15 posts tagged “mv”
Rediscovered while going through old George Michael hits: a beautiful cover of an even older Stevie Wonder song - As. Who'd have thought that GM would sound so good duetting with Mary J Blige?
The lyrics are just sublime.
As
(Stevie Wonder)
As around the sun the earth knows she's revolving
And the rosebuds know to bloom in early May
Just as hate knows love's the cure
You can rest your mind assured that
I'll be loving you always
As now can't reveal the mystery of tomorrow
But in passing will grow older everyday
Just as all that's born is new
You know what I say is true
That I'll be loving you always
Until the rainbow burns the stars out of the sky
Until the ocean covers every mountain high
Until the day that 8 times 8 times 8 is 4
Until the day that is the day that are no more
Did you know that true love asks for nothing
Her acceptance is the way we pay
Did you know that life has given love a guarantee
To last through forever and another day
As today I know I'm living for tomorrow
Could make me the past
But that I mustn't fear
Now I know deep in my mind
The love of me I've left behind
And I'll be loving you always
Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky
Until the ocean covers every mountain high
Until the dolphins fly and parrots live at sea
Until we dream of life and life becomes a dream
Until the day is night and night becomes the day
Until the trees and seas just up and fly away
Until the day that 8 times 8 times 8 is 4
Until the day that is the day that are no more
Did you know that true love asks for nothing
Her acceptance is the way we pay
Did you know that life has given love a guarantee
To last through forever and another day
As around the sun the earth knows she's revolving
And the rosebuds know to bloom in early May
Now I know deep in my mind
The love of me I've left behind
And I'll be loving you always
Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky
Until the ocean covers every mountain high
Until the dolphins fly and parrots live at sea
Until we dream of life and life becomes a dream
Until the day is night and night becomes the day
Until the trees and seas just up and fly away
Because I've been living under a rock (okay, not really), I had no idea who Rufus Wainwright was until I heard him sing on Concrete, the PSB live concert album. The voice...! And his own music turned out to be quite literally unique, not quite pop, folk or cabaret. He's obsessed with opera and Judy Garland, which should tell you a lot.
His latest album, Release The Stars, took awhile to grow on me, but grow on me it did. Rules and Regulations is one of my favourite tracks off it. Love the lyrics, love the OTT production, and the video really has to be seen to be believed.
Rules And Regulations
(Rufus Wainwright)
I will never be as cute as you
According to the Board of Human Relations
I will never fly as high as you
According to the Board of Public Citations
These are just the rules and regulations
Of the birds and the bees, the earth and the trees
Not to mention the gods, not to mention the gods
All my little life I've wanted to roam
Even if it was just inside my own home
Then one little day I chanced to look back
Saw you sittin' there, bein' a sad culprit
These are just the rules and regulations
Of the birds and the bees, the earth and the trees
Not to mention the gods, not to mention the gods
These are just the rules and regulations
Yeah, these are just the rules and regulations
And I like every one, yes, I like every one
Must follow them
For Jean and JusChev. Time to dig out my copy of Mezzanine and watch some more House.
(Jean: the new Portishead album is actually called "Third", and is due out in April!)
Teardrop
(Vowles/Fraser/Marshall/Del Naja)
Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Feathers on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me, makes me lighter
Feathers on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Feathers on my breath
In the night of matter
Black flowers blossom
Feathers on my breath
Black flowers blossom
Feathers on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Feathers on my breath
Water is my eye
Most faithful my love
Feathers on my breath
Teardrop on the fire of a confession
Feathers on my breath
Most faithful my love
Feathers on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Feathers on my breath
You're stumbling a little
You're stumbling a little
Spitz (スピッツ) is easily my favourite J-pop band. Great guitar rock, and I love Kusano Masamune's (草野正宗) voice.
This one's got a fantastic chorus. Scroll past the lyrics for a translation.
Sawatte Kawatte
(Kusano Masamune)
Tenjin eki no kaisatsu guchi de
kimi no yoreta egao
ikikau hito no kurai 'aura' ga
sore o ukasu
Yurui umi ni tokeru tsuki
karamaru tako no ashi
kotoba yori kakujitsu ni ore o ikasu
Sawatte kawatte
ai mo hana mo nai yoru o koete
Sawatte kawatte
haru ga shinobi yotte kuru kokochi
yasashii kaze futari o tsutsume
Mo iiya toka iitai toki ni
koraeru oro kasa de
san ren pai nochi san ren shou shite
machi ga hikaru
Sawatte kawatte
taezu korogaru tama o tomete
Sawatte kawatte
haru ga shinobi yotte kuru kokochi
yasashii kaze futari o tsutsume
kotoba yori kakujitsu ni ore o ikasu
At the entrance to the Tenjin train station
Your bended smiling face
The dark aura of the people coming and going
enhances that (the smiling face)
The moon that melts into the gentle sea
entangled octopus legs
Makes me feel alive then words could ever do
Touch! Change!
I will overcome this loveless and flowerless night
Touch! Change!
The feeling of spring sneaking up
Oh gentle wind, embrace the two of us
When you feel like saying "forget it" (giving up)
The stupidity of resisting
Three consecutive losses followed by three consecutive wins
makes the city glow
Touch! Change!
Stopping the eternally rolling ball
Touch! Change!
The feeling of spring sneaking up
Oh gentle wind, embrace the two of us
Makes me feel alive than words could ever do
(translation by Aoi Hayashi)
For Blubell. A gorgeous song from a forgettable film.
Disappointed
(Marr/Sumner/Tennant)
Now my head is spinning
At the back of my mind
I think I’m winning
I was somebody falling for one who was not
Somebody tired of dreaming
Now it’s already dawning that this time I’ve got
Someone who won’t leave me feeling
Disappointed, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you’re not disappointed or
Disenchanted, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you’re not disappointed at all
Listen, as you call my name
Just one syllable said
Then spoken once again
From the sound of your voice
The promise you make
You’re somebody I can believe in
Someone who won’t leave me feeling
Disappointed, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you’re not disappointed or
Disenchanted, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you’re not disappointed at all
At the back of my head
I believe what you said
Dreaming
Disappointed, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you’re not disappointed or
Disenchanted, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you’re not disappointed at all
Disappointed
Human Behaviour
(Hooper/Björk)
If you ever get close to a human
And human behaviour
Be ready be ready to get confused
There's definitely definitely definitely no logic
To human behaviour
But yet so yet so irresistible
And there's no map to human behaviour
They're terribly terribly terribly terribly moody
Then all of a sudden turn happy
But, oh, to get involved in the exchange
Of human emotions
Is ever so ever so satisfying
And there's no map
And a compass wouldn't help at all
(Björk/Hooper/De Vries/Sjón)
in a forest pitch-dark
glowed the tiniest spark
it burst into flame
like me : like me
my name isobel : married to myself
my love isobel : living by herself
in a heart full of dust
lives a creature called lust
it surprises and scares
like me : like me
my name isobel : married to myself
my love isobel : living by herself
when she does it she means to
moth delivers her message
unexplained on your collar
crawling in silence
a simple excuse
nana na nana : nana na nana
in a tower of steel
nature forges a deal
to raise wonderful hell
like me : like me
my name isobel : married to myself
my love isobel : living by herself
when she does it she means to
moth delivers her message
unexplained on your collar
crawling in silence
a simple excuse
nana na nana : nana na nana
nana na nana : nana na nana
(Björk/Sjón)
I'm a fountain of blood
in the shape of a girl
you're bird on the brim
hypnotized by the whirl
Drink me - make me feel real
wet your beak in the stream
the game we're playing is life
love's a two way dream
Leave me now - return tonight
tide will show you the way
if you forget my name
you will go astray
like a killer whale trapped in a bay
I'm a path of cinders
burning under your feet
you're the one who walks me
I'm your one way street
I'm a whisper in water
a secret for you to hear
you're the one who grows distant
when I beckon you near
I'm a tree that grows hearts
one for each that you take
you're the intruders hand
I'm the branch that you break
Leave me now - return tonight
tide will show you the way
if you forget my name
you will go astray
like a killer whale trapped in a bay
My folks have already watched dunno how many episodes of this long-running comedy, so it's really time I caught up. So far I've only watched bits and pieces here and there, and it seems quite funny. I like Shirley Kwan's ending theme a lot!
只得一次
【同事三分親】電視劇片尾曲
主唱：關淑怡
作曲：鄧智偉
填詞：陳詩慧
編曲：Johnny Yim
監製：鄧智偉
聽聽歌曲再次記起
奔波中生活或太膩
誰願花光 全部心機
為求剎那的歡喜
他跟她可會再記起
彼此相識就是趣味
名利拋開 曾無私獻技
原來這是誰的福氣
＊偏愛面子 總不肯開口 太沒有意思
明明可以 像回復當年那樣子
捨棄面子 講一聲很愛 聽罷就會知
然而 忙著多的是 誰沒有守時
而這種機會只得一次＊
很想講一句在意嗎
親暱的關係未變吧
如若講出 遲來的說話
連人間寂寥都不怕
REPEAT＊
＊寫上地址 簡單的祝福 看罷就會知
然而心意 若遺下了就變歷史
誰人寫出心事
誰人沒有守時
原來這種機會只得一次
Trip hop doesn't get more delicious than Portishead. I was rearranging my old collection of CD singles and was reminded of how much I loved them. I thought they were pretty much gone, but Wikipedia tells me that they are actually releasing a new studio album this April. 11 years after their last! Amazing. Can't wait.
Sour Times
(Utley/Gibbons/Barrow/Brooks/Schifrin/Turner)
To pretend no one can find the fallacies of morning rose
Forbidden fruit, hidden eyes courtesies that, I despise in me
Take a ride, take a shot now
'Cause nobody loves me, it's true
Not like you do
Covered by the blind belief that fantasies of sinful screens
Bear the facts assume the dye, end the vows no need to lie enjoy
Take a ride, take a shot now
'Cause nobody loves me, it's true
Not like you do
Am I what am I?
'Cause all I have left is my memories of yesterday, the sour time
'Cause nobody loves me, it's true
Not like you do
After time the bitter taste of innocence descent or race
Scattered seeds, buried lives mysteries you learnt disguised
Revolve circumstance will decide
'Cause nobody loves me, it's true
Not like you do
'Cause nobody loves me, it's true
Not like you do
Nobody loves me, it's true
Not like you do
I was a member of the British Council library in secondary school, and they had a great collection of CDs and videos (Blackadder!) One day I decided to check out this Pet Shop Boys since they had a few of their albums. I picked up Introspective, and this song turned me on to PSB and probably dance music too.
(Edited to add this amazing live version, recorded 16 years after the original single was released.)
Left To My Own Devices
(Tennant/Lowe)
I get out of bed at half past ten
phone up a friend who's a party animal
Turn on the news and drink some tea
Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping
One day I'll read or learn to drive a car
If you pass the test, you can beat the rest
but I don't like to compete or talk street, street, street
I can pick up the best from the party animal
I could leave you
say good-bye
or I could love you
if I try
and I could
and left to my own devices
I probably would
Left to my own devices
I probably would
Pick up a brochure about the sun
Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
I was always told that you should join a club
stick with the gang if you want to belong
I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
in a world of my own at the back of the garden
I didn't want to compete or play out on the street
for in a secret life I was a Roundhead general
I could leave you
say good-bye
or I could love you
if I try
and I could
and left to my own devices
I probably would
Left to my own devices
I probably would
Oh, I would
I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard distant feet
Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat
It's not a crime when you look the way you do
the way I like to picture you
When I get home, it's late at night
I pour a drink and watch the fight
Turn off the TV, look at a book
pick up the phone, fix some food
Maybe I'll sit up all night and day
waiting for the minute I hear you say
I could leave you
say good-bye
or I could love you
if I try
and I could
and left to my own devices
I probably would
Come on, baby
say good-bye
I could love you
if I try
and I could
and left to my own devices
I probably would
Left to my own devices
I probably would
Out of bed at half past ten
the party animal phones a friend
Picks up news about the sun
and the working day has just begun
Sticks with the gang at the back of the street
Pass the test and he don't compete
Drive the car, if you're with me
Che Guevara's drinking tea
He reads about a new device
and takes to the stage in a secret life
(I would if I could)
Left to my own devices
I probably would
If I was left to my own devices
I possibly would
(I would if I could)
If I was left to my own devices
I probably would
If I was left to my own devices
I probably would
I could leave you
say good-bye
or I could love you
if I try
and I could
and left to my own devices
I probably would
Left to my own devices
I probably would
Come on, baby
Left to my own devices
I probably would
As an undergrad, I adored Britpop. I guess that was its heyday and I was in the right place for it. One of my favourite bands was Suede. Something about Brett Anderson...
Anyway, great tunes. Their Singles collection is one of my favourite pop albums.
Positivity
(Anderson/Oakes/Gilbert/Osman/Codling)
You say what you want to say
Your diamonds are drops of rain
Your smile is your credit card
And your currency is your love
And the morning is for you
And the air is free
And the birds sing for you
And your positivity
Watch out
So you play where you want to play
On the main streets where the creeps all pray
And you can feel like you're in dynasty
And you can be what you want to be
And the morning is for you
And the air is free
And the birds sing for you
And your positivity
And the cars crash for you
And the sunshine is free
And the sirens call you
Yes, the morning is for you
Yes, the air is free
Yes, the world spins for you
And your positivity
Positivity
