By Tom Faber
CSMR Editor
CHICAGO, USA -- After her recent embrace of mainstream Germanic schlager/pop, keynoted by her very successful Adrenalin single, the eclectic Ella Endlich has reverted to make another foray into English-language pop.
This time it's with her version of the theme song to the 2001 Hollywood movie, Pearl Harbor, There You'll Be.
(The film was a critical disaster, yet a commercial success. A romantic/historical treatment of the early days of US involvement in WWII - it was as long on romance as it was short on historical accuracy.)
The East-German born, 33 year old, Endlich, has performed songs from the American "Adult Contemporary" pop charts, in English, on more than a few previous occasions, with mixed artistic success.
Over the past two years, she made an, odd selection, but interesting enough cover of the gay anthem fromLa Cage aux Folles, I am what I am, and a preposterous cover of Frank and Nancy Sinatra's, Somethin' Stupid.
This time around, her entry into American pop, which she released 10 days ago, is There You'll Be.
Clearly it's the best of this ilk that we have seen her do. Endlich reaches her full Streisand-like, vocal virtuosity in this song, which, of course was not possible, in her recent schlager/pop releases, due to the inherent musical constraints of the genre.
There You'll Be, a romantic ballad of lost love, was recorded by American "New Country" C&W star, Faith Hill in 2001, who took it to #10 in the US, #3 in the UK and #1 in Canada.
Interestingly, the original Faith Hill recording was on the US Warner Brothers recording label, and Ella Endlich is signed to Warner Brothers - Europe, which may explain Endlich's choice of this particular English language song.
Below, we juxtapose videos of Ella Endlich's and Faith Hill's respective treatments of the romantic ballad, There You'll Be, as well as a new German language offering from Endlich's, Live Studio Sessions, Ein Goldener Kafig (A Golden Cage).
(Nici McRied contributed to this article from London, England)
Here's Ella Endlich's new, There You'll Be - from her "Live Studio Sessions"
Here's the original version of There You'll Be, by US C&W star, Faith Hill which first appeared on the 2001 Pearl Harbor movie musical soundtrack album. The video was produced by Michael Bay, who directed the Pearl Harbor film:
Ella Endlich's true vocal power is again apparent in a recent German language release from her "Live Studio Sessions,"Ein Goldener Kafig (A Golden Cage):
You can get more on Ella Endlich at any of our many Chicago Schlager Music Review articles on her, by typing her name into the search field in the upper right corner of the CSMR home page.
You can get more info on Faith Hill by looking at what CSMR has done on her in the past:
https://chicagoschlager.blogspot.com/2014/10/country-western-music-with-schlager.html
Or at the official Faith Hill website:
http://www.faithhill.com/
CSMR Editor
CHICAGO, USA -- After her recent embrace of mainstream Germanic schlager/pop, keynoted by her very successful Adrenalin single, the eclectic Ella Endlich has reverted to make another foray into English-language pop.
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| Ella Endlich |
This time it's with her version of the theme song to the 2001 Hollywood movie, Pearl Harbor, There You'll Be.
(The film was a critical disaster, yet a commercial success. A romantic/historical treatment of the early days of US involvement in WWII - it was as long on romance as it was short on historical accuracy.)
The East-German born, 33 year old, Endlich, has performed songs from the American "Adult Contemporary" pop charts, in English, on more than a few previous occasions, with mixed artistic success.
Over the past two years, she made an, odd selection, but interesting enough cover of the gay anthem fromLa Cage aux Folles, I am what I am, and a preposterous cover of Frank and Nancy Sinatra's, Somethin' Stupid.
This time around, her entry into American pop, which she released 10 days ago, is There You'll Be.
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| Faith Hill in "Pearl Harbor" video |
Clearly it's the best of this ilk that we have seen her do. Endlich reaches her full Streisand-like, vocal virtuosity in this song, which, of course was not possible, in her recent schlager/pop releases, due to the inherent musical constraints of the genre.
There You'll Be, a romantic ballad of lost love, was recorded by American "New Country" C&W star, Faith Hill in 2001, who took it to #10 in the US, #3 in the UK and #1 in Canada.
Interestingly, the original Faith Hill recording was on the US Warner Brothers recording label, and Ella Endlich is signed to Warner Brothers - Europe, which may explain Endlich's choice of this particular English language song.
Below, we juxtapose videos of Ella Endlich's and Faith Hill's respective treatments of the romantic ballad, There You'll Be, as well as a new German language offering from Endlich's, Live Studio Sessions, Ein Goldener Kafig (A Golden Cage).
(Nici McRied contributed to this article from London, England)
Here's Ella Endlich's new, There You'll Be - from her "Live Studio Sessions"
Here's the original version of There You'll Be, by US C&W star, Faith Hill which first appeared on the 2001 Pearl Harbor movie musical soundtrack album. The video was produced by Michael Bay, who directed the Pearl Harbor film:
Ella Endlich's true vocal power is again apparent in a recent German language release from her "Live Studio Sessions,"Ein Goldener Kafig (A Golden Cage):
You can get more on Ella Endlich at any of our many Chicago Schlager Music Review articles on her, by typing her name into the search field in the upper right corner of the CSMR home page.
You can get more info on Faith Hill by looking at what CSMR has done on her in the past:
https://chicagoschlager.blogspot.com/2014/10/country-western-music-with-schlager.html
Or at the official Faith Hill website:
http://www.faithhill.com/