So Different In Every Way! [Angelina Jordan Reaction to Song For A]

[@zeuso.1947]

Angelina playing her voice like an angels harp.

[@keithserafy]

Back when barley was harvested by hand (before motorized equipment) it was cut & stacked in ridges, which I believe in old English was "rigs." Apparently a great place for a romantic interlude, hidden between ridges of harvested barley. This is another song that is totally unique in her vast discography. This sounds like it should be in an epic movie from the past.

[@luigiceriani5604]

I think you would be impressed to hear Angelina sing La Bohème, a song made immortal by the great French singer Charles Aznavour. She has translated it into English, sings it at the age of 11 and, considering the difficulty of the song, gives us an amazing performance

[@peterjohansson587]

Yee! Fully agree.

[@rickhilde8281]

Not even considering the difficulty. First time I've heard it in English.

[@dbcooper69]

The short one where she sings to Juliette before leaving for the European tour when she was 9.

[@cliff124BC]

And it's an Agree from me!

[@Raminagrobis-ty2wk]

This performance of Angelina demonstrates her greatness of soul this sensitivity this musical intelligence that she has so young her interpretation highlights her versatility in the nuancess that she brings to the text of the song again here she stands out from pop music and commercial so widespead today and lets us know that much more beautiful and true music still be found today,... Come listen and hear AJ,...

[@andyschnell58]

I believe Angelina was 13 years old when she recorded this. A great addition to A-Aron's Angelina journey, providing evidence Angelina is the girl with 1000 voices. For a composer to write a song specifically for a 13 year old to sing, speaks volumes. Angelina's vocal choices for a song which had never been sung before, are stunningly beautiful.

[@markkleckner3060]

The truth Caruso wrote, he took a poem and put lyrics to it specifically for Angelina. She recorded it when she was 12, but was released when she was 13. God Bless!

[@kristena9285]

The album was released in February 2019, so it must have been recorded prior to that.. ;-) Angelina can't have been more than 12. 🙂

[@rickrack4812]

12

[@andyschnell58]

@@kristena9285 Thanks

[@rogercarriere4756]

She was effectively 13

[@pierreandersson5293]

The original poem is Rigs O’Barley. The modern English version is Ridges of Barley

[@dougcampbell7898]

The original poem is 'Corn Rigs' by Robert Burns written in Scots not English.

[@ridgemanron]

That 'harp like' tone she injects, reminds me of how her mentor Billie Holiday said that she always enjoyed trying to emulate actual musical instruments with her voice. I remember Angelina doing it before when she performed 'Mount Everest' on stage. When it comes to total musicality, this girl is the most complete package you will find in a vocalist.

[@Pyanfar]

Angelina is the most versatile contemporary singer that I have heard.❤️❤️❤️❤️👣

[@tothiusbentheum2071]

One hell of a ride right? It's everything. Hearts and souls are what she touches.

[@jim-rohe]

❤❤❤❤Love this one too.💙💙💙💙

[@HusemR]

I start my day with her while drinking my coffee. Every day since allmost 9 years now. And at least every other day she manages to make me cry. She is imo the best singer on the planet. I am 71 y old and have never heard a singer like her in my whole life. Her voice touches my heart and cleanses my soul. Greatings from germany.

[@summaEngineer]

Age 12 . . . By the way, the general thought is Angelina was 12 when she recorded SONG FOR A because the COPYRIGHT on the song is dated to when she was 12. The song was released when she was 13. 😇 Jim

[@KenChawkin]

Yes, she recorded it in an LA studio while the orchestra was recorded in London, possibly at Abbey Roads Studio.

[@jollyo9276]

@@KenChawkin Yes, Nicos own words. 👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/enyXhKuaaM-rj9E

[@boz352]

There's not much else to say, it was just simply gorgeous, if not stunning, and a little girl sang this...

[@johnvasi]

After you listen to your first one or two dozen songs by Angelina, you think she can’t possibly surprise you anymore. But after you’ve listened to one or two hundred songs, you know then she can and will surprise you regularly. Angelina is the only singer I’ve ever wanted to listen to everyday, and she has decades more to come.

[@rickjeffcoat348]

I’m pretty sure the story goes something like… Nico Cortazio put music to this old poem. He made musical scores for an eight song LP and chose Angelina Jordan to sing the only one that actually had vocals on it. He was brilliant enough, not only put music to this, but to make the decision to choose the best vocalist on the planet who was Somewhere between 11 or 12 at the time… We’re watching history… It’s absolutely crazy. Great reaction

[@aryachow]

Angelina is absolutely amazing always❤❤❤❤👣

[@larsfrodelarsen5757]

This girl IS music !!!

[@lesgray8709]

The instrumentals were recorded in Abbey Road Studios in London, 19th July 2018 - Angelina recorded the vocals a little later in Los Angeles. The Album was released on 17th April 2019. The Melting refers to a progression from the 7 cold hells, ending with liberation in the Song for A. Nico needed a special singer, with an enlightened soul - he chose Angelina for that. Just as an interesting side note - the lowest hell in Buddhist philosophy is (in Romanised form) AVICII - Angelina worked with a Swedish song writer/producer in 2015, on an advert for Volvo - Tim Bergling - Angelina considered him to be a dear friend - his stage name was Avicii - on 20th April 2018 he died by suicide. A few days later Angelina posted a rendition of Wake me up - originally and EDM track - she reinvented it as a ballad in tribute to him - the story it reveals is quite haunting, but truly beautiful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGbSnnaribZsiZI

[@Pyanfar]

That is one of my favorites by Angelina. I believe it shows her emotional depth as a very young girl. She seems to be illustrating both his feelings as well as her own in the song. When she sings, "They say I'm too young to understand," I believe she is showing that she is not too young to understand what has just happened to her friend.

[@ckh57]

Another Angelina magical vocal journey...

[@shawnhicks6342]

Excellent review and reaction. Angelina brings the emotion to the art of poetry. I've never heard the expression of poetry with such emotion. Brings another dimension to the art of poetry and the expression of the feeling in that poetry.

[@RobertDeMartin]

Nico obviously heard her at ten and knew she would be perfect for the song to close out his album. Her articulation was stunning and we did find out her pronunciation of 'rigs' was correct. You couldn't stop the video because her voice was so soothing but dynamic at the same time and every line she sang told us a story and even beyond that, every word she sang captured our full attention. I believe she recorded the video in California and Nico's instrumental part of the album was recorded in London. And, A-Aron, what about the violins closing out the precious piece of music? Although the song and Angelina's performance hasn't received the acclaim it certainly deserves most angels agree this is one of her finest performances ever.

[@Bronxlenny3591]

Great reaction A-Aron! Your speechless reaction was equal to more 10,000 words.

[@Mister.315]

This incredible child always has one more layer of surprise to tease us into thinking we have now seen all she can do. And still, there is no end to the delight she brings into our hearts with her vocal and performing genius.

[@ericzeichert511]

If you are into barley, she also has a killer cover of Sting's Fields of Gold, and there is a jaw dropping fan mashup of Fields with the late Eva Cassidy. Angelina is the gift that keeps on giving

[@larrypifer1103]

Nico Cartosio tells us about Angelina A Song For A Angelina could sing the phone book and it would be a masterpiece. “Song For A” was composed for Angelina Jordan, and her alone. The original lyrics came from a poem by Robert Burns written in the 1700’s and was put to music by Nico Cartosio on his album “Melting”. “Song For A” is the only vocal on the album all other pieces are instrumentals, and they are beautiful. The song was recorded after AJ’s family moved to LA so she would have been 13 at the time. The sounds of her voice on this recording will take you places you have never been before. This is a marvelous recording. To explain it I will use the composer's description: "Song For A" from Nico Cartosio's album "Melting". "Song for A is the only song on the album. It is performed by Angelina Jordan, a very young and very talented singer. I needed a bright final for my instrumental album. After the series of cold hells and Melting itself I longed for a song of a liberated soul, a soul that was set free from suffering. So, I remembered a beautiful poem by Robert Burns and wrote this song especially for Angelina. And she gave a sensual performance." Angelina Jordan Astar is my favorite living singer, and this song is perfect for her unique voice. She is a remarkable young lady, brilliant, altruistic, and totally admirable. Her voice is something from another world. I would urge anyone with an appreciation for good music to give her a listen.

[@williamdunphe-bh2pu]

The complicatedly of her voice is compleing awesome reaction thank you Wild bill

[@TroyArchAngel]

Another one of her voices....... 🤯

[@williamdunphe-bh2pu]

@@TroyArchAngel ya one of her 1000 voices I agree thank you wild bill

[@ronjones1077]

Her enunciation of the rows of barley is correct fro the time and country in which the poet Robert Burns lived and composed

[@lutobravodaniel2189]

Short:GENIUS!!!!!! INSANE SOUND!!!!!!

[@michinawi22able]

She will never cease to surprise us Aron❤

[@kevingood4644]

Aron this is just one of so so many more stunning surprises in store for you..thx for sharing your journey with us 🙏 Actually ridges is an old Scottish version of the word rigs and of course Robbie Burns is Scottish so not a misunderstanding…thx Aron

[@A-AronReacts]

Oh wow (ridges) I had no idea...thanks for the correction!

[@kevingood4644]

@@A-AronReacts I’m still holding out for you to react to “I’m Still Holding Out For You” 😁

[@angelastant6554]

I purchased the album Melting on the strength that Angelina is on it! I don’t regret it! It’s an amazing album.

[@anitaherbert1037]

This is what her fans are saying. Angelina can flex the colour, tone and texture of her voices any which way she pleases. Yet, yet how despite all that she is still instantly recognisable... how. So if you are interested in checking out unusual covers try ANGELINAS Mileys Country pop cover NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART .... also her ABOVE THE WATER an EDM number with TRXD..... her Lana Del Rey BORN TO DIE Angelina perfectly captures the essence of the somnolence of Lana Indie Pop jazzy drawl..... yet again still perfectly recognisabley Angelina.

[@poolhallshark]

Great reaction! I don't know who your sources were for this recommendation, but they were both somewhat off 😅 The album "Melting " was released on April 19th, when Angelina was 13 years 3 months old. So I'm pretty sure that she recorded her vocals while she was still 12. Angelina and Nico Cartosio never physically met, so the instrumentals and her vocals were recorded separately. Much love from Norway 🇳🇴❤🇳🇴❤🇳🇴❤🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍👍👍

[@carolynhess3812]

It w as said that she was right with the word riges.

[@osovagabundo1]

Hey Angelina, after homework can you go to the studio and record a masterpiece? Be back by seven for dinner😊

[@rogergraetzer5992]

Hi Aron my fellow Angelina Angel 😇 This song was recorded when Angelina was 12 years old, and released when Angelina was 13! Angelina has so many musical 🎶 layers in her voice 😲 so many text structures and riffs, and longer runs and very special melodic 🎶 scoops and melismas! She rounds off every song, every word 😯 harmoniously! with her unique phrasing! Great Girl 👩😊! THIS WAS A NICCO CARTOSIO SONG FROM HIS ALBUM THE LAST SONG SANG 😮 ANGELINA FROM HIS ALBUM! What an honor for Angelina 👍👌👏 and for Nicco Cortosio 👍👌! Angelina always gives me chills 🤯 smiles 😊 and tears 🥲 in my eyes with her songs! So beautiful! So heartwarming ❤️‍🔥 and soul ✨️ touching! Angelina is even better than life! Unbelievable! Magical! She sings with heart ♥️ blood🩸 for her angels 😇😇😇! I Love ❤️‍🔥💖❤ it She is magical 💫😊! Angelinas soulful,💫 mature,emotional, smooth, warmth🔥 breath, powerfull💥, extremely raspy 🗣 old orphan soul ✨️ Voice 😲 is out of this world 🌍 She will be become a Legend 100% sure! I love ♥️♥️♥️ it so much! I love ♥️ everything about Angelina😊! Thanks for sharing this video👍great emotional reaction and comments Aron as always my fellow AJ Angel 😇 👍👌👏! Love 💖 and peace ✌ ☮️ and kindness 😀 from little beauty Switzerland 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭 👋🙋‍♂️😇👣👸😯🎙🎺🎷🎸 🎹 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️🔥💥🌍🌹💎! Spread Love 💖 all Day 😀! Roger aka Röschu out 😊! Thank you a thousand times for the support, my fellow angel 😇 from Angelina!! our jazz queen👸 and angel 😇!! on her two You Tube channels 🙏 You will boost the algorithm! and your 👍👌 as well as Angelina's subscribers 👍👌! Thanks 🙏? She deserves it a thousand times over 😀!

[@hans-georgschroter7887]

Nico was searching for an Angel who are able to melt the hearts of cold 🥶❄️ in this cruel world and found her the true angel 😇. She's always singing for our hearts to bring back the love 💕 for us to share ❤💞

[@osovagabundo1]

So make yourself a best of and drive around unfamiliar roads and it becomes a soundtrack to the movie your in right now

[@MissLagimbelle]

Ya estoy segura, Aaron ya es un ángel😊, bienvenido al club, no pudiste resistir a su magia🥰😍👏👏👏

[@dianedove1000]

I looked it up when I first heard this, and it said you could pronounce it either way-rigs or rig-ges. Her choice. I think she thought it needed another syllable to better complement the music. There are some nuances in the English language that she never learned growing up 😊such as saying “the” before a vowel and “thuh”before a consonant. She might, however, have learned them by now.

[@tommonsen965]

Great one Aron, yeah is so different ......just one off her 1000 voices 🥰 Like some below suggested La Boheme below, is in my mind even better, they way she sing those lyrics are mind blown at age 11 😱😱😱 have a good one buddy, and btw like i said earlier, she leave u speechless my friend 😋😉 just wait til u hear the song * I'm still holding out for you * someone must have suggested it to u by now 😉😋 The vocals on that one are almost as good as * I put a spell on you * but yet so different 🥰😉

[@dbcooper69]

She was 12, after they moved to LA.

[@jolantashereshaw2477]

Heavenly❤

[@MikeSmith-cl4ix]

❤

[@ItsMe-cz1pi]

Our girl of 1000 voices strikes again.

[@billmichealoff9549]

What composer writes a song for a ten year old and puts it on his album??!!

[@jeffthebeeguy]

This is one of her most impressive works. I know of no one that can take a song from any genre, any era, any emotional bent and sing it like they have been doing only that style their entire life and were an accomplished high level professional in their 30's or 40's. Or as some have stated here---a song that was a EDM club banger and slow it down and turn it into a ballad/tribute to a friend who had passed. She is the gift that keeps on giving. Until next time, all the best.

[@alanchan6585]

多才多藝🎉

[@tothiusbentheum2071]

and her reach is vast!

[@gerardadegroof]

So beautiful

[@kerrythomas6220]

This Robert Burns poem (Rigs O’ Barley) was originally sung as an old Scottish folk dance. Needless to say, it sounds nothing like this. Nico Cartosio is a classical composer who wrote this Song for A (Angelina), the only one with lyrics on his whole album.

[@annc9660]

BEAUTIFUL......

[@clmenterprises08]

Cortosi titled it "a song for A" meaning Angelina Jordan.

[@d-a-e-xh2zo]

❤❤❤

[@CarlD70]

Thanks Aron for reviewing this beautiful song from Nico and Angelina. Nico released his Album "Melting" in 2019, Angelina would not be 10-11 but most likely 13 when she recorded this song for Nico, she was in LA. This is what he wrote about the song and Angelina: The composers description: "Song for A is the only song on the album. It is performed by Angelina Jordan, a very young and very talented singer. I needed a bright final for my instrumental album. After the series of cold hells and Melting itself I longed for a song of a liberated soul, a soul that was set free from suffering. So, I remembered a beautiful poem by Robert Burns^ and wrote this song especially for Angelina. And she gave a sensual performance." Cheers. Stay Well.

[@arr64lima63]

One of my favorites. Thank you for your reactions and appreciation of our Angel.

[@jimbinder7472]

I love your AJ reactions! You really need to listen to “You Say and AJ’s LP Old Enough “ . The songs “Love Don’t Let Me Go and Now I’m The Fool” are from her EP Old Enough. Her own songs that are fantastic.

[@johnsonpaul1914]

I have often wondered how much she understood at that age as to the nuances of what that poem was referring to.

[@fredneecher1746]

Her voice here is like a soothing breeze that wafts across the barley. I'm told that 'ridges' is indeed the correct pronunciation here. It's not standard English, Burns famously writing in his Low Scots dialect. However, 'blythe' was a mispronunciation, one of a very few she makes, along with 'she's' for 'her' (Portrait of a Child and Oslo), 'knock' with the 'k' (Welcome to My World) and 'sooze' for 'sews' in House of the Rising Sun. OK, one is actually a grammar mistake. The surprising thing with Angelina is that even though you know she will surprise you, she still surprises you. Plenty more surprises in store!

[@suellenjames9028]

I have been waiting for you to come to this masterpiece.

[@clones365]

She is capable of saying those words so why do you think they wouldn't be sung the way you say given this is an album/recorded?

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

Probably good that her English was not so good back then. A ridge of barley would not be very comfortable for the activity alluded to. However, a barley rig would suit just fine.

[@ros8737]

Adele would sure struggle with the intonation in these complete different scales, especially with leading tones sounding even before the instruments come in.

[@samanthaclough7637]

Just beautiful 😊

[@LonghopeBro-ju6jl]

You might enjoy this song with a similar vibe. The first one is a short TikTok video, so you might want to stretch it out by watching the mashup of the same performance with Eva Cassidy's version. Angelina Jordan Singing Fields of Gold by Sting (1:25) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aojae3t-rd17jM0 Angelina Jordan & Eva Cassidy: "Fields of Gold" by Sting (4:49) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpTdlGmFicqBiNk

[@patrickwilliams8106]

the Rigs of barely is how it was written and pronounced in the original poem, but obviously with a Scottish accent. I think the composer changed the pronouncement to suit the song himself

[@rickrack4812]

No, around the same time, or maybe when she was 11.She did a Euro Techno dance style [EDM] track vocal for 2 Norwegian DJs... They are TRXD, the song is ABOVE THE WATER.... SHOULD YOI choose to react, we all suggedt you do, at least, a "chsir dance"

[@patrickwilliams8106]

im sure i read she recorded it at Abby road studios age 10 and it was released when she was 11 years old

[@localnetsolutions]

Nico is a russian, Nico is his pseudonym.

[@I_scribbles]

I was under the impression like many others in the chat that she is 13 nearly 14 at the time of this. Which also fits her tone and range capacity at that time. 0=)

[@kristena9285]

She can't have been any older than 12. The album came out just after she turned 13 but took more than a year to make.

[@juliosameiro]

"Ridges" is in the original...

[@summaEngineer]

"THIS GIRL IS SOMETHING ELSE" you said . . . to that I say . . . you are CORRECT ! Aaron, it is too late for you to use the version I created that gives more of the details behind the story of SONG FOR A, but why don't you give it a watch just for your own reference : kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYuUgH-pja-nhK8 😇Jim

[@A-AronReacts]

It is...sort

[@rickrack4812]

Love this performance even though it is so sensual, as coming from a twelve year old ... it's uncanny... Likewise speaking of sexual songs I still await your reaction to the mash doing Love of Tired Swans, Preferably the artistic music video official which is so close to his life performance anyway for the bulk, But with added emotional artistic visuals.

[@juancarlosperezmartinez9579]

Extraordinary reaction. Please react to Angelina Jordan cover of I will survive (10 y. o.) , by Gloria Gaynor, and Love on the brain (13 y. o. ) , by Rihanna playing piano at the same time, both masterpieces. I will survive. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5KapJSVo5yeY5o Love on the brain kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWW4hWOnZat3btU

[@claudiasoto5014]

But ain’t she speaking English since age 6 ????

[@rickhilde8281]

This is a stunning performance. Another one in this same wheelhouse is her studio recording of "La Boehme" "Rigs" is pronounced "Ridges"