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Biografia Norah Jones

ElyAle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:55:32 +1000

Norah Jones è una giovane artista con delle qualità veramente notevoli.Nasce il 30 marzo del 1979 a New York City e trascorre la sua adolescenza a Dallas,in Texas.Infatti all'età di quattro anni si trasferisce con la madre Sue nella periferia di Gravepine.Agli inizi era solita cantare nei cori della chiesa;era fortemente influenzata dai gusti musicali della madre."Mia madre aveva questa ottavo set di album di Billie Holiday.Ne ho tirato fuori uno che mi è piaciuto e l'ho suonato per tanto tempo.You Go To My Head,questa è la mia preferita."All'età di cinque anni Norah si esercita al piano e due anni dopo inizia a suonare il sassofono contralto nella scuola elementare.

Mostra il suo talento nella scuola superiore Booker T.Washington per le Performing and Visual Arts.A 16 anni si esibisce nell'open-mic night in un locale coffeehouse con una versione di I'll Be Seeing You ispirata all'esecuzione di Etta James di questo suo pezzo favorito di Billie Holiday.
Nel 1996 vince anche il Down Beat Student Music Award per Miglior Jazz e Migliore Originale Composizione nel 1996 nonché il secondo SMA per Miglior Cantante Jazz nel 1997.Nell'Università del Nord del Texas Norah si specializza in jazz piano.Crea anche una band "Laszlo",dallo stile "dark,jazzy rock"-così come lei stessa l'ha definito.
L'estate del 1999 rappresenta la svolta per la carriera di Norah.Accetta l'offerta di un subaffitto nel Greenwich Villane e successivamente si reca a Manhattan dove inizia la sua carriera.Così dichiarava: "La musica mi ha preso lì.La scena musicale è così immensa,l'ho trovata molto emozionante.Soprattutto mi piaceva ascoltare meravigliosi cantautori nei piccoli posti,come il soggiorno.Tutto si scopriva a me."
Frequentemente Norah appare con la funk-fusion band Wax Poetic;in seguito crea il suo gruppo con Lee Alexander (bassista),Dan Rieser (batterista),Jess Harris e Adam Levy (chitarristi).Norah,come cantante,al piano e al Wurlitzer piano elettrico,trova un grande supporto nella sua band.
Iniziano a registrare qualche demo per Blue Note Records e poi l'artista firma un contratto nel Gennaio 2001.
Debutta con due canzoni -Roxy Music's More Than This e Day Is Done Nick Drake- e si esibisce live con la band di Charlie Hunter.
Norah registra Come Away With Me nel maggio del 2001,lavorando con il producer Craig Street nello Bearsville Studio a Woodstock,New York.Ad agosto lei e il suo gruppo incontrano Arif Mardin nel Sorcerer Sound a Manhattan.Si tratta del produttore e arrangiatore pietra miliare delle registrazioni di Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Laura Nyro, Roberta Flack, e Willie Nelson, solo per nominarne alcuni.

"Sono stata nervosa all'inizio.Non volevo un grande produttore che avesse fatto tutte queste registrazioni famose per entrare nella scena musicale e mi ha fatto paura dirgli ciò che pensavo.Ma Arif è il ragazzo più carino del mondo,molto facilone.Lui era lì a cogliere la mia performance e a rassicurami sul fatto che avrei avuto un'ottima registrazione.Arif ha avuto delle grandi idee".

"Non avrei mai pensato che avrei avuto una registrazione come questa.Ho pensato che sarebbe accaduto almeno cinque anni prima che io raggiungessi questo punto.Questa era davvero la registrazione che volevo fare."
Come Away With Me include anche ospiti speciali come Bill Frisell ( chitarra), Kevin Breit (chitarra), Brian Blade (batteria), Jenny Scheinman (violino), Rob Burger (fisarmonica), Sam Yahel (organo Hammond B-3) and Kenny Wollesen (batteria).
Mescola elementi di jazz, soul, country,e folk-pop in uno speciale ed unico sound.
La musica di Norah riecheggia le sue influenze,come Billie Holiday, Nina Simone e Joni Mitchell.

E' raro trovare un'artista di 23 anni con una voce così affascinante e un così dolce tocco al piano.

FEELS LIKE HOME - Norah Jones

ElyAle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:47:57 +1000

FEELS LIKE HOME (2004)

1. Sunrise

2. What Am I to you?

3. Those Sweets Words

4. Carnival Town

5. In the Morning

6. Be Here to Love Me

7. Creepin' In

8. Toes

9. Humble Me

10. Above Ground

11. The Long Way Home

12. The Prettiest Thing

13. Don't Miss You At All

COME AWAY WITH ME - Norah Jones

ElyAle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:46:05 +1000

COME AWAY WITH ME (2002)

1.Don't Know Why

2.Seven Years

3.Cold Cold Heart

4.Feelin' The Same Way

5.Come Away With Me

6.Shoot The Moon

7.Turn Me On

8.Lonestar

9.I've Got to See You Again

10.Painter Song

11.One Flight Down

12.Nightingale

13.The Long Day Is Over

14.The Nearness Of You

come away with me - Norah Jones

ElyAle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:45:44 +1000

come away with me (2002)

1. Come Away with Me

2. Lonestar (live)

3. Cold Cold Heart (live)

FIRST SESSIONS - Norah Jones

ElyAle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:45:15 +1000

FIRST SESSIONS (2001)

1.Don't Know Why

2.Come Away With Me

3.Something Is Calling You

4.Turn Me On

5.Lonestar

6.Peace

feelin' the same way - Norah Jones

ElyAle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:44:07 +1000

feelin' the same way (2001)

1. Feelin' the Same Way

2. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

3. Ruler of My Heart

Don't know why - Norah Jones

ElyAle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:43:31 +1000

don't know why (2001)

1. Don't Know Why

2. Lonestar

3. Peace

FEELS LIKE HOME lyrics testi Norah Jones

ElyAle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:41:20 +1000

FEELS LIKE HOME 2004

Sunrise

Sunrise sunrise

Looks like morning in your eyes

But the clocks had nine fifteen for hours

Sunrise sunrise

Couldn't tempt us if it tried

Cause the afternoon's already come and gone

And I said

hooohooo hooohooo hooohooo

Do you

Surprise surprise

Couldn't find it in your eyes

But I'm sure it's written all over my face

Surprise surprise

Never something I could hide

When I see we've made through another day

Then I say

hooohoo hooohooo hooohooo

Do you

Now the night

throw its cover down

mmm on me again

Ooo and if I'm right

It's the only way to bring me back

Hooohooo hooohooo hooohooo

Do you

Hooohooo hooohooo hooohooo

Do youUP

What Am I to You

What am I to you

Tell me darling true

To me you are the sea

Vast as you can be

And deep the shade of blue

When you're feeling low

To whom else do you go

See I cry if you hurt

I'd give you my last shirt

Because I love you so

If my sky should fall

Would you even call

Opened up my heart

I never want to part

I'm giving you the ball

When I look in your eyes

I can feel the butterflies

I love you when you're blue

Tell me darlin true

What am I to you

Yah well if my sky should fall

Would you even call

Opened up my heart

Never want to part

I'm giving you the ball

When I look in your eyes

I can feel the butterflies

Could you find a love in me

Could you carve me in a tree

Don't fill my heart with lies

I will you love when you're blue

Tell me darlin true

What am I to you

What am I to youUP

Those Sweet Words

What did you say

I know I saw you saying it

My ears won't stop ringing

Long enough to hear

Those sweet words

What did you say

And now the day

The hour hand has spun

Before the night is done

I just have to hear

Those sweet words

Spoken like a melody

All your love

Is a lost balloon

Rising up through the afternoon

'Til it could fit on the head of a pin

Come on in

Did you have a hard time sleeping

'Cause a heavy moon was keeping you awake

And all I know is I'm just glad to see you again

See my love

Like a lost balloon

Rising up through the afternoon

And then you appear

What did you say

I know I saw you saying it

My ears won't stop ringing

Long enough to hear

Those sweet words

And your simple melody

I just have to hear

Your sweet words

Spoken like a melody

I just wanna hear

Those sweet wordsUP

Carnival Town

Round and round carousel

He's got you under its spell

Moving so fast going no where

Up and down Ferris wheel

Tell me how does it feel

To be so high

Looking down here

Is it lonely, lonely, lonely

Did the clown make you smile

He was only your fool for a while

But now he's come back home

And left you wandering there

Is it lonely, lonely, lonelyUP

In the Morning

I can't stop myself from callin'

Callin' out your name

I can't stop myself from fallin'

Fallin' back again

In the mornin'

Baby in the afternoon

Dark like the shady corners

Inside a violin

Hot like to burn my lips

I know I can't win

In the mornin'

Baby in the afternoon

I tried to quit you but I'm too weak

Wakin' up without you I can hardly speak at all

My girlfriend tried to help me

To get you off my mind

She tried a little tea and sympathy

To get me to unwind

In the mornin'

Baby in the afternoon

Funny how my favorite shirt

Smells more like you than me

Bitter traces left behind

Stains no one can see

In the mornin'

Baby in the afternoon

You're gonna put me in an early grave

I know I'm your slave whenever you call

I can't stop myself from callin'

Callin' out your name

I can't stop myself from fallin'

Fallin' back again

Fallin' back againUP

Be Here to Love Me

Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine

Though you and I both know it's only the warm glow of wine

That's got you to feeling this way, but I don't care,

I want you to stay

and hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today

Children are dancin', the gamblers are chancin' their all

The window's accusing the door of abusing the wall

But who cares what the night watchmen say

The stage has been set for the play

Hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today

The moon's come and gone but a few stars hang on on to the sky

The wind's runnin' free but it ain't up to me ask why

The poets are demanding their pay

They've left me with nothin' to say

'cept hold me and tell me you'll be here to love me today

Just hold me and tell me that you'll be here to love me todayUP

Creepin' In

There's a big old hole

Goes right through the sole

Of this old shoe

And the water on the ground ain't got no places it's fine

So its only got one thing left to do

Just creep on in

Creep on in

And once it has begun it won't stop until it's done

Sneakin' in

There's a silver moon

Came a little too soon

Oh for me to bear

It shines brightly on my bed and the shadow's over head

Won't let me sleep as long as it's there

Just creep on in

Creep on in

And once it has begun won't stop until it's done

Sneakin' in

Creep on in

And once it has begun won't stop until it's done

Sneakin' in

There's a big old hole

Goes right through my soul

Oh that ain't nothin' new

So as long as you're around

I got no place else you've found

There's only one thing left for you to do

I just creep on in

Creep on in

And once you have begun don't stop until you're done

Sneakin' in

And once it has begun it won't stop until it's done

Sneakin' in

And once it has begun it won't stop until it's done

Sneakin' in

Creepin' in

Sneakin' in

Creepin' in

You want to keep creepin' on in

Creep

Creepin' inUP

Toes

The current is strong from what I've heard

It'll wisk you down the stream

But I never seem to have the time

My toes just touched the water

Daydreamed on the bank again

I was swimming with the fish

And I thought this time that it may be true

(But) My toes just touched the water

My toes just touched the water

Walked a mile just to find the edge

Some place low enough to step right in

Now I'm here and I can't begin - to move

Walked a mile just to find the edge

Some place low enough to step right in

Now I'm here and I can't begin - to move

The spoiled sun up over there

It always has to have its way

And I know that the river's there to shelter me

My toes just touched the water

My toes just touched the waterUP

Humble Me

Went out on a limb, gone too far

I broke down at the side of the road

Stranded out the outskirts and the sun's creepin' up

Babies in the backseat still fast asleep

Dreamin' of better days

I don't want to call you but you're all I have to turn to

What do you say when it's all gone away

Baby I didn't mean to hurt you

True spoken whispers will tear you apart

No matter how hard you resist it

It never rains when you want it to

You humble me low

I'm on my knees empty

You humble me low

So please, please, please forgive me

Baby Theresa she's got your eyes

I see you all the time

When she asks about her daddy

I never know what to say

Heard you kick the bottle and you helped to build the church

And carry an honest wage

Is it true you have somebody keepin' you company

What do you say when it's all gone away

Baby I didn't mean to hurt you

True spoken whispers will tear you apart

No matter how hard you resist it

It never rains when you want it to

You humble me low

I'm on my knees empty

You humble me low

So please, please forgive me

You humble meUP

Above Ground

Underground I'm waiting

Just below the crowded avenue

Watching red lights fading out of you

Oh the air feels heavy

Everything just passes by

And I think that I'm a little shy

Meet me outside above ground

I'll see you on your way

I'll be with you someday, someday

Drawing lines above my head

But the fan keeps spinning over me

Just my toughs to keep me company

Now I know I'm ready

For the night into a glass

And I sip it slow to make it last

Meet me outside above ground

I'll see you on your way

I'll be with you someday, someday

Meet me outside above ground

I'll see you on your way

I'll be with you someday

I'll be with you somedayUP

The Long Way Home

Well I stumbled in the darkness

I'm lost and alone

Though I said I'd go before us

And show the way back home

There a light up ahead

I can't hold onto her arm

Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home

Money's just something you throw

Off the back of a train

Got a handful of lightening

A hat full of rain

And I know that I said

I'd never do it again

And I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home

I put food on the table

And roof overhead

But I'd trade it all tomorrow

For The highway instead

Watch your back if I should tell you

Loves the only thing I've ever known

One thing for sure pretty baby I always take the long way home

You know I love you baby

More than the whole wide world

You are my woman

I know you are my pearl

Let's go out past the party lights

We can finally be alone

Come with me and we can take the long way home

Come with me, together we can take the long way home

Come with me, together we can take the long way homeUP

The Prettiest Thing

Prettiest thing

I ever did see

Was lightening from the top of a cloud

Moving through the dark million miles an hour

With somewhere to be

So why does it seem

Like a picture

Is hangin' up on someone else's wall

Lately I just haven't been myself at all

Heavy on my mind

And I 'm dreamin' again

Like I've always been

Way down low

I still know

That the prettiest thing

I ever did see

Was dusty as the handle on the door

Rusty as a nail stuck in the ol' pine floor

Looks like home to me

Now I'm dreamin' again

Like I've always been

Way down low

Thinkin' of the prettiest thing

Dreamin'

Dreamin'UP

Don't Miss You At All

As I sit and watch the snow fallin' down

I don't miss you at all

I hear children playin', laughin' so loud

I don't think of your smile

So if you never come to me

You'll stay a distant memory

Out my window, I see lights going dark

Your dark eyes don't haunt me

And then I wonder who I am

Without the warm touch of your hand

And then I wonder who I am

Without the warm touch of your hand

As I sit and watch the snow fallin' down

I don't miss you at all

I don't miss you at allUP

COME AWAY WITH ME lyrics testi Norah Jones

ElyAle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:40:40 +1000

COME AWAY WITH ME (2002)

Seven Years

Spinning, laughing, dancing to

her favorite song

A little girl with nothing wrong

Is all alone

Eyes wide open

Always hoping for the sun

And she'll sing her song to anyone

that comes along

Fragile as a leaf in autumn

Just fallin to the ground

Without a sound

Crooked little smile on her face

Tells a tale of grace

Thats all her own

Spinning, laughing, dancing to her

favorite song

A little girl with nothing wrong

and she's all aloneUP

Cold Cold Heart

I've tried so hard, my dear, to show that you're my every dream

Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme

A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart

Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart?

Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue

And so my heart is payin' for things I didn't do

In anger, unkind words I say that make the teardrops start

Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart?

Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue

And now I know your heart is shackled to a memory

The more I learn to care for you, the more we drift apart

Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart?UP

Feelin' The Same Way

The sun just slipped its note below my door

And I can't hide beneath my sheets

I've read the words before so now I know

The time has come again for me

And I'm feelin' the same way all over again

Feelin' the same way all over again

Singin' the same lines all over again

No matter how much I pretend

Another day that I can't find my head

My feet don't look like they're my own

I'll try and find the floor below to stand

And I hope I reach it once again

And I'm feelin' the same way...

So many times I wonder where I've gone

And how I found my way back in

I look around awhile for something lost

Maybe I'll find it in the end

And I'm feelin' the same way...UP

Come Away With Me

Come away with me in the night

Come away with me

And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus

Come away where they cant tempt us

With their lies

I want to walk with you

On a cloudy day

In fields where the yellow grass grows

knee-high

So wont you try to come

Come away with me and we'll kiss

On a mountaintop

Come away with me

And i'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain

Falling on a tin roof

While I'm safe there in your arms

So all I ask is for you

To come away with me in the night

Come away with meUP

Shoot The Moon

The summer days are gone too soon

You shoot the moon

And miss completely

And now you're left to face the gloom

The empty room that once smelled sweetly

Of all the flowers you plucked if only

You knew the reason

Why you had to each be lonely

Was it just the season?

Now the fall is here again

You cant begin to give in

Its all over

When the snows come rolling though

You're rolling too with some new lover

Will you think of times you've told me

That you knew the reason

Why we had to each be lonely

It was just the seasonUP

I've Got To See You Again

Lines on your face dont bother me

Down in my chair when you dance over me

I cant help myself

Ive got to see you again

Late in the night when Im all alone

And I look at the clock and I know youre

not home

I cant help myself

Ive got to see you again

I could almost go there

Just to watch you be seen

I could almost go there

Just to live in a dream

But no I wont go for any of those things

To not touch your skin is NOT why I sing

I cant help myself

Ive got to see you again

I could almost go there...

No I wont go to share you with them

But oh even though I know where

youve been

I cant help myself

Ive got to see you againUP

Painter Song

If I were a painter

I would paint my reverie

If that's the only way for you to be with me

We'd be there together

Just like we used to be

Underneath the swirling skies for all to see

And I'm dreaming of a place

Where I could see your face

And I think my brush would take me there

But only...

If I were a painter

And could paint a memory

I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you

I'd climb inside the skies to be with youUP

One Flight Down

One flight down

There's a song on low

And your mind just picked up on the sound

Now you know you're wrong

Because it drifts like smoke

And it's been there playing all along

Now you know

The reeds and brass have been weaving

Leading into a single note

In this place

Where your arms unfold

Here at last you see your ancient face

Now you know

The cadence rolls in broken

Plays it over and then goes

One flight down

There's a song on low

And it's been there playing all along

Now you know

Now you knowUP

Nightingale

Sing us a song

Of a love that once belonged

Nightingale

Tell me your tale

Was your journey far too long?

Does it seem like I'm looking for an answer

To a question I can't ask

I don't know which way the feather falls

Or if I should blow it to the left

All the voices that are spinnin' around me

Trying to tell me what to say

Can I fly right behind you

And you can take me awayUP

The Long Day Is Over

Feeling tired

By the fire

The long day is over

The wind is gone

Asleep at dawn

The embers burn on

With no reprise

The sun will rise

The long day is overUP

The Nearness Of You

Its not the pale moon that excites me

That thrills and delights me, oh no

Its just the nearness of you

It isnt your sweet conversation

That brings this sensation, oh no

Its just the nearness of you

When youre in my arms and I feel you so close to me

All my wildest dreams come true

I need no soft lights to enchant me

If youll only grant me the right

To hold you ever so tight

And to feel in the night the nearness of youUP

FIRST SESSION lyrics testi Norah Jones

ElyAle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:39:21 +1000

FIRST SESSION 2001

Don't Know Why

I waited 'til I saw the sun

I don't know why I didn't come

I left you by the house of fun

I don't know why I didn't come

When I saw the break of day

I wished that I could fly away

Instead of kneeling in the sand

Catching teardrops in my hand

My heart is drenched in wine

But you'll be on my mind

Forever

Out across the endless sea

I would die in ecstasy

But I'll be a bag of bones

Driving down the road alone

My heart is drenched in wine

But you'll be on my mind

Forever

Something has to make you run

I don't know why I didn't come

I feel as empty as a drum

I don't know why I didn't come

I don't know why I didn't comeUP

Something Is Calling You

Don't tell them, they'll only drink your tears

Don't do it, not in a hundred years

You know it

You feel it, I do too

Just listen

Something is calling you

What difference do you think that it makes

If you give, or if it's you who takes?

I know it

I feel it, you do too

Just listen

You'll hear it calling you

What difference do you think that it makes

If you give, or if it's you who takes?

I know it

I feel it, you do too

Just listen

You'll hear it calling youUP

Turn Me On

Like a flower

Waiting to bloom

Like a lightbulb

In a dark room

I'm just sittin here waiting for you

To come on home and turn me on

Like the desert waiting for the rain

Like a school kid waiting for the spring

Im just sitting here waiting for you

To come on home and turn me on

My poor heart

It's been so dark

Since youve been gone

After all your the one who turns me off

You're the only one who can turn me back on

My hi-fi's waiting for a new tune

My glass is waiting for some fresh ice cubes

I'm just sitting here waiting for you

To come on home and turn me on

Turn me onUP

Lonestar

Lonestar where are you out tonight?

This feeling I'm trying to fight

It's dark and I think that I would give anything

For you to shine down on me

How far you are I just don't know

The distance I'm willing to go

I pick up a stone that I cast to the sky

Hoping for some kind of signUP

Peace

There's a place that I know, where the sycamores grow

And daffodils have their fun

Where the cares of the day seem to slowly fade away

And the glow of the evening sun

Peace, when the day is done

If I go there real late; let my mind meditate

On everything to be done

If I search deep inside; let my conscience be my guide

Then the answers are sure to come

Don't have to worry none

When you find peace of mind, leave your worries behind

Don't say that it can't be done

With a new point of view, life's true meaning comes to you

And the freedom you seek is won

Peace is for everyone

Disclaimer

ElyAle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:33:43 +1000

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