VIDEO: Corinne Bailey Rae – “I’d Do It All Again” (LIVE on Later…with Jools Holland)
November 18, 2009 by Tola Ositelu
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Corinne Bailey Rae goes all Roberta Flack with a touch of Sade (think ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ and ‘Love Is Stronger than Pride’) on this sublime live acoustic performance of ‘I’d Do It All Again’. The stripped-down arrangement gives it a pastoral feel, I think. Corinne said in a recent article that the song was inspired by her turbulent but ultimately loving relationship with her late husband, Jason Rae.
CBR’s lyrics have always had a good deal of substance to them but I am sure you’ll agree this song has an even more plaintive, visceral quality than her previous output. It’s a sad truth that beautiful art is often the by-product of prevailing through some of life’s tribulations and tragedies. Certainly the case here. ‘I’d Do it All Again’ is to feature on her forthcoming album ‘The Sea‘.
Corinne will be performing at the Union Chapel tomorrow. Please follow link for details.
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Born in South East London sometime in the early ‘80s to Nigerian-Ghanaian parents, Tola Ositelu is a solicitor by training. It is her experience that many lawyers are frustrated/aspiring writers and she is no exception. For the past 20-something years she has been involved in a passionate love-triangle with music and literature. Apart from Jesus Christ, family and friends, music and reading – or more specifically, language – are the two most important elements in her life. These are followed closely by world travel and good theatre.
I have a feeling we are going to see a more amazing complex Corrine and her music will be phenomenal.
She was good before but she’s even better now
Really liked that
She is phenomenal. I’m so happy she’s back!