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A beautifully rendered cover, heart-rending lyrics
307 sats \ 4 comments \ @billytheked 15h the_stacker_muse
James Blake, anyone?
I understand these are not his lyrics, but wow -- goosebumps. Especially in that second verse.
...I felt the earth move in my hands, like the trembling heart of a captive bird that was there, at my command...
Does it give anyone else (@Car?) advent vibes?
The first time, ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars Were the gifts you gave To the dark, and the endless sky
And the first time, ever I kissed your mouth I felt the earth move in my hands Like the trembling heart Of a captive bird That was there, at my command
My love And the first time, ever I lay with you I felt your heart so close to mine And I knew our joy Would fill the earth And last, 'til the end of time My love The first time, ever I saw Your face Your face Your face Your face
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110 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 13h
I have to.include this live Roberta Flack version from 1972. Great song:
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @billytheked OP 12h
Legendary.
Previously I'd believed she was the writer. It has poetic origin story, nonetheless:
Many of [Ewan] MacColl's best-known songs were written for the theatre. For example, he wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" very quickly at the request of [his wife, Peggy] Seeger, who needed it for use in a play she was appearing in. He taught it to her by long-distance telephone while she was on tour in the United States (from where MacColl had been barred because of his Communist past). Seeger said that MacColl used to send her tapes to listen to whilst they were apart and that the song was on one of them.[24] This song, which was recorded by Roberta Flack for her debut album, First Take, issued by Atlantic records in June 1969, became a No. 1 hit in 1972 and won MacColl a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, while Flack received a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.[25]1
Sounds like one for Hollywood....
The man has many other famous songs including this one:

Footnotes

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewan_MacColl ↩
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47 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 14h
💯 also getting Jeff Buckley vibes too!
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @billytheked OP 14h
RIP Jeff
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