Paroles & musiques

Archive, c'est un de mes groupes préférés. J'aime leurs colères, leur haine parfois. J'aime la dureté de leurs mots et leurs mélodies lancinantes... J'aime leurs airs planants. J'aime sa voix.

Mon album(*) chouchou... "Lights" en 2006... (*)(pas le dernier)

I've been walking through the park
I've been walking in the dark
I've been walking in the rain
I've been walking with so much pain
I've been walking in the sun
It's bought me so much fun
Lying on a beach
Darkness out of reach
The world is not so cold
But still it makes me fold

So hold me and keep me sailing
Hold me close to you
Keep me from failing
Disappearing from you

Keep those clouds dispersing
Never leave my side

Don't let that peaceful water
Don't let it subside
Don't let my head confide
Don't let my head collide

With those cynical lies
With those cynical lies
With those cynical lies
With those cynical lies

Parce que Jem, je n'aime pas, j'adore... Sa voix, sa douceur et la beauté de ses chansons... Extraite d'un ancien album, mais je n'ai pas trouvé de vidéos du récent, hélas.

Come on closer
I wanna show you
What I'd like to do
You sit back now
Just relax now
I'll take care of you

Hot temptations
Sweet sensations
Infiltrating through
Sweet sensations
Hot temptations
Coming over you

Gonna take it slow babe
Do it my way
Keep your eyes on me
Your reaction
To my action
Is what I want to see

Rhythmic motion
Raw emotion
Infiltrating through
Sweet sensations
Hot temptations
Coming over you

And now you're satisfied
A twinkle in your eye
Go to sleep for ten
And anticipating
I will be waiting
For you to wake again

Hot temptations
Sweet sensations
Infiltrating through
Sweet sensations
Hot temptations
Coming over you

[When you wake up we'll
do it all again]
[When you wake up]
[When you wake up we'll
do it all again]
[When you wake up]

Hour after hour
of sweet pleasure
After this I guarantee
you'll never wanna leave
Shut your eyes and think about
what I'm about to do
Sit back relax I'll take my time
this lovin's all for you

Entendu à la radio... ça a retenu mon oreille. J'ai un faible pour les duos et celui-ci est juste parfait.

(Feat. Nikki Monninger Of Silversun Pickups)


you think its right
to fade away
without a fight
but two can play
cause i can tell
a thing or two

i implore you
cause your wrong to hide it

and if you want
to let it go
i promise you
won't be alone

i implore you
talk to me now
cause your wrong to hide it

and if you go like sliding away
under you feet
you can trust me

i implore you
talk to me now
cause your wrong to hide it

don't hide it

D'aucun diront que je donne dans le mélo, décidément, cet après-midi, mais je m'en moque. Tout cela me va parfaitement bien !

the tail lights burn red
they were hotter than hell
and i’ve been long gone couldn’t you tell

the smoke in the air
couldn’t hide my shame
saw it lit up on that silver screen

and ahh that full bellied moon she’s a shinin on me
yeah she pulls on this heart like she pulls on the sea

and you came on strong like some running wave
and your beauty left me broke and hungry
left me begging to the birds for a bone or an offering
left me saying nothin, nothin, like i always say

and ahh that full bellied moon she’s a shinin on me
yeah she pulls on this heart like she pulls on the sea

and those broken hearted lovers,
they got nothing on me

Album: This Empty Northern Hemisphere

Quelques notes de douceur, en ce samedi matin... Une chanson spéciale pour quelqu'un de spécial... en espérant que cela lui fera autant de bien qu'à moi !

The river is waiting
Come rise up
A new day is dawning
Come rise up
We be salin' at first light
Come Gather
Set our course for the crossing
Together

Sail on
Sail on
The river is waiting
Sail on

The river is waiting
I'm ready
To slip from this island
I'm ready
Gonna leave all my sorrow
Behind me
Lift my face to the new day
That's rising

Sail on
Sail on
The river is waiting
Sail on

En voilà un qui me fait tourner sa chanson dans la tête en permanence !! Allez move ton popotin ! :)

Qui dit études dit travail,
Qui dit taf te dit les thunes,
Qui dit argent dit dépenses,
Qui dit crédit dit créance,
Qui dit dette te dit huissier,
Oui dit assis dans la merde.
Qui dit Amour dit les gosses,
Dit toujours et dit divorce.
Qui dit proches te dis deuils car les problèmes ne viennent pas seuls.
Qui dit crise te dis monde dit famine dit tiers-monde.
Qui dit fatigue dit réveil, encore sourd de la veille,
Alors on sort pour oublier tous les problèmes.
Alors on danse… (X9)

Et la tu t'dis que c'est fini car pire que ça ce serait la mort.
Quand tu crois enfin que tu t'en sors quand y en a plus et ben y en a encore!
Ecstasy dit problème les problèmes ou bien la musique.
Ca t'prends les tripes ça te prends la tête et puis tu prie pour que ça s'arrête.
Mais c'est ton corps c’est pas le ciel alors tu t’bouche plus les oreilles.
Et là tu cries encore plus fort et ça persiste...

Alors on chante
Lalalalalala, Lalalalalala,
Alors on chante
Lalalalalala, Lalalalalala

Alors on chante (x2)
Et puis seulement quand c’est fini, alors on danse.
Alors on danse (x7)
Et ben y en a encore (X5)

Ne me demandez surtout pas comment cet air-là m'est remonté à l'esprit !!

En la réécoutant, j'essaie de me souvenir du jour où je l'ai entendue pour la première fois... La fille devait avoir mon âge (enfin pas tout à fait ! ) ... Cela m'a fait rêver et puis j'ai oublié... Jusqu'à là ! Les souvenirs ont parfois du bon !!

Petite pépite du dernier album de Peter Gabriel "Scratch my Back", et en attendant impatiemment son concert, en Mars prochain à Bercy... Voici "the book of love", une (ancienne) chanson qui ressemble au Peter Gabriel que j'apprécie tout particulièrement, toute en douceur, toute en tendresse... une très belle chanson, déjà entendue dans  que je ne me lasse pas de réécouter...

The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings

Depuis quelques temps, je suis "bouclée" sur le dernier album de Vampire Weekend Contra. Très bon album, avec entre autres "Horchata" mais aussi cette chanson, White Sky" qui me fait énormément penser à Paul Simon dans l'esprit et dans la façon de l'interpréter. Je vous conseille (pour une fois) l'écoute de cet album qui le mérite amplement. C'est frais, c'est joyeux, c'est un rayon de soleil dans cet hiver glacial.

An ancient business
A modern piece of glasswork
Down on the corner that
You walk each day in passing
The elderly sales clerk
Won't eye us with suspicion
The whole, immortal corporation's given it's permission

The little stairway
A little piece of carpet
A pair of mirrors that
Are facing one another
Out in both directions
A thousand little Julias
That come together
In the middle of Manhattan

You waited since lunch
It all comes at once

Around the corner
The house that modern art built
I ask for modern art
To keep it out the closet
Of people who might own it
The sins of pride and envy
And on the second floor
The Richard Serra Skatepark

Waited since lunch
It all comes at once

Sit on the park wall
Ask all the right questions
Why are the horses
Racing taxis in the winter
Look up at the buildings
Imagine who might live there
Imagining your Wolfords
In a ball upon the sink there

You waited since lunch
It all comes at once

Un peu de soleil et de reggae en ce WE frigorifique... J'ai découvert une version plus lente mais finalement, celle-ci est encore mieux ! :)

[Chorus]
Uh uh uh uh oh ooh
why’d you have to go-oh
away from home
me love.

Uh uh uh uh oh ooh
why’d you have to go-oh
away from home
me love.

[Verse 1]
See the first time me looking at your eyes
me be tell you want a guy like me -guy like me
we use to ave gud times on da evening
me and you chilling on da beach -on the beach

We use to kiss and caress an trust me
girl it feels so sweet -feels so sweet
den one day you move
now im feelin kinda blue
cause me hear say you leave -you leave

I feel like im drownin in da ocean
somebody come and take me away

[Chorus]
Uh uh uh uh oh ooh
why’d you have to go-oh
away from home
me love.

Uh uh uh uh oh ooh
why’d you have to go-oh
away from home
me love.

[Verse 2]
Now im sittin in a chair wit no one here
and im feelin all alone -all alone
thinkin to myself like
damn why my baby up and gone -up and gone
its like im missin her and i know shes missin me- missin me
its been two years an a half in july will make it three. -make it three

I feel like im drownin in da ocean
somebody come and take me away

[Chorus]
Uh uh uh uh oh ooh
why’d you have to go-oh
away from home
me love.

Uh uh uh uh oh ooh
why’d you have to go-oh
away from home
me love.

[Bridge]
Why you leave me, wuh why you leave me
baby tell me, beh baby tell me
why you leave me, wuh why you leave me
why you leave me

Why you leave me, wuh why you leave me
baby tell me, beh baby tell me
why you leave me, wuh why you leave me
why you leave me

I feel like im drownin in da ocean
somebody come and take me away

[Chorus]
Uh uh uh uh oh ooh
why’d you have to go-oh
away from home
me love.

Uh uh uh uh oh ooh
why’d you have to go-oh
away from home
me love.

Uh uh uh uh oh ooh
why’d you have to go-oh
away from home
me love

Uh uh uh uh oh ooh
why’d you have to go-oh
away from home
me love.

Rien à faire... il est des chansons comme celles-là, trop lourdes d'histoires...
Rien à faire d'autre, donc, que de l'écouter...

When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender
This I could not do
I took my gun and vanished.

I have changed my name so often
I've lost my wife and children
But I have many friends
And some of them are with me

An old woman gave us shelter
Kept us hidden in the garret
Then the soldiers came
She died without a whisper.

There were three of us this morning
I'm the only one this evening
But I must go on
The frontiers are my prison.

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing
Through the graves the wind is blowing
Freedom soon will come
Then we'll come from the shadows.

Les Allemands étaient chez moi
Ils me dirent "résigne toi"
Mais je n'ai pas peur
J'ai repris mon arme.

J'ai changé cent fois de nom
J'ai perdu femme et enfants
Mais j'ai tant d'amis
J'ai la France entiere.

Un vieil homme dans un grenier
Pour la nuit nous a cachés
Les Allemands l'ont pris
Il est mort sans surprise.

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing
Through the graves the wind is blowing
Freedom soon will come
Then we'll come from the shadows.

Il y a des chansons, comme celles-là, qui restent gravées, sans que l'on sache trop pourquoi. S'associe alors un moment, une image, et le frisson, à l'écoute de la chanson qui passait alors... revient s'ancrer
là...

Bref... j'aime bien !

Désolée aucune vidéo disponible en lien, donc il faut aller sur la plateforme initiale...

Four letter word just to get me along
It's a difficulty and i'm biting on my tongue and I
I keep stalling, keeping me together
People around gotta find something to say now

Holding back, everyday the same
Don't wanna be a loner
Listen to me, oh no
I never say anything at all
But with nothing to consider they forget my name
(ame,ame,ame)

They call me 'Hell'
They call me 'Stacey'
They call me 'her'
They call me 'Jane'
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name

They call me 'quiet girl'
But i'm a riot
Mary Jo Lisa
Always the same
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name

I miss the catch if they throw me the ball
I'm the last chick standing up against the wall
Keep up, falling, these heels they keep me boring
Getting glammed up and sitting on the fence now

So alone all the time and I
Lock myself away
Listen to me, i'm not
Although i'm dressed up, out and all with
Everything considered they forget my name
(ame,ame,ame)

They call me 'Hell'
They call me 'Stacey'
They call me 'her'
They call me 'Jane'
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name

They call me 'quiet girl'
But i'm a riot
Mary Jo Lisa
Always the same
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name

Are you calling me darling?
Are you calling me "bird"?
Are you calling me darling?
Are you calling me "bird"?

...continues with chorus overlapping

Guy in the background singing:
This song was in my head, now it's in my mind, call it reach it get some words and get some timing.
And though I realize, I cannot emphasize, I'll stick around but just don't promise, nothing binding.
And baby can't you see, that you're so desperately, a standing joker like a vocal one-liner.
Instead of sing-a-long, this song is monotone, I've gotta get some soul I gotta get some feeling.

Voici un petit morceau où la magie guitare/voix opère à plein. Le guitariste fait plus que "toucher sa canette" comme on peut le voir là. Désolée pour le clip, il y en a qui préfèrent jacasser qu'écouter, c'est assez désolant, surtout pour ceux qui sont sur scène, et en particulier sur d'aussi belles chansons. Là encore aucun clip officiel... Mais elle est dans ma playlist donc il vaut mieux l'écouter là.

Sad sad lover, being true
Falling out a window for the view
All of us laugh, how many of us say?
This sky where we live is no place to lose your way
So love, love, love

Lose your body and your mind
And the bitter taste of time
All of us cry while we should be dancing
This sky where we live is no place to lose your way
So love, love, love

Fly fly away, fly away
Fly fly away, do you remember?
All of us sleeping, how many of us dream?
This sky where we live is the place to lose your way
So love, love, love

Fly fly away, fly away
Fly fly away, do you remember?

Encore une chanson entendue par hasard et qui a retenu mon attention. Je ne connais rien de ce groupe, hormis que son leader James Mercer vient des Shins, que certains connaissent. Il n'y a même pas de clip mais qu'importe, c'est la chanson qui compte, non ?

Go down to wait all night
She's bound to run him out
The rest of the nothing of any how
To each his own
The garden is sorting out
She curls her lips on a bar
I don't know if you're dead or not
If you're anyone

Come on and get the minimum
Before you open up your eyes
It's all being served in your hands
Your addled eyes
Come on and get to open yours
Collected at the borderlines
They want to get up in your hair

[Chorus]
Cause they know, so do I
The high road is hard to find
A detour in your new life
Tell all of your friends getting warm

The dogs who ran all night
The son who hoped it would
Break from the warfare in your house
To each his own
The soldier is bailing out
And curled his lips on a bar
And I don't know if the dead can talk
To anyone

Come on and get the minimum
Before you open up your eyes
It's all being served in your hands
Are you one of us
Come on and get to open yours
Collected at the borderlines
They want to get up in your hair

[Chorus]
cause they know, so do I
The high road is hard to find
A detour in your new life
Tell all of your friends getting warm

It's too late to change your mind
You let laws be your guide
(repeat)

J'aime bien ce genre de musique, c'est un peu "easy listening", je l'accorde, mais je trouve que ça passe bien !

You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep

'Cause they'd fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude
But I would just stand and stare

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems

'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance

A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep

Leave my door open just a crack
(Please take me away from here)
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(Please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep
(Please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep

To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell

But I'll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams