Kent attended Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey. She graduated with a Degree in Comparative Literature from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, and moved to England after her graduation. While studying at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she met tenor saxophonist, Jim Tomlinson, whom she married on 9 Aug 1991.
Discography:
"Close Your Eyes" (1997), "The Tender Trap" (1998), "Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire" (2000),
"Dreamsville" (2001), "Brazilian Sketches" (2001), "In Love Again: The Music of Richard Rodgers" (2002),
"The Boy Next Door" (2003), "Collection" (2001), "Collection II" (2003), "Collection III" (2006),
"Breakfast On The Morning Tram" (2007), "Breakfast on the Morning Tram" (2008, limited edition boxset CD/DVD),
"Raconte-Moi..." (2010) , "Hushabye Mountain" (2011) , "THE CHANGING LIGHTS" (2013)
Kent has also featured in Tomlinson's 2006 album, The Lyric, which won "Album of the Year" at the 2006 BBC Jazz Awards.
Awards: British Jazz Award (2001) and BBC Jazz Award for Best Vocalist (2002).
Kent's album, Breakfast on the Morning Tram, was a nominee for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 51st Grammy Awards (2009).
Trivia: Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wrote the liner notes to Kent's 2003 album, The Boy Next Door, and also co-wrote four of the songs on the 2007 album, Breakfast on the Morning Tram.
Sites: Discogs
How Insensitive
Stacey Kent Lyrics
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I must have seemed
When you told me that you loved me
How unmoved and cold
I must have seemed
When you told me so sincerely
Why you must have asked
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What can you say
When a love affair is over
Now you′ve gone away
And I'm alone
With a memory of your last look
Vague and drawn and sad
I see it still
All your heartbreak in that last look
Why, you must have asked
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to say
What can you say
When a love affair is over
The song How Insensitive by Stacey Kent speaks of a lost love affair and the pain that comes with it. The singer's former love confesses their feelings for them, but the singer reacts with indifference and a cold heart. The singer replays this memory as they navigate the aftermath of the ended relationship. They are now alone with nothing but the memory of the painful, heartbroken look on their former lover's face. The singer is left with no words, no way to console their former lover or to express their own emotions. The song speaks to the helplessness and confusion that can come with the end of a relationship
The lyrics poetically express the pain of heartbreak and lost love, and they are complemented by the musical composition. The song features a melancholic drumbeat and slow, thoughtful guitar strums, which add to the sadness of the lyrics. The music supports and elevates the lyrics, creating further depth to the emotions conveyed throughout the song.
Line by Line Meaning
How insensitive
I must have been thoughtless and insensitive in what I said or did
I must have seemed
I must have appeared a certain way to you
When you told me that you loved me
When you expressed your love for me, I failed to respond appropriately
How unmoved and cold
I must have appeared unaffected and unemotional
I must have seemed
I must have appeared a certain way to you
When you told me so sincerely
When you expressed your love for me with genuine emotion
Why you must have asked
You must have wondered or questioned
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
Did I simply react with a cold and unfeeling expression
What was I to say
I didn't know what to say or how to respond
What can you say
There are no appropriate words to say or actions to take
When a love affair is over
When a romantic relationship has come to an end
Now you've gone away
You have left and moved on
And I'm alone
I find myself single and without companionship
With a memory of your last look
I have a recollection of the expression on your face when we parted
Vague and drawn and sad
It was unclear, long-lasting, and filled with sorrow
I see it still
I continue to remember it
All your heartbreak in that last look
The expression on your face seemed to show all of the pain and sadness you were feeling
Why, you must have asked
You must have wondered or questioned
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
Did I simply react with a cold and unfeeling expression
What was I to say
I didn't know what to say or how to respond
What can you say
There are no appropriate words to say or actions to take
When a love affair is over
When a romantic relationship has come to an end
Writer(s): Norman Gimbel, Vinicius De Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Contributed by Annabelle N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@helen6831
Как бесчувственно…
мне, должно быть, показалось
Когда ты сказал мне, что любишь меня
Как неподвижно и холодно
мне, должно быть, показалось
Когда ты сказал мне так искренне
Почему? Ты, должно быть, спросил
Я только что оглянулась и посмотрела в ледяную тишину
Что я должна была сказать
Что ты можешь сказать
Когда любовный роман закончился
Теперь ты ушел
И я одна
С памятью о твоем последнем взгляде
Неясный, нарисованный и грустный
Я вижу это до сих пор
Все твое горе в этом последнем взгляде
Почему, ты, должно быть, спросил
Я только оглянулась и посмотрела в ледяную тишину
Что я должна была сказать
Что ты можешь сказать
Когда любовный роман закончился…
@arq.ignacioalaniz2772
How insensitive
I must have seemed
When you told me that you loved me
How unmoved and cold
I must have seemed
When you told me so sincerely
Why you must have asked
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to say?
What can you say
When a love affair is over?
Now you gone away
And I'm alone
With a memory of his last look
Vague and drawn and sad
I see it still
All your heartbreak in his last look
How you must have asked,
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to say?
What can you say
When a love affair is over....
Una belleza de canción-
@louiseleite3866
Bossa Nova rocks! Brazil's gift to the world ❤
@albionplace1556
Absolutely perfect diction. Many of today's singers should look, listen and learn. Beautiful.
@SuperStratification
My favorite heartbreak song of all time. Full of soul. Beautiful.
@davisworth5114
One of the most beautiful songs ever written, RIP Tom Jobim.
@silviacorrea7644
Certainly, although the lyrics in English are different from the original, in Portuguese. Anyway, both lyrics and songs are very beautiful!
@antonwhelan7592
A truly beautiful natural voice with a nod & sound back to the great jazz singers of old. God bless Stacey & may she long continue.
@randallsundeen3383
To me, Bossa Nova is THE definition of MUSIC!!! Stacey is awesome and the chart is right out of 66! Far Out!
@wolfurystryxx5878
Beautiful women, elegant men in suits drinking whiskey. A 1960ish vibe....makes me nostalgic just looking at this video. Simple but provocative music. All in all, I wish we could somehow reinvent this style and era.
@bobgriffith1810
Wolfury Stryxx
It wasn't just the 60's, lounge jazz, women, suits and booze , lived it for years, traveling man, what a life. Had to give it up around 55
@paxwallacejazz
You call it simple because you aren't hearing the undercurrent of harmonic complexity. It's why you included the word "elegant"