interesting concluding notes to this theme/ song. Perhaps here Michel Legrand sounds more like Georges Delerue? Both composers produced memorably lush, romantic scores for film and TV productions.
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Please, does anybody have the original Hal Shaper lyrics of this song?
Hi, Fadzilah. I'm sorry I am so late to reply. As someone else has pointed out, Hal Shaper himself said that Scott was drunk during the recording of the song, which is why this part doesn't make sense ("I see the fields/In still green air/The sunlit ghosts/to dance their hair") Shaper's original lyrics were: "I see the fields/So green and fair/The silent ghosts/are everywhere". I will post both the original lyrics and Scott's little "blunder" in a day or two!
Thank you very much guidofski! "Sunlit ghosts" sounds like a creative error: I imagine grey figures barely visible in the sunlight, but of course "to dance their hair" doesn't make sense.
Papa
One of Legrand's most poignant film themes. And Scott's voice was in its prime. Damn, I didn't even know this recording existed.
I find The Go-Between one of the best movies of the early seventies. The hypocritic Victorian corset tortured so many women from the upper class. The cast with Julie Christie, Alan Bates and Margaret Leighton performed excellent.
I couldn't have said it better myself. "The Go-Between" is one of my all-time favourite films (and books), and the opening line - "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." - is probably my absolute favourite quote in the English Literature.
@@guida-walker-channel
When I saw it I was 19, many movies made a huge impression on me, who had only seen James Bonds and westerns sofar...with the scene where Mrs Maudley and the boy run through the rain - great symbolic after months of un-English heat! - I saw DRAMA unfold... my heart went boom-da-boom!
The music theme actually awoke in me a great interest in film music. Halfway the 1970s I became a big Ennio Morricone fan and collector. Legrand I found - and still find - the best French film composer. With George Delerue and Francois de Roubaix close runners up.
In ltaly they call Ennio Morricone ' ... the Godfather of film music.'
@@mattdeazeley55
Not only in Italy.
But in the late 60s and '70s Legrand was for me the top French filmmusic composer right next to Morricone. And so far, I haven't heard today's equivalents of these two. Watching new movies, the music rarely makes me sit straight.
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misquoted lyrics ,drunk I do not care his rendition and emotion is 100%
Love Scott since I first heard his voice, absolutely brilliant
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