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Here is another of my all time favorite romantic songs . . . Eva Cassidy's version of "Fields of Gold". I mentioned this in another recent video, but the world lost this beautiful singer when she died WAYYY before her time at the age of 33 from cancer in 1996. (It's why I truly believe that you have to focus on each day of your life . . . you never know when your "personal time clock" will stop ticking.) The other sad thing is that Eva, during her life, was almost totally unknown outside her home area of Washington D.C. and became famous only after her death. The British newspaper "The Guardian" later went on to describe her as "one of the greatest voices of her generation." Her posthumously released recordings have since sold in excess of four million copies, and in early 2001 the compilation album Songbird reached #1 on the UK album charts. It's so sad she never lived to see the recognition she deserved . . . I hope you enjoy her music as much as I do! Here are the links to a wonderful three part series about Eva and her music that was on the American TV show "Nightline"; the series reconfirms the incredible impact her music had, and STILL has on the world: Part One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd9pWLrjyUg Part Two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6EelwKYLEU Part Three http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbTi66Fvj0 The photos for this video are ones I took in England on various trips and from when I used to live over there. The primary castle shown in the video is Arundel Castle, in Arundel, West Sussex, England . . . I love wandering around old castles in Europe and visualizing the dozens of generations of people who have lived & died in them . . . it's amazing to look at stone steps in the castles that have been worn down simply from the thousands of people who have used them over the centures . . . it's also always eerie to visualize the battles that were fought at the castles and contrast those battles with the peaceful tranquility around these castles today . . . The Arundel castle was "remodeled" and expanded around 1300AD, and the initial castle built around 1100AD . . . it's always interesting to me how castles were often times remodeled WELL before the United States was even in EXISTENCE! :) For more info on Arundel Castle (one of my favorite castles for wandering around :) ) please check out: http://www.arundelcastle.org/_pages/01_castle.htm In addition to the castle (which also has a restaurant), the grounds include a beautiful old chapel, and gardens, and the town of Arundel is the quintessential old English town, so yeah, I highly recommend this beautiful place if you ever get to this part of England :) and for castle history buffs, this website has lots of detailed info on the Arundel Castle: http://www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Arundel-Castle.html

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: December 11, 2006 at 10:38 pm
Author: LifeJourneyGuy

Length: 0:04:41
Rating: 4.90
Views: 825,607

Tags: LifeJourneyGuy Eva Cassidy Fields of Gold Music Romantic Songs Romance Britain Arundel Castle England Love Song Soulmate

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icehouston01 (Tuesday 6th of January 2009 05:15:11 PM)

I am so blown away of how good she is. It goes way so deep in your heart, and it touches you to the core. It makes you want cry every time. I think her version is way better than the original. She feels it and there's so much feelings when she sings it

hanterkant (Sunday 4th of January 2009 02:08:24 PM)

I've been to Arundel castle. Really interesting site! But don't always image thousands of people living here, at least at the same time. Castles rooms were narrow, dark and cold, no place for a lot of people to live in. And don't image "great" battles, it is not worth believing Hollywood peplums! For instance, do you know that Richard 1st of England (the "Lionheart") died while attacking a castle defended by only 3 "gens d'arme" (soldiers)!

LifeJourneyGuy (Sunday 4th of January 2009 03:39:03 PM)

Thanks for the info. When I was walking around one old England castle, I was talking to one of the employees and I was saying: "I bet these castles were COLD inside during much of the year!" He chuckled and said: "Well, compared to the typical living conditions OUTSIDE the castle at that time in history, this would have been a luxury!" I hadn't looked at it that way :)

t0m1337n (Friday 2nd of January 2009 11:36:22 PM)

When you hear something as beautiful as this, you can't help but to love life

LifeJourneyGuy (Saturday 3rd of January 2009 07:31:44 AM)

That's a great way to think about it Tom! Thank you!

megdabest (Saturday 3rd of January 2009 03:29:40 PM)

Yes It is a great way!

megdabest (Saturday 3rd of January 2009 03:29:58 PM)

Yes it is. Thanks Tom

ozzyv (Friday 2nd of January 2009 02:36:52 PM)

i have never heard such a pure voice. it's beautiful

xwinniex01 (Thursday 1st of January 2009 03:20:06 PM)

i dedicate this song to mam who died in december, missed so much, always be in our hearts xx

tuttlex9 (Wednesday 31st of December 2008 11:42:09 PM)

I was like teen or something like that and when i knew she died of cancer I heard this song and made me cry.:(> x.( and when before i'm like to my dad what song it was i looked on here and found it.

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