Paroles & musiques

Mark Knopfler (et donc Dire Straits) reste "MON" groupe de référence. Pour l'avoir écouté toute mon adolescence, et apprécié la musique en grande partie grâce à lui, parce qu'il m'a donné le goût des belles chansons, aux splendides riffs si envoûtants, parce que ses poésies mises en musique m'ont fait planer bon nombre de fois, parce qu'il a fait de si belles illustrations musicales de films, parce que Mark Knopfler reste pour moi (avant Clapton, désolée ^^) LE guitariste... Le voici donc évidemment ici...

Il n'y figurait pas encore alors qu'il est à l'origine de mes toutes premières émotions musicales... Voici une omission réparée. Je continue, même bien des années après, àl'apprécier et à ressentir toujours ce même frisson à entendre sa voix et ses doigts glisser sur les cordes...

Ce sera donc une de mes préférées (mais il y en a tant !!)...

NARRATOR:
A love-struck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made.
Finds a streetlight, steps out of the shade
Says something like, "You and me babe, how about it?"

Juliet says, "Hey, it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack!"
He's underneath the window, she's singing, "Hey la, my boyfriend's back.
You shouldn't come around here singing up to people like that...
Anyway, what you gonna do about it?"

ROMEO:
Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet when you exploded into my heart
And I forget I forget the movie song.
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

Come up on different streets, they're both the streets of shame.
Both dirty, both mean, yes, in the dream it was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real.
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?

Well you can fall for chains of silver,
You can fall for chains of gold,
You can fall for pretty strangers
And the promises they hold.
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin, yeah!
Now you just say, "Oh Romeo? Yeah, you know I used to have a scene with him".

Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry.
You said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die".
There's a place for us, you know the movie song.
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

I can't do the talk, like the talk on TV
And I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to be.
I can't do everything, but I'll do anything for you.
I can't do anything, 'cept be in love with you!
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be.
All I do is keep the beat... and bad company.
Now all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme,
Juliet, I'd do the stars with you any time!

Juliet, when we made love you used to cry.
You said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die".
There's a place for us, you know the movie song.
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

NARRATOR:
And a love-struck Romeo sings a street-suss serenade
Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shade
He says something like, "You and me babe, how about it?"

ROMEO:
You and me babe, how about it?

Mon humeur du jour...

When I'm feelings so high
My hands start to reach very high oh oh...
When I'm feeling so high
My hands start to reach very high oh oh...

Sorry for it
Sorry for me
Cause bees and butterflies down in my hands,
Now I have to teach them
How to fly
How to fly

When I'm feelings the right
Put down together in round oh oh...
When I'm feeling the right
Holding to catch the stars oh oh...

Sorry for it
Sorry for me
Cause bees and butterflies they are now my slaves
Now I have to teach them...
Now I have to teach them...
How to fly

Après les avoir vus le mois dernier à la Maroquinerie, pour un concert absolument génial, avec une ambiance très joyeuse et sympathique, les voilà sur la radio rock, juste pour poursuivre le plaisir...

Découverte, au détour du net, et coup de coeur pour cette chanson... (par ailleurs entendue dans "Little Miss Sunshine...)
Je ne connaissais pas ce groupe, pas plus que sa musique, mais cela me rappelle les ambiances à la Sigur Ros, en plus "easy listening" mais vraiment pas mal...
Je garde donc

Hold your grandmother's Bible to your breast.
Gonna put it to the test.
You want it to be blessed.
And in your heart,
You know it to be true,
You know what you gotta do.
They all depend on you.
And you already know.
Yeah, you already know how this will end.

There is no escape,
From the slave-catchers' songs.
For all of the loved ones gone.
Forever's not so long.
And in your soul,
They poked a million holes.
But you never lettem show.
C'mon it's time to go.

And
You
Already know.
Yeah, you already know
How this will end.

Now you've seen his face.
And you know that there's a place,
In the sun,
For all that you've done,
For you and your children.
No longer shall you need.
You always wanted to believe,
Just ask and you'll receive,
Beyond your wildest dreams.

And
You
Already know.
Yeah, you already know
How this will end.

You already know (You already know)
You already know (you already know)
You already love will end.

Susie Suh, à ma connaissance, n'a sorti (hélas) qu'un seul album, mais que j'ai tant écouté qu'il est impossible qu'il ne figure pas ici. Si vous souhaitez que la musique du jour bouge comme celle d'hier, passez votre chemin, car là, je suis dans un tout autre style, beaucoup plus doux et tout en émotions. Sa voix me transporte à chaque fois, et je trouve ses chansons très parlantes... J'aime autant sa voix que les harmonies qui l'accompagnent...
Impossible de trouver quoique ce soit d'elle en clip officiel sur You Tube, alors je mets cette chanson qui reflète assez bien le ton de sa musique...

The water is rushing in
I feel it on my skin
Our boat is sinking now
I wake up
I grab my things
As the waves keep
Rollin’ in
I ask myself
“Oh what’s the point?”
“What’s the point of it all?”
“What’s the point?”

Give me heart
Just give me hope
Give me love
Just give me warmth
Give me all I never knew
Give me something
To hold on to

Time goes by so slow
When you’re waiting
For a rescue boat
The water’s getting cold

And the ocean
Is not a home
When you feeling
All alone
Well it’s time to let you go
Let you go
Let you go

All I ever really wanted was to
All I ever really wanted was to
All I ever really wanted was to
Dream

Give me heart
Just give me hope
Give me love
Just give me warmth
Give me all I never knew
Give me something
To hold on to

Give me heart
Just give me hope
Give me love
Just give me warmth
Give me all I never knew
Give me something
To hold on to

Give me heart
Just give me hope
Give me love
Just give me warmth
Give me all I never knew
Give me something
To hold on to

Une (nouvelle) très belle chanson de Guster, que j'aime beaucoup, pour le son (désolée je n'ai trouvé que cette vidéo qui soit de qualité acceptable, mais la version de l'album (Lost and Gone Forever - 1999) se rapproche beaucoup.

Encore une fois, ce groupe sait mettre en mots des émotions et des situations qui me parlent... En espérant que vous apprécierez, même si c'est différemment !

You were almost kind, you were almost true
Don't let me see that other side of you
You have learned in time that you must be cruel
I'll have to wait to get the best of you
Poison in everything you say

Don't you, don't you?
Wonder what difference does it make......Either way
You were almost kind, you were almost true
Why give away that other side of you
Happens every time, so it must be true
Step on a kid, he'll grow up hating you
Poison in everything you say

Don't you, don't you
Wonder what difference does it make....Either way
Were you ever kind, were you always cruel?
Who's ever seen that other side of you?
Happened every time, so it must be true?
Where did you learn it's either him or you?

You were almost kind, you were almost true
Don't let me see that other side of you
You have learned in time that you must be cruel
I'll have to wait to get the best of you
Poison in everything you say
Don't you, don't you?
Wonder what difference does it make......Either way [2x]

Allez, un peu de rock qui pète avec ce groupe que je découvre par hasard, et qui accroche mon oreille. Poussez les chaises, montez le son, ça s'écoute fort !!

A voir sur la durée, mais déjà quelques titres qui me plaisent bien, même si cela reste du rock très classique...

Please don't leave me without saying goodbye,
without saying goodbye.

You and I, cold February night
It's been a half an hour
Taking sweet time saying our goodbyes
One minute more, GO!!!

The best day of my life is all thanks to you
Precious remembrance saved for rainy days or February
Few scenes from my life or moments mean more to me than our fine nights,
I remember like yesterday, the time of my life.

Please don't leave me without saying goodbye.
without saying goodbye
Please don't leave me without saying goodbye
without saying goodbye
Let's travel back in time.

2-12-99 at the stroke of midnight
Holding you tight, your body and mine, in February

Few scenes from my life or moments mean more to me than our fine nights,
I remember like yesterday, the time of my life

Please don't leave me without saying goodbye.
without saying goodbye
Please don't leave me without saying goodbye
without saying goodbye
Please don't leave me without saying goodbye.
without saying goodbye
Please don't leave me without saying goodbye
without saying goodbye
Let's travel back in time.

Une chanson qui dit beaucoup de choses très vraies et surtout très réelles pour moi, ces derniers temps... J'aime aussi beaucoup ce clip qui illustre bien cette chanson. Alors hop ! ici :)) Alanis reste pour moi une chanteuse à part que j'aime tout particulièrement. Et cet album-là (My so called Chaos) un de ses meilleurs, de mon point de vue...

I can be an asshole of the grandest kind
I can withhold like it's going out of style
I can be the moodiest baby and you've never met anyone
Who is as negative as I am sometimes

I am the wisest woman you've ever met.
I am the kindest soul with whom you've connected.
I have the bravest heart that you've ever seen
And you've never met anyone
Who's as positive as I am sometimes.

You see everything, you see every part
You see all my light and you love my dark
You dig everything of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here

I blame everyone else, not my own partaking
My passive-aggressiveness can be devastating
I'm terrified and mistrusting
And you've never met anyone as,
As closed down as I am sometimes.

You see everything, you see every part
You see all my light and you love my dark
You dig everything of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here

What I resist, persists, and speaks louder than I know
What I resist, you love, no matter how low or high I go

I'm the funniest woman that you've ever known
I'm the dullest woman that you've ever known
I'm the most gorgeous woman that you've ever known
And you've never met anyone
Who is as everything as I am sometimes

You see everything (you see everything), you see every part (you see every part )
You see all my light (you see all my light) and you love my dark (and you love my dark )
You dig everything (you dig everything) of which I'm ashamed (of which I'm ashamed)
There's not anything (there's not anything) to which you can't relate (to which you can't relate)
And you're still here

(You see everything, you see every part)
And you're still here
(You see all my light and you love my dark)
And you're still here
(You dig everything of which I'm ashamed)
(There's not anything to which you can't relate)
And you're still here...

J'aime beaucoup David Gray. Il a une voix très reconnaissable, et beaucoup de chansons qui sont tout en douceur et en tendresse. Cet album (White Ladder) est très bon, je connais moins les autres, mais il en a sorti quelques-uns.

Parfait pour l'humeur de ce soir...

This years love had better last
Heaven knows it's high time
And I've been waiting on my own too long
But when you hold me like you do
It feels so right
I start to forget
How my heart gets torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Feeling like you can't go on

Turning circles when time again
It cuts like a knife oh yeah
If you love me got to know for sure
Cos it takes something more this time
Than sweet sweet lies
Before I open up my arms and fall
Losing all control
Every dream inside my soul
And when you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet

This years love had better last
This years love had better last

So whose to worry
If our hearts get torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Don't you know this life goes on
And won't you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet

This years love had better last
This years love had better last
This years love had better last
This years love had better last

Une vieille chanson qui me plaît toujours, malgré les années qui sont passées dessus sans lui donner une ride... Un groupe qui me rappelle de bons souvenirs aussi. Alors elle sera ici :

I roll the window down
And then begin to breathe in
The darkest country road
And the strong scent of evergreen
From the passenger seat as you are driving me home.

Then looking upwards
I strain my eyes and try
To tell the difference between shooting stars and satellites
From the passenger seat as you are driving me home.

"do they collide?"
I ask and you smile.
With my feet on the dash
The world doesn't matter.

When you feel embarrassed then i'll be your pride
When you need directions then i'll be the guide
For all time.
For all time.

Parfaite harmonie avec mon humeur. Voix parfaite, guitare parfaite, rythme parfait. Bref chanson parfaite et artiste parfaite...

On the black sunday afternoon
The sun is pale like the moon
When you look to the sky
Holy holy why
All fades into blue
On the black sunday afternoon

No good time to walk alone
On a bike riding home
When you look to the sky
Holy holy why
All fades into blue
On the black sunday afternoon

Bad luck comes or just a car
On the right side, hears a call
And sees a blackbird flying low
Above her head no mistletoe
Nothing really moves
On black sunday afternoons

You wake up in a waterbed
On the back of your head
A lump and just a tiny hole
Almost no light at all in here
And when you call
You can't hear your own voice at all

They gather up, something's wrong
They ask around, no one knows
Have you been where the rivers cross
By the water in the moss
Nothing really moves
On black sunday afternoons

Sun's pale like the moon
When you look to the sky
Holy holy holy holy why
All fades into blue
On black sunday afternoons

Une petite chanson que j'aime beaucoup... et qui s'associe bien à mon humeur du moment..

On the corner of main street
Just tryin' to keep it in line
You say you wanna move on and
You say I'm falling behind

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

I never really gave up on
Breakin' out of this two-star town
I got the green light
I got a little fight
I'm gonna turn this thing around

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

The good old days, the honest man;
The restless heart, the Promised Land
A subtle kiss that no one sees;
A broken wrist and a big trapeze

Oh well I don't mind, if you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you go, can you read my mind?

It’s funny how you just break down
Waitin' on some sign
I pull up to the front of your driveway
With magic soakin' my spine

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

The teenage queen, the loaded gun;
The drop dead dream, the Chosen One
A southern drawl, a world unseen;
A city wall and a trampoline

Oh well I don't mind, if you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you jump
Tell me what you find when you read my mind

Slippin’ in my faith until I fall
You never returned that call
Woman, open the door, don't let it sting
I wanna breathe that fire again

She said I don't mind, if you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine

Put your back on me
Put your back on me
Put your back on me

The stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun
When you read my mind

Une fois n'est pas coutume... aujourd'hui, ce sera plus un clip qu'une artiste ou une chanson. Je ne suis en effet pas fan de la Miss Ruiz, tout simplement parce que je n'accroche pas son univers, elle ne m'émeut pas, elle a certainement des qualités mais son univers ne m'évoque rien de particulier... hormis ce clip que je trouve très bien fait, très agréable à regarder. Bref, j'aime bien !

Encore un avec une voix absolument bluffante. Cette chanson, issue de son premier album (Going To Where The Tea-Trees Are), est certainement la plus connue de son répertoire. Il en a pourtant fait d'autres vraiment sympas. A écouter si vous aimez le style !

Whatever happened to the great escape
The finest enemy.
Crafted with pride by monsters on the train.
The world is great to suckus

We have The Story Of The Impossible
A tale passed on so frail
One of make-belief
Maybe impossible to achieve
And really close

Who sew the lion's hungry in the cage
With the confidance of a clown
The little man who rises on the stage
As he falls without a safety net

We have The Story Of The Impossible
A tale passed on so frail.
One of make-belief
Maybe impossible to achieve
And really close

Whatever happened to the great escape
And all the plans we make
Crafted with pride by Monsters on the train.
The world is great to suckus

We have The Story Of The Impossible
A tale passed on so frail.
One of make-belief
Maybe impossible to achieve
But oh so close

J'aime ce qu'il fait, j'aime sa voix et cette chanson, une nouvelle fois pas super gaie sonne vraiment bien à mes oreilles, donc hop : ici !

I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
Just praying to a God that I don't believe in
'Cause I got time while she got freedom
'Cause when a heart breaks no it don't breakeven

Her best days will be some of my worst
She finally met a man thats gonna put her first
While I'm wide awake she's no trouble sleeping
'Cause when a heart breaks no it don't breakeven

What am I suppose to do when the best part of me was always you and
What am I suppose to say when I'm all choked up and your ok
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces

They say bad things happen for a reason
But no wise word's gonna stop the bleeding
'Cause she's moved on while I'm still grieving
And when a heart breaks no it don't breakeven

And, what am I gonna to do when the best part of me was always you and
What am I suppose to say when I'm all choked up and your ok
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
(One still in love while the other ones leaving)
I'm falling to pieces
('Cause when a heart breaks no it don't breakeven)

Oh you got his heart and my heart and none of the pain
You took your suitcase, I took the blame
Now I'm trya make sense of what little remains
'Cause you left me with no love, no love to my name

I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
Just prayed to a god that I don't believe in
'Cause I got time while she got freedom
'Cause when a heart breaks no it don't break, no it don't breakeven

What am I gonna do when the best part of me was always you and
What am I suppose to say when I'm all choked up and your ok
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
(One still in love while the other ones leaving)
I'm falling to pieces
('Cause when a heart breaks no it don't breakeven)

Oh it don't breakeven no
Oh it don't breakeven no
Oh it don't breakeven no