Funny you say that, I love his heavy Northen British accent, even when he sings it shows.I have to say, when I heard The Road To Hell I thought that Chris was an american....hehe....
Lily B.
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Funny you say that, I love his heavy Northen British accent, even when he sings it shows.I have to say, when I heard The Road To Hell I thought that Chris was an american....hehe....
I'm trying not to get stuck with a bootleg, so I'm taking my time to find the original old stuff like Benny and Deltics. I found a couple of good ones, but I can always look some more. Email me anytimeLily I have seen 2 Benny Santini for sale on E Bay recently.Both CD's and reasonable in price.If you like I will e mail you when I see them.There are still some around.I have seen Deltics too.
lilybee wrote:Hi zeljkoFunny you say that, I love his heavy Northen British accent, even when he sings it shows.I have to say, when I heard The Road To Hell I thought that Chris was an american....hehe....
Lily B.
Lily they are not boothlegs.I think they are CD's people are selling on.I have got many good items and none of them were boothlegs.The boothlegs are there of course but it's the original material I get.lilybee wrote:I'm trying not to get stuck with a bootleg, so I'm taking my time to find the original old stuff like Benny and Deltics. I found a couple of good ones, but I can always look some more.
I'm still like that now.Jim M wrote:When I was putting together my collection i can still remember putting a new CD on and just grinning ear to ear over my new prize !
I have heard Driving Home For Christmas played in supermarkets at Christmas but nothing else.Well at least it makes the shopping trip more enjoyable. I think its a bit strange that a man with Chris's musical ability is played in supermarkets but you can hear all types these days.Jim M wrote:I was in a Supermarket in Mexico and The Road To Hell came on thier PA system !
I could not believe my ears !
Tinalilybee wrote:Funny you say that, I love his heavy Northen British accent, even when he sings it shows
I actually can hear a perfect accent when a Britton sings, unlike when an American sings, (like Bruce Springteen in concert, you cannot understand what he's saying as clearly, ha ha.)Yes I notice his British accent now but in The Road To Hell you cannot notice British accent can you?
In other songs we can, and of course when he speaks
Blues for Janice is my favorite from new album
To be honest I can hardly understand American English though no problem with Southern and Geordie and several other British accents. I noted a lot of singers have a kind of completely understandable singing accent but you can barely understand when they start to speak. (For instance AC/DC's Brian Johnson; first time I didn't understand a word he's so much of a Geordie)I actually can hear a perfect accent when a Britton sings, unlike when an American sings, (like Bruce Springteen in concert, you cannot understand what he's saying as clearly, ha ha.)
I agree,I noted a lot of singers have a kind of completely understandable singing accent but you can barely understand when they start to speak.
They don't sell it there yet? Email me, maybe we can trade something...Unfortunately I didn't have the HBN yet but already heard the Delmonts album and Dirty New Town is my absolute favourite.
lilybee wrote:I love listening to Chris Rea speak though, he's calm and polite, so you can understand his Geordie ways.
chrismiller wrote:Unfortunately I didn't have the HBN yet but already heard the Delmonts album and Dirty New Town is my absolute favourite.
Although Chris called his song Dirty New Town its title is Dirty Old Town and has been sung by many different singers over the years.It is thought by some that the song refers to Dublin but I think it could refer to any working class town.The best information I could find on it is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Old_Town. There are also many versions sung as can be seen on Youtube.I think it was 1st brought to the general audience attention by the Dublin group The Dubliners hence the reason why you could think its about Dublin.chrismiller wrote:On the Dirty New Town, if it's a cover who the original belongs to then?