Love comes in all shapes and flavors, but it’s the same. Love born of sight alone leads to a pledge of successful courtship (The Star of the County Down), shy longing or bold calling from the shadow (My Lagan Love; Doe-Skin Blanket), and hopeful wooing beneath a beloved’s window (Serenade). The young assure their youthful companions of future devotion (She Moved Thro’ the Fair) and fidelity through sickness and old age (Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms), or simply gush from the heart with sweet words of praise (Where e’er you walk). Love’s pleasure assented to bears the deepest joy and satisfaction (The World is Mine Tonight), celebratory longing to reunitie once more (Hear My Song; Neopolitan Love Song) and forever (The Same Great Love Song). Love’s pleasure denied bears desperation and bitterness (Kathleen Mavourneen; The Bitterness of Love). The loving recall departed lovers with breaking hearts (She is Far from the Land), their youthful companions with wistful sadness or rekindling delight (Oft in the Stilly Night; The Kerry Dance), and the land of their birth with burning devotion (Ireland, Mother Ireland). Parents whisper sweet nothings to their babies (Mighty ‘Lak a Rose), mark their passage to sleep with song and prayer (That’s an Irish Lullaby; ACradle Song), invoke the fairies to teach them virtues of love (A Fairy Story by the Fire), and go to desperate lengths to feed them (Fields of Athenry). Above all else, they champion love as their mark when the young leave the nest (Danny Boy). ===== The Same Great Love Song – music & lyrics by Brian Hunter I can see in you, my dear, All I need from life. Soon the years will fly away; You will still be my dear. Everything you’ve heard of love before, Everything your heart has known From before you began to hear… The same great Love Song written long ago, I swear this Love to be true.. The same great Love Song, This time for me and you. Hear it in my words, Feel it in my heart, And sing that same great Love Song with me. The same great Love Song, This time for you and me. Hear it in your heart, Sing it in your words, And we will live the Song of Love! ===== In addition to pop and cabaret styles, Brian Hunter began his professional career in a great polyphonic church choir, then moved on to the lyric classical roles, and the Irish and classical tenor repertoire. Although an avid pop music devotee, his training is basically classical, holding bachelors and masters of music as a violinist, with private voice training. Nevertheless, he has been an avid follower of many pop and jazz cultures and has always stretched the boundaries of his classical and Irish audiences. In addition to performing, Brian has created music programming for cruise ships, hiring and performing with many stars of the operatic and concert world. He is also a past president of the Musicians Club of New York, one of the oldest music organizations in New York City, founded in 1911 by Walter Damrosch. Primary activities include the running of performance and recording competitions and creating a New York City-based concert series. You can find a number of videos at youtube.com. Try searching "brian hunter singer" to w**d out the non-singing brian hunters of the world!