 |
"Fields of Gold" by Eva Cassidy
Uploaded by: LifeJourneyGuy
Video Description:
Here is another of my all time favorite romantic songs . . . Eva Cassidy's version of "Fields of Gold". I mentioned this in another recent video, but the world lost this beautiful singer when she died WAYYY before her time at the age of 33 from cancer in 1996. (It's why I truly believe that you have to focus on each day of your life . . . you never know when your "personal time clock" will stop ticking.) The other sad thing is that Eva, during her life, was almost totally unknown outside her home area of Washington D.C. and became famous only after her death. The British newspaper "The Guardian" later went on to describe her as "one of the greatest voices of her generation." Her posthumously released recordings have since sold in excess of four million copies, and in early 2001 the compilation album Songbird reached #1 on the UK album charts. It's so sad she never lived to see the recognition she deserved . . . I hope you enjoy her music as much as I do!
Here are the links to a wonderful three part series about Eva and her music that was on the American TV show "Nightline"; the series reconfirms the incredible impact her music had, and STILL has on the world:
Part One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd9pWLrjyUg
Part Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6EelwKYLEU
Part Three
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbTi66Fvj0
The photos for this video are ones I took in England on various trips and from when I used to live over there. The primary castle shown in the video is Arundel Castle, in Arundel, West Sussex, England . . . I love wandering around old castles in Europe and visualizing the dozens of generations of people who have lived & died in them . . . it's amazing to look at stone steps in the castles that have been worn down simply from the thousands of people who have used them over the centures . . . it's also always eerie to visualize the battles that were fought at the castles and contrast those battles with the peaceful tranquility around these castles today . . . The Arundel castle was "remodeled" and expanded around 1300AD, and the initial castle built around 1100AD . . . it's always interesting to me how castles were often times remodeled WELL before the United States was even in EXISTENCE! :)
For more info on Arundel Castle (one of my favorite castles for wandering around :) ) please check out:
http://www.arundelcastle.org/_pages/01_castle.htm
In addition to the castle (which also has a restaurant), the grounds include a beautiful old chapel, and gardens, and the town of Arundel is the quintessential old English town, so yeah, I highly recommend this beautiful place if you ever get to this part of England :)
and for castle history buffs, this website has lots of detailed info on the Arundel Castle:
http://www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Arundel-Castle.html
Tags for this video: Arundel Britain Cassidy Castle England Eva Fields Gold LifeJourneyGuy Love Music of Romance Romantic Song Songs Soulmate
Find more videos in the "Travel" category
See more videos uploaded by LifeJourneyGuy
| Eva Cassidy - over the rainbow | time after time - Eva Cassidy | Eva Cassidy-Songbird |
 |  |  |
| "My Favorite Romantic Song of All Time" | Bridge Over Troubled Water - Eva Cassidy | Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven |
 |  |  |
Share This Video:
Comments for this video: Show || Hide
| Comments for this video on YouTube |
| i left primary ... ( 2 weeks ago by hay22334456789) |
| i left primary school last year and i had this at the leavers aselmbly it made me cry and it still dose. |
| Agree, I live five ... ( 2 weeks ago by investmentandrisk) |
| Agree, I live five mins from Arundel and it is a bit, well, nice but everyday. Good for pub crawls though and the Black Rabbit is nice! |
| love this song ( 2 weeks ago by hibees91) |
| love this song |
| pure class this ... ( 2 weeks ago by dnbhead1) |
| pure class this song absalute magic |
| This song always ... ( 2 weeks ago by kalyz) |
| This song always make me cry but its a fantastic song |
| This is beautiful! ... ( 2 weeks ago by MelodiesforJesus) |
| This is beautiful! Can someone tell me the original artist and around what time it was written/performed? |
| I think in was ... ( 2 weeks ago by weeweelegs) |
| I think in was wrote by Sting and he sung it late 80's |
| It was written and ... ( 1 week ago by cbak12sg) |
| It was written and originally recorded by Sting for his 1993 album Ten Summoner's Tales, but I'm pretty sure it was also released as a single. |
| Yes, Sting has this ... ( 1 week ago by jennipherny) |
| Yes, Sting has this song on several albums. I never thought that I could enjoy this song, if it was not Sting singing it. Eva Cassidy proved me wrong. She did such a lovely job with this. She made her own, without drastically changing the song. |
| she's a lovely ... ( 1 week ago by scheezla) |
| she's a lovely singer :) |
| This is the sort of ... ( 1 week ago by Jujurocksallthetime) |
| This is the sort of song you dread if it was at a funeral coz u know you would end up in tears |
| This song reminds ... ( 1 week ago by dejpau3825) |
| This song reminds me of my trip to Ireland...every time I saw a barley field I started singing this song in my head. Absolutely beautiful song. |
| This is the most ... ( 1 week ago by NardaLee) |
| This is the most beautiful version I've ever heard. |
| If you love this ... ( 1 week ago by miekekenis) |
| If you love this song, watch two amazing dancers,Sergey Ryupin & Elena Khvorova ,on Youtube, who really cath the mood of this song in their rumba....(type "rumba" as a search term). |
| Thanks for the ... ( 1 week ago by LifeJourneyGuy) |
| Thanks for the great suggestion! (Here's the YouTube video I.D. if others want to watch it too "NOiByplrkX4") |
| rip Eva, u were a ... ( 1 week ago by h313nag) |
| rip Eva, u were a special angel x |
| makes me cry ... ( 6 days ago by bounty133) |
| makes me cry beautiful |
| listen to ''Robin ... ( 3 days ago by JarphagHampus) |
| listen to ''Robin Bengtsson - Fields of gold'' swedish idol better than the original |
| Array ( 3 days ago by NonaHjartaLovina) |
| so beautiful . <3 |
| watch?v=UppX6vP3c4g ( 2 days ago by TeehpodT) |
| watch?v=UppX6vP3c4g |
| Brilliant cover ... ( 2 days ago by TeehpodT) |
| Brilliant cover version, and beautiful pictures. :-) |
| Thank you :) ( 1 day ago by LifeJourneyGuy) |
| Thank you :) |
| wow ( 1 day ago by cottenelia) |
| wow |
| *are (: ( 11 hours ago by LivingDisasterpiece) |
| *are (: |
Tell a friend: