Her lyrics are enchantingly beautiful and hits the soul like a painful feather. Not only does she have mad talent but has a powerful personality that will leave you blushing in awe of her kind heart. I am very lucky to have met her personally, on more than one occasion. It was a lot of fun styling her for the late night show on Craig Ferguson when she performed "Blow Away". She is a bright light and a joy to be around.
Her latest album "A Bomb in A Birdcage" is top notch and I cannot get enough of it. The best thing about it is that all her songs are perfectly balanced and arranged. The lyrics and the melodies have etched into my subconscious and I occasionally find myself humming to them on a daily basis. Obsessed? Perhaps. In love? Definitely!
My favourite song on the album has to be "Stood Up". Having said that I'm so chuffed that "Happier" finally has a music video. Sudol's vocals on this is mind blasting, a song that will tear your mind and make you come back for more.
My friend Carrie and I being goofy with the talented musician.
You won't convince me that I'll be better off, so you go on and I'll be happier - Alison Sudol
Hello Bee, you wrote down about Ali what i myself couldn't express so well, as i'm from Switzerland and my mothers language is German and not English. Thanks for that!
ReplyDeleteI’m just an unimportant person among millions of people adoring Alison. There are so many fan sites and internet forums around the world of which the redhead and AFF are the only topics. Millions of people are following every step she does and every word she says. Why should she read just my tweets? There is absolutely no reason for.
I’m a great fanzy of Ali and A Fine Frenzy’s music and I’m trying to understand the sublime, beautiful, intimate and so sensitive elegance of her lyrics, wrapped in heavenly melodies. I’m so happy and feel priviledged to live with her on the same planet and – what a lucky chance! – in the same century and in the same window of time! When I look up to the moon, I know that I see the same star, and I’m happy. When I walk along a beach, listening to the rhythmic claps of waves, I realize that we all are little cells in the same seas, and this makes me happy too.
I’d like to thank Ali for making me, you Bee, and so many other people so happy, for presenting us with light and hope in these violent times and for opening our blinded eyes for all those beautiful things in life. Setting sun makes shadows longer, rising sun makes shadows disappear....., Ali is a rising sun, indeed! Is it insolent to thank her for all the magic moments that she gives us with her art and with her heart? Is it impertinent being convinced that she’s the best and the most adorable singer/songwriter ever? ----- Maybe this is not realistic, but it is my reality – and it is also the reality for innumerable people around the world.
If Ali one day will come back to Switzerland for shows, this would be fine and for sure I would buy tickets. But I would give them away to people which might be depressive and which could be healed by her music. I wouldn’t be there myself, because it would break my heart not being able to shake hands and share some words with her. Dreams shouldn’t become true, ‘cause they wouldn’t be dreams anymore! Life should teach us to stay humble and honorable.
Dear Bee, i have to apologize for my bad English. I've not read many books in English, but i already gave Ali my suggestion for a book by Richard Bach.
Have a good time and all the best to you!
Andy Burckhardt
a.burckhardt@gawnet.ch
Hiya Andy,
ReplyDeleteYour English is brilliant, thank you for your comment and your kind words. I couldn't disagree with you more about being an unimportant person, we are all here for a purpose and a very important one.. don't be so harsh on yourself. Dreams should and will come true if you believe in them, if you believe in yourself. I hope they do for you.
Cheers,
Bee.
Dear Bee
ReplyDeleteI learn that you’r a very sensitive person. Thank you for your answer and for trying to strengthen my self-confidence! I like such inputs and i need them from time to time. When ever the reality is trecking me down, i listen to Ali’s “Hope for the hopeless” and i’m feelin’ better again... You see, she’s a very important person to me.
In fact, i am a really lucky man, happily married since 38 years, having two wonderful, grown up sons in good positions and with lovable partners, having a big house with a huge garden and a guard dog and travelling every year at least once to Kenya, which is our second home. After 40 years in business in leading positions in the textiles industry, i’m retreated by 1st of January and have plenty of time to spend with reading, thinking and writing nonsense....
In the 90ies, i built up NANA TOURS, my own concert agency. That was in the beginning more a hobby, but the roots grown out. I did this together with my wife and it became more and more inspiring to us. We came in contact with famous artists and managements, i.e. of Giannina Nannini, Linda Perry, Dana Gillespie and others. We organized concerts and also built up several rock/pop-bands. We were here in Switzerland some sort of talent scouts and in fact we “made” a singeress who became a shooting star in the mid 90ies. We produced with her and the former members of “Krokus” her debut CD and could promote her in Germany to get a mayor label deal with BMG. So far, so good. But this was the beginning of the end of NANA TOURS. Finally, due to broken contracts and our prosecuting with atorneys, hearings at the court of justice and malignous news and diffamations in the press personally against me, we lost hundreds of thousands of Dollars. I became right by any courts, but it costs here mountains of money to realize your right! The reasons for all this will rest an everlasting enigma. I’ve lost the fight between David and Goliath. Fact is: we did not see one single buck back from our enourmous investments. To pay all this, we had to take a loan on our house (which is payd back meanwhile). Due to all those sorrows, on Februry 20, 2001, i suffered from a heavy brain stroke from which i did not recreate totally until today. Well, i’ve learned again to walk and to use my hand for writing, but something in my head is damaged forever. It’s the trust in other people and – as you have recognized directly – some loss of self-confidence.
Dear Bee, i think it’s better when you delete this entry. You are my “victim” and i hope, you are not offended too much by this. I like your blog and i will follow it with pleasure and without any more comments. Heartly, Andy.