Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Story Of The Rockers Composer(s): Jim Pewter Performer(s): Gene Vincent; Shakin' Stevens & the Sunsets
It started out with Haley's Comets A-rockin' round the clock Well, then along came Presley With some hillbilly rock, now Mix it in with Carl Perkins Chuck Berry when he's workin' And Little Richard out of Macon Inspired Jerry Lee to shakin' Slow down the tempo with the Fat Man Bring back the rhythm with Bo's band Don and Phil and Eddie Cochran And Buddy Holly kept a-rockin'
And that's the story of the rockers Yeah, who kept us dancin' Everybody was movin' And it looked [felt] so fine Yeah, you could feel the emotion As you looked around Sock it to me rockers Roll it down the line
Jump back down to to Philly For a daily Bandstand Rock At The Hop with Danny's Juniors The Stroll was very hot now Rydell, Cannon and Dion sang While Eddy's Rebels twanged on Soon the world a-started twistin' With the Checker dance The Four Seasons sang Sherry While Barry Gordy shopped the Champs Ike and Tina and a-Uncle Ray Along with Shannon's Runaway
And that's the story of the rockers Yeah, who kept us dancin' Everybody was movin' And it looked [felt] so fine Yeah, you could feel the emotion As you looked around Sock it to me rockers Roll it down the line
The West Coast started surfin' With the Beach Boy band Jan and Dean and the Surfaris Spread the songs throughout the land And soon the Beatles from a-Liverpool Electrified, began to rule Roll out the Stones with Satisfaction Mix in a bit of blues reaction Byrds and Spoonful got in motion With a very good time notion * Otis Redding and Revue Young Rascals attitude
And that's the story of the rockers Yeah, who kept us dancin' Everybody was movin' And it looked [felt] so fine Yeah, you could feel the emotion As you looked around Sock it to me rockers Roll it down the line
Chuck Willis, Lord Old Sam Cooke Sock it to me, yeah, Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen, Lloyd Price, Hey don't touch that dial, I ain't through I forgot somebody, Bobby Darin, Larry Williams, The Blue Caps... Here we go...
Year Of The Guru Composer(s): Eric Burdon Performer(s): The Animals
My leader told me to jump in the river The river was deep and the weather was winter After a sailer very kindly saved me My leader told me, you'd better take it easy I took it so easy my leader called me lazy Through the lack of red meat Everything was getting hazy Friends looked at me and said, Man, you gotta be crazy Oh, oh leader My leader said son you'd better get yourself together never mind the fools who know what we're getting into But a forty mile walk would do us both a world of good and he sat down and watched me take off down the road Well, I walked so far my feet began to bleed If this was good for me I just couldn't see it A motorist picked me up and said Look man, you must be crazy Oh, oh leader Oh, oh leader My leader came to see me in a hospital bed Well at least I really knew that my leader really cared After giving me a second-hand roach He said where's your donation man, It's all for a good cause. He left me all alone to work the riddle out But I just couldn't make it so I began to shout They stuck a hypodermic deep down into me Said, look out nurse I think we got a loony Oh, oh leader Okay baby follow me now Follow your leader All rightNow here I sit in a state-run asylum Limitless, friendless but much more together I decided to do some good book readin' About the art of people leadin' Now I'm the leader and they're being led What's the matter if they're crazy till you hear what I've said Being the leader is really where its at But just how long can a good thing last Oh, oh leader Oh, oh leader Now listen to this baby This is the year of the guru Now the thing to do is to ask yourself What can a guru do for me? Then you say to yourself I gotta get a guru
Life Looks Better In Spring Composer(s): Nasos Lambrianides - Melis Konstantinou First performance by: Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders - 2010
Time changes everything, even you and I have changed The rain the winters bring has made us fade away I still remember everything, that old December, the fears, the cold I really wonder how you feel on these nights, all alone
I hope someday you'll see me I hope someday you'll spot me in the crowd Take my hand and kiss me I hope someday you'll say my name out loud
(Tell me) Tell me about your feelings, tell me about your stories Look into my eyes and come on closer, make me immortal with a kiss (Tell me) Tell me about your feelings, tell me about your stories We know it's over, so tell me it's over and life will be better in spring
Time changes everything, but this feeling, it still remains The sweetness of the lips I kissed will always be the same
I hope someday you'll see me I hope someday you'll spot me in the crowd Smile and say you miss me I hope someday you'll say my name out loud
(Tell me) Tell me about your feelings, tell me about your stories Look into my eyes and come on closer, make me immortal with a kiss (Tell me) Tell me about your feelings, tell me about your stories We know it's over, so tell me it's over and life will be better in spring
(Tell me) Tell me about your feelings, tell me about your stories Look into my eyes and come on closer, make me immortal with a kiss (Tell me) Tell me about your feelings, tell me about your stories We know it's over, so tell me it's over and life will be better in spring
Year Of The Cat Composer(s): Al Stewart; Peter Wood Performer(s): Al Stewart; BB Band; Hanne Boel; The Countdown Singers
On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where they turn back time You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre Contemplating a crime She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Like a watercolour in the rain Don't bother asking for explanations She'll just tell you that she came In the year of the cat
She doesn't give you time for questions As she locks up your arm in hers And you follow 'till your sense of which direction Completely disappears By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls There's a hidden door she leads you to These days, she says, I feel my life Just like a river running through The year of the cat
Well, she looks at you so cooly And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea She comes in incense and patchouli So you take her, to find what's waiting inside The year of the cat
Well, morning comes and you're still with her And the bus and the tourists are gone And you've thrown away the choice and lost your ticket So you have to stay on But the drum-beat strains of the night remain In the rhythm of the new-born day You know sometime you're bound to leave her But for now you're going to stay In the year of the cat
Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)
(Dutch Version: Storm En Regen - 2009)
Composer(s): Harold Arlen - Ted Koehler
First performance/First release by: Ethel Waters & Duke Ellington & His Orch./Leo Reisman & His Orch. - 1933
Covered by multiple other artists
Don't know why There's no sun up in the sky Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps raining all the time
Life is bare Gloom and misery everywhere Stormy weather Just can't get my poor old self together I'm weary all the time, the time So weary all of the time
When he went away The blues walked in and met me If he stays away, old rocking chair will get me All I do is pray The lord above will let me Walk in the sun once more
Can't go on Everything I had is gone Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps raining all the time Keeps raining all of the time
I walk around, Heavy-hearted and sad Night comes around And I'm still feeling bad Rain pourin' down Blinding every hope I had This pitter 'n patter 'n beatin' 'n spatterin' drivin' me mad
Love, love, love, love This misery will be the end of me
When he went away The blues walked in and met me If he stays away, old rocking chair will get me All I do is pray The lord above will let me Walk in the sun once more
Can't go on Everything I had is gone Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps raining all the time, the time Keeps raining all the time
Yeah Man (aka The Magnificent Seven (by Al Caiola and His Orch.); Sweet Soul Music (by Arthur Conley) - 1967)) ((French Version: La Seule Vraie Musique (by Johnny Hallyday) - 1967)) Composer(s): Sam Cooke First release by: Sam Cooke - 1965
Do you like good music crazy 'bout music any old music yeah, yeah do you like all the dances you crazy 'bout the dances
as long as they are swinging what, what let's try some others dances I don't know which one let's try to do the monkey all right, yeah
do you like all the dances I'm crazy 'bout the dances let's try a new dance let's try the watutsi I love to do the tutsi put the twist with the tutsi
let's try a new dance dig what I tell you got to do what I tell you
you're on a football field you're down in the huddle run for that touchdown
you're on a baseball field now your bat's in your hand now swing for that homerun
you're in the middle of an ocean ship had gone done now swim our life now swim, swim, got to go I'm going home
Run Away Composer(s): Anton Ragoza - Sergey Stepanov - Alina Galetskaya First performance by: Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira - 2010
Oh... forget, let me breathe, let me live Just run away from my mind Oh... forgive, I don't need, I won't breathe Just get away from my life
You've lost one and all, so fly away Over the clouds, under the sky Never come back and run away With all your might, give up you
I don't believe anymore your shallow heart I know that it's you who chose to play this trick I'll never forgive you, not for anything And now you are left with nothing
Oh... forget, let me breathe, let me live Just run away from my mind Oh... forgive, I don't need, I won't breathe Just get away from my life
Oh... forget, let me breathe, let me live Just run away from my mind Oh... forgive, I don't need, I won't breathe Just get away from my life
There's no other time to making happiness You have mistaken We have no progressive future I know your lying nature
There's no other time to making happiness You have mistaken We have no progressive future I know your lying nature
Oh... forget, let me breathe, let me live Just run away from my mind Oh... forgive, I don't need, I won't breathe Just get away from my life
Oh... forget, let me breathe, let me live Just run away from my mind Oh... forgive, I don't need, I won't breathe Just get away from my life
Y'Avait Du Soleil Composer(s): Jean Lenoir Performer(s): Edith Piaf
Dans tout le raffut des musiques Des pianos mécaniques Des manèges électriques Un jour, à la fête de Saint-Cloud Dans un tir, je vois un grand type Avec toute une équipe Pan, l'uf et pan, la pipe Et la fille faisait mouche à tout coup Tout autour, on s'marrait Et comme j'étais tout près Il m'a offert du nougat, du surpain Du premier coup on était deux copains
Y avait du soleil ce jour-là Je revois tout ça, c'est loin déjà Mais ça me tourne encore la tête Il riait, même sortant de la fête Un p'tit porto, deux doigts d'écho Demain on se reverra coco... Je voulais pas tomber dans ses bras Oui, mais voilà... Y avait du soleil, ce jour-là...
Je revois nos balades de première Sur ma moto, pépère Lui devant, moi derrière Comme ça gazait, la joie au cur Surtout notre premier dimanche Arrêtés sous les branches Il avait carte blanche Pour me donner tous les bonheurs Le plafond, c'était le ciel Alors, tout naturel' Dans l'herbe tendre on a cueilli d'abord Des fleurs, et puis l'amour encore, encore...
Y avait du soleil, ce jour-là Et les lilas, je revois tout ça Comme il riait sur l'herbe épaisse Même son rire c'était une caresse Ça chantait partout dans les nids Moi je soupirais : "C'est le paradis Dis-moi que jamais on ne se quittera... Tant que tu voudras..." Y avait du soleil, ce jour-là...
La-la-la... Dis-moi que jamais on ne se quittera... Tant que tu voudras... Y avait du soleil, ce jour-là...
Stormy Horizons Composer(s): Frank Iris - Ira Louvin Performer(s): Jim & Jesse; Donnie "Dobro" Scott
I scarcely hear the wild wind's cry or feel its sudden blast A greater storm just swept my world apart Today you're with someday new my hopes are gone at last There's stormy horizons in my heart
Rain swept and tattered like the rose in the wind Stormy horizons without and within You were all that mattered but you wanted to be free Now stormy horizons wait for me
Of things as fragile and as sweet as roses dreams are made And dreams we had you held so carelessly They fell like petals round my feet I saw my rainbow fade Now stormy horizons wait for me
Y'Avait Donc Pas De Quoi Performer(s): Charles Aznavour
Je suis sorti pour aller nulle part Et le plus fort c'est que je suis allé Je n'y ai rencontré personne Alors bien sur il ne m'est rien arrivé C'était un jour sans soleil ni brouillard Je n'étais pas triste et n'étais pas gai Les rues n'étaient pas monotones Et rien n'était particulier
Y'avait donc pas de quoi Pas de quoi En faire une chanson Mais j'avais rien à faire
Alors j'en ai fait une, ai fait une Ai fait une Et ça vaut bien mieux dans le fond Que de faire la guerre
Personne ne m'a offert un pont d'or Je n'ai pas non plus rencontrer l'amour Je ne me sentais pas malade C'était un jour, comme un million d'autres jours Je n'ai pas bu à en être ivre-mort Aucun malheur n'est venu me frapper J'ai fait une simple balade Sans aucune arrière-pensée
Y'avait donc pas de quoi Pas de quoi En faire une chanson Mais j'avais rien à faire Alors j'en ai fait une, ai fait une Ai fait une Et ça vaut bien mieux dans le fond Que de faire la guerre
Sans trop savoir ni pourquoi ni comment Tandis que la nuit remplaçait le jour Mes pieds ont emprunté de même Tout benoîtement le chemin du retour Arrivé chez moi pour trompé le temps Je n'ai rien fait que des ronds de fumée Et comme j'étais sans problème Dans mon lit je me suis coulé
Y'avait donc pas de quoi Pas de quoi En faire une chanson Mais j'avais rien à faire Alors j'en ai fait une, ai fait une Ai fait une Et ça vaut bien mieux dans le fond Que de faire la guerre
My Heart Is Yours Composer(s): Fredrik Kempe - Hanne Margrethe Fredriksen Sørvaag First performance by: Didrik Solli-Tangen - 2010
You are like a sunset behind a mountain somewhere And when I cannot see you, I know you're still there
Because my heart is yours, I'll never leave you Though we are far apart, I'm by your side My love is never gone, I feel it rise again Through it all, now my heart is yours
You say I am the moonlight, I watch you at night And when you cannot see me, I'm still there in the sky
Because my heart is yours, I'll never leave you Though we are far apart, I'm by your side My love is never gone, I feel it rise again Through it all, now my heart is yours
Because my heart is yours, I'll never leave you Though we are far apart, I'm by your side My love is never gone, I feel it rise again Through it all, now my heart is yours
Yann Et Les Dauphins Composer(s): Étienne Roda-Gil; Julien Clerc Performer(s): Julien Clerc
Savez-vous ce que racontent Les dauphins des grandes mers Une histoire de ce monde Mais d'un autre univers Tout près d'un port des Flandres Il y a bien longtemps Yann avait un navire Mais n'avait pas seize ans
{Refrain:} N'est pas pirate qui veut Sur la grande mer du Nord N'est pas heureux qui veut Dans la grande course au trésor
Yann fit son équipage De fuyards encerclés De forbans les plus louches Et de filles damnées Quand ils furent au large Toutes voiles dehors Yann et son équipage Proclamèrent l'Age d'Or
{Refrain}
Sur le pont du navire Toujours il y avait bal On buvait sans être ivre On aimait sans carnaval Vingt vaisseaux de dix empires Coulèrent Yann un soir On entendait claquer des rires Parmi les voiles noires
Avec son équipage Il partit lentement Vers d'autres rivages Chevauchant les grands dauphins blancs C'est l'histoire que racontent Les dauphins à leurs enfants Yann avait un navire Mais n'avait pas seize ans
Algo Pequeñito First performance by: Daniel Diges - 2010
Algo pequeñito, algo chiquitito Una rosa blanca, una caricia, un beso dulce y un perdón Algo pequeñito, algo chiquitito Un gesto tierno, una mirada, un abrazo o una flor
Algo pequeñito, algo chiquitito Un simple te quiero, con dulzura, con cariño y con pasión Es lo que te pido amor, mi vida se derrumba, me partes el corazón Trata pronto de cambiar, el tiempo se termina ahora de verdad
Algo pequeñito Algo chiquitito Cosas simples que ahora no me das Que te pido con locura si no quieres terminar
Algo pequeñito Algo chiquitito En tus manos tienes la ocasión Hoy decides si quererme o romperme el corazón
Algo pequeñito, algo muy bonito Tu pelo al viento que se enreda entre mis manos al calor Has sabido comprender que las pequeñas cosas son las que hacen esto arder Ahora trata de cambiar que el resto de las cosas ya se arreglarán
Algo pequeñito Algo chiquitito Cosas simples que ahora si me das Que te quiero con locura y siempre yo te voy a amar
Algo pequeñito Algo chiquitito En tus manos tienes la ocasión Decidiste tú quererme y no romperme el corazón Y no romperme el corazón
Algo pequeñito Algo chiquitito Cosas simples que ahora no me das Que te pido con locura si no quieres terminar
Algo pequeñito Algo chiquitito En tus manos tienes la ocasión Hoy decides si quererme o romperme el corazón
Farewell and adieu to you Spanish ladies Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain For we've received orders to sail from New England And we hope in a short time to see you again
Chorus: We'll rant and we'll roar like true Yankee Whalermen We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below Until we sight Gayhead off old Martha's Vineyard And straight up the channel to New Bedford we'll go
We hove our our ship to with the wind from the sou'west, boys We hove our our ship to deep soundings to take 'Twas 45 fathoms with light sandy bottom We squared our main yard and up channel did make
Chorus
I went to a dance one night in Tombaz There were plenty of girls there as fine as you wish There was one pretty maiden a chewin' tobacco Just like a young kitten a chewin' fresh fish
Chorus
Then the signal was sent for the grand ship to anchor And all in the downs that night for to lie Let go your shank painter, let go your cat stopper Haul up your clew garnets, let tacks and sheets fly
Chorus
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Alternative Version: Spanish Ladies (aka Farewell And Adieu To You) (Traditional English Shanty)
Farewell and adieu to you fine Spanish ladies Farwell and adieu all you ladies of Spain For we've received orders to sail for old England And perhaps we shall never more see you again
Chorus: We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors We'll range and we'll roam over all the salt seas Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England From Ushant to Scilly 'tis thirty-five leagues
Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'-west, my boys Then we hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear Then we filled the main topsail and bore right away, my boys And straight up the Channel of old England did steer
Chorus
So the first land we made it is called the Deadman Next Ram Head off Plymouth, Start, Portland and the Wight We sailed hy Beachy, by Fairly and Dungeness And then bore away for the South Foreland light
Chorus
Now the signal it was made for the Grand Fleet to anchor All on the Downs that night for to meet Then stand by your stoppers, see clear your shank-painters Haul all your clew garnets, stick out tacks and sheets
Chorus
Now let every man drink up his full bottle Let every man drink up his full bowl For we will be jolly and drown melancholy With a health to each jovial and true-hearted soul
Stormy ((Adapted from: Sunny (by Mieko Hirota) - 1965)) Composer(s): Bobby Hebb - Buddy Buie - James Cobb Performer(s): Classics IV - 1969 and multiple other artists
Titles In Other Languages: 1966 - Sunny (by Richard Anthony) 1977 - Sunny (by Horst Jankowski)
You were the sunshine, baby, whenever you smiled But I call you Stormy today All of a sudden that ole rain's fallin' down And my world is cloudy and gray You've gone away Oh Stormy, oh Stormy Bring back that sunny day
Yesterday's love was like a warm summer breeze But, like the weather ya changed Now things are dreary, baby And it's windy and cold And I stand alone in the rain Callin' your name Oh Stormy, oh Stormy Bring back that sunny day
Yankee Rose Composer(s): David Lee Roth; Steve Vai Performer(s): David Lee Roth; Enuff Z'nuff
(spoken) What? Well let me roll up onto the sidewalk and take a look Yes! Whoa! She's beautiful! I'm talkin 'bout a Yankee Rose And she looks wild, wild, wild! Are you ready for the new sensation Well here's a shot heard round the world All you backroom boys salute When her flag unfolds Well, guess who's back in circulation Now I don't know what you might have heard But what I need right now's The original good time girl
(chorus) She's a vision form coast to coast (Coast to coast) Sea to shining sea (Sea to shining sea) Hey, sister you're the perfect host (Make a toast) Show me your bright lights And your city lights, all right I'm talkin' about the Yankee Rose (Bright lights) And your city lights, all right I'm talkin' about it
When she walks Watch the sparks go flyin' Firecrackin' on the 4th of July No sad songs tonight Somethings in the air Yeah, the feeling gets you A real state of independence So pretty when her rockets fly Still provin' any night That her flag's still there
(chorus) I'm in love with the Yankee Rose
Oh, she's beatiful, alright Mmm, nothin' like her in the whole world Yeah!
She's right on time I'm on the case Pick up the phone No time to waste She got the beat And there's a little bit Comin' your way
(spoken) Oh, raise 'em up there Let's see who salutes, baby Little bit, little bit, little bit higher Here's the mast, swing 'em from here I wanna get a little bit of apple pie, man
Sunny ((Adapted from: Sunny (by Mieko Hirota) - 1965)) Composer(s): Bobby Hebb - Buddy Buie - James Cobb - Jacques Plante Performer(s): Richard Anthony - 1966
Titles In Other Languages: 1969 - Stormy (by Classics IV) 1977 - Sunny (by Horst Jankowski)
Sunny, ce matin encore c'était l'hiver Sunny, depuis que tu es là le ciel est plus clair Il y a du soleil dans les rues sur les toits Le printemps est revenu avec toi Et je t'aime toujours, mon amour
Sunny, c'est déjà la fin de ma longue nuit Sunny, à nouveau pour moi le soleil luit J'ai eu des mauvais jours dans le vent et la pluie J'avais si peur que tu m'oublies Mais tu m'aimes toujours, mon amour
Sunny, tu m'as ramené tant de soleil Sunny, le ciel est si bleu quand je m'éveille Je me vois déjà aux vacances d'été Les beaux jours durent toute l'année Et je t'aime toujours, mon amour
Sunny, merci pour toutes les choses que je te dois Sunny, pour tout le bonheur d'être avec toi Oh merci pour le regard que tu poses sur moi Et pour les images que j'y vois Et je t'aime toujours, mon amour
Oh ! Sunny, ce matin encore c'était l'hiver Sunny, depuis que tu es là le ciel est plus clair Il y a du soleil dans les rues sur les toits Le printemps est là avec toi Et je t'aime toujours, mon amour
Ya no entiendo nada lo que pasa aquí el planeta está perdiendo la razón a ninguna parte ya me dejan ir todo el mundo dice: yankee go home yankee go home, going home...
No sé por qué creen que tengo mala fe con lo guapo y simpático que soy yo sólo pretendo ser papá Noel traigo cocacolas, tanques y el Playboy yankee go home, going home...
Dicen que me vuelva a donde yo nací que me quede para siempre en Oregón pero a mi me gusta mucho más Madrid porque allí cerquita está mi Torrejón yankee go home, going home...
