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Monsoon — Ever So Lonely
Album: Monsoon (featuring Sheila Chandra)
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Released: 1995
Length: 3:14
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Ever so lonely
Ever so lonely without you
Ever so lonely

Sinking into your eyes
And all I see
Love is an ocean and you for me

Sinking into your eyes
Your eyes
Are all I see
Your love is an ocean

An ocean refuses no river
Ever so lonely
An ocean refuses no river
Waiting for the time
When we can be
Alone together
Alone together eternally

The ocean, the ocean refuses no river
The ocean, your ocean refuses no river
Ever so lonely
Ever so lonely without you
Your ocean
Your ocean refuses no river
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I keep sensing Harrison's  "Within You, Without You".
Posted 6 months ago by romangaslan    [ Reply ]
So sad she has something called burning mouth syndrome. Never heard of it before.
Posted 8 months ago by renegade_X    [ Reply ]
 Mannick wrote:

I couldn't stop thinking of Tomorrow Never Knows (and it's a good thing :))



A cover of "Tomorrow Never Knows" is the 2nd track on the original 1983 album. It includes a more upbeat version of "Ever So Lonely," with Western and Indian instruments. 
I agree, It's a good thing.
Posted 11 months ago by fgreene    [ Reply ]
 ddbz wrote:

Am I being pretentious if I think this song is pretentious....



Yes.
Posted 11 months ago by fgreene    [ Reply ]
This song makes me walk across the room and turn the volume up.
Posted 1 year ago by kcatalina    [ Reply ]
Beautiful - a first for me hearing this today.
Posted 1 year ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
The original version was released in 1982. https://youtu.be/HOFmDK_1cVg
Posted 1 year ago by rosacays    [ Reply ]
to catey...


from a sorrowful river.
Posted 1 year ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
Dear Bigot… kindly fuck off…
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Please enunciate “river” properly. No idea what she was singing about.
Posted 1 year ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
 ddbz wrote:
Am I being pretentious if I think this song is pretentious....
 
I think some of the more conventional songs like Waterboys "Long Strange Golden Road" are more guilty than this one.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Am I being pretentious if I think this song is pretentious....
Posted 1 year ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
Ethereal. Moved from 8 to 9. Tomorrow will probably go to 10. It's sinking into my skin.
Posted 1 year ago by kcatalina    [ Reply ]
Wow, thanks again William! 
Posted 1 year ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Everything in Its Right Place > Ever So Lonely.  Well done.

Posted 1 year ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
If you had the actual album you'd hear several tracks in both english and Hindi. Captivating. 
Posted 1 year ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:


Funny, but in defense of the person you replied to, if you've ever hung out in a restaurant playing nonstop pop Indian music videos, you might not feel so judgy. I mean, it's the same with pop music in any language, IMO. You'll hit that threshold where you just say, "nope, no more".

I never seem to hit that point with mattar paneer tho...


I'll bet you still listen to the "pop" music from your day... which is now called classical.
Posted 2 years ago by pennstatejimboh    [ Reply ]
 sjccroquet wrote:

Maybe your prejudice and poor dental hygiene are soothed by the fact that the Sheila Chandra is singing in English, not Hindi.


I also don't like it and I don't care who sings it. 
Posted 2 years ago by Loonytunas    [ Reply ]
Hypnotic...I like
Posted 2 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Sheila Chandra! Sooooooo amazing.
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
All I wish to say is that when this woman sang, she stopped 'Hoxton street festival' - all the raggas and the Yardies were into the groove - bliss!
Posted 3 years ago by Johnny_Alpha    [ Reply ]
Great stuff RP, thanks for the spin.
Posted 3 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
Not heard this for a long time! Great song
Posted 3 years ago by adriansutton97    [ Reply ]
So sad her voice has been stilled.
Posted 3 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
I couldn't stop thinking of Tomorrow Never Knows (and it's a good thing :))
Posted 3 years ago by Mannick    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a fly fisher, with cabin fever, on opium... 
Posted 3 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
Utter crap.
Posted 3 years ago by njswede    [ Reply ]
 sjccroquet wrote:

Maybe your prejudice and poor dental hygiene are soothed by the fact that the Sheila Chandra is singing in English, not Hindi.
 

Funny, but in defense of the person you replied to, if you've ever hung out in a restaurant playing nonstop pop Indian music videos, you might not feel so judgy. I mean, it's the same with pop music in any language, IMO. You'll hit that threshold where you just say, "nope, no more".

I never seem to hit that point with mattar paneer tho...
Posted 4 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
I finally found that dang CD! Beautiful to hear again.
Posted 4 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
Mmnnn, Hindi music which doesn't make my fillings ache. Liking this.
 
Maybe your prejudice and poor dental hygiene are soothed by the fact that the Sheila Chandra is singing in English, not Hindi.
Posted 4 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
Back in the 80's I was going out with a girl who shared a house with a Bush Band in West End here in Brisvegas. Anyway one of the band members would come home at all hours of the night after breaking up with a girl and blast this song at full blast. I still like the song even after enduring Ralph's fits.
Posted 4 years ago by janac13    [ Reply ]
We have sacred pieces that rely on the organ holding one chord while a soprano and bass take turns singing... like this, it always makes me want to close my eyes and just listen the beauty of the human voice...
Posted 4 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
 SpinyNorma wrote:
BMS
 
jeepers, remind me never to complain about anything in my life ever again. 
Posted 4 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
It's about time! I've got the CD buried in storage. Thank you Bill!
and
Posted 4 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
I loved the 'Monsoon' version of this when I was younger, and it was a pleasure to see (and hear) Sheila live a couple of times when she was part of The Imagined Village project. 

So sad to think that she'll never perform again; the loss of a voice like Sheila's from our world is a great loss indeed .
Posted 5 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
Bought the original by Monsoon on 12" single and still regularly gets a spin.Love it.
Posted 5 years ago by cob427uk1    [ Reply ]
It's all foreplay and no delivery
Posted 5 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Sorry to hear of her BMS. Very sad for someone in her profession.
Posted 6 years ago by seabell    [ Reply ]
mesmerizing <3
Posted 6 years ago by jjo    [ Reply ]
In a class all her own, perhaps on a planet all her own... I HIGHLY recommend Radio Paradise contract with ol' Sheel' to do their new station-identification "jingle!"
Posted 6 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
{#Stop}
Posted 6 years ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:

Also blew me away when it first came out.  Unlike Bradford in the Scottish Borders the only Eastern influences were the drunks off the bus from Newcastle.



 
{#Roflol}
Posted 7 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Three months to the day since I last heard this on RP. Thanks again Bill!
Posted 7 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Took me for frickin ever to find this original Sheila Chandra / Monsoon CD but at long last it appeared before me in a small shop in Deep Ellum in the early 90's. Anyway, quite a favorite of mine.
Posted 7 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 Imkirok wrote:
Memorizing!

 
And mesmerising too.
Posted 7 years ago by Will62    [ Reply ]
Memorizing!
Posted 8 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Meet me tonight in dreamland
Posted 8 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
I get goosepimples when I hear this, it is so wonderful!{#Meditate}
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
I remember when the original of this came out back in the early 80s, when yer woman was a teenager and in the band Monsoon, and it absolutely took the charts by storm - there was nothing like it in pop at that time, and indeed it would still be very different now, other than in places with large populations of East Asian descent (such as Bradford where I used to happily live) where such sounds are everywhere. This is a very fine update to the original, and gives me the willies (in a good way). 8 from the nostalgic goose-pimpled Nottingham jury.
 

Also blew me away when it first came out.  Unlike Bradford in the Scottish Borders the only Eastern influences were the drunks off the bus from Newcastle.


Posted 8 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 Andrew_C wrote:
Haven't heard this for ages!  Really nice version.

 
{#Hearteyes}  lovely!
Posted 8 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Riffing on "Tomorrow Never Knows"?
Posted 8 years ago by rushed    [ Reply ]
 GarageDragon wrote:
She sings through her nose. 

 
What an ignorant comment.
Posted 8 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
She sings through her nose. 
Posted 8 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard this for ages!  Really nice version.
Posted 9 years ago by Andrew_C    [ Reply ]
 Dagadog wrote:
I love that voice.  Just been reading about her present affliction at https://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2012/11/The-stories-behind-Peter-Gabriels-Real-World-Records-Sheila-Chandra which means we may never hear her sing again.  My heart goes out to her.

 
Thanks for the post. That is a very, very sad story, and a terrible affliction to have.
Posted 9 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Her career has ended and she has been rendered a mute due to Burning mouth syndrome. Wha?
Posted 9 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 The mind is like a parachute. It only works when it's open. 

NicJohn wrote:
OK Next song please! Not sure what's up but this song really bugs me. No need to play it again.

 


Posted 9 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
one of my all time favorites that you play!  Please don't ever stop playing! :)
Posted 10 years ago by soniawrite    [ Reply ]
I love that voice.  Just been reading about her present affliction at https://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2012/11/The-stories-behind-Peter-Gabriels-Real-World-Records-Sheila-Chandra which means we may never hear her sing again.  My heart goes out to her.
Posted 10 years ago by Dagadog    [ Reply ]
This has a nice "Within You Without You" feel to it.
Posted 10 years ago by sandpebble    [ Reply ]
Always loved the Monsoon version of "Ever so lonely". 
This is good too. 
Posted 10 years ago by janac13    [ Reply ]
This Song Is also On One Of The Putamayo Womens Voices CD.   Great!
Posted 10 years ago by sheeelaaa    [ Reply ]
this + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QhHBvBgzUw == https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dn8IZYVzAY  ?!?! :)
Posted 10 years ago by gq    [ Reply ]
An absolutely transcendental and totally welcome blast from the past.
We be grokking.. man.
Posted 11 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
I remember when the original of this came out back in the early 80s, when yer woman was a teenager and in the band Monsoon, and it absolutely took the charts by storm - there was nothing like it in pop at that time, and indeed it would still be very different now, other than in places with large populations of East Asian descent (such as Bradford where I used to happily live) where such sounds are everywhere. This is a very fine update to the original, and gives me the willies (in a good way). 8 from the nostalgic goose-pimpled Nottingham jury.
Posted 11 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]

We be dancing in meditation...  love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Mmnnn, Hindi music which doesn't make my fillings ache. Liking this.
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
I absolutely LOVE this.  An amazing voice and beautiful lyrics.
Posted 11 years ago by Kimbolini    [ Reply ]
What a Song ... Amazing!
Posted 12 years ago by Beeate    [ Reply ]
OK Next song please! Not sure what's up but this song really bugs me. No need to play it again.
Posted 12 years ago by NicJohn    [ Reply ]
 Queue wrote:
"Your Ocean Refuses No River"... Reminds me a bit (lyrically) of Pete Townshend's "The Sea Refuses No River" Perhaps they are both drawing lyrical ideas from the same source?
 
Oceans are just big collections of many rivers.
Posted 12 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Lovely
Posted 12 years ago by Blackdragon    [ Reply ]
I guess you either like this sort of thing or you rate it a 2/10, as I have done.
Posted 12 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
Just gorgeous!
Posted 12 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
 shutter wrote:
I keep expecting to hear some sitar or tabla easing in - but it doesn't happen.  I'm ambivalent about this one.
 

Sheila sang a much livelier version of this song with Monsoon many years ago—you'll be pleased with it I think. iTunes has the original version, a Hindi version and a remix. 
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 shutter wrote:
I keep expecting to hear some sitar or tabla easing in - but it doesn't happen. 
 
That would be gilding the lily. I love it's beautiful simplicity that lets you concentrate on her voice.
Posted 13 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Transporting. Wonderful to hear things on RP that otherwise only come across in my own collection. Thanks Bill!
Posted 13 years ago by Greyjoca    [ Reply ]
This link is the version I know and love. . . a solid 10 of raggapopness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOFmDK_1cVg 


Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
I keep expecting to hear some sitar or tabla easing in - but it doesn't happen.  I'm ambivalent about this one.
Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
Reminds me lyrically of the Pete Townshend song "The sea refuses no river". This is a universal concept.

I like the song, but kind of one dimensional for me.
Posted 13 years ago by burdell    [ Reply ]
Nice, very nice!
Posted 13 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
Beautiful!
Posted 13 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
A great blast from teh past! I haven't heard this in years!  Thanks, love it.
{#Angel}
Posted 13 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
Amazing!
Posted 13 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
skybreakers wrote:
...Do you have to be stoned to catch the fullness of this song?...
No, but it's a nice idea. Just thinking about Within you Without you when this spun up, stylistic synchronicity.

Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Just lovely.
Posted 13 years ago by vluvlu    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Natalie ought to start drinking and drugging then...
 

I like to call her Natalie "No Range" Merchant.
Posted 16 years ago by Lyndra_Ski    [ Reply ]
Oh, this is lovely. Like a chant. {#Meditate}
Posted 16 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
The second time in a year that I have had to turn RP off.....  ugg
Posted 16 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
 skybreakers wrote:

Do you have to be stoned to catch the fullness of this song?
I just had a cup of coffee and I'll have to make pour myself another one or I won't be able to finish my work.

 

Nope, this makes me happy and calm and ready to work.
Posted 16 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
 pdjpirate wrote:
I feel as if I am far from lonely when listening to this...Nice! Anyone else on this trip?


 
Yes.  IMHO she has picked up the torch from The Moody Blues ......... mellow mood music that makes you sound like you're going someplace special ......... don't know where but what does it matter?

{#Meditate}

Posted 16 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
Perfect.
Posted 16 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
I feel as if I am far from lonely when listening to this...Nice! Anyone else on this trip?
Posted 16 years ago by pdjpirate    [ Reply ]
If you like this check out "Hands Tied, Tongue Tied" by Joy Askew off "Tender City". She played and toured with Peter Gabriel and her voice is terrific!
Posted 16 years ago by Kornmann    [ Reply ]
Bill, my girlfriend is very happy you played this. That makes me happy, too. Thanks.
Posted 16 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by auburntigerrich    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
running under the moonlight, on a warm night, under the palms, triying to catch the blue turquiose sea...
Posted 16 years ago by marcucho    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of "Siip Sii" (sp?) without the raucus background music. Hope it gets played next, Iove it.
Posted 16 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
skybreakers wrote:
Do you have to be stoned to catch the fullness of this song? I just had a cup of coffee and I'll have to make pour myself another one or I won't be able to finish my work.
I don't know, this kind of helps me to calm down, relax and really produce some quality work on a Friday afternoon, though I can see it having an opposite effect for people as well.
Posted 16 years ago by kindermanltd    [ Reply ]
crockydile wrote:
Not sure why I hate this...
Maybe because it's pretty bad...
Posted 16 years ago by d00kie    [ Reply ]
Not sure why I hate this...
Posted 17 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Do you have to be stoned to catch the fullness of this song? I just had a cup of coffee and I'll have to make pour myself another one or I won't be able to finish my work.
Posted 17 years ago by skybreakers    [ Reply ]
publiceric wrote:
Please, play the original Ever So Lonely by Monsoon (with her as their lead vocalist). I see there is the Hindi version of it on your playlist. For those fuming at the soporific a capella effect, the original is a great antidote -- sort of a proto-rave fusion dance track from the 80s.
I'd love to hear that!
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
darrell711 wrote:
This is what Natalie Merchant would sound like after a bottle of Valium and a gallon of red wine.
Natalie ought to start drinking and drugging then...
Posted 17 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
fredriley wrote:
Wow - goose pimples time! I remember when the original of this, recorded by a one-hit wonder called Monsoon, was released here in the UK and it went straight to number one - it was, for the time, an innovative and fun fusion of Indian rhythms and Western Pop. This cover is ok, but frankly it's not a patch on the original which really got the feet moving - it would be nice to hear the original again one day (hint, hint, Bill ;-)).
According to her bio, she WAS Monsoon..
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
i dunno, i'd rather hear john lennon's voice track over this.
Posted 17 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Wow - goose pimples time! I remember when the original of this, recorded by a one-hit wonder called Monsoon, was released here in the UK and it went straight to number one - it was, for the time, an innovative and fun fusion of Indian rhythms and Western Pop. This cover is ok, but frankly it's not a patch on the original which really got the feet moving - it would be nice to hear the original again one day (hint, hint, Bill ;-)).
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
Interesting observation. Still trying to figure out what I make of it. Do like this song though.
Same range and strength but Natalie is like a big colt crashing around a field on wobbly,spindly legs. This girl is a glistening,trained,muscled filly that can go 7 furlongs without breaking stride or breaking a sweat.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
bokey wrote:
This is what Natalie Merchant would sound like if she had learned how to sing before she decided to become a singer.Seriously.
Interesting observation. Still trying to figure out what I make of it. Do like this song though.
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
I, too, would so much prefer the original version of this song. Somebody, please upload it.
Posted 17 years ago by Gribnif    [ Reply ]
bokey wrote:
Awesome.This is what Natalie Merchant would sound like if she had learned how to sing before she decided to become a singer.Seriously.
not. she's better than this
Posted 17 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
bokey wrote:
Awesome.This is what Natalie Merchant would sound like if she had learned how to sing before she decided to become a singer.Seriously.
This is what Natalie Merchant would sound like after a bottle of Valium and a gallon of red wine.
Posted 17 years ago by darrell711    [ Reply ]
Ommmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 17 years ago by Lotus_Miata    [ Reply ]
Chills up my spine. Bbbbrrrrrrrr.
Posted 17 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill WAKE UP!
Posted 17 years ago by Martino    [ Reply ]
This is what Natalie Merchant would sound like if she had learned how to sing before she decided to become a singer. Seriously.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
publiceric wrote:
Please, play the original Ever So Lonely by Monsoon (with her as their lead vocalist). I see there is the Hindi version of it on your playlist. For those fuming at the soporific a capella effect, the original is a great antidote -- sort of a proto-rave fusion dance track from the 80s.
Where can I by this??? The original? The last time i heard this was while I was in school (1980), late night on our college radio station. This is an awesome song.
Posted 18 years ago by grant    [ Reply ]
I thought she sounded a lot like Imogen Heap. This song reminds me of Imogen's Hide & Seek which is one of my favorite songs...very pretty
Posted 18 years ago by jamm    [ Reply ]
Like it; very meditative, and would love to hear it tie-in with Pete Townshend's The Sea Refuses No River...THAT would put my head in an even better place! Groove on, Bill-san, groove on!
Posted 18 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]