Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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An Affair To Remember Composer(s): Harold Adamson - Leo McCarey - Harry Warren Performer(s): Nat King Cole
Our love affair is a wondrous thing That we'll rejoice in remembering Our love was born with our first embrace And a page was torn out of time and space
Our love affair, may it always be A flame to burn through eternity So take my hand with a fervent prayer That we may live and we may share A love affair to remember
Our love affair is a wondrous thing That we'll rejoice in remembering Our love was born with our first embrace And a page was torn out of time and space
Our love affair, may it always be A flame to burn through eternity So take my hand with a fervent prayer That we may live and we may share A love affair to remember
Dance The Night Away Composer(s): Edward Van Halen; David Lee Roth; Michael Anthony; Alex Van Halen Performer(s): Van Halen
Have you seen her? So fine and pretty Fooled me with her style and ease And I feel her from across the room Yes, it's love in the third degree Ooh, baby, baby Won'tcha turn your head my way? Ooh, baby, baby Come on, take a chance You're old enough to dance the night away Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away A live wire Barely a beginner, but just watch that lady go She's on fire, 'cause dancing gets her higher than anything else she knows Ooh, baby, baby Won'tcha turn your head my way? Ooh, baby, baby Well, don't skip romance, 'cause you're old enough to dance the night away Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away Dance the night away Dance, dance, dance the night away (repeat)
Amusement Parks, U.S.A. Composer(s): Mike Love - Brian Wilson Performer(s): The Beach Boys
Let's take your car and to amusement parks USA At Palisades in Salisbury Parks the rolly coasters are flyin At Euclid Beach on the flying turns I'll bet you can't keep her smilin' Buy your girl a cotton candy while you're down on the ground Then take her on the twirl-a-way and spin her around Let's take your car and mess around at the park all day
The parachutes at Riverview Park will shake us up all day And Disneyland and P.O.P. is worth a trip to L.A. Watchin' girls in the air can really get you bad And I'll bet the laughin' lady makes you laugh like mad Let's pick up our friends and do amusement parks USA
Hurry, hurry, hurry folks step right up to the Beach Boy circus The best little show in town Hurry, hurry, hurry, it's only a dime folks, one thin dime, just one tenth of a dollar Come on in and see Stella the snake dancer (Is it real?) She walks, she talks, she wiggles on her belly like a snake (She looks like a fake to me) (Let's go see her) (It costs too much) Hurry, hurry, hurry folks, come on and see Stella She shimmies, she shakes. . . .
You'll crash and burn in the bumper cars at Jersey's steel pier You'll crack 'em up when you stand in front of all the crazy mirrors At first you'll be a chicken at the jackhammer ride But you'll do it with a girl sittin' right by your side Let's take your car and mess around at the park all day
Amused To Death Composer(s): Roger Waters Performer(s): Roger Waters
Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me This supermarket life is getting long What is the heart life of a colour TV What is the shelf life of a teenage queen Ooh western woman Ooh western girl News hound sniffs the air When Jessica Hahn goes down He latches on to that symbol Of detachment Attracted by the peeling away of feeling The celebrity of the abused shell the belle Ooh western woman Ooh western girl And the children of Melrose Strut their stuff Is absolute zero cold enough And out in the valley warm and clean The little ones sit by their TV screens No thoughts to think No tears to cry All sucked dry Down to the very last breath Bartender what is wrong with me Why am I so out of breath The captain said excuse me ma'am This species has amused itself to death Amused itself to death Amused itself to death We watched the tragedy unfold We did as we were told We bought and sold It was the greatest show on earth But then it was over We ohhed and aahed We drove our racing cars We ate our last few jars of caviar And somewhere out there in the stars A keen-eyed look-out Spied a flickering light Our last hurrah And when they found our shadows Grouped around the TV sets They ran down every lead They repeated every test They checked out all the data on their lists And then the alien anthropologists Admitted they were still perplexed But on eliminating every other reason For our sad demise They logged the only explanation left This species has amused itself to death No tears to cry no feelings left This species has amused itself to death
(Switch Channels)
(Alf Razzell:) "Years later, I saw Bill Hubbard's name on the memorial to the missing at Aras(?) And I...when I saw his name I was absolutely transfixed; it was as though he was now a human being instead of some sort of nightmarish memory of how I had to leave him, all those years ago And I felt relieved, and ever since then I've felt happier about it because always before, whenever I thought of him I said to myself, 'Was there something else that I could have done?'
(Background: "I'd rather die, I'd rather die...")
And that always sort of worried me And having seen him, and his name in the register - as you know in the memorials there's a little safe, there's a register in there with every name - and seeing his name and his name on the memorial; it sort of lightened my...heart, if you like"
(Woman) "When was it that you saw his name on the memorial?" "Ah, when I was eighty-seven, that would be a year, ninete...eighty-four, nineteen eighty-four"
Dance On Little Girl Composer(s): Paul Anka Performer(s): Paul Anka
Dance, dance on little girl In the arms of someone new As you dance as you twirl My heart dances with you
Dance, dance on little girl Tell me what I've done wrong Why should he hold you tight While they're playing our song
I am watching you Oh no, no it cannot be While I'm watching you I'm wishing, hoping it's for me
Dance, dance on little girl Tell me why did we part Dance, dance on little girl Dance out of my heart
I am watching you Oh no, no it cannot be While I'm watching you I'm wishing, hoping it's for me
Dance, dance on little girl Tell me why did we part Dance, dance on little girl Dance out of my heart Oh look at you There you go, go, go Oh yes you know That you're wrong, wrong, wrong.....
Amused As Always Composer(s): Billy Mackenzie - Alan Rankine Performer(s): The Associates
Praise be to chance For meeting us here We cannot dance We dance by ear
Feet tap in time Out in the streets We walk in straight lines Like some naval fleet
And still we're trying to find some interesting things to say Let's talk of a manor or the affluent way For what its worth amused as always Amused as always
Don't be so sure Of days in advance They might never come Praise be to chance
Praise be to chance For setting no rules The chance it might take May never be cruel
And still we're trying to find some interesting things to say Let's talk of a manor or the affluent way For what its worth amused as always Amused as always Amused Amused as always
Praise be to chance For meeting us here We cannot dance...
Dance On French Title: Je Me Sens Bien (Auprès De Toi) Performer(s): Kathy Kirby
Dont talk of love right now, dance on Although the lights are low, forget it Wait until we're alone, wait until we go home Come on please, I dont tease Just dance on
Don't try and kiss me now, dance on You might be feeling quite romantic But I'll dance cheek to cheek Or well miss every beat Just dance on
Give me the sweet talk when we're leaving From midnight on it's worth believing
You know the night has just begun And while the music keeps on playing Hold me close, hold me near And I promise youll hear How the beat of my heart will dance on
Give me the sweet talk when we're leaving From midnight on it's worth believing
You know the night has just begun And while the music keeps on playing Hold me close, hold me near And I promise youll hear How the beat of my heart will dance on
Amurkiriki, amukiriki, amukiriki The Lord willing I'll be with you A distant journey, a safe tomorrow Amukiriki Then you'll hold me as I always want you to
In Mexico, amukiriki is as old as Mexico and it means the Lord be willing If the Lord shall will it so Only then will there be harvest Only then will rivers flow No ore adios to you I'll be close to you If the Lord shall will it so
So I say "amukiriki" with you Deep inside my heart Knowing that the Lord be willing We won't always be apart After many purple twilight's We still see a morning glow and I will run to you Bring the sun to you If the Lord shall will it so
Dance Of Love Composer(s): Mick Jacques; Norma Tager; Darryl Way Performer(s): Curved Air
Take me from this crowded room Give me room to hold you close Hold so close to come unfold Take my body with your soul Loose yourself inside my arms Two as one can steal the stars Torn and free, beyond control Take my body with your soul
Do the dance the dance of love Dance of love Do the dance the dance of love Dance with me
Touching deep, we feel the world Reaching deep inside ourselves Cutting loose from roots of home Scattered winds, the winds of change Weightlessly, we drift in sleep Drifting circles of our dream Dreams of love, beyond control Take my body with your soul
Do the dance the dance of love Dance of love Do the dance the dance of love Dance with me
Do the dance the dance of love Dance of love Do the dance the dance of love Dance with me Do the dance the dance of love Dance of love Do the dance the dance of love Dance with me
Amstramgram Composer(s): Jacques Larue Performer(s): Dalida
Amstramgram, amstramgram pique et pique et colégram Si tu t'y colles t'iras en bateau jusqu'à Pékin dans un sabot Ah! mesdames, ah! mesdames voir la Chine quel joli programme Mais ce voyage nous le ferons quand, quand les, quand les poules auront des dents Amstramgram, amstramgram pique et pique et colégram Si tu l'y colles, tu changeras demain, tous les cailloux, en petits pains Ah! mesdames, ah! mesdames sur les routes quel joli programme Mais ce miracle nous le verrons quand? Quand les, quand les poules auront des dents
Amstramgram, amstramgram pique et pique et colégram Si tu t'y colles partout tu paieras avec des pièces en chocolat Ah! mesdames, ah! mesdames pour bien vivre quel joli programme Mais ce beau rêve nous le verrons quand? Quand les, quand les poules auront des dents
Amstramgram, amstramgram pique et pique et colégram Si tu t'y colles demain les parents seront plus sages que les enfants Ah! mesdames, ah! mesdames pour le monde quel joli programme Essayons vite de le suivre avant que les, que les poules aient des dents Amstramgram, amstramgram pique et pique et colégram Amstramgram, amstramgram pique et pique et colégram...
Zorba's Dance Composer(s): Mikis Theodorakis First performance by: Mikis Theodorakis Popular Orch. - 1964 Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1965 - La Danse De Zorba (by Henri Salvador) 1965 - La Danza Di Zorba (by Dalida)
When the music starts to play It makes the troubles go away It makes my heartache disappear And I forget he isn't here I forget about the past About the dreams that didn't last Suddenly my heart is gay My head is spinning like a top When the music starts to play Oh never, never let it stop
He said he'd call But he forgot Though I Loved him He loves me not So what I will do as they say Dance my troubles away
I loved A boy But he is gone The joys That I Counted upon He's gone So I do as they say Dance my troubles away
When the music starts to play It makes the troubles go away Trouble, trouble go away And never come another day It makes the heartaches disappear And I forget he isn't here The magic in the atmosphere Makes me forget he isn't here I forget about the past About the dreams that didn't last About the words of love he spoke About the promises he broke About the other girl he found And as I'm dancing round and round Suddenly my heart is gay My head is spinning like a top When the music starts to play Oh never, never let it stop
Amsterdam ((Adapted from: Amsterdam (by Jacques Brel) - 1964)) Composer(s): Jacques Brel - Mort Shuman Performer(s): Scott Walker - 1967 and multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1969 - Amsterdam (by Liesbeth List) 1984 - Amsterdam (by Saara Pakkasvirta) 1998 - Amsterdam (In Het Havenkwartier) (by Will Ferdy) 2002 - Amsterdam (Duilio Del Prete) 2007 - Amsterdam (by Herman van den Berg)
In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who sings Of the dreams that he brings From the wide open sea
In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who sleeps While the riverbank weeps To the old willow tree
In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who dies Full of beer, full of cries In the drunken town fight
In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who's born On a hot muggy morn By the dawn's early light
In the port of Amsterdam Where the sailors all meet There's a sailor who eats Only fish head and tails And he'll show you his teeth That have rotted too soon That can haul up the sails That can swallow the moon And he yells to the cook With his arms open wide Hey! bring me more fish Throw it down by my side And he once sought to belch But he's too full to try So he stands up and laughs And he zips up his fly
In the port of Amsterdam You can see the sailors dance And they're bursting their pants Grinding women to porch They've forgotten the tune That their whiskey voice croaked Splitting the night with the Roar of their jokes And they turn and they dance And they laugh and they lust Til the rancid sound of the Accordion bursts and then Out of the night With their pride in their pants And the sluts that they tow Underneath the street lamps
In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who drinks And he drinks And he drinks And he drinks once again He'll drink to the health Of the whores of Amsterdam Who've given their bodies To a thousand other men Yeah they bargain their virtue Their goodness all gone For a few dirty coins When they just can't go on Blows his nose to the sky On the sea up above And he pisses like I cry In the port of Amsterdam In the port of Amsterdam
Dance Me To The End Of Love Composer(s): Leonard Cohen Performer(s): Leonard Cohen and various other artists
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon Show me slowly what I only know the limits of Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the children who are asking to be born Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love
Amsterdam ((aka Amsterdam (In Het Havenkwartier) (by Will Ferdy) - 1998)) ((Adapted from: Amsterdam (by Jacques Brel) - 1964)) Composer(s): Jacques Brel - Ernst van Altena Performer(s): Liesbeth List - 1969
Versions In Other Languages: 1967 - Amsterdam (by Scott Walker) 1984 - Amsterdam (by Saara Pakkasvirta) 2002 - Amsterdam (Duilio Del Prete) 2007 - Amsterdam (by Herman van den Berg)
In dat oud-Amsterdam in de buurt van de haven gaan de zeelui zich laven drinken 't hek van de dam In dat oud-Amsterdam liggen zeelieden dronken als een wimpel zo lam in de dokken te ronken In dat oud-Amsterdam krijgt een zeeman de stuipen tot hij zich grauw van gram in het bier wil verzuipen Maar in oud-Amsterdam zie je zeelui ontkatert als de ochtendzon schatert over Damrak en Dam In dat oud-Amsterdam zie je zeelieden wikken zilveren haringen slikken bij de staart uit de hand Van de hand in de tand smijten zij met hun knaken want ze zullen hem raken als een kat in het want En ze stinken naar aal in hun grofblauwe truien en ze stinken naar uien daarmee doen ze hun maal Na dat maal staan ze op om hun broek op te hijsen en dan gaan ze weer hijsen tot het boert in hun krop In dat oud-Amsterdam zie je zeelieden zwieren en de meiden versieren lijf aan lijf, warm en klam en draaien hun wals als een wentelende zon op de klank, dun en vals van een akkordeon En zo rood als een kreeft happen zij naar wat lucht tot opeens, met een zucht de muziek het begeeft Met een air van gewicht voeren zij, met wat spijt dan hun Mokkumse meid weer terug in het licht In dat oud-Amsterdam gaan de zeelui aan 't drinken Aan 't drinken en drinken en daar nog eens op drinken tot het oude kerksplein op hun thuishaven lijkt en de hoer in 't kozijn net als moedertje kijkt En haar borst is de borst van verloofde of vrouw en daarna weer zo'n dorst en de nacht wordt al grauw Want op de terugvaart is beschuit en de kater breekt aan en ze slikken het uit tegen meerpaal en kraan In dat oud-Amsterdam In dat oud-Amsterdam In dat oud-Amsterdam In dat oud-Amsterdam
De Doodgewoonste Dingen Performer(s): Passe Partout
De doodgewoonste dingen die brengen mij tot zingen Ik zing van al 't mooie dat ik zie Het dagelijkse leven is m'n allermooist gegeven In harmonie op melodie Soms zie ik 't vervagen, dat zijn de trieste dagen Die brengen mij dan even van m'n stuk Maar meestal zijn de dingen als de vogels die mooi zingen Van eindeloos geluk
De hebzucht van de mensen moesten we meer verwensen Je ziet met angst en beven het oppervlakkig leven Van nooit tevreden mensen om je heen Het ego is me alsmaar nummer 1 Maar rijkdom doet bedriegen, de mooiste droom vervliegen geluk is simpel, dat geldt algemeen
De doodgewoonste dingen die brengen mij tot zingen Ik zing van al 't mooie dat ik zie Het dagelijkse leven is m'n allermooist gegeven In harmonie op melodie Soms zie ik 't vervagen, dat zijn de trieste dagen Die brengen mij dan even van m'n stuk Maar meestal zijn de dingen als de vogels die mooi zingen Van eindeloos geluk
De wijsheid die we wensen, leeft onder alle mensen In alle regionen vaak onder doodgewonen De wijsheid die geluk voor ogen heeft En iedereen voldoende kansen geeft Om in dit korte leven elkaar geluk te geven Gelukkig doen waarvoor de mensheid leeft
De doodgewoonste dingen die brengen mij tot zingen Ik zing van al 't mooie dat ik zie Het dagelijkse leven is m'n allermooist gegeven In harmonie op melodie Soms zie ik 't vervagen, dat zijn de trieste dagen Die brengen mij dan even van m'n stuk Maar meestal zijn de dingen als de vogels die mooi zingen Van eindeloos geluk
Maar meestal zijn de dingen als de vogels die mooi zingen Van eindeloos geluk
Amsterdam Composer(s): John Cale First release by: John Cale - 1970
She's back from Amsterdam And I think the journey did her well Her face has lost it's touch The tell tale signs of loneliness inside
But I love her still And need her company still more Come down, come down once more And I think, the journey, did her well
She says she fell in love With men who knew the way to treat a lady Her life has settled for the best of things That I couldn't give her
And it's not her fault, she's not the one to blame Come down, come down, come down once more And I do believe the journey did her well Yes I do believe the journey did her well
Dance Little Lady Dance Composer(s): Biddu Appaiah; Ron Roker; Gerry Shury Performer(s): Tina Charles; Polly Browne
Yeah, yeah .. Someone taught me how to dance last night What a move he was And someone taught me how to do it right What a groover he was He taught me all the steps he knew to rock n roll I found my sense of rhythm but I lost my self-control When he said dance little lady, dance Dance, little lady, dance You know youve got only one chance So come on, dance, dance, oh!
Someone taught me how to move last night What a looker he was Someone taught me how to do it right What a cooker he was Now we boogie and we bump until were fit to trop And when he gets me going, I dont want to stop When he says, dance, little lady, dance Dance, little lady, dance You know youve only got one chance So come on, dance, dance, dance, oh!
Yeah, yeah! We boogie and we bump until were fit to trop And when he gets me going, I dont want to stop When he says, dance, little lady, dance Dance, little lady, dance You know youve only got one chance So come on, dance, dance, dance! Thats what he told me Oh, what a mover! Thats what he told me Oh, what a groover! Dance, little lady
Amsterdam Composer(s): Jacques Brel First release by: Jacques Brel - 1964 Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1967 - Amsterdam (by Scott Walker) 1969 - Amsterdam (by Liesbeth List) 1984 - Amsterdam (by Saara Pakkasvirta) 1998 - Amsterdam (In Het Havenkwartier) (by Will Ferdy) 2002 - Amsterdam (Duilio Del Prete) 2007 - Amsterdam (by Herman van den Berg)
Dans le port d'Amsterdam Y a des marins qui chantent Les rêves qui les hantent Au large d'Amsterdam Dans le port d'Amsterdam Y a des marins qui dorment Comme des oriflammes Le long des berges mornes Dans le port d'Amsterdam Y a des marins qui meurent Pleins de bière et de drames Aux premières lueurs Mais dans le port d'Amsterdam Y a des marins qui naissent Dans la chaleur épaisse Des langueurs océanes
Dans le port d'Amsterdam Y a des marins qui mangent Sur des nappes trop blanches Des poissons ruisselants Ils vous montrent des dents À croquer la fortune À décroisser la lune À bouffer des haubans Et ça sent la morue Jusque dans le cur des frites Que leurs grosses mains invitent À revenir en plus Puis se lèvent en riant Dans un bruit de tempête Referment leur braguette Et sortent en rotant
Dans le port d'Amsterdam Y a des marins qui dansent En se frottant la panse Sur la panse des femmes Et ils tournent et ils dansent Comme des soleils crachés Dans le son déchiré D'un accordéon rance Ils se tordent le cou Pour mieux s'entendre rire Jusqu'à ce que tout à coup L'accordéon expire Alors le geste grave Alors le regard fier Ils ramènent leur batave Jusqu'en pleine lumière
Dans le port d'Amsterdam Y a des marins qui boivent Et qui boivent et reboivent Et qui reboivent encore Ils boivent à la santé Des putains d'Amsterdam De Hambourg ou d'ailleurs Enfin ils boivent aux dames Qui leur donnent leur joli corps Qui leur donnent leur vertu Pour une pièce en or Et quand ils ont bien bu Se plantent le nez au ciel Se mouchent dans les étoiles Et ils pissent comme je pleure Sur les femmes infidèles Dans le port d'Amsterdam Dans le port d'Amsterdam
Dance Little Lady (This Year Of Grace) Composer(s): Noel Coward Performer(s): Michael Law and various other artists
Tho youre only seventeen Far too much of life youve seen Syncopated child Maybe if you only knew Where your path is leading to Youd become less wild But I know its vain Trying to explain While theres this insane Music in your brain
Dance, dance, dance little lady Youth is pleasing to the rhythm Beating in your mind Dance, dance, dance little lady So obsessed with second best No rest youll ever find Time and tide and trouble Never, never wait Let the cauldron bubble Justify your fate Dance, dance, dance little lady Dance, dance, dance little lady Leave tomorrow behind
Time and tide and trouble Never, never wait Let the cauldron bubble Justify your fate Dance, dance, dance little lady Dance, dance, dance little lady Leave tomorrow behind