sábado, dezembro 31, 2011
sábado, dezembro 24, 2011
# CDXLIX - Merry Xmas!
Partilho uma canção que fala um pouco sobre isso.
Ficam os votos de tempos de pazes, para todos.
Bryan Adams - Christmas Time
We waited all through the year
for the day to appear
when we could be together in harmony
You know the time will come
peace on earth for everyone
and we can live forever in a world where we are free
let it shine for you and me
There's something about Christmas time
something about Christmas time
that makes you wish it was Christmas everyday
To see the joy in the children's eyes
the way that the old folks smile
says that Christmas will never go away
We're all as one tonight
makes no difference if you're black or white
'cause we can sing together in harmony
I know it's not too late
the world would be a better place
if we can keep the spirit more
than one day in the year
send a message loud and clear
[Chorus:]
It's the time of year when everyone's together
we'll celebrate here on Christmas day
when the ones you love are there
you can feel the magic in the air
something about Christmas time
something about Christmas time
something about christmas time
something about christmas time
that makes you wish it was Christmas every day
To see the joy in the children's eyes
the way that the old folks smile
tells that Christmas will never go away
[Repeat chorus]
Please tell me Christmas will never go away
domingo, novembro 20, 2011
# CDXLVIII - Please...
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sábado, novembro 05, 2011
# CDXLVII - Mesmo que pareçam parvos!
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Gosto desta Jorane, que me soa a Tori Amos trocando o piano pelo violoncelo.
Assim, não será estranho que goste desta versão da canção (antiguinha!) de Anne Sylvestre.
Les Gens Qui Doutent
[de Anne Sylvestre, por Jorane]
J'aime les gens qui doutent
Les gens qui trop écoutent
Leur coeur se balancer
J'aime les gens qui disent
Et qui se contredisent
Et sans se dénoncer
J'aime les gens qui tremblent
Que parfois ils ne semblent
Capables de juger
J'aime les gens qui passent
Moitié dans leurs godasses
Et moitié à côté
J'aime leur petite chanson
Même s'ils passent pour des cons
J'aime ceux qui paniquent
Ceux qui sont pas logiques
Enfin, pas comme il faut,
Ceux qui, avec leurs chaînes,
Pour pas que ça nous gêne
Font un bruit de grelot
Ceux qui n'auront pas honte
De n'être au bout du compte
Que des ratés du coeur
Pour n'avoir pas su dire
"Délivrez-nous du pire
Et gardez le meilleur"
J'aime leur petite chanson
Même s'ils passent pour des cons
J'aime les gens qui n'osent
S'approprier les choses
Encore moins les gens
Ceux qui veulent bien n'être
Qu'une simple fenêtre
Pour les yeux des enfants
Ceux qui sans oriflamme,
Les daltoniens de l'âme,
Ignorent les couleurs
Ceux qui sont assez poires
Pour que jamais l'Histoire
Leur rende les honneurs
J'aime leur petite chanson
Même s'ils passent pour des cons
J'aime les gens qui doutent
Et voudraient qu'on leur foute
La paix de temps en temps
Et qu'on ne les malmène
Jamais quand ils promènent
Leurs automnes au printemps
Qu'on leur dise que l'âme
Fait de plus belles flammes
Que tous ces tristes culs
Et qu'on les remercie
Qu'on leur dise, on leur crie
"Merci d'avoir vécu
Merci pour la tendresse
Et tant pis pour vos fesses
Qui ont fait ce qu'elles ont pu".
domingo, outubro 30, 2011
# CDXLVI - ROOTS
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Dos grupos de cantares tradicionais ou regionais, ligados à riqueza do folclore português, há um que me merece um destaque especial - a Ronda dos Quatro Caminhos. Ouço-os inúmeras vezes, sobretudo quando viajo por este país fora. Transportam-me para um lugar melhor - e andamos todos bem precisados destas viagens!
Fica o "Cantar à meia noite" em partilha.
O cantar à meia-noite
É um cantar diferente
Acorda quem está dormindo
Ai, alegra quem está doente.
Tenho tantas saudades
Como folhas tem o trigo
Não as conto a ninguém
Ai, todas hão-de morrer comigo...
Quem me dera ser a água
que pelos campos vem a correr
Para beijar os teus lábios
Ai, quando à fonte vais beber
domingo, outubro 02, 2011
# CDXLV - À escuta do mundo
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Melodioso. Indie no seu melhor... Syd Matters!
To All Of You
[Syd Matters]
To all of you,
American girls,
it's sad to
Imagine a world
without you
American girls
I'd like to
Be part of the world around you
Driving a car by the seaside
Watching the world from the bright side
To all of you,
American girls
in the movies
No one can tell
where your heart is
American girls like dollies
With shiniest smiles and plastic bodies
I wish I had
an American girlfriend
I cry sometimes
walking around my own place
Wondering why she cries sometimes
Talking about her own place
Somewhere around the mountains
No one could dry her fountain
Till she got tired to complain
That's when I fly
to the wildland,
to your land.
quarta-feira, setembro 28, 2011
segunda-feira, setembro 26, 2011
# CDXLIII - Nha cretcheu... Cesária Évora!
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[Serralves, Porto]
A diva dos pés descalços doente.
Recordo uma das suas participações - aqui com Salif Keita, em Yamore.
segunda-feira, agosto 15, 2011
# CDXLII - Sussurro-te
[Algures da net]
LANA DEL RAY - Video Games
Swinging in the backyard
Pull up in your fast car
Whistling my name
Open up a beer
And you take it over here
And play a video game
I'm in his favorite sun dress
Watching me get undressed
Take that body downtown
I say you the bestest
Lean in for a big kiss
Put his favorite perfume on
Go play a video game
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do
Singing in the old bars
Swinging with the old stars
Living for the fame
Kissing in the blue dark
Playing pool and wild darts
Video games
He holds me in his big arms
Drunk and I am seeing stars
This is all I think of
Watching all our friends fall
In and out of Old Paul's
This is my idea of fun
Playing video games
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do
(Now you do)
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do
domingo, julho 24, 2011
# CDXLI - Covers - mercedes benz
Nguyên Lê, o guitarrista vietnamita, com a sua guitarra eléctrica de um sonoridade muito própria (traz a Ásia consigo!) tem um novo trabalho onde revisita canções de ouro da década de 70 [Songs of Freedom] com a soprano senegalesa Julia Sarr (a roçar a excelência em “Mercedes Benz” de Joplin).
A força do original não é beliscada. Mas é interessante esta roupagem.
"Mercedes Benz" / Janis Joplin
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ?
Dialing For Dollars is trying to find me.
I wait for delivery each day until three,
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ?
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ?
I'm counting on you, Lord, please don't let me down.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round,
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ?
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends,
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
quarta-feira, junho 15, 2011
domingo, junho 12, 2011
# CDXXXIX - Verdades ao vento
Porque o teu corpo só se acalma onde a tua alma sentir que se acalmou...
[Quadrilha, Por quem és desejado / Fotos de James Houston]
quinta-feira, junho 09, 2011
# CDXXXVII - Tristeza
Houve aí um fogo enorme, que apagaram com sangue. Foi mesmo na minha rua, mesmo dentro do meu quarto. Eu vi-os todos chegarem e olharem para mim, como se eu fosse a culpada de alguma coisa terrível.
As pessoas, cá em baixo, olhavam com indiferença, como quem ouve na rádio as notícias do meio-dia. Desci as escadas a arder, peguei fogo à cidade. Houve anjos que ainda tentaram levantar voo, mas em vão...
[Rádio Macau - Mais Uma Canção sobre Edificios a Arder (nova versão)]
sábado, junho 04, 2011
segunda-feira, maio 30, 2011
# CDXXXV - Amores de muchos colores
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domingo, abril 17, 2011
# CDXXXIV - Desejos, mistérios e búzios
domingo, abril 03, 2011
# CDXXXIII - Imerso em mares imensos
[Ponderando... Costa de Caparica, mar'11]
Eterno e revivificado retorno aos (meus) clássicos... ainda que com outras roupagens.
If It Be Your Will (Leonard Cohen Tribute) / Songwriter: Leonard Cohen / Singer : Antony and the Johnsons
If it be your will / That I speak no more / And my voice be still / As it was before / I will speak no more / I shall abide until / I am spoken for
If it be your will / If it be your will / That a voice be true / From the broken hill / I will sing to you / From this broken hill / All your praises they shall ring / If it be your will / To let me sing / From this broken hill / All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will / To let me sing / If it be your will / If there is a choice / Let the rivers fill / Let the hills rejoice / Let your mercy spill / On all these burning hearts in hell / If it be your will / To make us well / And draw us near / And bind us tight / All your children here / In their rags of light / In our rags of light / All dressed to kill / And end this night / If it be your will / And end this night
If it be your will / If it be your will * If it be your will / If it be your will...
domingo, março 13, 2011
# CDXXXII - Viva! Mais Adriana...y más, y más, y más,...
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[Camélia / Junqueira, Março´11]
ACERCATE MAS
Letra e Música de Oswaldo Farrez
Interpretação de Adriana
Acércate más,
y más, y más,
pero mucho más.
Y bésame así,
así, así,
como besas tu.
Pero besa pronto,
porque estoy sufriendo,
no lo estás tú viendo
que lo estoy queriendo
sin quererlo tu.
Acércate más,
y más, y más,
pero mucho más.
Y bésame así,
así, así,
como besas tu.
Acaso pretendes
a desesperarme
ven por Dios a darme
ese beso tuyo
que te pido yo.
quinta-feira, março 03, 2011
# CDXXXI - Tic Tac, Foi!
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[Le Temps - Casa, Mar'11]
Porque há canções assim...
LAURIKA RAUCH - THE OLD FOLKS
THE OLD FOLKS DON'T TALK MUCH
AND THEY TALK SO SLOWLY WHEN THEY DO
THEY ARE RICH THEY ARE POOR
THEIR ILLUSIONS ARE GONE
THEY SHARE ONE HEART FOR TWO
THEIR HOMES ALL SMELL OF TIME
OF OLD PHOTOGRAPHS AND AN OLD-FASHIONED SONG
THOUGH YOU MAY LIVE IN TOWN
YOU LIVE SO FAR AWAY
WHEN YOU'VE LIVED TOO LONG
AND HAVE THEY LAUGHED TOO MUCH
DO THEIR DRY VOICES CRACK TALKING OF TIMES GONE BY
AND HAVE THEY CRIED TOO MUCH
A TEAR OR TWO STILL ALWAYS
SEEMS TO CLOUD THE EYE
THEY TREMBLE AS THEY WATCH
THE OLD SILVER CLOCK
WHEN DAY IS THROUGH
IT TICK-TOCKS OH SO SLOW
IT SAYS 'YES' IT SAYS 'NO'
IT SAYS: 'I'LL WAIT FOR YOU'
THE OLD FOLKS DREAM NO MORE
THE BOOKS HAVE GONE TO SLEEP THE PIANO'S OUT OF TUNE
THE LITTLE CAT IS DEAD
AND NO MORE DO THEY SING
ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THE OLD FOLKS MOVE NO MORE
THEIR WORLD'S BECOME TOO SMALL THEIR BODIES FEEL LIKE LEAD
THEY MIGHT LOOK OUT THE WINDOW
OR ELSE SIT IN A CHAIR
OR ELSE THEY STAY IN BED
AND IF THEY STILL GO OUT
ARM IN ARM, ARM IN ARM, IN THE MORNING'S CHILL
IT'S TO HAVE A GOOD CRY
TO SAY THEIR LAST GOOD BYE
TO ONE WHO'S OLDER STILL
AND THEN THEY GO HOME
TO THE OLD SILVER CLOCK
WHEN DAY IS THROUGH
IT TICK TOCKS OH SO SLOW
IT SAYS 'YES' IT SAYS 'NO'
IT SAYS: I'LL WAIT FOR YOU
THE OLD FOLKS NEVER DIE
THEY JUST PUT DOWN THEIR HEADS AND GO TO SLEEP ONE DAY
THEY HOLD EACH OTHER'S HANDS
LIKE CHILDREN IN THE DARK
BUT ONE WILL GET LOST ANYWAY
AND THE OTHER WILL REMAIN
JUST SITTING IN THAT ROOM WHICH MAKES NO SOUND
IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW
THE SONG HAS DIED AWAY
AND ECHOES ALL AROUND
YOU'LL SEE THEM WHEN THEY WALK
THROUGH THE SUN-FILLED PARK WHERE CHILDREN RUN AND PLAY
IT HURTS TOO MUCH TO SMILE
IT HURTS TOO MUCH BUT LIFE
GOES ON FOR STILL ANOTHER DAY
AS THEY TRY TO ESCAPE
THE OLD SILVER CLOCK
WHEN DAY IS THROUGH
IT TICK-TOCKS OH SO SLOW
IT SAYS 'YES' IT SAYS 'NO',
IT SAYS:'I'LL WAIT FOR YOU'
THE OLD,OLD SILVER CLOCK
THAT'S HANGING ON THE WALL
THAT WAITS FOR US ALL
domingo, fevereiro 27, 2011
# CDXXX - Thoughts
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[The Kiss, Rodin - Londres, Dez'10]
Porque sim!
Roxette - "I'm Glad You Called"
Hate to say I’m glad you called
But you know I always tell the truth
It’s been a while and lots of miles
I wouldn’t say I have been missing you
The first week I stayed in my bed
That summer went straight to my head
The first year without you
I walked like the dead
I hate to say I’m glad you called
Even though it doesn’t matter now
There was a time I might’ve cared
But I’m seeing someone else now
I don’t have to think very hard
To rewind every frame of my love
I never I could never get enough
Of your stuff
Look around look around look around
Babe, I look around
I look around look around look around
Babe, I look around
Hate to say I’m glad you called
But you know I always tell the truth, baby
It’s been a while and lots of miles
I wouldn’t say that I’ve been missing you
The first week I cried in my bed
That summer I hurt and I bled
The first year without you
Is hard to forgive
So hard to forgive
So hard to forgive
segunda-feira, fevereiro 21, 2011
# CDXXIX - Imaginário
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[Papagaio na Praia - Agst'10]
[Kumbalawé - Cirque du Soleil]
domingo, janeiro 23, 2011
# CDXXVIII - Something blue...
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[Penafiel, Jan'11]
Um clássico que foi muitas vezes, como tantos outros, alvo de versões mais ou menos interessantes.
Este é dos tais temas cujo original dificilmente terá alguma versão que o suplante. O original é da deliciosa Elizabeth Cotten - os blues a nu!
Shake Sugaree
Elizabeth Cotten
Have a little song
Won't take long
Sing it right
Once or twice
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned
Pawn my watch
Pawn my chain
Pawn everything that was in my name
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned
Pawn by buggy
Horse and cart
Pawn everything that was on my lot
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned
Pawn my chair
Pawn my bed
Ain't got nowhere to lay my head
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned
Pawn my tobacco
Pawn my pipe
Pawned everything that was in my sight
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned
Have a little secret
I ain't gonna tell
I'm going to heaven in a brown pea shell
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned
Pawn my farm
Pawn my plough
Pawned everything, even pawned my old cow
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned
Pawn my hat
Pawn my shoes
Pawned everything that I could use
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned
have a little secret,
I ain't gonna tell
I'm goin' to heaven and I ain't goin' no...
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned
Chew my tobacco
Spit my juice
We raise cain but it ain't a bit 'a use
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned.
sábado, janeiro 15, 2011
#CDXXVII - Despertares
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[Lights, Out'06]
Acontecerá com todos, em alguma altura da vida, estou certo...
Todo menino é um rei
(Nelson Rufino e Zé Luiz)
Todo menino é um rei
Eu também já fui rei
Mas quá!
Despertei
Todo menino é um rei
Eu também já fui rei
Mas quá!
Despertei
Por cima do mar da ilusão
Eu naveguei só em vão
Não encontrei
O amor que eu sonhei
Nos meus tempos de menino
Porém menino sonha demais
Menino sonha com coisas
Que a gente cresce e não vê jamais
Todo menino é um rei
Eu também já fui rei
Mas quá!
Despertei
A vida que eu sonhei
No tempo que eu era só
Nada mais do que menino
Menino pensando só
No reino do amanhã
A deusa do amor maior
Nas caminhadas sem pedras
No rumo sem ter o nó
sábado, janeiro 08, 2011
# CDXXVI - Vou cantar pela vida
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[Casa, Janeiro'2011]
Catendê
Letra: Ildásio Tavares Música: Antonio Carlos e Jocafi
Interpretação: Vinicius de Moraes con Maria Creuza & Toquinho
Meu catendê ... de lá de China
Luante, meu catendê
Meu catendê ... de lá de China
Luante, meu catendê
Varre a voz o vendaval
Perdido no céu de espanto
Meu barco fere a distância
No disparo da inconstância
Me encontrei sem me esperar
Quanto mais o tempo avança
Mais me perco neste mar
E no rumo do segredo
Caminhei todo o caminho
Ei lá
Maré brava maré mansa
Ei lá
Vou na trilha da esperança
Ei lá
Vou no passo da alvorada
Ei lá
Mar amor enamorada
De segredo e de procura
Fiz do medo o meu amigo
E de força sempre pura
O meu canto se encontrou
E no fim da jornada
Vi meu canto crescer
Há tanto escuro na estrada
Esperando o sol nascer
Vou cantar pela vida
O meu canto de amor
Há tanta dor escondida
Tanto canto sem cantor
Ei lá
Maré brava maré mansa
Ei lá
Vou na trilha da esperança
Ei lá
Vou no passo da alvorada
Ei lá