The couple recently separated but continued to live in Schull.
This led to several more albums including Live At The Bassline, recorded in Johannesburg with South African musicians, and a double-CD, Smoke Up Close, containing solo performances of 30 new songs.Īs Vearncombe was never keen on show-business life, it was not surprising when he and his second wife, the Swedish opera singer, Camilla Griehsel, and their three children, moved to the idyllic Schull in West Cork. Find album reviews, songs, credits and award information for Its a Wonderful Life by Sparklehorse on AllMusic - 2001 - Along with the Flaming Lips and. His passion for songwriting was renewed in 1998 when he attended a workshop hosted by Chris Difford of Squeeze, and he released an album of new songs, The Accused, under his own name. LIFE IS WONDERFUL If I had a thousand tongues, I would sing with every one. The entire song is an expression of the apparent absurdity of our life as humans we exist in the midst of so much greatness and unbounded splendor, as. I would never be interested in Michael Ball doing my songs but if Rex Harrison were still alive, it would have great to have heard them being performed in that half-spoken, half-sung style of his." Producer Bob Thiele had a demo of a song that he and George Weiss had. You can get a lot more mileage by just singing the words. Theres not a person who doesnt associate Wonderful World with Louis Armstrong. "I enjoy people doing my songs unless they are doing circus tricks by racing up and down the scales. Although he had a fine voice and had taken singing lessons, he was careful not to let it get in the way of the song. It has been covered by Tony Hadley, Kim Wilde and Katie Melua.
Since then the song has been covered and re-charted by a succession of artists from across the globe in a wide variety of genres and styles.
WONDERFUL LIFE SONG TV
In 1994 "Wonderful Life" had a new lease of life when it was used in TV advertisements for Standard Life, and it has been used in many guises since. A playlist of cover versions of the Colin Vearncombe song Wonderful Life - including the original version by Black aka Colin Vearncombe himself. Written by Colin Vearncombe and originally recorded and released under his band name ‘Black’ the 1986 recording of Wonderful Life went on to sell millions of records worldwide.