Jewel - "Angel Standing By"

[Johnny]

Here's one for you SJ. See what you make of this.
Below is a video of Jewel, at a live performance for a Canadian TV station back in 1997.

This is early Jewel at her very, very best.
It's a simple song - almost painfully simple - but Jewel performs it with a voice of an angel.
Here's a lady, early on in her career, performing a song like this, which was totally out of keeping with 1997 America. But it was a song she wrote, and she loves (NB - I'm sure I read somewhere, that she wrote it for a friend of her's who was dying?).
Anyway, this to me proves Jewel's greatness amongst her contemporaries, and even her peers. I rate her as one of the finest singer/songwriters of all time!

For any singer to stand up there, with just guitar and voice, perform such a simple song, and put such feeling into it (as with this performance) - surely shows true, appreciable talent.
There's just something so captivating about Miss Kilcher!
As you know, I have such immense admiration for Jewel, and she's been one of my favourites for over five years now.
I hope this rare video illustrates the point.
Sit back and enjoy - This song is beautiful:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYpVvCK477g

[Johnny]

Couldn't resist putting another link to another superb Jewel song.
I was watching an interview with her, and she said she had always wanted to write a love song, but didn't want it to be "cheesy". This was her finished result - "Break Me".
This is the official video made for the song.
There's another (and I think better) redintion of it on the DVD "Live at Humphry's", where she does it acoustically on her own.
The video is good, and is a variation on the Michael Jackson theme.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi2XxjrlqJw

[sarahjayne]

Absolutely fantastic stuff Johnny. Angel Standing By is a classic demonstration of the power of Jewel's voice.

Truly amazing!



SJx