Experience and dedication:
Inger Marie waited for many years before she ventured upon a solo career, but she has ample experience from many years’ activities in the music field. For twenty years she has been active as vocalist in several bands, ranging from a youthful rock band to a six year period as lead singer of a jazz big band. She has also fronted her own jazz quintet ”My Favoite Strings”, as well as collaborating with several excellent jazz musicans, among them Tom Lund, one of Norway’s finest latin jazz-guitarists, founder of the renowned group ”Trio de Janeiro”.
Recording debut:
Having thus gathered a lot of experience and ”paid her dues”, Inger Marie finally decided to enter the studio to record her debut solo CD ”Make This Moment”. The time was right. Years of singing had matured her voice into an instrument of impressive sensitivity and perfection. Producer Lars Martin Myhre, himself a brilliant musician and a major artist in Norway, says that never has he got a bigger surprise than the one he got when Inger Marie started singing in the studio. She was displaying a voice so controlled, so beautiful and so personal at her first recording date, that the seasoned producer was left with his mouth open, stunned in admiration of the awareness and the warm and direct communication in her voice.
Make This Moment:
”Make This Moment” was released in Norway in October, 2004, and received rave reviews and instant recognition by jazz affectionados. After some months Inger Maries voice started touching hearts and impressing music lovers in places far from Norway. Japanese record buyers discovered her album, which started selling hundreds, then thousands in Japanese record stores. Record companies in Korea, The Phillipines, Hong Kong, and soon also Japan, licenced the album and launched local releases. Now the album has been released in most of Asia, as well as in Europe, and has touched the hearts and souls of thousands of listeners.
Concerts and TV-shows:
Since the autumn of 2005, Inger Marie and her band have been performing concerts, playing festivals and participated in TV-shows and radio in various locations. Concerts and TV performances in Korea, and performances in Poland and Denmark have been highlights, as well as several succsessful performances at the ”Canal Street” Jazz Festival in her home town, Arendal.
The band:
Inger Marie has been building up a solid relationship built on mutual respect with several musicians from the surprisingly high quality pool of musicans in an around her home town, and has hand piced the musicians for her band. They provide the exquisite backing on her recordings, as well as on stage. A special mention must be made of the fact that the impressive saxophone playing on the album comes from the horn of Øivind G. Stømer, Inger Maries own son. He joined his mother’s band after having played with some of the major musicans and artists in Norway.
By Myself:
On her second album, ”By Myself”, Inger Marie chose to work with the renowned Danish producer Søren Sigumfeldt. They recorded the album in Gothenburg, Sweden, still with Inger Marie’s hand picked local Arendal musicans, but also inviting the Swedish guitar virtuoso Ulf Wakenius to the studio. Other guest performers include Gunnar Halle (trumpet) and Niclas Knudsen (electric guitar). The record has been released in most European countries by the Danish company Sundance, on the Stunt label. The album was first released in Norway by Inger Marie’s original record company, Kultur & spetakkel, and the release was celebrated in grand style with a lavish release concert in Arendal’s Culture House oct/07. "By myself" was very well received among critcs and fans.
Blame It On My Youth
Inger Marie Gundersen Lyrics
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Blame it on my youth
If only just for you I did exist
Blame it on my youth
I believed in everything
Like a child at three
You meant more than everything
If you were on my mind all night and day
Blame it on my youth
If I forgot to eat and sleep and pray
Blame it on my youth
If I cried a little bit
When first I learned the truth
Don't blame it on my heart
Blame it on my-y youth
If you were on my mind all night and day-ay
Blame it on my youth
If I forgot to eat and sleep and pray
Blame it on my youth
If I cried a little bit
When first I learned the truth
Don't blame it on my heart
Blame it on my youth
Inger Marie Gundersen's song "Blame It On My Youth" is a nostalgic, emotive ballad that expresses the feelings of a young person who was deeply in love at a tender age. The opening lines, "If I expected love when first we kissed, Blame it on my youth," demonstrate an innocent belief in love at first sight. The lyrical persona explains that their infatuation with a lover who meant "more than everything/All the world to me" is due to their youth, and the naïve view of the world that they possessed.
The middle section of the song continues with an admission of youthfulness, exploring the ways in which the person's first love took over their life. When the lyrics state, "If you were on my mind all night and day/If I forgot to eat and sleep and pray," they allude to the intense focus and dedication that often accompany first love. The persona even admits to crying when they "first learned the truth," likely referring to the end of the relationship, but absolves their heart of any blame by repeating the refrain, "Blame it on my youth."
The overall message of the song is one of understanding and forgiveness, both for oneself and for others who may have hurt us in the past. By blaming their youth, the person is acknowledging that they were simply inexperienced and maybe even foolish when they were in love. It allows them to move on with empathy and awareness for their own emotions and actions.
Line by Line Meaning
If I expected love when first we kissed
If I was naive enough to assume that first kiss would be true love
Blame it on my youth
My youth and lack of experience caused me to have unrealistic expectations
If only just for you I did exist
If I loved you so much that my whole world revolved around you
I believed in everything
I was so innocent that I trusted in everything and everyone
Like a child at three
I was as innocent and naive as a child at the age of three
You meant more than everything
You were the center of my universe and meant more to me than anything else
All the world to me
You were my whole world
If you were on my mind all night and day
If I couldn't stop thinking about you, even when I should have been sleeping or doing something else
If I forgot to eat and sleep and pray
If I was so consumed with thoughts of you that I neglected my basic needs
If I cried a little bit
If I shed a tear or two
When first I learned the truth
When I found out that my feelings were not reciprocated or that you didn't feel the same way
Don't blame it on my heart
My heart was innocent and true, it was my lack of experience and naivety to blame
Blame it on my youth
My inexperience in matters of the heart is to blame
Writer(s): HEYMAN EDWARD, LEVANT OSCAR
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on Crying In The Rain
Crying In The Rain - Inger Marie Gundersen - Lyrics
I'll never let you see
The way my broken heart is hurting me
I've got my pride and I know how to hide
All my sorrow and pain
I'll do my crying in the rain
If I wait for stary skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know that I still love you so
Though the heartaches remain
I'll do my crying in the rain
Raindrop falling from heaven
Could never take away my misery
But since we're not together
I pray for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you'll never see
Someday when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool but till then darling
You'll never see me complain
Cause I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
Musical Interlude