QUE JE T’AIME

JOHNNY HALLYDAY
COMPOSITEURES: JEAN RENARD & LUCIEN THIBAUT
PAYS: FRANCE
ALBUM: LIVE AT PALAIS DES SPORTS
RECORD: PHILIPS RECORDS
GENRE: POP
ANNÉE: 1969
 
         Johnny Hallyday, de son vrai nom Jean-Philippe Smet, est un chanteur, compositeur et acteur français, né le 15 juin 1943 à Paris 9e arr. et mort le 5 décembre 2017 à Marnes-la-Coquette(Hauts-de-Seine).
            Durant ses 57 ans de carrière, il s'impose comme l'un des plus célèbres chanteurs francophones et l'une des personnalités les plus présentes dans le paysage médiatique français.
        S'il n'est pas le premier à chanter du rock en France, il est, à partir de 1960, le premier à populariser le genre dans l'Hexagone. Bien qu'il ait interprété de nombreuses ballades sentimentales et des airs country au cours de sa carrière, le rock reste sa principale référence au travers de ses différents courants, puisant tous leurs origines dans le blues: rock 'n' roll, rhythm and blues, soul, rock psychédélique, soft rock ou encore pop rock.
       Que je t'aime est le 5e album live de Johnny Hallyday. Sorti en novembre 1969, Il est la captation partielle du tour de chant de l'artiste lors de son spectacle sur la scène du Palais des sports de Paris du 26 avril au 4 mai 1969. Du fait de problèmes techniques survenus à l'enregistrement, seuls huit titres jugés utilisables sont diffusés à l'époque, un neuvième en «faux live» complète l'édition et lui donne son titre Que je t'aime.
       Le temps du disque compact venu, plusieurs éditions ajoutent un, puis deux titres au live, mais le laisse incomplet. Ce n'est que cinquante et un an plus tard, em 2020, qu'une nouvelle édition, issue d'une archive radiophonique, propose le récital dans son intégralité.

Quand tes cheveux s'étalent
Comme un soleil d'été
Et que ton oreiller
Ressemble aux champs de blé
 
Quand l'ombre et la lumière
Dessinent sur ton corps
Des montagnes, des forêts
Et des îles aux trésors
 
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime, oh que je t'aime
 
Quand ta bouche se fait douce
Quand ton corps se fait dur
Quand le ciel dans tes yeux
D'un seul coup n'est plus pur
 
Quand tes mains voudraient bien
Quand tes doigts n'osent pas
Quand ta pudeur dit non
D'une toute petite voix
 
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
 
Quand tu ne te sens plus chatte
Et que tu deviens chienne
Et qu'à l'appel du loup
Tu brises enfin tes chaînes
 
Quand ton premier soupir
Se finit dans un cri
Quand c'est moi qui dis non
Quand c'est toi qui dis oui
 
Oh que je t'aime
Oh je t'aime
 
Quand mon corps sur ton corps
Lourd comme un cheval mort
Ne sait pas, ne sait plus
S'il existe encore
 
Quand on a fait l'amour
Comme d'autres font la guerre
Quand c'est moi le soldat
Qui meurt et qui la perd
 
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime
Que je t'aime.

WALKING BY MYSELF

GARY MOORE
SONGWRITER: JAMES LANE
COUNTRY: NORTH IRELAND
ALBUM: STILL GOT THE BLUES
LABEL: VIRGIN RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1990
 
     Robert William Gary Moore(4 April 1952–6 February 2011) was a Northern Irish musician, singer and songwriter. Over the course of his career he played in various groups and performed an eclectic range of music including blues, hard rock, heavy metal, and jazz fusion.
      Influenced by Peter Green and Eric Clapton, Moore began his career in the late 1960s when he joined Skid Row, with whom he released two albums. After Moore left the group he joined Thin Lizzy, featuring his former Skid Row bandmate and frequent collaborator Phil Lynott. Moore began his solo career in the 1970s and achieved major success with 1978's "Parisienne Walkways", which is considered his signature song. During the 1980s, Moore transitioned into playing hard rock and heavy metal with varying degrees of international success. In 1990, he returned to his roots with Still Got the Blues, which became the most successful album of his career. Moore continued to release new music throughout his later career, collaborating with other artists from time to time. Moore died on 6 February 2011 from a heart attack while on holiday in Spain.
        Moore was often described as a virtuoso and has been cited as an influence by many other guitar players. He was voted as one of the greatest guitarists of all time on respective lists by Total Guitar and Louder. Irish singer-songwriter Bob Geldof said that "without question, [Moore] was one of the great Irish bluesmen". For most of his career, Moore was heavily associated with Peter Green's famed 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar. Later he was honoured by Gibson and Fender with several signature model guitars.
      Still Got the Blues is the eighth solo studio album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1990. It marked a substantial change in style for Moore, who had been predominantly known for rock and hard rock music with Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, G-Force, Greg Lake and during his own extensive solo career, as well as his jazz-fusion work with Colosseum II. As indicated by its title, Still Got the Blues saw him delve into an electric blues style.
      The album features guest contributions from Albert King, Albert Collins and George Harrison.
      The title track was released as a single and reached Nº 97 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 16 February 1991. It is the only single of Moore's to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
          The album reached Nº 83 on the Billboard 200 on 16 February 1991, then was certified gold by the RIAA on November 1995. This was Moore's most successful album both in terms of sales and chart position in the US.
You know I love you.
You know it's true.
Give you all my love, babe.
What more can I do?
 
Walking by myself,
I hope you'll understand.
I just want to be your lovin' man.
 
I love ya, yes I love you
with my heart and soul.
I wouldn't mistreat you
for my weight in gold.
 
You know I love you.
You know it's true.
Give you all my love, babe.
What more can I do?
 
Walking by myself,
I hope you'll understand.
I just want to be your lovin' man.
 
Here we go!
Keep on walkin'!
 
You know I love you.
You know it's true.
I give you all my, babe.
What more can I do?
 
I'm walking by myself,
I hope you'll understand.
I just want to be your lovin' man.
 
I said I'm walking by myself,
I hope you'll understand.
I just want to be your lovin',
I just want to be your lovin',
I just want to be your lovin' man.
That's right.

COPACABANA

BARRY MANILOW
SONGWRITERS: BARRY MANILOW; BRUCE H. SUSSMAN & JACK A. FELDMAN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: EVEN NOW
LABEL: ARISTA RECORDS
GENRE: POP MUSIC
YEAR: 1978
 
       Barry Manilow(born Barry Alan Pincus, June 17, 1943) is an American singer with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "I Write the Songs", "Can't Smile Without You" and "Copacabana (At the Copa)".
        He has recorded and released 51 Top 40 singles on the Adult Contemporary Chart, including 13 that hit number one, 28 appeared within the top ten, and 36 in the top twenty. Manilow has released 13 platinum and six multi-platinum albums. Although not a favorite artist of music critics, Manilow has been praised by entertainers including Frank Sinatra, who was quoted in the 1970s as saying, "He's next."
           As well as producing and arranging albums for himself and other artists, Manilow has written and performed songs for musicals, films, and commercials for corporations such as McDonald's, Pepsi-Cola, and Band-Aid, from the 1960s. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award (winning once) as a producer, arranger and performer a total of fifteen times (and in every decade) from 1973 to 2015. He has also produced Grammy-nominated albums for Bette Midler, Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson and Sarah Vaughan. Manilow has sold more than 85 million records as a solo artist worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists.[
         Even Now is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. It was recorded at A&M Studios in Hollywood, California and released in 1978. The album reached triple platinum and spun off four hit singles in 1978 and early 1979: the title song, "Can't Smile Without You", "Copacabana" and "Somewhere in the Night" (which had previously been a hit in 1976 for Helen Reddy).
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star
Tony always tended bar
Across the crowded floor, they worked from eight til four
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?
 
At the copa (co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the copa they fell in love
 
Copa, Copacabana
His name was Rico
He wore a diamond
He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancing there
And when she finished, he called her over
But Rico went a bit to far
Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?
 
At the copa (co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the copa, she lost her love
(Copa, Copacabana)
(Copa, Copacabana)
(Copacabana)
 
like in Havana
(Copa, banana)
Music and passion were always in fashion
 
Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl
But that was thirty years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it's a disco, but not for Lola
Still in dress she used to wear
Faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
Now she's lost her mind
 
At the copa (co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always in fashion
At the copa don't fall in love
 
don't fall in love
(Copacabana)
(Copacabana)

REMIND ME TO FORGET

KATIE MELUA
SONGWRITERS: KATIE MELUA & SAM DIXON
COUNTRY: NORTHERN IRELAND
ALBUM: ALBUM Nº 8
LABEL: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED
GENRE: INDIE
YEAR: 2020
 
        Ketevan "Katie" Melua(/ˈmɛluːə/; Georgian: ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა, IPA: [kʰɛtʰɛvɑn mɛluɑ]; born 16 September 1984) is a Georgian-British singer and songwriter. She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of eight – first to Belfast, and then to London in 1999. Melua is signed to the small Dramatico record label, under the management of composer Mike Batt, and made her musical debut in 2003. In 2006, she became the United Kingdom's best-selling female artist and Europe's highest selling European female artist.
        In November 2003, at the age of 19, Melua released her first album, Call Off the Search, which reached the top of the United Kingdom album charts and sold 1.8 million copies in its first five months of release. Her second album, Piece by Piece, was released in September 2005 and to date has gone platinum (one million units sold) four times. Melua released her third studio álbum Pictures in October 2007.
             According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2008, Melua had a fortune of £18 million, making her the seventh-richest British musician under the age of 30.
       Album Nº 8 is the eighth studio album by Georgian-British singer-songwriter Katie Melua. The album was released by BMG on 16 October 2020. The first single from the album, "A Love like That", was produced by Leo Abrahams and had its premiere on BBC Radio 2 on 30 June 2020. The second single, "Airtime", premiered on 24 July 2020.
Taken in by what you've told me
But keep it all inside your songs
This isn't real, you don't even know me
How am I what you're thinking of?
 
You see you're turning a little crazy
Speaking love into the dust
I've seen it torn into every shape
I've seen it leaving fast
 
It's a burning fire
It'll be a wreck
A bitter dream
That makes you beg
It falls like rain
It turns to dust
How'd you make a love like that last?
How'd you make a love like that last?
 
If you wanna know the answer's yes
I want you for my only one
Everything feels inside out
My blood is burning in the sun
 
How'd you make the rays so strong?
The haze of love when you are near
But aren't you afraid of the state of us
When it disappears?
 
It's a burning fire
It'll be a wreck
A bitter dream
That makes you beg
It falls like rain
It turns to dust
How'd you make a love like that last?
How'd you make a love like that last?