> Imagine someone else singing 'I bore her, but I could not raise her' on Chinese >Cafe. It's so personal it just doesn't work for anyone else. >
although I understand what you mean, i don't agree. surely great singing is also about acting and a good actor, if they understand the lyric, can convey the meaning and the emotion. Like some famous driector told some 'method' actor who complained he/she hadn't experienced something he wanted them to act. the director said' you pretend-it's called acting'. so i think a good singer, or interpretor of song if you like, could very well sing Chinese Cafe, and that line and have it resonate. have you seen Ms M sing 'stay with me'? I am pretty certain she didn't write it, but i defy anyone to hear/watch her sing it and not be moved buy it. She lived it. bw colin
