Maandag 5 april 2010
Six More Miles (To The Graveyard)
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Six More Miles (To The Graveyard)
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Zondag 4 april 2010
Look Out, There's A Monster Coming
Look Out, There's A Monster Coming
Composer(s): Vivian Stanshall
Performer(s): The Bonzo Dog Band
Lonely, unmarried, looking for love
Life was passing me by
So I sent off my photo, hobbies and age
Magazine marriage I tried
They say for centuries lovely Japanese girls
Have been trained in the art of pleasing men
Be lonely no more, open destiny's door
For one dollar they arrange a meeting
My image was wrong, I didn't like me
So I changed my personality
I bought a delux Merseybeat wig
But it was a size too big
What confidence in my new built-up shoes
So smart for winter or summer
Undetectable in normal everyday use
Look out there's a monster coming!
Bye-bye binoculars and macintosh
Everything is just great
I take elocution, learn to speak posh
But still I can't find a mate
Be popular, learn to play the guitar
In seven days you could be strumming
Be sociable, learn kissing technique
Look out there's a monster coming!
Carnaby clothes, I reshaped my nose
Plastic surgery's best
To cut down my weight off comes my left leg
I pass a swimming costume test
Are my sideboards too long
Don't my aftershave pong?
I know my new nose ain't runnin'
What's wrong with my tie?
Am I getting too high?
Look out there's a monster coming!
Disfiguring and ugly, my facial hair
I had removed electrically
I rejuvenated my energy cells
And regained my virility (grunt grunt)
(He put my hand on my heart?)
(I am changing the part?)
He had a machine for a mummy
Please be gentle with me
I come to pieces literally
Look out there's a monster coming!
Look out there's a monster coming!
Look out there's a monster coming! ...
Zondag 4 april 2010
Marlène
Marlène
Composer(s): Henri Djian; Eddy Barclay; J. Walter
First performance by: Dominique Dussault - 1970
Une voix grave et nostalgique
Dans mon cur chante une musique, musique anachronique
Avec elle je reviens toujours
À l'époque du soixante dix-huit tours, rayé et oublié
C'était toi qui charmais, Marlène
Qui troublais, Marlène, c'était toi
Tu n'étais pas pour moi la reine des écrans, Marlène
Mais l'Ange Bleu qu'on n'oubliera jamais
De longs doigts, un fume-cigarette
Un regard qui n'en finissait pas, sait pas… sait pas, ses bas
Ses bas noirs en Cinérama
Une silhouette en sexyrama, Marlène, oui, c'est bien toi
Tu souris et je suis Marlène
Les gens crient: "Marlène!" - c'est pour moi
Je rêve d'un escalier de scène comme toi, Marlène
Que je descends langoureusement
Un mètre cinquante avec mes talons
Des cheveux frisés comme un mouton, oh… quelle désillusion
Je voulais tant lui ressembler
Vous ensorceler, vous 'Marléniser'
L'Ange Bleu… pour moi c'est raté
Sie sagte: "Die Liebe, das ist mein Leben"
"Nur auf die bin ich eingestellt"
Non, non, je ne peux pas
You take me, take me in the sky
You make me crazy in my mind
Jamais je ne pourrai
I want you, I love you, darling
I've got you
Je ne pourrai jamais, jamais chanter comme ça
Zaterdag 3 april 2010
Look On Yonder Wall
Look On Yonder Wall
((Adapted from: Get Ready To Meet Your Man (by James (Beale Street) Clark) - 1945/1946))
Composer(s): James Clark
Performer(s): Jazz Gillum - 1946
and multiple other artists
Look on yonder'd wall
Hand me down my walkin' cane
Look on yonder'd wall
Hand me down my walkin' cane
Yeah, I'm gonna find me woman
Hoo-well, you get ready to meet your man
Now baby, I've been worried
Ever since Veteren's Day
Ev'rytime I pick up the paper
Yo' man is comin' this a-way
Look on yonder'd wall
Hand me down my walkin' cane
Said, I'm gonna find me woman
Woo-hoo, look, here come yo' man
Now yo' man don't want no two keys
Made to his do'
He don't want no strange shoes
Layin' down on his flo'
He don't want no hat, mama
Three sizes too small
He don't want my clothes
Hangin' up on his wall
Look on yonder'd wall
Hand me down my walkin' cane
I'm gonna find me woman
Woo-hoo, wait babe
Baby, here come yo' man
Now your man have been in the army
'N I know that's awful, tough
I don't know how many men that he done kill
But I think he done killed enough
Look on yonder'd wall
Hand me down my walkin' cane
I'm gonna find me woman
Hoo-hoo, well baby
Baby, here come yo' man
Zaterdag 3 april 2010
Six Man Band
Six Man Band
Composer(s): Terry Kirkman
Performer(s): The Association
Well, I'm a day at a time
I'm a day at a time
Well, I'm a seeker and knower
In a six man mind
'Cause I'm a traveling man
Yes, I'm a traveling man
Well, I'm a comer and a goer
In a six man band
Well, I'm a California man, my instrument in hand
I'm electrified
On a fast flying trip, dirty laundry in my grip
Mostly drip-dry
We got the seventeen jewels that dictate the rules
And the time to fly, as we're passing by
We just got the time to say hello, and then a fast good-bye
I'm a traveling man
Yes, I'm a traveling man
Well, I'm a comer and a goer in a six man band
Vrijdag 2 april 2010
The Look Of Love
The Look Of Love
((Italian Version: Magia (by Ornella Vanoni) - 2002))
Composer(s): Hal David - Burt Bacharach
First release by: Dusty Springfield - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists
The look of love is in your eyes
A look your smile can't disguise
The look of love is saying so much more than just words could ever say
And what my heart has heard, well it takes my breath away
I can hardly wait to hold you, feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you, now that I have found you
Don't ever go You've got the
Look of love, it's on your face
A look that time can't erase
Be mine tonight, let this be just the start of so many nights like this
Let's take a lover's vow and then seal it with a kiss
I can hardly wait to hold you, feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you, now that I have found you
Don't ever go
Don't ever go
I love you so
I love you so
I love you so
Vrijdag 2 april 2010
Gwendolyne
Gwendolyne
Composer(s): Julio Iglesias
First performance by: Julio Iglesias - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists
Tan dentro de mí
conservo el calor
que me haces sentir...
Conservo tu amor
tan dentro de mí
que aún puedo vivir
muriendo de amor
muriendo de ti
Como buscan las olas
la orilla del mar
como busca un marino
su puerto y su hogar
yo he buscado en mi alma
queriéndote hallar
y tan sólo encontré
mi soledad
Y a pesar que estás lejos
tan lejos de mí...
A pesar de otros besos
quizás, Gwendolyne
aún recuerdes el tiempo
de aquel nuestro amor...
Aún te acuerdes de mí
Y aún recuerdo aquel ayer
cuando estabas junto a mí
Tú me hablabas del amor
Yo aún podía sonreír...
Aún recuerdo aquel amor...
Y ahora te alejas de mí
Le he pedido al silencio
que me hable de ti
he vagado en la noche
queriéndote oír
y al murmullo del viento
le he oído decir
tu nombre: Gwendolyne
Donderdag 1 april 2010
Magia
Magia
((Adapted from: The Look Of Love (by Dusty Springfield) - 1967))
Composer(s): Hal David - Burt Bacharach - Sergio Bardotti
Performer(s): Ornella Vanoni - 2002
La tua magia é qui
É in me
C'é l'ho e non va piú via
La tua magia
Sentir le cose
Che con la bocca non direi
Di porte sconosciute
Che non ho aperto mai
Di promesse e desideri
Spenti fino a ierei
di attimi ardenti
Neanche l'ho sapevo
Quanto li aspettavo
Ed é la tua
Magia che fa
Che puó
Che sá
Com'é che saró
Mi lascio andare
Son stanca di battaglie
che non ho vinto mai
andiamo dove vuoi
dove pensi che mi avrai
Sono solo tuoi bracieri solo da scaldare
Per essere ancora
Una che ci prova
Un'altra donna nuova
Lacia che sia
La tua magia per sempre mia
Donderdag 1 april 2010
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Composer(s): James V. Monaco; Charles Newman
Performer(s): Helen O'Connell
and multiple other artists
Six lessons from Madame La Zonga
You do the Rumba and the new La Conga
Six lessons in Madame’s cabana
And you will imagine you’re down in Havana
Her four Latin daughters will help you to start
While finding the rhythm you might lose your heart
Six lessons from Madame La Zonga
And you’ll develop your hip and your knee
And say, by the way, if you’re sure it’s okay
If Madame likes you, the lessons are free
Rosita gives you lesson one,
Chiquita gives you lesson two
Madame gives you all the rest
And her methods are the best
The Madame shows you how to walk
The Madame marks it with her chalk
When the Madame starts to squawk
That’s her Cuban double talk
Six lessons from Madame La Zonga
And you’ll develop your hip and your knee
And say, by the way, if your sure it’s OK
If Madame likes you, the lessons are free
If Madame likes you, the lessons are free!
Woensdag 31 maart 2010
Look Of Love
Look Of Love
Composer(s): Ellie Greenwich - Jeff Barry
Performer(s): Lesley Gore
Look at the way he looks at her
Look at the way he smiles
I remember when he was mine
I remember when things were fine
Oh, look at the way he looks at her now
Isn't that the look of love?
Look at the way he holds her hand
Look at the way they dance
I remember when he loved me
I remember how it used to be
But look at the way he smiles at her now
Isn't that the look of love?
Here I am, all by myself
Watching him with someone else
And he doesn't even know I'm here
Wish I could hold back my tears, 'cause
Look at the way he's kissing her
Look at him hold her tight
I remember his warm embrace
And the tender look on his face
Yes, look at the way he looks at her now
Isn't that the look of love?
(ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Isn't that the look of love?
Whoa, oh, oh
Isn't that the look of love?
Hey, hey, hey
Isn't that the look of love? ...
Oh, whoa now
Isn't that the look of love?
Woensdag 31 maart 2010
Je Suis Tombé Du Ciel
Je Suis Tombé Du Ciel
Composer(s): Yves de Vriendt
First performance by: David-Alexandre Winter - 1970
Je vivais bien là-haut dans mes nuages
J'avais le cœur et la tête en voyage
Je me croyais tranquille pour longtemps
Pour longtemps
Chaque fois que je regardais la terre
Je la trouvais bien ronde et bien sévère
Je n'avais pas envie de voir les gens
Mais tout à coup, un jour, en te voyant
Je suis tombé du ciel pour me pencher sur toi
En arrivant du ciel, je suis tombé sur toi
Il m'est venu des ailes en m'approchant de toi
Je suis tombé du ciel et je suis fou de joie
Je n'irai plus jamais dans les nuages
Tu es ma ville et tu es mon village
J'ai découvert que le seul paradis
C'est ici
Dieu qu'on s'ennuie quand on plane là-haut
À vivre seul comme un triste pierrot
Quand il suffit de plonger dans tes yeux
Pour naviguer au milieu du ciel bleu
Je suis tombé du ciel pour me pencher sur toi
En arrivant du ciel, je suis tombé sur toi
Il m'est venu des ailes en m'approchant de toi
Je suis tombé du ciel et je suis fou de joie
La la la la la la... la la la la la la...
La la la la la la... et je suis fou de joie
Dinsdag 30 maart 2010
Look Into The Sun
Look Into The Sun
Composer(s): Ian Anderson - Martin Barre
Performer(s): Jethro Tull
Took a sad song of one sweet evening
I smiled and quickly turned away
It's not easy singing sad songs
but still the easiest way I have to say
So when you look into the sun
and see the things we haven't done
oh was it better then to run
than to spend the summer crying
Now summer cannot come anyway
I had waited for time to change her
The only change that came was over me
She pretended not to want love
I hope she was only fooling me
So when you look into the sun
look for the pleasures nearly won
Or was it better then to run
than to spend the summer singing
And summer could have come in a day
So if you hear my sad song singing
remember who and what you nearly had
It's not easy singing sad songs
when you can sing the song to make me glad
So when you look into the sun
and see the words you could have sung
It's not too late, only begun
we can still make summer
Yes, summer always comes anyway
So when you look into the sun
and see the words you could have sung
It's not too late, only begun
Look into the sun
Dinsdag 30 maart 2010
Six Jours Sur La Route
Six Jours Sur La Route
(Adapted from: Six Days On The Road - 1964)
Composer(s): Earl Green; Carl Montgomery; Yves Dessca
Performer(s): Claude François - 1975
Je sors de ma loge et je cours vers ma voiture
En passant j'embrasse une fille et je fais quelques signatures
Pardon si je suis pressé, c'est que je viens de passer
Six jours sur la route, et moi je rentre à la maison ce soir
De ville en ville j'ai couru comme un fou me reposant à peine
Mais que c'est bon d'être sur scène et de chanter pour ceux qui vous aiment
Bientôt je repartirai, mais vraiment je n'en peux plus après
Six jours sur la route, et moi je rentre à la maison ce soir
En roulant dans la nuit des choses fourmillent au fond de ma tête
Il me faut des chansons nouvelles et un nouveau pas pour les Claudettes
Encore ce sacré métier, suffit je lui ai donné
Six jours sur la route, et moi je rentre à la maison ce soir
Soudain je pense à cette fille assise au premier rang
J'en étais un peu amoureux à la fin de mon tour de chant
J'aurais aimé la revoir, mais je lui ai dit bonsoir
Six jours sur la route, et moi je rentre à la maison ce soir
Je suis heureux de retrouver tout à l'heure la fille de mon cœur
Et soudain je me sens l'envie d'appuyer sur l'accélérateur
Je rève de l'embrasser, sans elle c'est long de passer
Six jours sur la route, et moi je rentre à la maison ce soir
Six jours sur la route, et moi je rentre à la maison ce soir
Oui, ce soir
Maandag 29 maart 2010
Look In My Eyes Pretty Woman
Look In My Eyes Pretty Woman
Composer(s): Brian Potter - Dennis Lambert
Performer(s): Tony Orlando & Dawn
Time is on my side
Though the world keeps gettin' colder
'Cause I've got you, girl
To ease my troubled mind, ooh
I'm a different man
When your head is on my shoulder
I can find the answers in me
That I never thought I'd find
'Cause when you look in my eyes, pretty woman
The world is a peaceful place
All I can see when there's you
And there's me is love upon your face
Stand by me, baby, and we'll find the way
Before our day is done
Oh, look in my eyes, pretty woman
And we'll overcome
You're my guiding star
You're my faith, my hope, my power
When I just can't find a reason to believe
Touch my hand with love
And you light my darkest hour
I can feel the warmth returning
And my pain about to leave
'Cause when you look in my eyes, pretty woman
The world is a peaceful place
Oh, all I can see when there's you
And there's me is love upon your face
Stand by me, baby, and we'll find the way
Before our day is done
Oh, look in my eyes, pretty woman
And we'll overcome, yeah
Oh, look in my eyes, pretty woman
The world is a peaceful place
Oh, all I can see when there's you
And there's me is love upon your face
Oh, stand by me, baby, and we'll find the way
Before our day is done
Oh, look in my eyes, pretty woman
And we'll overcome
Say look in my eyes, pretty woman
Maandag 29 maart 2010
Six Jours À La Campagne
Six Jours À La Campagne
Composer(s): Hort Axton; Pierre Delanoë; Claude Lemesle
Performer(s): Joe Dassin
Le premier jour, quand on s'est rencontrés
C'était le début du monde, la fin de l'ombre
Tout recommençait
Le second jour, quand on s'est reveillés
On a reveillé les sources, le vent qui soufflait
Sur les champs de blé
Au matin du troisième Dieu a créé l'Amour
Pour que tu m'aimes...
Tu m'as aimé six jours
Le jour suivant, parmi d'autres merveilles
On a créé la tendresse, quand Dieu n'as fait
Que l'eau et le soleil
Le cinquième jour un nuage est passé
J'avais perdu l'habitude, ma solitude
Tu l'as réinventée
Au matin du sixième Dieu a créé la Femme
Pour que tu m'aimes... six jours à la campagne
Zondag 28 maart 2010
Ingen Regning
Ingen Regning
((Adapted from: No Charge (by Melba Montgomery) - 1974))
((French Version: Cadeau (by Marie Laforêt) - 1974))
Composer(s): Harlan Howard - Kurt Thyboe
Performer(s): Peter Belli - 1978
Vores lille knægt kom ud til mor i køkkenet en aften, mens hun stod og lavede mad
Og han gav hende en lille seddel, han havde skrevet
Og da hun havde tørret hænderne i forklædet, tog hun sedlen og læste den, mens jeg lyttede
Og her er, hvad der stod
For at slå græsset: 5kr
For at rede min seng hele ugen: 6kr
For at have gået til købmanden: 2kr
For at lege med lillebror, mens du var ude at købe ind: 2kr
For at bære skraldespanden ud: 3kr
Og for gode karakterer i skolen: 10kr
For at gøre rent i gården: 10kr
Så alt i alt skylder du mig: 38kr
Mor så lidt på knægten, der stod der og så så forventningsfuld ud
Og jeg kunne se, at hun tænkte tilbage på alle de år, som vi havde haft sammen med ham
Så tog hun blyanten, vendte sedlen om, og så skrev hun, og jeg læste det for ham
For den tid, jeg bar dig
mens du boede indeni mig: Ingen regning!
For de nætter jeg sad hos dig
græd for dig og bad for dig: Ingen regning!
For al den tid, al den frygt
du har kostet din mor: Ingen regning!
Lille søn, du skal vide, at for min kærlighed til dig
der er der bare ingen regning!
For de år, der vil komme
med angst for din fremtid: Ingen regning!
Og for alle mine gode råd
og for al min erfaring: Ingen regning!
For legetøj, mad og tøj, ja, selv for at snyde din
lille næse – der er bare ingen regning, søn!
Og læg alt det her sammen –
så er min kærlighed til dig bare uden regning!
Da jeg var færdig med at læse op, så havde min lille søn store tårer i øjnene
Han så op på sin mor, og han sagde: mor jeg elsker dig så meget!
Så tog han blyanten, og med store, skæve bogstaver skrev han
Alt er betalt!
Og til alle jer små venner ude i landet: Husk, at fars og mors kærlighed den koster ikke noget
(kor:) Så er min kærlighed til dig bare uden regning!
Zondag 28 maart 2010
Marie-Blanche
Marie-Blanche
Composer(s): André-Pierre Dousset
First performance by: Guy Bonnet - 1970
C'est l'heure où des perles de givre se posent
Où chaque feuille se prend pour une rose
Quelque part un oiseau chante quelque chose
Et Marie-Blanche est à moi
Nous sommes là dans une douce quiétude
Nous avons mis fin à notre solitude
Nos corps apprennent de tendres habitudes
Et Marie-Blanche est à moi
Et Marie-Blanche est à moi, et moi, je l'aime
Et Marie-Blanche s'endort près de moi
La neige tombe et le vent lui fait escorte
Tous les étangs sont gelés, oui, mais qu'importe
À l'hiver nous avons fermé notre porte
Et Marie-Blanche est à moi
Et Marie-Blanche est à moi, et moi, je l'aime
Et Marie-Blanche s'endort près de moi
Oh, que le temps lui-même tourne ses pages
Nous resterons là un siècle ou davantage
La ville dort sous l'aile des blancs nuages
Et Marie-Blanche est à moi
Je ne veux rien savoir du reste du monde
La terre ne m'a jamais semblé aussi ronde
Contre mon cœur, il y a sa tête blonde
Et Marie-Blanche est à moi
Zaterdag 27 maart 2010
Look Homeward Angel
Look Homeward Angel
Composer(s): Wally Gold
Performer(s): The Four Esquires
and multiple other artists
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
Look homeward, angel
Tell me what you see
Do the folks I used to know remember me?
Look homeward, angel
Eye my lady fair
Does she dream about the love we used to share?
So she'll know how very much I miss her
Angel, while she's dreaming, won't you kiss her?
Look homeward, angel
One thing I must know
Do her empty arms still yearn for me alone?
So she'll know how very much I miss her
Angel, while she's dreaming, won't you kiss her?
Look homeward, angel
One thing I must know
Do her empty arms still yearn for me alone?
Do her empty arms still yearn for me alone?
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, woo)
Zaterdag 27 maart 2010
Six Foot Seven Woman
Six Foot Seven Woman
Performer(s): Foster & Allen
Come let me introduce you to the woman who's me Wife
Of all me great possessions, she's the biggest in me life
There's not a chance I'd lose her, she's too easy to be found
She's six foot seven inches and she weighs three hundred pounds
Sure, when I started courtin' her, her figure was a twelve
I put me arms around her, but me arms they were too short
To take her to the pictures, sure I didn't have the dough
To pay for all the seats she'd fill down in the bottom row
Oh, she's six foot seven inches, Boys, let's sing it once again
She's got the kind of figure that was mostly meant for men
You may talk of Texas giants, who are brawny, big and tall
But this six foot seven woman, she'd make midgets of them all
To fit her with the costume, makes the tailors take great pains
They have to take her measurements with lengths of Irish chains
(land surveying chain in the version I heard)
It takes a room of cloth to make a top of any taste
And half an acre more to cover all below her waste
Oh, she's six foot seven inches, Boys, let's sing it once again
She's got the kind of figure that was mostly meant for men
You may talk of Texas giants, who are brawny, big and tall
But this six foot seven woman, she'd make midgets of them all
The mornin' we got married, I can still remember well
We went to have our breakfast in the Park House Hotel
To fit her through the doorway, sure I knew it was too small
She ate so much, to get her out we had to knock the wall
She says our house is much too small, she can't expand her chest
She's rather like a cuckoo in a little sparrow's nest
If every women grew that size, I'm going to tell you, Boys
You might knock all the houses down and build them twice the size
Oh, she's six foot seven inches, Boys, let's sing 'er once again
She's got the kind of figure that was mostly meant for men
You can talk of Texas giants, who are brawny, big and tall
But this six foot seven woman, she'd make midgets of them all
Vrijdag 26 maart 2010
Look For The Silver Lining
