{"id":57151,"date":"2019-11-14T11:49:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T11:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=57151"},"modified":"2019-11-14T11:49:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T11:49:58","slug":"our-reflections-on-the-new-ep-from-engelbert-humperdinck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/our-reflections-on-the-new-ep-from-engelbert-humperdinck\/","title":{"rendered":"Our &#8216;Reflections&#8217; On The New EP From Engelbert Humperdinck"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>We really love Engelbert Humperdinck here at Essentially Pop. His career spans more than half a century, and he&#8217;s not showing signs of stopping anytime soon. Fans and followers of Enge will know he&#8217;s up to date on social media, with his Twitter and Instagram fun places to visit,. while his regular Facebook vlog, &#8220;Tuesday Museday&#8221; sees him sharing bits and pieces from his everyday life, touring (he never stops!), and music previews. In short, he&#8217;s cool.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year we reviewed Enge&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/10\/engelbert-humperdinck-brings-us-an-early-christmas-gift-with-warmest-christmas-wishes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christmas album<\/a>, his first seasonal offering in 40 years; the previous year we reviewed &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/11\/engelbert-humperdinck-the-man-i-want-to-be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Man I Want To Be<\/a>&#8216;, and now, he&#8217;s back with a new EP, &#8216;Reflections&#8217;, out this Friday, 15 November.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The five track EP, out on OK! Good Records, opens with the gorgeous &#8216;You&#8217;, dedicated to his wonderful wife Patricia, to whom he&#8217;s been married for over 50 years. &#8216;You&#8217; saw The Hump do something he&#8217;s &#8211; unbelievably &#8211; never done before. For the first time ever, he released a music video to accompany the song, a proper full on video clip, which sees him singing in various locations of a gorgeous villa. There&#8217;s also a really lovely scene of him spinning on the lawn, while doves take flight (superimposed sadly) around him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_75068\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nv3HuEtnQcU?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Engelbert Humperdinck - You (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Nv3HuEtnQcU\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Engelbert Humperdinck&#8217;s voice is as smooth and velvety as it&#8217;s always been, and it&#8217;s hard to believe that he&#8217;s 83 years young. Second track, &#8216;Don&#8217;t Let The Old Man In&#8217; is a country tinged track that reflects on the last years of his life. All the tracks are reflective and often autobiographical, touching on his thoughts of what his life has been. At the same time however, he talks of only being as old as you feel &#8211; &#8220;ask yourself how old you would be \/ if you didn&#8217;t know the day you were born&#8221; &#8211; is great advice to all of us who at times feel &#8220;old&#8221;; growing older isn&#8217;t a choice, but feeling old is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Track 3, &#8216;Angel On My Shoulder&#8217;, is like part 2 of the previous song; also country-tinged, it continues the reverie, with Enge talking about his life, and how he&#8217;s never lost the joy and thrill of his chosen career.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The penultimate track, &#8216;I&#8217;m Glad I Danced With You&#8217; is a waltz tempo, and harks back to his legendary classic, &#8216;The Last Waltz&#8217; (there&#8217;s even a wink to it in the lyrics). The song sees Engelbert singing a duet with his granddaughter Olivia, who seems set to follow in her grandfather&#8217;s footsteps with a musical career. Her beautiful voice belies her tender years, and the track was released as a surprise Valentine&#8217;s Day single this year. Dedicated to Patricia, the song is a real family affair, with lyrics written by Engelbert&#8217;s daughter Louise. It&#8217;s a re-recording of the track which was released on his album, &#8216;The Man I Want To Be&#8217;, and talks about the night Engelbert and Patricia first met, at a dance, and how their love has lasted throughout the years and notwithstanding Patricia&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I met my wife when she was 17 years old in a dance-hall. I asked her to dance and we&#8217;ve been together ever since,\u201d says Engelbert.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Final song, &#8216;Ten Guitars&#8217;, opens up like a Duane Eddy number, before going all classic Hump In Vegas style, showing that there&#8217;s plenty of life in this fella, who &#8211; you watch &#8211; will still be recording and touring well into his 90s and beyond.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Engelbert Humperdinck will be returning to Europe in early 2020, but in the meantime he&#8217;s touring around the US and you can see him at the following dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nov. 16 \u2013 Honolulu, HI @ Blaldell Center Concert Hall<br \/>\nNov. 22 &#8211; Morristown, NJ @ Mayo Performing Arts Center<br \/>\nNov. 23 &#8211; Westbury, NY @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury<br \/>\nNov. 24 &#8211; Cranston, RI @ Park Theatre<br \/>\nNov. 29 &#8211; Las Vegas, NV @ Orleans Showroom<br \/>\nNov. 30 &#8211; Las Vegas, NV @ Orleans Showroom<br \/>\nDec. 1 &#8211; Las Vegas, NV @ Orleans Showroom<br \/>\nJan. 23 &#8211; Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Parker Playhouse<br \/>\nJan. 24 &#8211; Clearwater, FL @ Capitol Theater<br \/>\nFeb. 23 \u2013 Detroit, MI @ Motor City Casino Hotel<br \/>\nFeb. 29 \u2013 Myrtle Beach, FL @ Alabama Theater<br \/>\nMar. 1 \u2013 Wilmington, NC @ Wilson Center<br \/>\nMar. 27 &#8211; La Mirada, CA @ La Mirada Theatre<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Engelbert Humperdinck is online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ehumperdinck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Engelbert-Humperdinck\/110968478992995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thisisengelberthumperdinck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, and his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engelbert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>. &#8216;Reflections&#8217; is out tomorrow, November 15, through OK! Good Records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year we reviewed Engelbert Humperdinck&#8217;s Christmas album, his first seasonal offering in 40 years; the previous year we reviewed &#8216;The Man I Want To Be&#8217;, and now, he&#8217;s back with a new EP, &#8216;Reflections&#8217;, out this Friday, 15 November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":57152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[264,21447,7,21454,9,21445,21449,640],"tags":[394,616,568,11720,939,77,23501,116,1455,103,81],"class_list":["post-57151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","category-ep-reviews","category-music","category-new-eps","category-new-releases","category-reviews","category-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-concerts","tag-country","tag-engelbert-humperdinck","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-ep","tag-new-release","tag-reflections","tag-review","tag-rock-and-roll","tag-tour","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-eRN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66753,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/12\/engelbert-humperdinck-releases-new-ep-sentiments\/","url_meta":{"origin":57151,"position":0},"title":"Engelbert Humperdinck Releases New EP, &#8216;Sentiments&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"10\/12\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As the world buckled down with COVID-19, iconic vocalist\u00a0Engelbert Humperdinck\u00a0had to adjust to the shifting restrictions provided by the pandemic. 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