Keith Green – Easter Song (live)

Uploaded by monum on May 25, 2008

Keith Green was a great song writer and performer.  Here is his story below:

The Lord had taken Keith from concerts of 20 or less — to stadiums of 12,000 people.  At his concerts Keith always gave an altar call and led thousands upon thousands to the Lord, and just as many firmly recommitted their lives fully to serve the Lord.

Keith began to appear on many television and radio programs. He talked about his walk with God and played a song or two. But his heart was to please the Lord.  His childhood dream of becoming a super star had been cleansed from his heart years before with something better – being a servant of God.
Keith said, ”I only want to build God’s Kingdom and see it increase, not my own. If someone writes a great poem no one praises the pencil they used, they praise the one who created the poem.  Well, I’m just a pencil in the hands of the Lord.  Don’t praise me, praise Him!”

2nd Chapter Of Acts Easter Song

Uploaded by Llelandj on Jul 19, 2009

For Keith, meeting Jesus was one thing. Becoming more like Him was another. He struggled with the same things we all do – developing self discipline, deadlines, bad attitudes, selfishness, and ministry issues screaming for attention. He was also trying to disciple the 70 new believers who had come to be part of LDM, which by now had moved to East Texas. Besides all this, Keith still had music to write, articles to finish, and a growing family and wife to take care of.
After striving for years to measure up to God’s holiness, at times even questioning his own salvation, Keith came into a deeper understanding of the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross — both to forgive his sins, and to clothe him in His righteousness.  It was like a huge weight had been lifted off of his chest.
It wasn’t that Keith became less concerned with purity and holiness. But now he was more motivated by love and less by fear in His pursuit of Jesus. He learned so much more about God’s grace and the importance of pausing simply to behold His glory and enjoy His presence. That is perhaps, what Keith loved most.
In 1982 Keith and Melody took a trip to Europe, including Greece and the UK, and their hearts were stirred.. especially when they visited the ministry in the Red Light district of Amsterdam, the open drug use, and the lack of thriving churches where ever they went.  Kith asked every leader what we could do, they all said, “Please tell people we need them to come help us.”

So Keith decided that at his 1982 Fall Tour he would challenge the Christians in America to get out of their comfort zones, and into the the world to reach the hurting.. So in the last few months of his life, with his heart turned back to winning souls, LDM booked large arenas for the Fall Tour, Melody wrote some missions songs, and YWAM founder Loren Cunningham was going to come to talk about the needs in the world, and give an missions altar call.
Keith’s heart had fully turned back to those who probably wouldn’t show up at a concert or a church. Keith wanted to go back out into the streets and into the prisons the way he and Melody did as new believers. He wanted to go to the mission fields of the nations, and into secular clubs to reach people with his music. However, it was not to be.
On July 28, 1982, there was a small plane crash and Keith went home to be with Jesus. The crash also took the life of his three-year-old son Josiah, and his two year old daughter, Bethany. Melody was home with their one year old, Rebekah, and was also six weeks pregnant with their fourth child, Rachel. Keith was only 28 years old.
Although Keith is now with Jesus, his life and ministry is still making a huge impact around the world. His songs and passionate delivery are still changing lives. His writings are translated into many languages. Keith once said, “When I die I just want to be remembered as a Christian.” It’s safe to say he reached his goal, and perhaps, a bit more.
Keith Green was simply a man of conviction. When his convictions led him to an eternally worthy object in the person of Jesus he sold all that he had—ambitions, possessions, and dreams—to possess His love. In so doing he became a man of devotion. He also became a man remembered, and still missed, by millions around the world.

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On the Road: 81-year-old salesman sweeps customers off their feet

Published on Sep 20, 2013

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Here is a picture that appeared in Ark Times today:

• Brian Chilson
• ON THE JOB: Melvin Pickens strolls Kavanaugh in a 2011 photo.

Melvin Pickens has shown up at Little Rock Broom Works almost every afternoon for about 60 years to purchase brooms and then a few months ago he went into the hospital. I visited him there and he seemed to be in good spirits and was hopeful that he hit the street again. However, he is going to have do his business from his home from now on. Lots of people across the USA are wondering what red handle broom Melvin Pickens sells in Little Rock and it is the Airlight  made by Little Rock Broom Works! There is a website,  http://www.theairlightbroom.com that tells all about the Airlight Broom. Max Brantley of the
Arkansas Times was nice enough to run a story on him and encourage people to get in touch with Melvin. Max noted, “Friends ask that I say a word about a familiar Little Rock person — Melvin Pickens, the Broom Man. He’s walked the streets of Little Rock selling brooms and mops since I came to town 40 years ago. A Facebook page post reports that health problems have confined him to his apartment in Cumberland Towers, though he welcomes well-wishers and, at this writing, still had a supply of brooms on hand for those who’d like to drop by and purchase one.”

Here is an article on Melvin Pickens that appeared a few years ago but the link to Carti no longer works:

SELLING BROOMS WITH STYLE by Mark Carter, Perspective Writer * Photos by Bob Ocken

12 * CARTI Perspective * Fall 2005 Fall 2005 * CARTI Perspective * 13

An entire generation – maybe even two – of
Little Rock residents knows the Broom Man. He’s been
a fixture at the Smokehouse, at Shipley’s Donuts, and at
shops up and down Kavanaugh in the Heights for years.
It’s second nature to him now, so much so that
even he’s not sure how long he’s been selling brooms.
“How long?” he said.”It’s been a long time, let’s put
it that way.”
Customers at the Smokehouse on a Wednesday
morning in August remembered the Broom Man from
their childhoods. Estimates come in at 40 years on the
job, at least as far as they can remember Pickens
roaming the neighborhood with his brooms.
Pickens made a bit of a detour in March – he and
his brooms found their way to CARTI/St.Vincent.
Although he hadn’t experienced any symptoms, a
routine check-up revealed something was wrong. His
urologist discovered the cancer and referred him
to CARTI.
“I’m really grateful she did,” Pickens said. “CARTI
has been really, really good to me.”
He completed treatment in eight weeks, and the
prognosis so far is good.
“I know the Lord’s gonna deliver me from
cancer,” Pickens said.”When you put your trust in God
and do what you’re supposed to do, everything’s
gonna be all right.”
Pickens, a grandfather of 10, is completely at
ease talking about his faith. It’s helped him endure
blindness – both his own partial blindness and that of
his wife of 46 years, Dorothy, who is legally blind – the
loss of two of his five children,and now cancer. His faith
has been a source of strength.
“Now I can tell people who have cancer, don’t
worry,” Pickens said. “Just accept it, and let God’s
will be done.”
Pickens credits God for his ongoing recovery from
cancer, but is quick to praise his entire treatment team
at CARTI/St.Vincent, including drivers Levi Mackey and
Albert Strickland, who picked him up at his house each
day of treatment.
“I give CARTI a lot of the credit,” he said.”They were
so nice to me. If I had to do it over again, I’d do the
same thing.”
Pickens arrived in Little Rock in 1957 from his
hometown of Hope, six years after high school. He
attended the Arkansas School for the Blind for a time,
and soon became involved with the non-profit
organization Lighthouse for the Blind, an advocacy
group for the blind and partially-sighted. And it was
through Lighthouse that he began selling brooms.
These days, the brooms come from Little Rock
Broomworks. Pickens gets a cut of each one sold. He
starts out at the Smokehouse, where the staff often feeds
him breakfast, then walks around the corner to Shipley’s
Donuts. It’s not uncommon on a
Saturday morning to see folks
leaving Shipley’s with a box of
donuts in one hand and a broom
in the other.
From there, he catches the
bus and takes the short ride over
to Kavanaugh, where he stops by
Sully’s Barber Shop and other
neighborhood haunts. And
where, after all these years, Pickens is as much a part of
the landscape as the old Heights Theater building.
Many homes in that part of town can boast an
impressive cache of brooms.Depending on the weather
and the pace of sales, Pickens may call it a day on
Kavanaugh. Or, if the weather is good and there are
brooms left to sell, he may wind up over at Parker
Cadillac in west Little Rock.
“Some days are pretty good,” he said.”Some days I
don’t sell nothing. But everybody is always so nice to
me. I don’t have any problems at all. I try to carry myself
a certain way – I give respect and get respect. If you do
the right thing, you’ll make it all right.”
That approach to life has served Pickens well. He
has volunteered on numerous city
committees and been active in
community affairs.
Watching him interact with
people, it’s clear his kindness
is contagious.
“If I can say a kind word to lift
somebody up in spirit, that’s all I
want to do,” he said. “It’s not what
people can do for you, but what you
can do for somebody.”
In his own way,Pickens has etched out a special place
in the heart of an entire Little Rock generation, or two.
“I don’t mind the sight or the cancer,” he said.
“There’s a place in society for everybody if you
apply yourself.”
I give CARTI a lot of
the credit,” he said.
“They were so nice to
me. If I had to do it
over again, I’d do the
same thing.”

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Evanescence – My Immortal

From David Hodges website:

David Hodges is a Grammy award-winning writer/producer/artist hailing from Little Rock, AR.

As the former writer and keyboardist of the band Evanescence, he and his band mates took home Best New Artist as well as the Best Hard Rock Performance trophy for their hit “Bring Me To Life” in 2004. Evanescence’s debut album Fallen has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.

David went on to write and produce Kelly Clarkson’s biggest worldwide single to date, “Because Of You”, which appeared on Clarkson’s 11 million-selling album Breakaway and garnered him the 2007 BMI Song Of The Year honor. The song was covered by Reba McEntire as the first single off her Duets album, and quickly rose up the country charts in 2007 becoming McEntire’s 30th Top 2 country single.

Hodges also penned the single, “What About Now”, which appears on American Idol Chris Daughtry’s debut album Daughtry. The 4x platinum Daughtry to date is credited as the fastest selling debut rock album in Soundscan history. “What About Now” also happens to be the first single on Westlife’s album “Who We Are.” David also won a BMI Pop award for this song.

David wrote the first single “Crush” for American Idol’s David Archuleta, which had the highest chart debut of any single since January 2007. David has since written songs for & released by Carrie Underwood, Train, Christina Perri, Celine Dion, David Cook, Lauren Alaina, The Cab, & many others.

In less than 10 years, David Hodges has been nominated for 6 Grammys & 1 Golden Globe, has won 5 BMI pop awards & 1 BMI country award, has had at least one album in the Billboard 200 for the last 8 consecutive years, and has written on albums that have sold over 50 million copies worldwide.

My Immortal

“My Immortal”
Single by Evanescence
from the album Fallen
Released	December 8, 2003
Format	CD single, digital download
Recorded	2002–2003; NRG Recording Studios, California
Genre	Piano rock, gothic rock
Length	4:24 (album version) 4:33 (band version)
Label	Wind-up
Writer(s)	Amy Lee, Ben Moody, David Hodges
Producer	Dave Fortman
Certification	Gold (RIAA) Platinum (ARIA)
Evanescence singles chronology
“Going Under” (2003) “My Immortal” (2003) “Everybody’s Fool” (2004)

“My Immortal” is a song by American rock band Evanescence from their debut studio album Fallen (2003). It was released by Wind-up Records on December 8, 2003 as the third single from the album. The song was entirely written by guitarist Ben Moody, with the exception of the bridge, which was later written by lead singer Amy Lee, and it was produced by Dave Fortman. “My Immortal” was included on their EP releases Evanescence (1997) and Mystary (2003) and on the demo CD Origin (2000). The version originally from Origin was later included on Fallen. The single version of the song was called “band version” because of the additional band performing the bridge and final chorus of the song.

“My Immortal” is a piano rock song written in slow and free tempo. Moody was inspired to write it after the death of his grandfather. Lyrically, it talks about “a spirit staying with you after its death and haunting you until you actually wish that the spirit were gone because it won’t leave you alone.”^[1] Critical reception towards the song were positive with critics complimenting its piano melody. In 2005 it received a nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 47th Grammy Awards. The song was also commercially successful, peaking within the top ten in more than ten countries. It also peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in Canada, Greece and the US Adult Pop Songs chart. The single was certified gold in the US, and platinum in Australia.

An accompanying music video directed by David Mould was filmed entirely in black-and-white in Gothic Quarter, Barcelona on October 10, 2003. The video shows Lee sitting and singing on various locations, but never touching the ground. Shots of Moody are also shown but he is never together with his band or Lee. The video was nominated in the category for Best Rock Video at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. The song was performed by the band during their Fallen Tour and The Open Door Tour. It was also performed live during some of their television appearances and award ceremonies such as the Billboard Music Awards.

Background

The song was written by Ben Moody and produced by Dave Fortman; it was the fourth song to be written for Evanescence.^[1] Amy Lee‘s vocals and the piano parts of the song were recorded in NRG Recording Studios, California.^[3] “My Immortal” was mixed at Conway Recording Studios in North Hollywood while it was mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound in New York City.^[3] The orchestral parts in the song were arranged by the composer Graeme Revell.^[3]

The first known recording of “My Immortal” was made for the band’s self-titled EP, which solely featured Lee’s vocals accompanied by an acoustic guitar and a piano, and slightly different lyrics. The song was cut from the EP before it was released.^[4] In 2000, the song was re-recorded for the band’s demo album, Origin, which contains a rearranged piano melody and lyrics, including the bridge added by Lee.^[5] It was again recorded for the band’s debut full-length debut studio album, Fallen where the vocals of the demo version (that were recorded by Lee at 18 years old) were accompanied by slightly different instrumentation.^[1] It is also featured on the band’s 2003 EP, Mystary, which is much similar to the band version.^[6] Wind-up Records preferred the Origin version, which is why the exact vocals recorded from 2000 are again included in the song’s album version.^[2] The version that was recorded and released as a single is moderately alternative to that of the album version, and is often referred to as the “band version” because of the additional band performing the bridge and final chorus of the song. The later pressings of Fallen contain the single version (or “band version”) of “My Immortal” as a hidden track.^[7] Lee expressed some dissatisfaction with the early versions of the song saying, “It’s not even a real piano. And the sound quality is bad because we had to break into the studio to record it late at night when no one was around because we couldn’t afford a real session.”^[2]

Composition

“My Immortal” is a piano^[8][9] and power ballad^[10] written in the key of A major.^[11] It was described as a “goth-meets-pop” song.^[12] According to the sheet music published by Alfred Music Publishing on the website Musicnotes.com, the song is set in common time and performed in slow and free tempo of 80 beats per minute. Lee’s vocal range for the song runs from the musical note of A₃ to C♯₅.^[13] Her vocals are accompanied by a simple piano.^[10] Adrien Begrand of PopMatters concluded that in “My Immortal”, Lee is “doing her McLachlan/Tori Amos schtick”.^[14] The song also received comparisons to Enya‘s material.^[15]

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The lyrics of the song refer to a spirit that haunts the memory of a grieving loved one.^[2] Similar to several other songs written by Moody, the lyrics of the song are based on a short story he had previously written.^[1] According to Lee, it was “Ben [Moody]’s song.”^[16] Moody said that the song talks about “a spirit staying with you after its death and haunting you until you actually wish that the spirit were gone because it won’t leave you alone.”^[1] He also stated in the booklet of Fallen that he dedicated the song to his grandfather, Bill Holcomb.^[1] In “My Immortal”, Lee expresses her feelings through the line, “Though you’re still with me / I’ve been alone all along.”^[17] A writer for IGN said that “‘My Immortal’ is a song of pain and despair caused by the loss of a family member or very close friend and how it drove her [Lee] to the edge of insanity.”^[17] Talking about the composition and the meaning of the song, Tom Reynolds of The Guardian said, “[‘My Immortal’ is] A whimpering post-breakup tune in which lead singer Amy Lee pitifully mourns the end of a relationship over a piano accompaniment that sounds like Pachelbel after the Prozac wore off. My Immortal closely follows the ‘quantum tragedy paradigm’: the shorter the time two people spent together as a couple, the more overwrought the song is that describes their break-up. Judging by the lorry-load of anguish Lee spews out, she split from someone she dated for about an hour (if her lyrics are to be believed, the guy was a real freak, too).”^[18]

Critical reception

While reviewing the band’s second studio album The Open Door (2006), Alex Nunn of the website musicOMH showed incredulity that the “angelic-vocalled woman who wrote the moving/emotive/whatever My Immortal” could “churn out such dross as Call Me When You’re Sober.”^[19] Kirk Miller of Rolling Stone said that “‘My Immortal’ lets Lee wail about her personal demons over simple piano and some symphonic dressings — it’s a power ballad that P.O.D. and Tori Amos fans could both appreciate.”^[10] Chris Harris of the same publication found it to be a “song that’s become something of an Alanis Morissette-like battle hymn for her [Lee’s] goth disciples over the last few years.”^[20] Richard Harrington of The Washington Post called “My Immortal” a “majestic” song that helped the band win a Grammy Award.^[21] Blair R. Fischer from MTV News described the song as a “delicate, heartfelt ballad”.^[15] IGN‘s Ed Thompson concluded that “My Immortal” was “one of the first and best songs Evanescence ever wrote”.^[22] Jordan Reimer, a writer of The Daily Princetonian found a “haunting beauty” in the song.^[23] Bill Lamb of About.com put the song at number 61 on his list of “Top 100 Pop Songs of 2004”.^[24] Tom Reynolds of The Guardian put the song at number 24 on his list “Sad songs say so much”.^[18] In 2005 the band was nominated in the category for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 47th Grammy Awards for the song.^[25][26][27]

Chart performance

The song is considered the band’s second most successful single of all time, generally peaking within the top 20 of more than 10 countries internationally. On the chart issue dated April 10, 2004, “My Immortal” peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100,^[28] while on the Pop Songs chart it peaked at number two on March 27, 2004.^[29] It has peaked at number nineteen on the Adult Contemporary chart as well.^[30] On February 17, 2009, “My Immortal” was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling more than 500,000 copies in the United States.^[31] The song managed to top the charts of Canada, Greece and Billboard‘s Adult Pop Songs in the United States.^[32][33][34] It also helped Fallen to move from number nine to number three on the Billboard 200 chart, selling another 69.000 copies.^[35][36] On the Billboard‘s Radio Songs chart, the song peaked at number seven on April 10, 2004.^[37] Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems placed the song at number six on the list of most played radio songs in 2004 with 317,577 spins.^[38]

On the Australian Singles Chart, “My Immortal” debuted at number four on January 25, 2004 which later became its peak position.^[39] The next eleven weeks, it remained in the top ten of the chart,^[40] and it was seen on the chart at number forty-four for the week ending June 13, 2004.^[41] The single was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).^[42] On December 20, 2003, “My Immortal” debuted at number seven on the UK Singles Chart which later became its peak position.^[43] On February 14, 2004 the song dropped out of the chart, and it later re-entered at number eighty-four on July 18, 2008.^[44] After spending several weeks on different positions on the UK Rock Chart, on August 27, 2011, it peaked at number one.^[45] The next week, “My Immortal” moved to number two being replaced by the band’s single “What You Want” (2011),^[45] and one week later it returned at number one on the chart.^[45] That achievement helped the song to re-enter on the UK Singles Chart at number eight-one on August 27, 2011 and at number eighty-nine on October 22, 2011.^[44]

Music video

The music video for “My Immortal” was filmed in Barri Gòtic, Barcelona.

A music video directed by David Mould was filmed entirely in black-and-white in Plaça de Sant Felip Neri, Gothic Quarter (Barri Gòtic), Barcelona on October 10, 2003.^[2][46] Lee described the place of the filming during an interview with MTV News: “We did it in a cool, old area of town.[…] We shot some of it at this scenic point, and there was a rooftop where you could see Barcelona below. It was really neat.”^[2] The band version of the song is played throughout the video. Lee said that Evanescence initially wanted to film a video for the band version of the song, but “the label was stuck on the demo and wouldn’t let us use the version we really wanted.[…] We fought back and forth about it and finally we gave in, but we were all so angry about it.”^[2] The video was filmed two weeks before Ben Moody’s departure from the band.^[46] Amy Lee admitted that the visuals in the video were “striking in retrospect”, but added that the similarities between what was filmed and Moody’s departure were coincidental: “We shot it in Barcelona about a week before Ben left the band unexpectedly. I think none of us knew, including him, that he was going anywhere. And when we got the video back and watched it, it was right after he had left. And it’s bizarre how much the video is about that. We all sat there with goose bumps, like, ‘Holy crap. We’ve got to watch that again.'”^[47] In an interview with the British magazine Rock Sound, Lee further explained the concept which was related with his departure:

“You know what? When you see the video it’s really amazing. Obviously we filmed it before this [Ben Moody’s departure] happened and it’s amazing irony, how much it makes sense. We’re all separated and wandering the streets looking like it’s the day after a funeral, with Ben in a suit and bare feet, and I’m never touching the ground. I’m sitting on a phone booth or lying on a car, to hint that I’m dead, that I’m singing from the dead. It’s all about separation. It’s almost like the director knew what was going to happen, but he can’t have known. It’s just one of those fate things.”^[48]

The music video for “My Immortal” begins with Lee next to a fountain. Her legs and arms are covered with bandage, and she puts them in the water. She’s wearing a long white dress. While she walks around the fountain, behind her are shown children jumping on a skipping rope and playing soccer. Shots of Moody follow, who appears to be sullen and withdrawn. He is wearing a suit and his feet are bare. His shoulders sag and his head slumps forward as he delicately plays piano, and later he picks up his jacket as if he’s about to leave. When the bridge starts, the band is shot performing in one room while Moody is in another, with only his piano. Throughout the video, Lee is never filmed on ground level. She walks along the ledge of a fountain, sits in a tree and sings lying on top of a building. She also lies atop scaffolding and on the hood of a car surrounded with leaves.

The video for the song was nominated in the category for Best Rock Video at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.^[49][50][51] According to Jon Wiederhorn from MTV News, the shots of the video are “evocative and artistic, resembling a cross between a foreign film and a Chanel advertisement.”^[2] Joe D’Angelo of MTV News said that Lee’s disconnection in the video shows a “distressed and emotionally wrought heroine.”^[52] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone praised the video saying that Lee looked like a “teen-misery titan” and that she “tiptoed through a marble castle of pain”.^[53] He also concluded that she could have borrowed the dress from Stevie Nicks.^[53] During an interview with Spin in 2011 Lee said that it was weird for her to watch the old videos of the band including the one for “My Immortal”. She explaind, “Just watching our oldest videos, it’s weird. I definitely remember watching ‘My Immortal,’ like, ‘That was not some dream where it was really somebody else.’ I’ve totally had a couple of those moments. It’s cool.”^[54]

Live performances

Amy Lee performing during a concert in 2009.

Evanescence performed the song at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards on December 8, 2004.^[55] The band was joined by an eight-piece string section during the performance and a stage backdrop of knotted, decaying trees were placed on stage in order to showcase the “powerful vocals” by Amy Lee as stated by a writer of Billboard.^[55] The band additionally performed the song at Late Show with David Letterman in March, 2004.^[56]

The band performed “My Immortal” on August 13, 2003 in Chicago during the Nintendo Fusion Tour.^[15][57] It was also part of the set list on the band’s first Fallen Tour.^[58] Evanescence also performed the song at the Webster Hall in Manhattan, New York City in September, 2003. “My Immortal” was the closing song of the concert, and Lee performed it after asking the fans “Just promise not to fall asleep.”^[57] During the performance, she wore an Alice in Wonderland dress covered with scrawled words, including the words “dirty, useless, psycho and slut.”^[57] She explained that there was a story behind the dress. The last time she had come to New York, she had met a D.J. from the radio station K-Rock, who had made what she described as horrible comments about exactly how much pleasure he had derived from the picture of her face on the Fallen album cover.^[57] She had felt too ashamed to say anything, she went on, so she decided to respond through the dress, which represented something innocent that’s been tainted.^[57]

“My Immortal” was also part of the set list during the band’s second tour, called The Open Door Tour in support of their second studio album The Open Door (2006).^[59][60][61] Evanescence also played the song live at their secret New York gig which took place on November 4, 2009.^[20] They also performed the song during the 2011 Rock in Rio festival on October 2, 2011.^[62] The song was later added on the set list of their third worldwide tour in support of their third self-titled studio album Evanescence (2011).^[63][64] A live version of the song from Le Zénith, Paris is featured on their first live album, Anywhere but Home (2004).^[65][66][67] Johnny Loftus of Allmusic praised the live version saying that Lee takes a “softer approach” while performing “My Immortal” and added that it “becomes a singalong moment for 5,000 souls.”^[68]

Covers and usage in media

“My Immortal” was featured on the soundtrack Daredevil: The Album from the movie Daredevil (2003) along with “Bring Me to Life“.^[14][69] It was also heavily used in promos for the series finale of Friends.^{[citation needed]}

The song has been used during several television episodes. It featured during the Smallville season three episode “Memoria”. It was used in the first episode, “No Such Thing as Vampires“, of the American series Moonlight.^[70] Lucy Walsh, a contestant of the show Rock the Cradle, covered the song during the fifth episode, “Judge’s Picks”.^[71] Dancer Hampton Williams performed to this song during his audition for the Season 9 premiere of So You Think You Can Dance which aired on May 24, 2012, where he received a standing ovation.^[72][73]

The song was used for The Voice UK winner Andrea Begley as her winning single. The song saw much success for Begley and the show.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Fallen liner notes.^[1]

Track listing

Charts and certifications

See also

Book: Fallen

• List of Canadian number-one singles of 2004
• Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks number-one hits of 2004
• List of UK Rock Chart number-one singles of 2011

References

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3. ^ ^{a b c} Reeseman, Bryan (August 1, 2003). “In The Recording Studio With Evanescence: Recording Fallen”. Mix (NewBay Media). Retrieved July 22, 2011.
4. ^ Evanescence (EP album). Evanescence. 1997.
5. ^ Origin (Demo album). Evanescence. Bigwig Enterprises. 2000.
6. ^ Mystary (EP album). Evanescence. Wind-up Records. 2003.
7. ^ “My Immortal Band Version Free Download Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)”. Evanescence.com. 2004. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009.
8. ^ Thompson, Ed (October 4, 2006). “Evanescence – The Open Door”. IGN. News Corporation. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
9. ^ Claire, Colette. “Evanescence Album Review”. The Gauntlet (Gauntlet Publication Society). Retrieved July 22, 2011.
10. ^ ^{a b c} Miller, Kirk (March 25, 2003). “Fallen by Evanescence”. Rolling Stone (Wenner Media). Retrieved July 29, 2011.
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12. ^ Clark, Michael D. (August 11, 2004). “Evanescence singer takes Christian band in new direction”. Houston Chronicle (Hearst Corporation). Retrieved July 23, 2011.
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