Hard Times Come Again No More
Friday, August 24, 2012 by lifeonthecutoff
Friday, August 24, 2012 by lifeonthecutoff
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Thank you, Teresa, and you too! This James Taylor/Yo-Yo Ma interpretation of this folk song was one I hadn’t heard and it moved me so when I did hear it.
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I love it. I am a fan of both James Taylor and Yo-Yo Ma. This is beautiful.
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I was looking for a few folk CD’s at the library, and what should appear but Yo-Yo Ma. His talent always amazes me and I was curious as to how his album, Appalachian Journey would be. It is wonderful, and my big surprise was James Taylor singing on one of the tracts. This rendition really moved me.
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This is fabulous, and I’m going to look for the Cd at my library! Thank you Penny, I’ve been celebrating my birthday and this was a perfect present for the end of the day.
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I am so thrilled to hear this was like a gift, Juliet. Happy Birthday! As I mentioned to Janet, above, I was looking for some folk music at the library and Yo-Yo Ma was front and center of the stack. Enjoy!
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Oh my. How lovely. What a combination: James Taylor, Yo Yo Ma and all those splendid strings. Thanks for the calming interlude.
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You are quite welcome, Belle. I’m pleased they gave you a calming interlude. I was so moved by this that I just had to share it.
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I thought I knew all of JT’s songs but have never heard this and Yo Yo Ma turns it into a piece of musical art. Hard times: I’m thinking of the people in Haiti who just got pounded by Isaac, lives lost by gunfire, hunger here in the US where I read we waste 40% of our food, and on and on. Maybe one day soon the hard times will really come again no more for everyone and not just a few.
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Same here, Marilyn. I was pleasantly surprised to know that neither Tom nor I had ever heard this before. Musical art it is, indeed. Let’s hope that these hard times really will come no more for so, so many – you put it all so well.
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I have this CD, Penny, and love it. A few years ago I began to seriously collect Yo Yo Ma’s music. He is so versatile! I don’t think hard times will ever disappear, but I sure do know a number of people for whom the trouble has been unrelenting! There are indeed people who need a break from just being hammered! I was delighted to see you shared such a lovely musical piece. 😉
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You have a very special CD, then, Debra. I knew that Yo-Yo Ma and James Taylor had performed together, but, had not heard this. I’m so grateful that fate decided to shine upon me, at the library, no less, and Appalachian Journey, with this song, came into my life. Such a very old song that still resonates with hope so many years after it was first written. Thank you, Debra.
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I just sent the link to a friend of mine who is wild for James Taylor.
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I’m sure your friend will enjoy it, Nan.
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Dear Penny, thank you for sharing this quartet of music with us reminding me that hard times are all around us and that we can hope and yes, work, for a change so that those hard times are alleviated for the people of Haiti and the war-torn countries whose stories are splashed across the newspapers. I so like the gravelly voice of James Taylor and Yo Yo Ma is a marvel. I’d look for this CD. Thank you for finding it and sharing it with us. Peace.
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You’re welcome, Dee. This is such an old song, written pre-Civil War by Stephen Foster, and it still resonates today. This rendition moved me so much that I had to share it here. Those poor people in Haiti and now we are watching as hurricane Isaac rushes toward the Gulf Coast and, as you say, all those in the cross fire of war. I hope you can find the CD. I actually came across it, quite by chance, at the library. I was looking for some folk music and there was Yo-Yo Ma in the queue.
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