Title: Reflections of My Life - Marmalade (clever split screen 1969/2014 Performance) Source:
utube URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn9bAvWS4RU Published:Aug 1, 2014 Author:Joe Tansin Post Date:2015-08-17 10:32:39 by Liberator Keywords:Reflections, marmalade, song Views:2918 Comments:8
"Take me back...to my old home...." Yes, it's a theme we sort of still remember from John Denver's 'Country Roads'.
'Reflections of My Life' is a melancholy classic from 1969, cleverly and beautifully redone and produced by Joe Tansin in 2014, and performed by the song's original vocalist, Dean Ford. The 45 years in between performances is a bitter-sweet and humble reminder that time....flies.
Poster Comment:
When I first stumbled upon this video, I wasn't paying attention, wondering who the old guy was who was doing this song. I quickly realized it was the sharp young guy in the red blazer from 1969; Sang with the emotion of a full passing 45 years of true "reflection."
I thought the newer arrangements with cello and fiddle only embellished the soulful melancholy while reinforcing more poignantly a "reflection" of our respective lives during the last 45, 40, 35 years or so.
Yup, that's the original vid -- a live performance of this song from which the split screen performance was taken.
Both versions are the same but different; I liked the original intro's bass...percussion....strings...and horn section. The cello of the 2014 was unique, creating a real solemn, emotionally forelorn feeling.
