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.
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The Very Thought of You
Stacey Kent Lyrics
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And I forget to do
The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do
I'm living in a kind of daydream
I'm happy as a king
And foolish though it may seem,
To me that's everything
The longing here for you
You'll never know how slow the moments go
Till I'm near to you
I see your face in every flower,
Your eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you,
The very thought of you, my love
The opening lyrics of 'The Very Thought of You' by Stacey Kent express the overwhelming power of romantic love over the individual's psyche. It speaks of the preoccupation that love creates - that the very thought of a person can cause one to forget the little everyday things that one needs to do. The idea is that the lover has been consumed by their love and is living in a dreamlike state of happiness, regardless of how foolish it might appear to others. The song highlights the transformative power of love.
The next verse speaks of the longing that the lover feels when away from their partner. The idea that time moves slow when they are not together conveys the depth of their desire and how it dominates their waking thoughts. The singer describes how everything reminds them of their love, with flowers representing their face, and stars reminding them of their eyes. The power of their love is so great that it seems to pervade the entire world around them.
Line by Line Meaning
The very thought of you
Thinking about you consumes my mind and heart in such a way that I cannot focus on anything else.
And I forget to do
When I am consumed by thoughts of you, I often forget to do everyday things that I should be doing.
The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do
These forgotten tasks are small, ordinary things that everyone should be doing in their daily lives.
I'm living in a kind of daydream
My thoughts of you create a dreamlike state in which I am lost in a world of my own imagination.
I'm happy as a king
In this state, I am filled with happiness and contentment, as all of my desires are met by my thoughts of you.
And foolish though it may seem,
Others may view this as foolish or unwise, but to me, it is everything.
To me that's everything
The thoughts and feelings I have for you are all-consuming and mean everything to me.
The mere idea of you,
Just the idea of you is enough to take over my thoughts and emotions.
The longing here for you
I feel a deep yearning for you, and it affects me in every aspect of my being.
You'll never know how slow the moments go
My desire for you makes every moment feel slow and drawn-out, as I am always anticipating our next meeting.
Till I'm near to you
Only when I am close to you do the moments regain their natural pace.
I see your face in every flower,
Your image is so ingrained in my mind that I see traces of you in everything around me, even in the most simple and mundane objects.
Your eyes in stars above
Even the stars themselves reflect the beauty of your eyes to me.
It's just the thought of you,
All of these feelings, all of these thoughts, are simply a result of my own contemplation of you.
The very thought of you, my love
Overall, it is the very thought of you that shapes my life, influences my emotions, and consumes my mind and heart with its beauty and depth.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: TEDDY, BUDDY GREEN, CHICK WEBB, ELLA FITZGERALD, MC RAE
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