{"id":26675,"date":"2024-01-12T05:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T10:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=26675"},"modified":"2024-01-03T08:53:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T13:53:44","slug":"engelbert-humperdinck-after-the-lovin-theres-still-more-lovin-part-2-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/12\/engelbert-humperdinck-after-the-lovin-theres-still-more-lovin-part-2-of-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Engelbert Humperdinck: After the Lovin\u2019 \u2026 There\u2019s Still More Lovin\u2019 (Part 2 of 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Part One<\/a>\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

Following on from that, do you ever find yourself overcome by the emotion of a particular song?<\/b><\/p>\n

Many times, yes. As a matter of fact, I wrote a song for my wife about 30 years ago called \u201cEverywhere I Go\u201d [on 1993\u2019s Yours<\/i> \u2013 ed.] If you look it up and listen to it, you\u2019ll understand what I mean with the lyrics, and it\u2019s a wonderful arrangement by Bebu Silvetti. He did all these wonderful string arrangements for me \u2013 he did about six albums for me \u2013 and he did the arrangement for that particular one.<\/p>\n

Since my wife has been gone, I sing \u201cEverywhere I Go\u201d in my show. I dedicate the song to her, and there\u2019s many a night that I don\u2019t get through it. It\u2019s one of those things.<\/p>\n

\"\"I would imagine that you take the audience with you on that emotional journey\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

Yeah, I do see people weeping in the audience. And it\u2019s something you can\u2019t put on. It just happens, you know? There are nights when it won\u2019t happen, but the majority of shows that I do, it does get me, because it was written for her. And it gets me.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve been on stage countless times. To what degree are you able to get a sense of how the audience is reacting to your performance, and how does that factor into what you\u2019re doing in real time?<\/b><\/p>\n

Well, you can see the front rows. You can [see] what\u2019s happening in the first few rows, and you can judge from that, what is happening throughout the audience.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it\u2019s rather surprising to the performer, like me, who sees the reaction of what takes place in an audience. Sometimes, when I\u2019m singing a particular song, I can look down and see somebody reach over and touch the person\u2019s hand and squeeze them, or put their arm around them. And it\u2019s just amazing to see what transpires during a performance. It\u2019s rather wonderful to think that you are responsible for that, actually.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a new documentary, Engelbert Humperdinck: The Legend Continues<\/i><\/b>. What can you tell me about it?<\/b><\/p>\n

Well, I haven\u2019t watched many documentaries in my life, but I watched this one because it\u2019s about me! I did it a few years ago, and it was rather shocking, actually, because there were many touching moments in it that made me cry.<\/p>\n

And I also was shocked at the fact that I must\u2019ve been going through some trauma at that particular time, because I was 40 pounds heavier than I am today. It\u2019s shocking to watch myself in that state, you know? When I look at myself today, I\u2019m 200 pounds. At that particular time, it was in the middle of my wife\u2019s illness and having to deal with doing my work plus the worry of what\u2019s going on at home, you know? It was a hard time.<\/p>\n

Are there any surprises in the film for audiences?<\/b><\/p>\n

Well, they\u2019ll see footage that they\u2019ve never seen before about my children and growing up. They\u2019ll see me talk about my life in a way that I\u2019ve never done before. You see my humble beginnings, you know? It takes me back to the place where I first began, when I lived in a flat in Hammersmith, London. It had no carpet, no curtains, no light bulbs or lamp shades, and very [few] chairs to sit on. And it took me back to that era. I remember those wonderful days.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hungry Years,\u201d you know, which I had joy in singing, and it brought all sorts of memories back. If you listen to \u201cThe Hungry Years\u201d [from 1976\u2019s After the Lovin\u2019<\/i>], which I had joy in singing, it\u2019s really my life story. I feel as though Neil Sedaka wrote it for me, but he didn\u2019t. He wrote it for himself, so he must\u2019ve been going through the same thing in his beginning.<\/p>\n

Plenty of artists who\u2019ve had successful careers retire when they\u2019re 20 years younger than you are now. What motivates you to keep recording and performing?<\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the passion I have. I don\u2019t consider my job as work. When I walk on stage, it\u2019s just a passion. It\u2019s not hard work for me, not at all. I just love what I do, so therefore the passion strengthens my whole being. I just feel good about it.<\/p>\n

If I didn\u2019t want to perform, I wouldn\u2019t get that feeling. But I love it. I love the performance, I love the reaction. And my audience feeds me with the passion that I love to portray.<\/p>\n

You May Also Enjoy:<\/em> My 2018 interview with Engelbert Humperdinck<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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