Broken Vow by G4 from album G4

My search for the origins of popera (pop opera) drove me to find a group of talented British lads who entered the X Factor talent show in UK. This group called themselves G4 and sang good songs in harmony. They did not win that year's top spot and yet this group moved on to release 3 great albums full of great harmony songs. I could firmly say that before Il Divo was G4 and I'm glad, that although they are now debunked, their songs still remain.

One of such songs is Broken Vow... made famous by Lara Fabian... a song that was used in the Chinovela "Meteor Garden". Anyway, it is a song of release and letting go. I'm in this stage where I am ready to let go and yet time and time again, visions of past blast through dreams and even in reality when I see the person that I had loved. It really is hard to move on but life must go on.

Here's the lyrics:

Tell me his name I want to know
The way he looks and where you go
I need to see his face; I need to understand
Why you and I came to an end

Tell me again I want to hear
Who broke my faith in all these years
Who lays with you at night when I'm here all alone
Remembering when I was your own

[Chorus]
I let you go, I let you fly
Why do I keep on asking why
I let you go now that I found
A way to keep somehow
More than a broken vow

Tell me the words I never said
Show me the tears your never shed
Give me the touch that one you promised to be mine
Or has it vanished for all time

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
I close my eyes and dream of you and I
And then I realize
There's more to love than only bitterness and lies
I close my eyes

I'd give away my soul
To hold you once again
And never let this promise end

[Modified Chorus]
I let you go, I let you fly
Now that I know I'm asking why
I let you go now that I found
A way to keep somehow
More than a broken vow

Here's the mp3 version:



Here's the Meteor Garden Youtube version: (sung by Lara Fabian)

Here's the G4 Youtube version: (Can't find a whole song video... only part of it)

We let go and forgive, but we never forget 'cause it is a part of us...

When You Wish Upon A Star by Jackie Evancho from Dream With Me

A new version of the classic song from the Disney movie "Pinocchio". The original was sang by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket. (I'm sure you're trying remember the movie now)

Maybe you've heard a lot of other versions but this one is just so calming and relaxing and sincere coming from this very young and talented girl of 11 or so. Jackie Evancho flawlessly sings this classic with her operatic voice within that small body of hers. (I couldn't believe it when I first heard her sang Nessum Dorma.) I love also the instrumental in this song. It surely brings back memories of a childhood when I myself dreamed as I watch "Pinocchio".

Here's the song lyrics:

When you wish upon a star,
Makes no difference who you are.
Anything your heart desires will come to you.

If your heart is in your dream,
No request is too extreme.
When  you wish upon a star as dreamers do.

Fate is kind...
She brings to those who love...
The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing.

(Musical break)

Like a boat out of the blue,
Fate steps in and sees you through.
When you wish upon a star,
Your dreams come true.
Your dreams... come true...

Here's the mp3 version:



Here's the Youtube version:

Did you know that "When You Wish Upon A Star" won the 1940 Academy Award for Best Original Song!

  

Hallelujah by Katherine Jenkins from Katherine Jenkins: The Ultimate Collection

From games, we now go to the opera scene. When we talk about opera singers, names like Pavarotti, Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli are the first to come to mind. But I'm not going to talk about them. I going to write about a fabulous singer named Katherine Jenkins... after some more facts. hehe

Recently there has been a sub-genre that has been growing in popularity. Wikipedia shows this subgenre to be popera or pop opera. This is where we find strong artists like Josh Groban, Il Divo, etc have excelled the past few years. Katherine Jenkins, a natural Welch mezzo-soprano, is I believe a popera singer as she includes classical-pop songs in her repertoire. She has had quite a journey before realizing her success in the music industry - not bad for someone who is only in her early 30s.

But enough of her, it's now time for the music. It is entitled "Hallelujah".

Verse1:
Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music do you?
Well it goes like this
The fourth, the fifth,
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah


Verse2:
Well, baby I've been here before
I've seen this room, and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a vict'ry march
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah


Verse3:
There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved with you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah


Verse4:
Maybe there's a God above
but all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who adore you
But it's not the cry tthat you hear at night
It's not somebody who has seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah

Here's the mp3 version:

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Here's a live version from Youtube:

I hope this posts drew some hallelujah from you!