Maandag 1 mei 2000
An Irishman's Idea Of Love
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An Irishman's Idea Of Love
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Maandag 1 mei 2000
Dance, Dance, Dance (The Beach Boys)
Dance, Dance, Dance
Composer(s): Brian Wilson; Carl Wilson
Originally performed by: The Beach Boys
After six hours of school I've had enough for the day
I hit the radio dial and turn it up all the way
I gotta dance (dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) right on the spot
(Dance dance dance right there on the spot)
The beat's really hot
(Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot)
Dance (dance) dance (dance) dance (dance) yeah!
When I feel put down I try to shake it off quick
With my chick by my side the radio does the trick
I gotta dance (dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) right on the spot
(Dance dance dance right there on the spot)
The beat's really hot
(Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot)
Dance (dance) dance (dance) dance (dance) yeah!
Ohby!
At a weekend dance we like to show up late
I play it cool when it's slow and jump it when it's fast
I gotta dance (dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) right on the spot
(Dance dance dance right there on the spot)
The beat's really hot
(Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot)
Dance (dance) dance (dance) dance (dance) yeah!
(Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot)
(Dance dance dance right there on the spot)
(Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot)
Dance (dance) dance (dance) dance (dance) yeah!
(Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot)
(Dance dance dance right there on the spot)
Zondag 30 april 2000
An Invitation To North America
An Invitation To North America
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Sam Richards & Tish Stubbs
There is many a family of late that has gone
Away to New York, father, mother and son
Let us likewise follow and make no delay
For 'tis much cheaper living in North Americay
The farmers in England sell there corn so dear
They do what they can to starve the poor here
They send it to France, which sure is not right
To feed other nations that against us do fight
Come all you bold Britons, wherever you be
I would have you draw near and listen to me
The times they get harder in England ev'ry day
It is much better living in North Americay
Why do we stay here for to be their slaves
When in Nova Scotia we can do as we please
For who'd work in England for ten pence a day
When we can get four shillings in North Americay
The landlords in England do raise the lands high
It forces some farmers abroad for to fly
If times grow no better, I'll venture to say
Poor men had better go to North Americay
Observe then good people what to you I've told
What a plague is in England by short weight of gold
With bad silver and halfpence, believe what I say
There's nothing of this in North Americay
The priests in England come into the field
They tithe as they please, you dare not but yield
This is no great hardship, you believe, I dare say
But we'll have no taxes in North Americay
There's many a farmer you very well know
That went to New York but a few years ago
Have bought land and houses; who now would here stay
But go and make fortunes in North Americay
Manufactures in England are grown very bad
For weavers and combers no work's to be had
But let's go abroad, I dare venture to say
They'll find us employment in North Americay
So here's a health to George our gracious king
I hope none will take amiss the song that I sing
Then lads and lasses now come away
And ship yourselves to North Americay
Zondag 30 april 2000
Dance, Dance, Dance (Steve Miller)
Dance, Dance, Dance
Composer(s): J. Cooper; B. Cooper; Steve Miller
Performer(s): Steve Miller Band
My grandpa, he's ninety five
And he keeps on dancin', he's still alive
My grandma, she's ninety two
She loves to dance and sing some too
I don't know but I've been told
If you keep on dancing you'll never grow old
{Refrain}
Come on, darlin', put a pretty dress on
We're gonna go out tonight
Dance, dance, dance
Dance, dance, dance
Dance, dance, dance, all night long
I'm a hard-workin' man, I'm a son of a gun
I've been workin' all week in the noonday sun
The wood's in the kitchen and the cow's in the barn
I'm all cleaned up and my chores are all done
Take my hand and come along
Let's go out and have some fun
{Refrain}
Dance, dance, dance
Dance, dance, dance
Dance, dance, dance, all night long
Come on, darlin', don't look that way
Don't you know when you smile I've got to say
You're my honey pumpkin lover, you're my heart's delight
Don't you want to go out tonight
You're such a pretty lady, you're such a sweet girl
When you dance it brightens up my world
{Refrain}
Zaterdag 29 april 2000
An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man
Composer(s): Billy Joel
Performer(s): Billy Joel
and multiple other artists
Some people stay far away from the door
If there's a chance of it opening up
They hear a voice in the hall outside
And hope that it just passes by
Some people live with the fear of a touch
And the anger of having been a fool
They will not listen to anyone
So nobody tells them a lie
I know you're only protecting yourself
I know you're thinking of somebody else
Someone who hurt you
But I'm not above
Making up for the love
You've been denying you could ever feel
I'm not above doing anything
To restore your faith if I can
Some people see through the eyes of the old
Before they ever get a look at the young
I'm only willing to hear you cry
Because I am an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
Some people say they will never believe
Another promise they hear in the dark
Because they only remember too well
They heard somebody tell them before
Some people sleep all alone every night
Instead of taking a lover to bed
Some people find that it's easier to hate
Than to wait anymore
I know you don't want to hear what I say
I know you're gonna keep turning away
But I've been there and if I can survive
I can keep you alive
I'm not above going through it again
I'm not above being cool for a while
If you're cruel to me I'll understand
Some people run from a possible fight
Some people figure they can never win
And although this is a fight I can lose
The accused is an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man
You know you only hurt yourself out of spite
I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight
That's your decision
But I'm not below
Anybody I know
If there's a chance of resurrecting a love
I'm not above going back to the start
To find out where the heartache began
Some people hope for a miracle cure
Some people just accept the world as it is
But I'm not willing to lay down and die
Because I am an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man
Zaterdag 29 april 2000
Je Bent Niet Hip
Je Bent Niet Hip
Performer(s): Patricia Paay
Je bent niet hip, je bent niet vlot
Je ouwe fiets die is altijd kapot
Je bent niet rijk, je bent niet knap
Je drinkt geen bier maar tomatensap
Je hebt een baan waarvan je zegt
Hij is niet goed en hij is niet slecht
Maar jij bent lief en reuze trouw
Jij hoort bij mij en ik bij jou
Ja, wie had dat ooit gedacht
Hoe kan zoiets bestaan?
Nee, dat had ik nooit verwacht
Dat ik met jou zou gaan
Ik vond je altijd reuze sloom
Maar nu ben jij de man
Waarvan ik elke nacht weer droom
Al denk ik nu en dan
Je bent niet hip, je bent niet vlot
Je ouwe fiets die is altijd kapot
Je bent niet rijk, je bent niet knap
Je drinkt geen bier maar tomatensap
Je hebt een baan waarvan je zegt
Hij is niet goed en hij is niet slecht
Maar jij bent lief en reuze trouw
Jij hoort bij mij en ik bij jou
'k Weet nog dat het zo begon
't Was op een dag in maart
Jij kwam, jij zag en overwon
En ik was van de kaart
Ik stond gewoon totaal perplex
Want jij gaf mij een zoen
En zei: "Meid jij hebt zoveel seks
Ik kan er niets aan doen"
Je bent niet hip, je bent niet vlot
Je ouwe fiets die is altijd kapot
Je bent niet rijk, je bent niet knap
Je drinkt geen bier maar tomatensap
Je hebt een baan waarvan je zegt
Hij is niet goed en hij is niet slecht
Maar jij bent lief en reuze trouw
Jij hoort bij mij en ik bij jou
Jalalala jalalala jalalalalalalalalala
Lalalala lalalala lalalalalalala
Lalalala lalalala…
Vrijdag 28 april 2000
An Hour Never Passes
An Hour Never Passes
Composer(s): Jimmy Kennedy
Performer(s): Ambrose Orch.
and multiple other artists
An hour never passes but I think of you
An hour never passes but I miss you too
Every day from dawning till the moon rides low
You’re beside me darling everywhere I go
An hour never passes, the clock never chimes
But I keep recalling those old happy times
Without my prayer for you in each lonely sigh
An hour never passes by
Without my prayer for you in each lonely sigh
An hour never passes by
Vrijdag 28 april 2000
Dance With My Father
Dance With My Father
Composer(s): Richard Marx; Luther Vandross
Originally performed by: Luther Vandross
Covered by various other artists
Back when I was a child
before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high
and dance with my mother and me and then
Spin me around 'til I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure I was loved
If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
How I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
When I and my mother would disagree
To get my way, I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
Then finally make me do just what my mama said
Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that he would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
'Cause I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear how my mother cried for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me
I know I'm praying for much too much
But could you send back the only man she loved
I know you don't do it usually
But dear Lord she's dying
To dance with my father again
Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream
Donderdag 27 april 2000
An Everlasting Love
An Everlasting Love
Composer(s): Barry Gibb
Performer(s): Andy Gibb
I've been here all your life
Watching your crying game
You were the heaven in my lonely world
And he was your sun
And your rain
I was losing you before
I ever held you tight
Before you ever held me in your arms
And I won't make you blue
And maybe an everlasting love will do
Ah, we got an everlasting love
So tall, so wide, so high
Above the rumble of thunder down below
It's your love I need,
It's the only show
And it's you want an everlasting dream
Can take us anywhere are the tears of yesterday
We killed the pain,
We blew away the memories
Of the tears we cried
And an everlasting love will never die
Take me out of the cold, give me what I've hungered for
If it's the pleasure of taking
My heart that you need, then it only makes me
Love you more
I was yours before
The stars were born and you were mine
I could have saved you all the pain you knew
And I won't make you cry
And maybe an everlasting love can try
Donderdag 27 april 2000
Dance With Me Henry
Dance With Me Henry
Composer(s): Hank Ballard; Etta James; Johnny Otis
Performer(s): Georgia Gibbs
and various other artists
(Hey, baby, what do I have to do)
(To make a hit with you)
You gotta dance with me Henry (All right, baby)
Dance with me Henry (Don't mean maybe)
Rock with me Henry (Any old time)
Talk to me Henry (Don't change your mind)
Dance with me Henry (All right)
You better dance while the music goes on
Roll on, roll on, roll on
While the cats are ballin' (Roll on, roll on)
You better stop your stallin' (Roll on, roll on)
Its intermission in a minute (Roll on, roll on)
So you better get with it (Roll on, roll on)
Dance with me Henry (Roll on, roll on)
You better dance while the music goes on
Roll on, roll on, roll on
Oooo-ooo-ooo-wee
Henry, you aint movin' me
You better feel that boogie beat
And get the lead out of your feet
You gotta dance with me Henry
Dance with me Henry
Rock with me Henry
Talk to me Henry
Dance with me Henry
You better dance while the music goes on
Roll, roll, roll
Roll, roll, roll
Rock, rock, rock
Rock, rock, rock
Roll, roll, roll
Roll on, roll on, roll on
Rock with me Henry (All right, baby)
Dance with me Henry (Don't mean maybe)
Rock with me Henry (Any old time)
Dance to me Henry (Don't change your mind)
Jump with me Henry (All right)
You better dance, dance while the music goes on
Rock!
Woensdag 26 april 2000
The Eriskay Love Lilt
The Eriskay Love Lilt
Composer(s): Kennedy Frazer
Performer(s): The Seekers
Vair me o ro van o
Vair me o ro ven ee
Vair me o ru o ho
Sad I am without thee
When I'm lonely, dear white heart
Black the night and wild the sea
By love's light my foot finds
The old pathway to thee
Vair me o ro van o
Vair me o ro ven ee
Vair me o ru o ho
Sad I am without thee
Thou'rt the music of my heart
Harp of joy, o cuit mo chridh
Moon of guidance by night
Strength and light thou'rt to me
Vair me o ro van o
Vair me o ro ven ee
Vair me o ru o ho
Sad I am without thee
Woensdag 26 april 2000
Dance With Me (The Drifters)
Dance With Me
Composer(s): Lewis Lebish - Jerry Leiber - Irving Nahan - Mike Stoller - George Treadwell
First release by: The Drifters - 1959
Covered by multiple other artists
(Dance with me, dance with me, dance with me, dance with me)
(Dance with me), oh-oh hold me closer, closer and closer
Much closer while the music plays, oh, my little darlin', won'tya
(Dance with me), oh-oh hold me tighter, tighter and tighter
Much tighter while the rhythm sways
Put your lips to mine while the rhythm sways
We're no longer strangers
Now we're more than friends so-o-o
(Dance with me), dance with me closer, closer and closer
And maybe we'll be lovers when the music ends
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me)
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me)
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me)
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me)
(Dance with me), dance with me closer, closer and closer
And maybe we'll be lovers when the music ends
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me)
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me)
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me)
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me)
(Doot-doot) (Dance with me)
Dinsdag 25 april 2000
An Englishman In The U.S.A.
An Englishman In The U.S.A.
Composer(s): Les Davidson - Leo Sayer
Performer(s): Leo Sayer
Rambling around your city streets
I feel no earth below my feet
And I feel my life is crumbling into the sea
But I can't swim three thousand miles
So all I have is lonely nights
I'm an Englishman lost in the U.S. of A.
And it's a long way back home
Such a long way back home
And I'm wondering
Where am I gonna go
Lines dead, operators gone
And now the fear is coming on
And I hear my love wondering where have I gone
So I'm gambling my bucks for pounds
Yeah, but Lady Luck just won't come around
For an Englishman who is stuck in the U.S. of A.
And it's a long way back home
Such a long way back home
Oh I'm wondering will I ever get away
So here I am and there are you
Where wishful thoughts don't serve no use
And all the worrying in the world won't pull me through
So I think of love that might have been
And an airline ticket that's like a dream
For an Englishman who is lost in the U.S. of A.
Such a long way from home
Such a long way from home
And I'm wondering, I'm wondering
Will I ever get to
I'm a long way, a long way
A long way back home
I've been wondering
Will I ever get to go, yeah
Yeah I'm waiting for you to take me home
C'mon baby
And I'm waiting for you to take me home
Yes I'm waiting for you to take me home
Take me home
Take me home
Dinsdag 25 april 2000
Dance With Me (Orleans)
Dance With Me
((French Version: C'est La Nuit (Joe Dassin))
Composer(s): John Hall - Johanna Hall
First release by: Orleans - 1974
Dance with me, I want to be your partner
Can't you see the music is just starting?
Night is falling, and I am calling
Dance with me
Fantasy could never be so giving
I feel free, I hope that you are willing
Pick your feet up, and kick your feet up
Dance with me
Let it lift you off the ground
Starry eyes, and love is all around
I can take you where you want to go
Dance with me, I want to be your partner
Can't you see the music is just starting?
Night is falling, and I am calling
Dance with me
Let it lift you off the ground
Starry eyes, and love is all around
I can take you where you want to go
Fantasy could never be so giving
I feel free, I hope that you are willing
To pick your feet up, kick your feet up
And dance with me
Dance with me, I want to be your partner
Can't you see the music is just starting?
Night is falling, and I am calling
Dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me
Maandag 24 april 2000
An Englishman In New York
An Englishman In New York
Composer(s): Lol Creme - Kevin Godley
Performer(s): Godley & Creme
Demented New York athletes staggering round the block
Deforned Chicanos pour in, Chicago's rolling stock
Digital bathrooms drilling for furs
Surgical stockings marked his and hers
Guggenheim attitudes back to back
With Jewish Baroque
No way street
No way street
Happy to see you, have a nice day!
Defecting Russian dancers dance into Hockney prints
Exclusive to Bloomingdales, gift-wrapped in red
From the land of blue rinse
They boggle at menus in Olde English verse
"Ode to burger" by Keats at his worst
The hissing of omelettes the breaking of legs
Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eggs
The pink fillet mignon looks black on the negs
Strange apparatus
You've never seen
Strange apparatus, even stranger theme
Street alligators
Big Anglophile
Will navigate us through a change of style
I came, I saw, what manner of beast is this
New York, you talk a little bit left of centre
A scream, a shout
New York is throwing its weight about
Walk tall, walk straight, spit the world right in the eye
The stranger the wood the straighter the arrow
Dismembered hopeful My-Lai veterans queuing for sleaze
"Sorry no dogs, no fags, no shriners, and no amputees"
Sexual athlete applies for audition
Willing to make it in any position
Just one of the extras with blood on their faces
In snow-white and the seven basket cases
I'm happy and dopey and dirty in places
No way street
No way street
Lock up your daughters, Avon crawling!
Devoted collectors of paraphernalia out walking the rock
Battle and bitch for the ultimate kitch
of a crucifix clock
Two miniature romans, running on rails
Appear every hour and bang in the nails
I've got to have it, Christ, I gotta be the first
on our block
Disturbing facts about Nazi splinter groups seen on the news
They're picketing synagogues and claiming that
Hitler was King of the Jews
Caught in the tunnel an ambulance howls
A men's room attendant is flapping his jowls
Ssshh, Howard Johnson is moving his bowels
Strange apparatus
You've never seen
Strange apparatus, even stranger theme
Street alligators
Big Anglophile
Will navigate us through a change of style
Strange apparatus
You've never seen
Strange apparatus, even stranger theme
Walk straight, walk tall, spit the world right in the eye
The stranger the wood, the straighter the arrow
No way street
No way street
Maandag 24 april 2000
Dance With A Dolly
Dance With A Dolly
Composer(s): Terry Shand; Jimmy Eaton; Mickey Leader
Performer(s): Russ Morgan
and various other artists
As I was walkin' down the street
Down the street, down the street
I met somebody who was mighty sweet
Mighty fair to see
I asked her would she like to have a talk
Have a talk, make some talk
All the fellows standin' on the walk
Wishin' they were me
Mama, Mama, let me dress up tonight
Dress up tonight, dress up tonight
I've got a secret, gonna 'fess up tonight
Gonna dance by the light of the moon
Gonna dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
While our knees keep a-knockin' and our toes keep a-rockin'
Dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
Dance by the light of the moon
Mama, Mama, put the cat out tonight
Cat out tonight, cat out tonight
Worked all day, I'm gonna scat out tonight
And I won't be home until dawn
Gonna dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
While our knees keep a-knockin' and our toes keep a-rockin'
Dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
Dance by the light of the moon
Gonna dance by the light of the moon
Dance by the light of the moon
By the light of the moon
Zondag 23 april 2000
An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date)
An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date)
Composer(s): Roy Orbison - Norman Petty
Performer(s): Buddy Holly; The Teen Kings
One lonely night - at this drive-in
and now I know - what a fool I’ve been
She was to meet me (an empty cup, a broken date)
we had a date (a broken date, an empty cup)
a date at seven - I dreamed of heaven
now it’s way past eight
She just drove by - with another guy
no wonder I can’t help but cry
To think she never cared - just tears me up
now all I have to show for love - is this empty cup
Just like this Coke - my love is gone
I’ve hit the bottom - now I’m all alone
Zondag 23 april 2000
Dance Wit' Me
Dance Wit' Me
Composer(s): Rick James
Performer(s): Rick James
(Happy, party voices)
Pretty little thing
Girl, you're lookin' fine
Hey, I wonder can you spare a minute
Of your precious time
I really would like to know yah
If you want me to, tell me, baby
Maybe I can discuss it
Over a dance with you
When I'm dancin' with you, baby, now, now
(Dance with me)
Shake your body all over me, woman, dance
(Dance with me)
Dance, dance with me, baby
Dance with me, woman
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
Dance with me, woman, with me, woman
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
Pretty little thing
I wish that you were mine, yeah
You know every move to make with your body
And you do it fine, do it fine
Dancing with you, girl, like this
Is `bout to cause a fire, yeah
Look at me I'm soakin' wet
Like I was in a shower
When I'm dancin' with you, baby, now, now
(Dance with me)
Shake your body all over me, woman, dance
(Dance with me)
Dance, baby, dance with me, baby
Dance with me, woman
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
Dance with me, woman, with me, woman
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby
Party, baby
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Where's the party {Party over here}
Say what? {Party over there}
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Where's the party {Party over here}
Say what? {Party over there}
Wooh
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
Dance with me, woman, with me, woman
(Shake it up, shake it up now, baby)
Party, baby
Hoo
(Shake it up)
(Shake it up)
Shake your body all over me, woman
(Shake it up)
Dance with me, dance with me, woman, dance with me
(Shake it up)
Woman, dance
(Shake it up)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Shake it up)
Woman, just dance with me
Woman, just dance with me
Baby, just dance with me
Sugar, just dance with me
Blow, boys
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Boy, don't stop
Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny
Blow, Danny
Zaterdag 22 april 2000
An Cailín Gaelach
An Cailín Gaelach
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Maighread Ní Dhomnaill
B'aite liom féin a bheith 'r thaoibh mhalaidh shléibhe
'Gus cailín Gaelach a bheith 'mo chóir
Bheinn dá bréagadh is a' teannadh léithe
'Gus dar liom féin 'riú gur dheas ar ndóigh
'G éirí domh féin ar maidin an lae ghil
'S mé ag gabháil fán choill chraobhaigh is mé ag seoladh bó
Tharlaigh domh 'n spéirbhean 'na suí ar a' léana
'S a fallaing léithe is í lán de chnódhann'
D'fhiafair mé daoithe go ciúin 's go céillí
An nglacfaidh tú póg uaim, a stór mo chroí?
D'fhoscail sí a béilín 'gus labhair sí
Béarla Sé dúirt sí: Pray, sir, and let me be
'S maith an airí ar na buaibh s sanntú
'Gus bheinnse dá seoladh amuigh sa lá
Im agus bainne ghil ar theacht an tsamhraidh
'S mar gheall ar bhólacht a phóstar mná
Zaterdag 22 april 2000
Dance To The Music
