LIFE IS WONDERFUL

JASON MRAZ
SONGWRITER: JASON THOMAS MRAZ
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: MR. A-Z
LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 2005
 
        Jason Thomas Mraz(/məˈræz/; born June 23, 1977) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come(2002), which spawned the single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)", that reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His next two studio albums, Mr. A-Z(2005), and We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (2008), peaked in the top five on the Billboard 200; with the latter album spawning the Grammy Award winning singles "Make It Mine", and "Lucky" with Colbie Caillat.
       The album's lead single "I'm Yours", reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, while spending a then-record 76 weeks on the Hot 100, and was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His fourth album, Love Is a Four Letter Word(2012), peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, becoming his highest-charting album to date, and spawned the single "I Won't Give Up", which became his second top ten on the Hot 100.
      Along with receiving two Grammy Award wins, Mraz is also the recipient of two Teen Choice Awards, a People's Choice Award and the Hal David Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. As of July 2014, Mraz has sold over seven million albums, and over 11.5 million in digital singles. His musical style, from rhythmic feeling to his use of nylon string guitars, has been heavily influenced by Brazilian music.
      Mr. A–Z is the second album by the American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz, released on July 26, 2005. It is the follow-up to his first album Waiting for My Rocket to Come, released in 2002.
          An opera solo performed by Mraz himself can be found on the track "Mr. Curiosity". In March 2010, this song charted in Germany after it had been performed by Lena Meyer-Landrut in the talent show contest Unser Star für Oslo(Our Star for Oslo), reaching a peak position of number 44.
It takes a crane to build a crane
It takes two floors to make a story
It takes an egg to make a hen
It takes a hen to make an egg
There is no end to what I'm saying
 
It takes a thought to make a word
And it takes some words to make an action
It takes some work to make it work
It takes some good to make it hurt
It takes some bad for satisfaction
 
La la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la
 
It takes a night to make it dawn
And it takes a day to make you yawn, brother
And it takes some old to make you young
It takes some cold to know the sun
It takes the one to have the other
 
And it takes no time to fall in love
But it takes you years to know what love is
And it takes some fears to make you trust
It takes those tears to make it rust
It takes some dust to have it polished
 
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la
 
It takes some silence to make sound
And it takes some loss before you found me
And it takes a road to go nowhere
It takes a toll to make you care
It takes a hole to make a mountain
 
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life is meaningful
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la
 
It is so wonderful
It is so meaningful
It is so wonderful
It is meaningful
It is wonderful
It is meaningful
 
It goes full circle
Wonderful
Meaningful
Full circle
Wonderful.

NO TIME FOR TALK

CHRISTOPHER CROSS
SONGWRITER: CHRISTOPHER C. CROSS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: ANOTHER PAGE
LABEL: WARNER RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1983
 
       Christopher Cross(born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer from San Antonio, Texas. Cross won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (from the 1981 film Arthur) peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. "Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen).
        Another Page is Christopher Cross's second studio album, recorded in 1982 and released in early 1983. It was not as commercially successful as its predecessor (it was certified Gold by the RIAA, but only after his self-titled debut album had already been certified Platinum by the time of the release of Another Page). "Think of Laura", taken from the album as Cross's third single, reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984. It was Cross' final single to reach the Top 10. The first single, "All Right", reached #12 on the chart a year before. As a single, "No Time For Talk" peaked at #33. "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" appeared as a bonus track on the cassette and later CD releases of the album.
         An instrumental version of "No Time for Talk" appeared in the movie American Anthem, which was composed by the song's co-author and producer of Another Page, Michael Omartian.
Well I read it in town in the melancholy news
The front page story is our love is through
The hand of time is cold -- I can't stand to hear the truth
Somehow I won't believe it 'til I've heard it from you
 
But there's no time for talk
And there's no place for tears
There's no reason to wonder after all of these years
Sure we had some good times
And so who's to blame
It's so hard to tell when you both feel the pain
 
After the years have come and gone
The struggle to forget you will have just begun
We had our ups and downs but one thing's for sure
No one will ever love you more.


MAGIC
MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK
SONGWRITER: SØREN MADSEN & ASHLEY MULFORD
COUNTRY: DENMARK
ALBUM: NOTHING TO LOSE
LABEL: MLTR MUSIC
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1997
 
         Nothing to Lose is the fourth studio album of the Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released on September 12, 1997 by Medley Records in Denmark. Like the previous album, Played on Pepper(1995), it was mainly produced by the band itself. Guitar player Mikkel Lentz said the band programmed new beats during the mixing process as they wanted to experiment a bit more with this album. While the band's previous albums relied heavily on soft rock ballads, Nothing to Lose also contains a rockier sound intended to suit the European market. Bass guitar player Søren Madsen debuts as songwriter on the track "Magic".
          In Denmark, Nothing to Lose sold 25.000 copies on the day of release. In May 1998, the album had sold 500.000 copies worldwide, with 70.000 copies being sold in Denmark.
          The fourth single, "I'm Gonna Be Around" was re-produced by Per Magnusson and David Kreuger for its single release. The song was "written especially for the United States" according to lead singer Jascha Richter. It was later included on the compilation álbum MLTR(1999).

I see you movin around in the light
Been watching you for a while
I don't know what's inside of your mind
But it's lightning when I look in your eyes
 
I never trusted in miracles
I never looked in the stars
But when I see an angel on earth
That makes my heart sing
I believe in anything
 
Cos there's magic in the way you walk
Something special in the way you talk
This is real this is true
I've got the faith in you
 
Chorus:
La la la la...la la la
Every little thing you do
Becomes magic
 
You gotta stop this feeling of burning desire
From slowly driving me mad
So bring me in from the cold with your love
I'm never gonna stop
I'm never gonna give you up
 
Cos there's magic in the way you walk
Something special in the way you talk
This is real this is true
I've got the faith in you
 
Chorus:
La la la la...la la la
Every little thing you do
Becomes magic.

L'ARLEQUIN DE COMÉDIE

HERVÉ VILARD
COMPOSITEUR: HERVÉ VILLARD
PAYS: FRANCE
ALBUM: Nº 2
RECORD: MERCURY RECORDS
GENRE: CHANSON
ANNÉE: 1966
 
      René Villard, dit Hervé Vilard, né le 24 juillet 1946 à Paris, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète français.
      Il connaît le succès dès 1965 grâce à sa chanson Capri c'est fini. Nous(1979), Reviens(1981) et Méditerranéenne(1983) font partie de ses autres grands tubes.
    René Villard naît dans un taxi en route pour l'hôpital Saint-Antoine le 26 juillet 1946 à 5 heures du matin à Paris. Orphelin d'un père corse qu'il ne rencontrera jamais, il est, à l'âge de six ans, retiré à sa mère, vendeuse de violettes, déchue de ses droits maternels à la suite d'une dénonciation d'une voisine la disant alcoolique.
       Il est envoyé à Paris, à l'orphelinat Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, matricule 764, où il subit des viols ainsi que des coups de martinet. Après avoir tenté de s'échapper plusieurs fois, il est placé successivement dans sept familles d'accueil. Parmi ces familles, il est élevé par des métayers berrichons très pauvres qui l'élèvent comme leur propre fils.
         En 1957, il rencontre à La Celette l'abbé Anthony Angrand, qui l'éveille à la musique et à la littérature. Il devient alors enfant de chœur. À treize ans, il obtient son certificat d'études avec mention. Chanteur à l'église, il envisage, un an plus tard, de s'investir dans une carrière musicale. Auparavant, il est forcé à aller à Felletin apprendre le métier de maçon, et fait sa première fugue.
On m'appelle le petit chose
Chaque soir je joue ma vie
Pour un mot
Pour une rose
Je ne suis qu'un arlequin de comédie
 
Ou est la comédie
Ou est ma vie à moi
S'il me reste une vie
Un coeur à moi
Je suis votre arlequin
Arlequin de comédie
Ma vie n'est qu'une vie de balladin
 
Ou est la comédie
Ou est ma vie à moi
 
S'il me reste une vie
Un coeur à moi
Je suis ton arlequin
Arlequin de comédie
Ma vie n'est qu'une vie de balladin
 
Mais le soir quand se rallume
Le théâtre où me voici
De nouveau dans mon costume
Je ne suis qu'un arlequin de comédie
Ou est la comédie
Ou est ma vie à moi
 
S'il me reste une vie
Un coeur à moi
Je suis votre arlequin
Arlequin de comédie
Ma vie n'est qu'une vie de balladin
 
Où est la comédie
Où est ma vie à moi
S'il me reste une vie
Un coeur à moi
Je suis ton arlequin
Arlequin de comédie
Je suis bien comme je suis
Et c'est ma vie.