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Day 11: A song that comforts your soul
Peter Gabriel with Paula Cole, "Don't Give Up"
We all know that the original recording with Kate Bush is beautiful. I like this one even better. Paula Cole was only about 25 years old when she got a cold call from Peter Gabriel asking her to jump in to his Secret World tour, replacing Sinéad O'Connor. According to Wikipedia, this video was shot only a few days after she joined the tour. Imagine being a young unknown thrust onto stage to perform a universally loved song (and many others in the concert) alongside one of the great innovators of modern music. And she nails it. Listen to that exquisite phrasing in her final solo, including the 'we're proud of who you are' at around 4:50. And the band is of course, exceptional.
Peter Gabriel with Paula Cole, "Don't Give Up"
We all know that the original recording with Kate Bush is beautiful. I like this one even better. Paula Cole was only about 25 years old when she got a cold call from Peter Gabriel asking her to jump in to his Secret World tour, replacing Sinéad O'Connor. According to Wikipedia, this video was shot only a few days after she joined the tour. Imagine being a young unknown thrust onto stage to perform a universally loved song (and many others in the concert) alongside one of the great innovators of modern music. And she nails it. Listen to that exquisite phrasing in her final solo, including the 'we're proud of who you are' at around 4:50. And the band is of course, exceptional.
