1) Nancy Sue Wilson - … Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name:
1) Nancy Sue Wilson - jazz diva best known for her 60s standards recordings.
2) Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson - singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and member of the group Heart.
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1) Nancy Sue Wilson (born February 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, OH, United States – December 13, 2018, in Pioneertown, CA, United States) was a jazz diva famous for recording American standards in the 60s.
She was among contemporary music's most stylish and sultry vocalists; while often crossing over into the pop and R&B markets -- and even hosting her own television variety program -- she remained best known as a jazz performer, renowned for her work alongside figures including Cannonball Adderley and George Shearing. Wilson first attracted notice performing the club circuit in nearby Columbus; she quickly earned a growing reputation among jazz players and fans, and she was recording regularly by the late '50s, eventually signing to Capitol and issuing LPs including 1959's Like in Love and Nancy Wilson with Billy May's Orchestra. Her dates with Shearing, including 1960's The Swingin's Mutual, solidified her standing as a talent on the rise, and her subsequent work with Adderley -- arguably her finest recordings -- further cemented her growing fame and reputation.
In the years to follow, however, Wilson often moved away from jazz, much to the chagrin of purists; she made numerous albums, many of them properly categorized as pop and R&B outings, and toured extensively, appearing with everyone from Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan to Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker. She even hosted her own Emmy-winning variety series for NBC, The Nancy Wilson Show, and was a frequent guest performer on other programs; hits of the period included "Tell Me the Truth," "How Glad I Am," "Peace of Mind," and "Now, I'm a Woman." Regardless of how far afield she traveled, Wilson always maintained her connections to the jazz world, and in the 1980s, she returned to the music with a vengeance, working closely with performers including Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Ramsey Lewis, and Benny Golson. By the 1990s, she was a favorite among the "new adult contemporary" market, her style ideally suited to the format's penchant for lush, romantic ballads; she also hosted the Jazz Profiles series on National Public Radio.
In the early 2000s, Wilson recorded two albums with Ramsey Lewis for Narada (2002's Meant to Be and 2003's Simple Pleasures). Her 2004 album R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) was a blend of straight-ahead jazz and ballads, similar to her next record, 2006's Turned to Blue, which, like R.S.V.P., used a different instrumentalist for each track. In 2005, Capitol released a three-part series to pay tribute to Wilson's contributions to music in the '50s and '60s: Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love, Save Your Love for Me: Nancy Wilson Sings the Great Blues Ballads, and The Great American Songbook.
Wilson died from a long-illness on December 13, 2018 at her home in Pioneertown, California at the age of 81.
2) Nancy Lamoureux Wilson (born March 16, 1954, San Francisco, CA, United States), more popularly known as Nancy Wilson, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. Along with her older sister Ann Wilson, she is part of the Seattle/Vancouver rock band Heart. She is married to film director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe and has composed and performed music for most of Crowe's movies, including Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, and Elizabethtown.
While Ann is the lead singer on most of the Heart recordings, Nancy is the lead vocalist on Treat Me Well, These Dreams, Stranded, There's the Girl and Will You Be There (In The Morning), and frequently performs background vocals. She is also the band's rhythm and lead guitarist. In 1999, she released a live solo album, Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop.
Solo albums
1999 - Live At McCabes Guitar Shop
2005 - Elizabethtown
2009 - Baby Guitars
2016 - Undercover Guitar (with Julie Bergman)
2021 - You and Me
Grey Sky's Blue
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
Did you ever wonder
Why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky
Ooh ooo ooh oooh
Did you hear the falling bombs
The flames are all long gone
But the pain lingers on
Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye
Goodbye
The song "Goodbye Blue Sky" by Nancy and Ann Wilson is a hauntingly beautiful, yet sorrowful reflection of the impact of war. The lyrics are a poignant commentary on the senselessness and trauma of war, and the destruction it can cause. The opening lines capture the terror of war, as the words "Did you see the frightened ones, Did you hear the falling bombs," suggest the horror of innocent people being caught up in military conflict. The next lines convey the confusion and disbelief that people face when they are forced to take cover, as the promise of a bright new world is shattered by the sounds of war. The phrase, "Why we had to run for shelter," captures the futility and desperation of people trying to protect themselves from the destructive forces of war.
The chorus, "Goodbye blue sky, goodbye blue sky, goodbye," conveys a sense of loss, and the realization that war has dire consequences. The final lines of the song, "The flames are all long gone, but the pain lingers on," express the deep-rooted scars that conflict can leave on individuals and communities for years to come. The song evokes a deep sense of empathy and understanding for those who have experienced war firsthand or have been affected by its aftermath.
Line by Line Meaning
Oooh ooh ooh ooh
Melodic beginning with no significant meaning
Did you see the frightened ones
Asking if anyone witnessed vulnerable and innocence creatures
Did you hear the falling bombs
Inquiring if someone heard the distressing noise of bombs that signal danger
Did you ever wonder
Raising the question if anyone ever asked themselves about the reasons for the threats and chaos around them
Why we had to run for shelter
Asking for the justification behind having to seek refuge from harm and destruction
When the promise of a brave new world
Pointing out the irony of a desire to create a utopian society that resulted in destruction
Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky
Telling how the destruction came without any warning and disrupted the peace in the normal state of things
Ooh ooo ooh oooh
Melodic section with no significant meaning
The flames are all long gone
The visible part of the catastrophe has come to an end
But the pain lingers on
The emotional trauma and damages are still haunting and persistent
Goodbye blue sky
Saying goodbye to the days of happiness, peace, and clarity that are now lost amidst the chaos and destruction
Goodbye blue sky
Repeating the farewell to the calm and normal state of the environment and society
Goodbye
Saying goodbye to the innocence and simplicity of life as a result of the catastrophe
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Written by: Roger Waters
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1101
For such a short piece it's so effing good. I wish It were longer.
George Zsebe
Thank you for sharing! ^_^
Rachael R
What scene is this in?
1101
When the guys are dancing finding all his goodies in the garbage.
bruce lee
This is near the beginning of the movie where he's in his apartment looking out the window contemplating suicide after being fired.