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Even while the glow of Celtic Woman: A New Journey is still washing over us, I am curious to know if you have suggestions for songs for the next program?

Furthermore, ought they reprise "Orinoco Flow" a third time?

Best,
FireGuyFrank

Frank, there are actually a few threads that already discuss this topic.

As for Orinoco Flow, I say play it again, maestro!
That's one of my all-time favorite CW songs.
It was the first song of their's that I ever heard!!

I hope they do not drop Orinoco Flow - I love their version of that song !!!! And how could we live without the Orinoco wave????

Stacey

I know some people who have become CW fans recently who just loved Orinoco Flow. My husband,who hasn't really" seen the light " yet about CW, really likes that song as well. Please don't drop it! You would be disappointing so many people.

Thanks,

Dianne

The flow must NEVER go!  Keep the Oronoco going on every album, dvd, cd, etc.

Never lose the flow!!!!! We Must fight for the flow!!!!


But i hope they keep The sky and the dawn and the sun, that's one of my favorites

ya my uncle has the CD of Enya and listened to Orinoco Flow and said he liked that song. then I showed him Celtic Woman and their version and he said he loved it. So its a song everyone likes.

But seriously, do we need the same set of songs on every CD and DVD release? Don't get me wrong, I love each and every song but it's pretty redundant especially when you collect all their material.

I vote for a completely new set of songs.

the flow is kinda like their anthem and is, i think expected. like "fight for your right to party" from the beastie boys or "on the road again" from willie nelson. it's not about one hit or even broad appeal...it's a large part of the cw identity now matter how much or how little you know of them.

and for my money cw's is much better than enya's ::)

I like the idea of all new songs too.  I wouldn't mind hearing them still sing some of the same songs when they tour.

I would say that it would be great to include "the Flow" on new material. But I can understand where people are coming from when they say it shouldnt. Some musicians have included the same songs over and over again in their work, and it gets old after a while. I have been a Stevie Nicks fan a long time, but it seems Edge of Seventeen and Stand Back are done over and over, plus she has like 3 or 4 greatest hits albums now, with basically the same music.  She has almost as many greatest hits albums as regular albums.

But having the one song, as sort of a 'signature' song, is fine. Its a fun song too that promotes fans to get into the mood of the show. Same with Spanish Lady. But beyond that, those 2, they should tread careful with repeats.

Good point Cash, I ran out and bought Crystals Visions (new cd/dvd compilationn) of Stevie's and was hugely disappointed.  People need to add some new fresh stuff from time to time.  Anyway, Stevie still rules and she's still filling up venues after 30 years of doing it.   ;)

It's only the DVDs that repeat songs.  There are no overlaps with the CDs. 

As far as I can tell, the songs that are repeated on the DVDs are:

Orinoco Flow
Danny Boy
Somewhere
You Raise Me Up

I know that I heard a few songs for the first time on the 2006 tour such as:  The Sky, The Dawn, The Sun, Caledonia, The Blessing, The Voice, Sing Out, Mo Ghile Mear, and Spanish Lady, to name a few.

ya willow, the rain too. i was thinking the same thing - i like how they sorta overlap live then to dvd stuff.i can't wait to see whats next!

i think they should keep orinoco flow and one other and then not do the rest. i have to admit, i really don't like the song' you raise me up' generally and i hope they drop it soon :-[ i would like to hear some new songs as well as some old favourites. but they must never drop orinoco flow or spanish lady. that is my verdict :D

I love 'you raised me up'  I hope they don't drop it.  Just my opinion.

How about the Broadway hit song "All Girl Band"?

Love this quote. Much agreement here. ;)

Well, I don't know that with their upcoming tour they will have new songs if they do not make a new album, but you never know, and I'd very much like to hear some new tunes from them.  But as always, there are some oldies and goodies that should stay.

Orinoco Flow, definitely, it is a GREAT tour piece and the percussion nearly blows you out of your seat.  Also I think it draws a lot of non-fans in.  I've been trying to convert one of my friends to CW-ism for a while but she's a stubborn one.  She sometimes makes fun of them (lightly) and the little moves they do on stage, and isn't really much for their music.  But she found Orinoco Flow on Youtube and was like "Wow . . . that's amazing." and went on to watch it several times in a row.  She also liked The Voice.  I think there is a universal quality about CW that makes people unable to completely dislike them.

I'd like to see You Raise Me Up in there too, it's gorgeous.  The Voice is also a great addition.  I would really like to see Orlagh get to use her harp more.  I was pleased when she got the accompaniment in Scarborough Fair, but didn't understand why she didn't on the DVD.

same Siobhan. My neighbor doesn't like them but she could keep her comments to herself sometimes! The things that come out of her mouth are unspeakable here!  :D

I would love to hear some new music.  Just more for me to love.  But if there has to be one song to keep I'd vote for Over The Rainbow.  No one could ever top the way they do that song.  

I would say The Orinoco Flow song! Cause that is just a fun song to sing along with and to do the moves! Plus the Girls have fun doing that song!

How about something from The Carpenters?  They had some good tunes in the 1970s.

FireGuyFrank

ahh the Carpenters are a very good band! Nice choice!

You know what. They can keep them all and add anything that they think is appropriate because whatever they sing it will be beautiful.

I love all the songs, but I would like to see new material for a new show, rather than a song redone.  I enjoy the traditional songs very much and would like to see them drop the Italian light operetta songs and go with more that have a Celtic feel to them, in either English or Gaelige, after all - they're called CELTIC Woman! *S*

How about "Angel of the Morning" ? (done by Merillee Rush (sp) and also by Juice Newton)

I'm listening to it right now on the radio.

Any Irish, Galic, ecx. song would be perfectly fine with me.:D I would like to see more traditional songs. Of corse, with the Christmas cd and DVD coming out, maybe they will do a Christmas tour. You never know! ???

well i would love to see orla performing shooting star of course :D

again anything would be good!

From a drippy day in the rockies,
   The song that they seem to find most meaningful to them is "You raise me up" and I really don't want that one to leave. Mo Ghile Mear is so awesome when you're there in person, I hope they don't drop that from the concert. However, the CD and DVD are another thing. The concert you want what really moves people, certainly the flow is one of those too. But in listening to some old Irish traditional CDs there are many tunes that these ladies would do very well. Some really beautiful pieces for Mairead too. I'll listen again and make some suggestions. Lisa might do theme from the movie "Titanic" very well. Cheers!

Mo Ghile Mear is my favorite from the group and The Voice is my fav. single.
But, since I already have those, I'd prefer new songs. I too would love them to do "Angel In The Morning" and perhaps"Time In A Bottle"  Rosie

Sting is not an artist that I would normally listen to, but I do very much enjoy Sasha & Shawna's recent "Siren" CD, which includes a rendition of Sting's "Fields of Gold".

S&S do a magnificent job with "Fields of Gold" and I am sure that a CW performance of it would be nothing short of awesome!

Gordon

I may be in the minority, but fewer cover songs would suit me. They do them BEAUTIFULLY, mind you. But David and the girls come up with great original material. I encourage them to do more! The orignals and the traditional stuff are the selling point for me.

And I think it would make more converts, too. Doing covers leads to comparisons and most people like songs the way they first heard them, regardless of who did it.

I would agree. Original pieces coming from David and the girls have not let me down yet. I would love to see Mairead do some original pieces from her CD with CW. That trio piece with her sister and mom would be a hoot at a concert.

I would just trust David with picking everything. He has done good so far.

I also really like "You Raise Me Up" and would like them to keep that song. I do think that Lisa would be able to sing a Karen Carpenter song, perhaps "We've Only Just Begun".

So what would be safe for them to sing?

Well, it's not Celtic but "Inama Nushif" has a great sound to it.  It comes from the "Children of Dune" Miniseries that Sci Fi did a couple of years back.  It is meant to go with a specific sequence of film but can do well as a stand alone.  Onfortunatly Itunes only sells the whole album and not the single piece, you can get small sample there but it does not show much.  A better sample is http://www.briantyler.com/audioclips/childrenofdune3.mp3 (http://www.briantyler.com/audioclips/childrenofdune3.mp3)

     I would dearly love to hear our ladies do "Lord of the Dance” as it written as a hymn.   Our Catholic Chapel here at the University where I work, has it in their hymnal.   When you hear the young people getting into it, with their whole hearts and spirits, it moves you more then you can imagine.   Thank God for the young!  And the young at heart!

    When I started learning the penny whistle, I made sure it was the first piece I practiced.

     JIM

I posted my suggestions for future songs on the Chloe board, a while ago:

http://www.celticwomanforum.com/index.php?topic=257.0

Personally, I would love to see them do more Irish/Gaelic songs and more Classical songs, because of their timeless beauty and spiritual and musical depth, and fewer Broadway or pop numbers.

Currently on a listening binge before his much-anticipated concert here, I was listening to Stevie Wonder's 'Overjoyed' earlier today while driving down the road, and it felt very uplifting. Mary J. Blige (though not exactly the pinnacle of fine female vocalists) did a pretty nice cover of this song a few years back. So I wonder, what happens if Chloe takes a crack at it (and maybe Stevie himself at the piano)?

What do you think? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edxYCXaQLaw)

something to do with Rain?

YES!YES!YES! ;D I love that song! And just this weekend I was listining to it done acapella by a trio and thinking that CW could do it so much better!! (not to say that the version is bad mind you, i love it too) ;D

I love this idea! ;D

the "flow" brightens up my day

Flow brightens most every ones day!

I do like Orinoco Flow but since in the end it was not added to the third DVD, alas we must make due without it, so on that note I will add, A CW rendition of Liv Kristine's Good Vibes, Bad Vibes to this list, also Faun's Da Que Deus, and Xandria's Ravenheart....sounds good to anyone?

Well said Maggie.

i agree Maggie!

Truly well said Maggie. As for being able to see more than one show with Ms. Meav in it would have been good, but at least I saw her once, and it was the last time she would perform with the rest of CW. Ohh Ireland, thou wilst be in mine heart for all time to see....Meavallous.....

For the next show, I would love to hear Orlagh singing "Only Time". She puts a magic touch on anything by the Brennans.

Maggie good point. A new spine on some great songs will be nice.

More original works by David Downes.
More original works by David Downes.
More original works by David Downes.
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Hey!  Here's an idea!  How about some more original works by David Downes?   ;D

Great idea, Rich!!! ;D

I second, third and fourth that!

^^

I T-minus 2 that (I said it two weeks ago!)

And I agree with Maggie about the Lynn songs. Allow her to make her own mark.

I bet Lynn will bring some new songs with her to the group.

I have a 3 cd set of Celtic Hymns that is amasing! It reminds me of CW so much. I think it would be cool for them to do some of them. Possably hymns that orginated in Ireland. I also would like a whole DVD/Tour of songs from only their solo albums! That would be neat!

In light of Meav's departure..... if David Downes... or anyone from CW reads this........


Please keep Danny Boy in the show!!!!!!!!!!!

You know, that really is a cool idea!

Think about it. They could do an opening song with all of them. New or old really dosen't matter and then close with another all of them song. In between it would be solo after solo. Oh, they could also possably do only songs that are not on the other dvd's.

I hope that David creates a lot more new stuff. I love his songs!

David is a talented man. He is got such a great way of writing songs.

I would like to see Lisa preform Lift the Wings.

New songs would be good too.

I agree, I would also love to see Lisa Lift the Wings.

That would be awesome!

OH man I heard a song the other day that I thought would be a great one and I can't remember what it was. Man that bothers me.

Totally with that!!

Someone please sing Pie Jesu. Preferably Lisa? Just a suggestion. :)

I love "Pie Jesu"!!  It's actually a duet.  I think that would be a terrific song for Lisa and Chloë to do as a duet.  I also think a good song would be "Bridge Over Troubled Water" . . . perhaps as another Lisa/Chloë song? 

As far as some of Méav's songs go, I think we will be seeing those still in this current tour as it is an extension of ANJ.  Let's not be too closed to others singing some of the songs (though I understand those feelings, I have them too).  We need to be able to be somewhat open-minded in order to give Lynn a fair chance. :)  I'm sure she'll be great with whatever songs David gives her to do.  I'm looking forward to seeing/hearing her.

I am not worried about Lynn at all. After watching the new video diarys she seems to fit in just right by me.

I agree with you celtic_girlakp.  She has such a beautiful voice.  I'm eager to see what she will bring to the show.

I bet it will be glame! ;D