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Amy MacDonald — Across the Nile
Album: Life in a Beautiful Light
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Released: 2012
Length: 3:06
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Wave your flag high above your head, you deserve to smile, celebrate in style. 'cause everything that depressed you now is gone.

And eighteen days while the world looked on, you stood your ground, kept holding strong. Eighteen days while the world looked on.

Across the Nile there are stars tonight and they shine much brighter than before.
Across The Nile there's peace and love tonight and it shows much stronger than before.
Much stronger than before.

Free and fair life they said it would be, cross our fingers, wait and see and dream of a better day. And across the world you've shown them all that hope and strength can conquer all. Will we stand together again?

Across the Nile there are stars tonight and they shine much brighter than before.
Across The Nile there's peace and love tonight and it shows much stronger than before.
Much stronger than before.

Hope and strength can conquer all, you've shown the world how the mighty fall. And across the Nile there are stars much brighter than before.
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 Hasan wrote:
Amy fills my chest with fresh air and imagination with distant horizons.
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Posted 6 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
What a treat to PSD away from "Elbow - High Ideals" and hit this !

Amy fills my chest with fresh air and imagination with distant horizons.  Elbow makes me feel like it's too long since I took a shower.



Posted 10 years ago by Hasan    [ Reply ]
just love her voice
Posted 10 years ago by SheRidesABeemer    [ Reply ]
Nice song. It's a tuneful upbeat boost for some of the idealists of our world. Except, in the subsequent Egypt of recent days, some of those people are now dead. They are no longer across the Nile. They are IN the Nile.
It seems that lovely, spirited Amy was a bit premature. Hope springs eternal but like a Smith & Wesson beats four aces, in the short run assault rifles are more potent than a throng of rock throwers. But we can all sing along anyway. 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]

Musically, it's a nice song really, except the pianist gets a bit overzealous especially in the choruses.  They really step on her vocals with those relatively amateurish scales and trills... 


Posted 11 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
 ScottN wrote:

WTF? Did you like the song or not?  There are plenty of threads for political opinions. This space, as you read above when posting" is for "comments on the song".

 
Scott, ofanansky was referring to the song lyrics, which are very clearly about the Egyptian revolution and women's part in it. So the comment was legit in that context.
Posted 11 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Everything she sings sounds like "hom hom hom".
Posted 11 years ago by stevendejong    [ Reply ]
 ofanansky wrote:
very optimistic...now the next chapter as the Muslim Brotherhood comes to power. I wonder how bright the stars are shining for Egyptian women these days

 
WTF? Did you like the song or not?  There are plenty of threads for political opinions. This space, as you read above when posting" is for "comments on the song".
Posted 11 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
I dont get it it this hurts my ears and you guys like it ??
Posted 11 years ago by Papa_Smurf    [ Reply ]
very optimistic...now the next chapter as the Muslim Brotherhood comes to power. I wonder how bright the stars are shining for Egyptian women these days
Posted 11 years ago by ofanansky    [ Reply ]
Nice.
Posted 11 years ago by CopyrightX    [ Reply ]
This woman sounds soooo much like Toni Childs -- listen to "In This House of Hope"
Posted 11 years ago by vesta0424    [ Reply ]
Natalie Merchant Lite. All the flavor, half the annoyance.
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
In the words of Keanu...whoah.

zepher wrote:
Killer guitar, cool song.  When I think of what's across the Nile, I think about Liz. 



Amy could probably pull it off —->

 

Posted 11 years ago by annie_fannie    [ Reply ]
 spindrift wrote:
I turned up the volume — that must mean something.
 
Same here :) Which means: 1. great performance, 2. great recording - great sound.

One of the greatest voices of the XXI century, and I'm saying it as a recording studio owner who's had many belters in front of his mics :)
Posted 11 years ago by Gajdzin    [ Reply ]
Killer guitar, cool song.  When I think of what's across the Nile, I think about Liz. 



Amy could probably pull it off —->


Posted 11 years ago by zepher    [ Reply ]
Not a fan of her singing style. Sounds like she has no support at all, certainly not a belter.
Posted 11 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Intro reminds me of an upbeat
"while my guitar gently weeps"
Nice song though
Posted 11 years ago by Lichenia,    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

You state that as if it's a bad thing.
 
agreed. I thought, yes, he is right, that IS the formula to a lot of her music. But if it works...
Posted 11 years ago by MediaGrrl    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:
I am not a fan of Amy, but this is not bad. Here in Germany you can hear her in radio 2 times in one hour.
 
 
yeah. and only because she gets airplay on RP I started to take her seriously. now I'm growing fond of her. i really appreciate her unpretentiousness in music. a nice gal.
Posted 12 years ago by Nadine    [ Reply ]
a peppier and female version of the Cure.
Posted 12 years ago by thewheedle    [ Reply ]
..her inflection singing the "across the nile" lyric smacks of 4-Non Blondes in my ear caverns..
Posted 12 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
I am not a fan of Amy, but this is not bad. Here in Germany you can hear her in radio 2 times in one hour.
 
Posted 12 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 mrtuba9 wrote:

Me too.  And then I bought the single on Amazon.  
 
who buys singles on amazon!!!??

;) 
Posted 12 years ago by juicymouth    [ Reply ]
I really liked Amy at first, but with every new song I hear from here, my liking decreases. She apparently has only one way of singing, and it's mostly mannerism.
Posted 12 years ago by stevendejong    [ Reply ]
Arab spring?
Posted 12 years ago by offroadbiker    [ Reply ]
 mauguima wrote:
Get The Edge's guitar rifs + O'Riordan strange voice + stardard melody + overproduction to disquise a mediocre song = this song
  
A similar formula has worked for female leads for decades. 
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 mauguima wrote:
Get The Edge's guitar rifs + O'Riordan strange voice + stardard melody + overproduction to disquise a mediocre song = this song
 
You state that as if it's a bad thing.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 spindrift wrote:
I turned up the volume — that must mean something.
 
Me too.  And then I bought the single on Amazon.  
Posted 12 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
 spindrift wrote:
I turned up the volume — that must mean something.
 
It means it's louder now.
Posted 12 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
Ugh!
 
May I on behalf of all RP listeners and Amy fans thankyou for the in depth comment and synopsis of that track I'm sure with your skill you most hold a post on ''Rolling Stone''  magazine at least. 
Posted 12 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Ugh!
Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
New to me. I likey.
Posted 12 years ago by RipperP    [ Reply ]


Curious in this song, the inclusion of guitar accompaniment, inspired by the style of the musician David Howell Evans, more commonly known in the music scene for *"The Edge". That is, artists are inspired by each other. Worked really well in "Across the Nile".

Without being condescending, this new album of Amy, can be considered a continuation of his previous work, is done right, distinct voice, strong songs and well achieved, well stated in a pop-rock, in one word: "You hear very well". But what I think really, really, is that the truly great musical work Amy has yet to arrive one day. For now, is this.

Another aspect that I consider very important, is that Amy keeps the same elements in his band. A band is like our family. Only then can acquire friendship and complicity (in addition to the labor relations). When changing the formation of the elements of a Band, "as one who changes his shirt," is not going nowhere, is such as "mercenaries" of music.

Another aspect, not least, I value a lot, is that the artist must make a "demonstration acoustic", "bare", his new work. Amy has done on several occasions, and playing several songs. I honestly enjoyed it. (Even more than the album). Because the "acoustic demo" is the ideal tool that evaluates and defines the true "singer-songwriter", and that allows us to have a more exact notion, of true artistic dimension of the artist. 

Amy's strong point (beyond the artistic talent) is the simplicity and sympathy, as person, that transcends and transforms completely when in the performance of their art. 

*  (Ops! Giselle62 and mauguima, only after I write this note, I noticed you've already addressed this point of view. Well done, we are already three).

Posted 12 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
I turned up the volume — that must mean something.
Posted 12 years ago by spindrift    [ Reply ]
Reading the words—-it must be about what was (and is) going on in Egypt and around the world. Me: "People are fighting for democracy." Husband: "And then they put up a puppet democracy and you have to fight some more!"
Posted 12 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
 mauguima wrote:
Get The Edge's guitar rifs + O'Riordan strange voice + stardard melody + overproduction to disquise a mediocre song = this song
 
I agree with you about the construction but I liked it and didn't find it mediocre.
Posted 12 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
this made me cry—-can't even hear all the words yet.
Posted 12 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
I'm programming while I hear this song ... and the concept of "mash-up" comes to mind ... I hear a little of Grace Jones ... "much stronger than before" ... and many accords are borrowed from U2's arrangements ... still, not bad ... {#Crashcomp}
Posted 12 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
 mauguima wrote:
Get The Edge's guitar rifs + O'Riordan strange voice + stardard melody + overproduction to disquise a mediocre song = this song
 

Bang on.
Posted 12 years ago by Rockit    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Yep, same here. She's in the same mini-genre as her compatriot KT Tunstall, though she has important differences and certainly isn't a clone. She doesn't quite have the musical, sung and lyrical range and variation as KT, but her first album took Scotland by storm, so let's hope that the second builds on that success. One to watch.
 
It's already her third album ;) I guess the second one went largely unnoticed but RP has tracks from all three in their library.
Posted 12 years ago by pneumonia    [ Reply ]
Get The Edge's guitar rifs + O'Riordan strange voice + stardard melody + overproduction to disquise a mediocre song = this song
Posted 12 years ago by mauguima    [ Reply ]
 wenatchee wrote:
Hitting 7 out of the gate - liking thus far
 
Yep, same here. She's in the same mini-genre as her compatriot KT Tunstall, though she has important differences and certainly isn't a clone. She doesn't quite have the musical, sung and lyrical range and variation as KT, but her first album took Scotland by storm, so let's hope that the second builds on that success. One to watch.
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Hitting 7 out of the gate - liking thus far
Posted 12 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
I'm liking the intro...however unfortunately this sounds like countless many other female artists I've heard. Nothing too outstanding. Not bad though...
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]