ANA'S SONG

SILVERCHAIR
SONGWRITER: DANIEL JOHNS
COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA
ALBUM: NEON BALLROOM
LABEL: MURMUR
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1999
 
         Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, with Ben Gillies on drums, Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars, and Chris Joannou on bass guitar. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo competition conducted by SBS TV show Nomad and ABC radio station Triple J. The band was signed by Murmur and were successful in Australia and internationally. Silverchair have sold over 8 million albums worldwide.
                Silverchair have won more ARIA Music Awards than any other artist in history, earning 21 wins from 49 nominations. They also received six APRA Awards, with Johns winning three songwriting awards in 2008. All five of their studio albums debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart: Frogstomp(1995), Freak Show(1997), Neon Ballroom(1999), Diorama (2002), and Young Modern(2007). Three singles reached the number-one slot on the related ARIA Singles Chart: "Tomorrow" (1994), "Freak" (1997), and "Straight Lines" (2007).
Silverchair's alternative rock sound evolved throughout their career, differing styles on specific albums growing more ambitious over the years, from grunge on their debut to more recent work displaying orchestral and art rock influences. The songwriting and singing of Johns had evolved steadily while the band had developed an increased element of complexity.
                In 2003, following the release of Diorama, the band announced a hiatus, during which time members recorded with side projects the Dissociatives, the Mess Hall, and Tambalane. Silverchair reunited at the 2005 Wave Aid concerts. In 2007, they released their fifth album, Young Modern, and played the Across the Great Divide tour with contemporaries Powderfinger. In May 2011, Silverchair announced an indefinite hiatus.
        "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" is a song by the Australian alternative rock band Silverchair. It was released in May 1999 as the second single from their third album, Neon Ballroom. The song is about lead vocalist Daniel Johns' struggle with anorexia nervosa. "Ana's Song" peaked at No. 14 on Australia's ARIA chart, at Nº 12 on Billboard's Alternative Airplay and at Nº 28 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. It was nominated for two Aria Awards in 1999: Single of the Year and Best Video. The track also earned Silverchair a Comet Award in Germany.
Please die Ana
For as long as you're here we're not
You make the sound of laughter
And sharpened nails seem softer
 
And I need you now somehow
And I need you now somehow
 
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you
 
Imagine pageant
In my head the flesh seems thicker
Sandpaper tears corrode the film
 
And I need you now somehow
And I need you now somehow
 
Open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you
 
And your my obsession
I love you to the bones
And Ana wrecks your life
Like an anorexia life
 
Open fire on the need designed
On my knees for you
Open fire on my knees desires
What I need from you
Open fire on my needs designed
Oh, and open fire on the needs designed
On my knees for you.

LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!

BING CROSBY
SONGWRITERS: JULE STYNE & SAMMY CAHN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: CHRISTMAS CLASSIC
LABEL: WARNER BROTHERS
GENRE: CHRISTMAS
YEAR: 1962
 
          Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr.(May 3, 1903–October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs.
       His early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed, such as Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon.
           Yank magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII.: 6  In 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music.
             Crosby won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Going My Way(1944) and was nominated for its sequel, The Bells of St. Mary's(1945), opposite Ingrid Bergman, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. He is one of 33 people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the categories of motion pictures, radio, and audio recording. He was also known for his collaborations with his friend Bob Hope, starring in the Road to... films from 1940 to 1962.
             Crosby influenced the development of the post World War Two recording industry. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to America by John T. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in California electronics company Ampex to build copies. He then persuaded ABC to allow him to tape his shows. He became the first performer to prerecord his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape.
        Through the medium of recording, he constructed his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became industry standard. In addition to his work with early audio tape recording, he helped finance the development of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and co-owned the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, during which time the team won two World Series(1960 and 1971).
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
 
It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've bought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
 
When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm
 
The fire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbying
But as long as you love me so
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

SIBONEY

CONNIE FRANCIS
COMPOSITOR: THEODORA MORSE & ERNESTO LECUONA
PAIS: U. S. A.
ÁLBUM: CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS AND LATIN AMERICAN FAVORITES
DISCOGRÁFICA: MGM RECORDS
GENRE: POP
AÑO: 1960
 
          Connie Francis(nacida como Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero; Newark, Nueva Jersey, 12 de diciembre de 1938) es una cantante de pop estadounidense que alcanzó su mayor fama en las décadas de 1950 y 1960. A pesar de varias interrupciones en su carrera, aún sigue activa como artista.
          Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favourites es un álbum de estudio de canciones españolas y latinoamericanas grabado por la artista estadounidense Connie Francis.
Siboney, yo te quiero
Yo me muero por tu amor;
Siboney en tu boca
La miel puso su dulzor;
Ven a mí que te quiero
Y que te adoro
Y qué eres para mí.
Siboney al arrullo
De la palma pienso en ti.
Siboney de mi sueño
Que no oyes la queja de mi voz
Siboney, si no vienes
Me moriré de amor.
Siboney de mi sueño
Te espero con ansia en mi caney
Porque tú eres el dueño
De mi amor Siboney.
Oye el eco de mi canto de cristal
No se pierda por entre el rudo manigual.

LOVE IN THE SHADOWS

NEIL SEDAKA
SONGWRITER: NEIL SEDAKA & PHILIP CORDY
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: STEPPIN’ OUT
LABEL: ROCKET RECORDS
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 1976
 
       Neil Sedaka(/sɛdækə/born March 13, 1939) is an American pop singer, pianist, composer and record producer. Since his music career began in 1957 as a short-lived founding member of the Tokens, he has sold millions of records as a performer and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and others, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard "Howie" Greenfield and Phil Cody.
          Steppin' Out is a 1976 album containing the works of Neil Sedaka. In America it was the third and final album of a trilogy of albums issued by The Rocket Record Company. (Rocket would issue a compilation album, Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits, in 1977; but it contained no new material.) Outside America Steppin' Out was issued on the Polydor label. In 1998, the Varèse Sarabande label reissued Steppin' Out and included four bonus tracks.
         The title track, a #36 hit in the U.S., featured backing vocals by Sedaka's labelmate, Elton John.
                                          
In the shadows
You get to know your lover mostly by feel
Got to put your faith in things you can touch
If you dare to
'Cause the shadows can make you crazy
With the things they reveal
They show it all without revealing too much
Scare the hell out of you
'Cause me and my love
Live among the shadows
Where the old playground is an alley way
Now me and my love make love among the shadows
When the sun goes down in a dark hallway
Love in the shadows where the crowd never goes
Deep in the shadows where flowers won't grow
Me and my baby know love in the shadows
In the shadows
You got to work at love to get it to shine
You can't believe in everything that you see
Not this time around
'Cause the shadows can play
A half a million tricks on your mind
You try your best but you can never break free
It just kind of drags you down
'Cause me and my love
Live among the shadows
Where the old playground is an alley way
Now me and my love make love among the shadows
When the sun goes down in a dark hallway
Love in the shadows where the sun never shines
Deep in the shadows where most men go blind
Me and my baby find love in the shadows.