HOLD ME

TOM ODELL
SONGWRITERS: FRANCIS ANTHONY WHITE & TOM PETER ODELL
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: LONG WAY DOWN
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 2013
 
         Thomas Peter Odell(born 24 November 1990) is an English singer-songwriter. He released his debut extended play, Songs from Another Love, in 2012 and won the BRITs Critics' Choice Award in early 2013. His debut studio album, Long Way Down, was issued on 24 June 2013. His second studio album, Wrong Crowd, was released on 10 June 2016. In October 2018, his third studio album, Jubilee Road was released.
      Long Way Down is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Tom Odell. It was released on 24 June 2013 and serves as the follow-up to his 2012 extended play, Songs from Another Love. It serves as his first release with a major record label, and was released with Columbia
I shouldn't say it, but I'm starting to think I care
I've had a drink, you probably think my judgement isn't clear
And it's getting late now, we're a long way from our homes
Before you leave, before you grieve, there's one thing you should know
 
When you hold me, when you hold me in your arms
Oh, when you hold me, yeah I can feel your heart
When you hold me, when you hold me in your arms
Oh, when you hold me, yeah I can feel your heart beating
 
Suddenly I'm standing on a treetop up so high
And all the songs, and all the poems, suddenly they're right
And I'm dumbfounded by the breaths of your self control
But I don't care 'cause you're here, and you and I both know
 
When you hold me, when you hold me in your arms
Oh, when you hold me, yeah I'm picking out the stars
When you hold me, when you hold me in your arms
Oh, when you hold me, yeah I can feel your heart beating
 
Oh, when you hold me, hold me in your arms
Hold me, I can feel your heart
Hold me, when you hold me in your arms
Hold me, yeah I can feel your heart
 
When you hold me, hold me in your arms
Oh, when you hold me, I can feel your heart
Oh, when you hold me, when you hold me in your arms
Oh, when you hold me, yeah I can feel your heart beating.

NORTH AND SOUTH

THE CLASH
SONGWRITERS: BERNARD RHODES & JOE STUMMER
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: CUT THE CRAP
LABEL: EPIC RECORDS
GENRE: PUNK
YEAR: 1985
 
       The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 who were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they also contributed to the post-punk and new wave movements that emerged in the wake of punk and employed elements of a variety of genres including reggae, dub, funk, ska, and rockabilly. For most of their recording career, the Clash consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Joe Strummer, lead guitarist and vocalist Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon, and drummer Nicky "Topper" Headon.
       Headon left the group in 1982 due to internal friction surrounding his increasing heroin addiction. Further internal friction led to Jones' departure the following year. The group continued with new members, but finally disbanded in early 1986. The Clash achieved critical and commercial success in the United Kingdom with the release of their self-titled debut album, The Clash(1977) and their second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope(1978). Their experimental third album, London Calling, released in the UK in December 1979, earned them popularity in the United States when it was released there the following month. A decade later, Rolling Stone named it the best album of the 1980s. Following continued musical experimentation on their fourth album, Sandinista!(1980), the band reached new heights of success with the release of Combat Rock(1982), which spawned the US top 10 hit "Rock the Casbah", helping the album to achieve a 2× Platinum certification there. A final album, Cut the Crap, was released in 1985 with a new lineup, and a few weeks later, the band broke up.
       In January 2003, shortly after the death of Joe Strummer, the band—including original drummer Terry Chimes—were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Clash number 28 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
         Cut the Crap is the sixth and final studio album by the English punk band the Clash, released on 4 November 1985 by CBS Records. It was recorded in early 1985 at Weryton Studios, Munich, following a turbulent period: co-founder, lead guitarist and co-principal songwriter Mick Jones and drummer Topper Headon had been dismissed by lead vocalist Joe Strummer and bassist Paul Simonon. Jones and Headon were replaced by three unknowns: guitarists Vince White and Nick Sheppard and drummer Pete Howard. During the tense recording sessions, Clash manager Bernie Rhodes and Strummer fought each other for control over the band's songwriting and musical direction.
       Strummer and Rhodes co-wrote most of the songs. During production, Rhodes took charge of the arrangements, track sequencing and the final mix. His production choices, which rely heavily on Strummer's preference for synthetic drum sounds and Rhodes' own inclusion of sampling, were widely derided. One writer described the album's sound as brash and seemingly "designed to sound hip and modern—'80s style!". Rhodes chose the album title, taken from a line in the 1981 post-apocalyptic film Mad Max 2. On release, Cut the Crap was maligned in the UK music press as "one of the most disastrous [albums] ever released by a major artist". Strummer disowned the album and dissolved the Clash within weeks of its release.
     The recording process and tension between Rhodes and Strummer left other band members disillusioned. White's and Sheppard's contributions are almost entirely absent in the final mix, and Howard was replaced by an electronic drum machine. Epic Records hoped the album would advance the Clash's success in the United States, and planned an expensive video for a lead single.
        The album was poorly received upon release, and is still generally regarded as the band's worst album; Strummer performed only one song from the album live during his solo career, and the album has been excluded altogether from most of the Clash's compilations and box sets. Some retrospective assessments have been more sympathetic; a number of critics and writers have praised Strummer's songwriting and vocal performance, especially on the tracks "This Is England", "Dirty Punk" and "Three Card Trick".
And so we say
We ain't got life
Don't want a cardboard cut-out
Don't want a plastic knife
 
Now I know, time can march
With it's chargin' feet
Now I know, words are only cheap
It's gonna be a burn out
All around this town
The South is up
But the North is down
 
There's gonna be a killin'
Of a woman and a man
Trying to feed that child
Without a coin in their hand
 
And so we say
Have you no use
For eight million hands
And the power of youth
 
Now I know, time can march
With it's chargin' feet
Now I know, words are only cheap
It's gonna be a burn out
All around this town
The South is up
But the North is down
 
There's gonna be a killin'
Of a woman and a man
Trying to feed that child
Without a coin in their hand
 
It's gonna be a burn out!
 
And so we say
We ain't diggin' no graves
We're diggin' a foundation
For a future to be made
 
Now I know, time can march
With it's chargin' feet
Now I know, words are only cheap
It's gonna be a burn out
All around this town
The South is up
But the North is down
 
There's gonna be a killin'
Of a woman and a man
Trying to feed that child
Without a coin in their hand
 
It's gonna be a burn out!

THE BIRDS THEY PUT IN CAGES

TINA ARENA & GAROU
SONGWRITERS: WILL JENNINGS; LUC PLAMONDON & RICCARDO COCCIANTE
COUNTRYS: AUSTRALIA & CANADA
ALBUM: Notre Dame de Paris
LABEL: GUINESS WORLD RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1999
 
        Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena AM(born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwide. Arena is multilingual, singing and recording in English, Italian, French and Spanish.
     Arena has earned several international and national awards, including a BRIT Award, seven ARIA Awards and two World Music Awards for Best-selling Australian Artist(1996, 2000). In 2001, she was awarded a BMI Foundation Songwriting Award(Broadcast Music Inc) by the American performance rights organisation for co-writing "Burn" with Pam Reswick and Steve Werfel. In 2011, Arena became the first Australian to be awarded a knighthood of the French National Order of National Merit, presented by the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, for her contributions to French culture, and ceremonially awarded by Frédéric Mitterrand, the Minister of Culture and Communication of France.
       In 2015, Arena was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Hall of Fame. On Australia Day, 26 January 2016, Arena was recognised in the Australia Day Honours and appointed a member in the General Division of the Order of Australia "for significant service to the music industry as a singer, songwriter, and recording artist, and as a supporter of charitable groups". In 2016 Arena was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
    In March 2019, the Government of Australia appointed Arena as a board member of the Australia Council for the Arts for a three-year term.
Pierre Garand(born 26 June 1972), known by his stage name Garou (a diminutive of his last name "Garand"), is a Canadian singer and entertainer from Sherbrooke, Québec.
       He is known for his work in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris(playing Quasimodo in both the original French and English casts) and the Nº 1 hits "Belle", "Seul", "Sous le vent", and "La Rivière de notre enfance".
     Notre-Dame de Paris is a sung-through French musical which debuted on 16 September 1998 in Paris. It is based upon the novel Notre-Dame de Paris(known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) by the French novelist Victor Hugo. The music was composed by Riccardo Cocciante(also known as Richard Cocciante) and the lyrics are by Luc Plamondon.
       Since its debut, it has been professionally played in Belgium, Canada, China, France, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States, and has been translated into eight languages (English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Korean, Flemish, Polish, and Kazakh). A shorter version in English was performed in 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) and a full-length London production, also in English, ran for seventeen months. Several songs from the show, such as "Vivre", "Belle" and "Le temps des cathédrales", have been released as singles with a huge success in French speaking countries.
       Notre-Dame de Paris, according to the Guinness Book of Records, had the most successful first year of any musical ever. The score has been recorded at least seven times to date (2007): the original French concept album, which featured Israeli singer Achinoam Nini(aka Noa) as Esmeralda was followed by a live, complete recording of the original Paris cast. A complete recording of the score in Italian was made, along with a single disc of highlights in Spanish from the Barcelona production. The original London cast album featured several of the original Paris stars, but only preserved a fraction of the score in English.
Will the birds they put in cages
Ever ride upon the wind?
Will the children life outrages
Ever learn to love again?
 
I lived my life like a swallow
I arrived here with the springtime
All the little streets I'd follow
All the gypsy song were mine
 
Where's my friend who rings the church bells?
Where are you my Quasimodo?
They will hang me as the light swells
You can break these bars I know
 
Esmeralda, have you left me?
Do you hide yourself away?
I have counted every hour
I have missed you every day
 
Have you left upon a journey
With your handsome, shining soldier
With no marriage, taking love free
Like the gypsy girl you are?
 
Have you died out in the small streets
With no prayer to get to Heaven?
There's a priest who counts tour heartbeats
If he comes near, you must run
 
You remember at the street fair
 
When they hurt me on the great wheel
 
When you begged, I gave you water
 
At your feet I had to kneel
 
Quasimodo and Esmeralda
On that day our friendship started
It will last as long as we live
Once together never parted
All we have to give we'll give
Will the birds they put in cages
Ever ride upon the wind?
Will the children life outrages
Ever learn to love again?

MY STUPID HEART

TINI (MARTINA stoeSsel)
SONGWRITERS: BILLY STEINBERG; JASON EVIGAN & JOSH ALEXANDER
COUNTRY: ARGENTINA
ALBUM: TINI
LANEL: HOLLYWOOD RECORDS
GENRE: POP MUSIC
YEAR: 2016
 
     Martina Stoessel Muzlera (Spanish: [ˈtini estoˈesel]; born 21 March 1997), known professionally as Tini(stylised in all caps), is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress. She began her career by appearing on the Argentine children's television series Patito Feo(2007–2008). She rose to prominence for her lead role as Violetta Castillo in the Disney Channel Latin America original telenovela, Violetta(2012–2015), and afterwards portrayed the same character in the series' sequel film Tini: The Movie(2016).
       With achieved great worldwide success, Stoessel signed with Hollywood Records, to release her self-titled debut studio album, Tini (Martina Stoessel)(2016). The album contains Spanish-English songs, and also includes music from Tini: The Movie. The album sold over 200,000 copies worldwide in less than two months, and reached Nº 1 in Argentina, as well as the top 10 in several European countries. Stoessel's sophomore studio album, Quiero Volver(2018) with the sound of latin pop, also topped the Argentine album chart, becoming her second Nº 1 album in the country. The album's lead single, which is AR certified platinum, "Te Quiero Más", and single "Por Que Te Vas", were Stoessel's first songs that charted in the top 20 on the AR Billboard Hot 100. The album also spawned her single collaborations "Princesa" with Karol G, with whom she broke through US Latin Airplay and US Latin Pop charts, and album's title track, a collaboration with Sebastián Yatra, that reached number 21 on the AR Hot 100.
       Tini (Martina Stoessel)(stylized as TINI(Martina Stoessel)) is the debut solo album by Argentine singer Tini, which also includes music from Tini: The Movie. The lead single from the album, "Siempre Brillarás", and its English version, "Born to Shine", were released on March 25, 2016. The album was available for pre-order from that date. It was released by Hollywood Records on April 29, 2016.
     The album has received Gold certification in Argentina and sold over 100,000 copies worldwide in less than two months. The album reached number one in Argentina, as well as the top 10 in Italy, Germany, Austria and Poland.
My stupid heart
It's always falling in love
It's always falling apart
It's not too smart
 
My stupid heart
My, my, my, my stupid heart
 
Here I am once again out in the rain
I must be crazy addicted to pain
I thought that I would be able to change you
 
Askin' myself, when will I ever learn?
Touchin' the flame, thinkin' I won't get burned
After all we've been through
I thought I earned you
 
My stupid heart
It's always falling in love
It's always falling apart
Lost in the dark
 
My stupid heart
Won't listen to reason
Keeps on believin'
It's not too smart
 
My stupid heart
My, my, my, my stupid heart
 
Remember the time that we lay in the grass?
Your lips on my lips and your hand on my... yeah
Can't understand why things happened so fast with you, you
 
You held on so tight, day turned into night
Now, I finally see the light, see the light
When you took your aim, your arrow hit the mark
 
My stupid heart
It's always falling in love
It's always falling apart
Lost in the dark (lost in the dark)
 
My stupid heart
Won't listen to reason
Keeps on believin' (keeps on believin')
It's not too smart
 
My stupid heart
 
You held on so tight, day turned into night
Now, I finally see the light, see the light
When you took your aim, your arrow hit the mark
 
My stupid heart
It's always falling in love (it's always falling in love)
It's always falling apart
Lost in the dark (lost in the dark)
 
My stupid heart
Won't listen to reason (won't listen to reason)
Keeps on believin' (keeps on believin')
It's not too smart
 
My stupid heart
My, my, my, my stupid heart
 
My stupid heart.