Paolo Nutini - Pop Music from Scotland
Just when I thought I'd irredeemably lost contact with what people under 20 are listening to, I focussed on Paolo Nutini, a 19 year old Scottish pop singer.
And was caught by his introspective, contemplative and self-absorbed music - somewhat folk in style and seductive in his Marlon Brando mumbling delivery that (curiously) seems to amplify the meanings of the words.
He's charting platinum at the moment ... and I particularly like 'Last Request'. Which is beautiful for the text as much as the music.
Hope you like it guys.
Could this verra well be the Paolo Mac Nutini of the Mac Nutini clan of Aberdeen? Angus Haggis McBagpipe
ReplyDeleteI like it!!!
ReplyDeletehey anon
ReplyDeleteall the above ! LOL
CYA
nick
hey pete
ReplyDeletegreat to hear from you
i think the extra something that paolo has IS probably the cute-ness you mention - just a guess on our part as to the tastes of the pop music loving public - LOL
and i agree about record sales - could platinum eventually mean you sold at least one record (as opposed to giving it away - to a great aunt as a wineglass coaster)?
my grandmother was concerned at the dreadful demise of ballroom dancing - and used to make the biggest fuss when she saw anything other on TV - but she was pretty perfect in other ways
never imagined the divine sarah provoked pop star frenzies - but then we weren't there - i did a post on the great tragedienne based around some old film footage of her private life and work on the stage - melodrama of the highest order - but different things for different times - she may well had us shouting and screaming had we been there
as for the direction of your preambulating comment, i love such unexpected journeys - and would have been quite happy if it could have gone in further directions
as we plod funerally into winter i envy the light step of your entry into summer
nick
hey anon
ReplyDeleteglad ouy liked him - he's done quite a lot of recording and a lot of it is pretty listenable - googling brings it all up
take care
nick
hey greg
ReplyDeletei have dinner while it's uploading
but cable will be slower
i sometimes split the video into several bits - quicker uploading the lot this way
tell me how it goes if you try this
CYA
nick