Martha Wainwright Covering Piaf's "C'est Toujours La Meme Histoire" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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After searching for about two weeks, I was finally able to find this video and since getting it two days ago I've watched it quite a few times already. Martha Wainwright sang Edith Piaf's "C'est Toujours La Meme Histoire" on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and it was captivating.
It is one of those performances where you don't understand even one word of the language but cannot help but keep your ears peeled. If you even bother to look at the audience members, you can tell that every single person is truly listening and absorbing it all. You almost fake yourself out and believe that you comprehend the lyrics Wainwright sings.
More importantly, Wainwright's voice mingled with the orchestration is so beautiful and poignant that you WANT to know what she is singing about.
Now I present to you, not just a performance, but an EXPERIENCE.
EDIT: BOO! THEY REMOVED THE VIDEO. Sorry about that. I'll try looking again but it's going to be hard to find this again. =(
2nd EDIT: OK so there's a copyright restriction of that video, but I was able to find a video of Wainwright singing the same Piaf song at a Brussels music festival about a week ago.
Check it out:
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Comments (1)
I saw Martha open for The Swell Season in SF a while back. She was playing an acoustic guitar. The audience did not seem to dig her, but I thought she was a very talented singer although she does seem to have some issues with Daddy. This performance clip gives a better idea of her considerable ability. Not understanding French doesn't get in the way; so far as I could tell, her accent and intonation is impeccable. Maybe over the long haul, she will outshine her incredibly talented brother, Rufus.