SOTTO LE STELLE DEL JAZZ

PAOLO CONTE

COMPOSITORE: PAOLO CONTE

PAESE: ITALIA

ALBUM: PAOLO CONTE

ETICHETTA: PRESTIGE ELITE

GÉNERE: JAZZ

ANNO: 1984

Paolo Conte (Asti, 6 gennaio 1937) è un cantautore, paroliere, polistrumentista, pittore ed ex-avvocato italiano.

Pianista di formazione jazz, è considerato uno dei più importanti e innovativi cantautori italiani. Avvocato di professione, nella sua oltre cinquantennale carriera è stato autore di musiche per altri artisti, spesso collaborando con parolieri come Vito Pallavicini, per poi decidere, nel 1974, di abbandonare la carriera forense per dedicarsi esclusivamente a quella artistica. Stimato e apprezzato dal pubblico francese e da varie platee internazionali, si è cimentato in altri campi espressivi, ricevendo nel 2007 uma Laurea honoris causa in Pittura, conferitagli dall'Accademia di belle arti di Catanzaro. Insieme a Fabrizio De André è l'artista con il maggior numero di riconoscimenti da parte del Club Tenco, con sei Targhe e un Premio Tenco. Ha inoltre ricevuto um Premio Chiara nell'apposita sezione Le parole della musica.

Certi capivano il jazz

L'argenteria spariva…

Ladri di stelle e di jazz

Così eravamo noi, così eravamo noi

Pochi capivano il jazz

Troppe cravatte sbagliate…

Ragazzi-scimmia del jazz

Così eravamo noi, così eravamo noi

Sotto le stelle del jazz

Ma quanta notte è passata…

Marisa, svegliami, abbracciami

è stato un sogno fortissimo…

Le donne odiavano il jazz

"non si capisce il motivo"

Du-dad-du-dad

Sotto le stelle del jazz

Un uomo-scimmia cammina

O forse balla, chissà

Du-dad-du-dad

Duemila enigmi nel jazz

Ah, non si capisce il motivo…

Nel tempo fatto di attimi

E settimane enigmistiche…

Sotto la luna del jazz…

(LOOKINF FOR)THE HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT

TOM WAITS

SONGWRITER: TOM WAITS

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: THE HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT

LABEL: ASYLUM RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK

YEAR: 1974

The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1974 on Asylum Records. The title song was written as a tribute to Jack Kerouac.

Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. His music is characterized by his distinctive deep, gravelly singing voice and lyrics focusing on the underside of U.S. society. During the 1970s, he worked primarily in jazz, but since the 1980s his music has reflected greater influence from blues, vaudeville, and experimental genres.

Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in California. Inspired by Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music scene as a teenager. In Los Angeles, he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records. His first albums, the jazz-oriented Closing Time (1973) and The Heart of Saturday Night (1974), reflected his lyrical interest in nightlife, poverty, and criminality. Repeatedly touring the U.S., Europe, and Japan, he attracted greater critical recognition and commercial success with Small Change (1976), which he followed with Blue Valentine (1978) and Heartattack and Vine (1980). He produced the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's 1981 film One from the Heart and subsequently made cameo appearances in several Coppola films. During the 1970s, he also had relationships with two prominent performers, Bette Midler and Rickie Lee Jones.

Well you gassed her up

Behind the wheel

With your arm around your sweet one

In your Oldsmobile

Barrelin' down the boulevard

You're looking for the heart of Saturday night

And you got paid on Friday

And your pockets are jinglin'

And you see the lights

You get all tinglin' cause you're cruisin' with a 6

And you're looking for the heart of Saturday night

Then you comb your hair

Shave your face

Tryin' to wipe out ev'ry trace

All the other days

In the week you know that this'll be the Saturday

You're reachin' your peak

Stoppin' on the red

You're goin' on the green

'Cause tonight'll be like nothin'

You've ever seen

And you're barrelin' down the boulevard

Lookin' for the heart of Saturday night

Tell me is the crack of the poolballs, neon buzzin?

Telephone's ringin'; it's your second cousin

Is it the barmaid that's smilin' from the corner of her eye?

Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye.

Makes it kind of quiver down in the core

'Cause you're dreamin' of them Saturdays that came before

And now you're stumblin'

You're stumblin' onto the heart of Saturday night

Well you gassed her up

And you're behind the wheel

With your arm around your sweet one

In your Oldsmobile

Barrellin' down the boulevard,

You're lookin' for the heart of Saturday night

Is the crack of the poolballs, neon buzzin?

Telephone's ringin'; it's your second cousin

And the barmaid is smilin' from the corner of her eye

Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye.

Makes it kind of special down in the core

And you're dreamin' of them Saturdays that came before

It's found you stumblin'

Stumblin' onto the heart of Saturday night

And you're stumblin'

Stumblin onto the heart of Saturday night.

CELEBRATION

KOOL & THE GANG

SONGWRITERS: RONALD BELL & KOOL & THE GANG

Country: U.S.A.

ALBUM: CELEBRATE

LABEL: DE-LITE

Genre: R & B SOUL

Year: 1980

Celebrate! is the twelfth studio album by American band Kool & the Gang. Released on September 29, 1980, the album reached #1 on the US R&B chart and #10 on the Billboard 200. The album produced perhaps Kool & the Gang's most recognizable hit song, the #1 chart-topper, "Celebration", which still receives heavy play today over three decades later.

Yahoo!

Celebration

Yahoo!

This is your celebration

Celebrate good times, come on!

(Let's celebrate)

Celebrate good times, come on!

(Let's celebrate)

There's a party goin' on right here

A celebration to last throughout the years

So bring your good times and your laughter too

We gonna celebrate your party with you

Come on now, celebration

Let's all celebrate and have a good time

Celebration

We gonna celebrate and have a good time

It's time to come together

It's up to you, what's your pleasure?

Everyone around the world come on!

Yahoo!

It's a celebration

Yahoo!

Celebrate good times, come on!

(It's a celebration)

Celebrate good times, come on!

(Let's celebrate)

There's a party goin' on right here

A dedication to last throughout the years

So bring your good times and your laughter too

We gonna celebrate and party with you

Come on now, celebration

Let's all celebrate and have a good time, yeah yeah

Celebration

We gonna celebrate and have a good time

It's time to come together

It's up to you, what's your pleasure?

Everyone around the world come on!

Yahoo!

It's a celebration

Yahoo!

It's a celebration

Celebrate good times, come on!

(Let's celebrate come on now)

Celebrate good times, come on!

(Let's celebrate)

We're gonna have a good time tonight

Let's celebrate, it's all right

We're gonna have a good time tonight

Let's celebrate, it's all right, baby

We're gonna have a good time tonight

(Celebration)

Let's celebrate, it's all right

We're gonna have a good time tonight

(Celebration)

Let's celebrate, it's all right

Yahoo!

Yahoo!

Celebrate good times, come on!

(Let's celebrate)

Celebrate good times, come on!

(It's a celebration)

Celebrate good times, come on!

(Let's celebrate)

(Come on and celebrate tonight)

Celebrate good times, come on!

('Cause everything's gonna be alright, let's celebrate)

Celebrate good times, come on!

(Let's celebrate)

Celebrate good times, come on!

OUT IN THE COUNTRY

THREE DOG NIGHT

SONGWRITERS: WILLIAMS PAUL H & NICHOLS ROGER S

HOW: LIVE

Country: U.S.A.

ALBUM: IT AIN'T EASY

LABEL: DUNHILL

Genre: rock and roll

Year: 1970

"Out in the Country" is a song written by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols and performed by Three Dog Night. The song was produced by Richard Podolor, and was featured on their 1970 album, It Ain't Easy In the US, "Out in the Country" peaked at number 11 on the US adult contemporary chart, and number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 17,1970. Outside the US, "Out in the Country" reached number 9 in Canada, The song, released in the first year of Earth Day, was an early environmental advocacy record. The lyrics were about finding solace outside the city, "before the breathing air is gone..."

Three Dog Night is an American rock band. They formed in 1967 with a line-up consisting of vocalists Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and Chuck Negron. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass), Michael Allsup (guitar), and Floyd Sneed (drums). The band registered 21 Billboard Top 40 hits (with three hitting number one) between 1969 and 1975. Because Three Dog Night recorded many songs written by outside songwriters, they helped introduce mainstream audiences to writers such as Paul Williams ("An Old Fashioned Love Song") and Hoyt Axton ("Joy to the World").

Whenever I need to leave it all behind

Or feel the need to get away

I find a quiet place, far from the human race

Out in the country

Before the breathin' air is gone

Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime

Out where the rivers like to run

I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

Whenever I feel them closing in on me

Or need a bit of room to move

When life becomes too fast, I find relief at last

Out in the country

Before the breathin' air is gone

Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime

Out where the rivers like to run

I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

Before the breathin' air is gone

Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime

Out where the rivers like to run

I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

Before the breathin' air is gone

Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime

Out where the rivers like to run

I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

Before the breathin' air is gone

Before the sun is.