Zero Le Crêche - Last Year's Wife

They eclipsed too soon, but are fondly remembered.

Into the light,
Into the day,
We push and fall and we all sing and pray,
Out in the garden i catch your eye,
Out on the edge there,
Oh we can fly

Sometimes our anger will tear us apart,
fever that grips us is breaking our heart

All is the same and I sing your praise,
no room for me love it's just a phase,
youth will fade and you will be gone,
a young mans beauty won't last for long

CocoRosie - Tekno Love Song

Well, it seems this blog is pretty much dead.
This is from Noah's Ark. I miss CocoRosie and their last album wasn't that great, in my opinion.

I fell in love with a bad bad man
Ever since i met him
I've been sad sad sad
I'm a jailbird to your music
A criminal in your prayer
I watch you in your sleep
Even when you're not there

Rainbows wept color all over the streets
When you went away maybe one day we'll meet

Lipstick i'd wear for one million years
Just to stop your eyes from falling down tears

I fell in love with a bad bad man
Ever since i met him
I've been sad sad sad
I'm a jailbird to your music
A criminal in your prayer
I watch you in your sleep
Even when you're not there

Rainbows wept color all over the streets
When you went away maybe one day we'll meet
One day we'll meet
One day we'll meet
One day
We'll meet

Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties

Ooo, we didn't have anything for St Valentines.
Let me compensate you with this bitter-sweet 1980 hit.




I'm no good at chatting up and I always get rebuffed.
Enough to drive a man to drink I don't do no washing up.
I always reached the stuff piled up
a-piled up in the sink.

But you will always find him in the kitchen at parties.

Me and my girlfriend we argued and she ran away from home.
She must have found somebody new and now I'm all alone

Living in my own. What am I supposed to do?

That's why always find him in kitchen at parties.
you will always find him in the kitchen at parties.
You will always find him in the kitchen at parties.

Then I met this debutante I said I like new wave rock.
She was into french cuisine but I ain't no cordon bleu.
This was at some do in palmers green
I had no luck with her.

You will still find him in kitchen at parties.
You will still find him in kitchen at parties.

At last I met a pretty girl she laughed and talked with me.
We both walked out of the kitchen and danced in a new way.

And now I've done my time in the kitchen at parties.
I've done my time in the kitchen at parties

He's done his time in the kitchen at parties.
He's done his time in the kitchen at parties.

Magazine - My Tulpa

From the British post-punk band's album Real Life, 1978.

I suspect you ain't so sweet
as the lust I'm concealing
my skin wants to crawl back home to mom
I've lost my way in my feelings

You always collect your fists
when my shadow falls upon your hands
you're just giving body heat away
but they say you're a nice enough young man

I want to see you
don't you want to see me ?
I'm full of questions
you're full of mystery

You can touch yourself anytime
you can touch yourself anytime
so wretched - you are so fetching
stop smiling at me - treat me unpleasantly

You've got the whole world in your wardrobe
your furniture's made to injure me
my skin will crawl back home to Ma
when our souls mingle uneasily

I want to see you ...

Buddy Holly - Girl On My Mind

Today's the 50th anniversary of "the day the music died", that tragic day when buddy holly, ritchie valence & big bopper's little plane came crashing down, plunging the fans in an ocean of sorrow... especially this one.

oh, gu-huh-irl on my ma-hi-hi-ind...

Oh, girl on my mind
please come back to me
I love you with all my heart
with you I want to be

I want you to be near me
is that too much to ask
girl on my mind
please say you will be mine

You're the one and the only
you are mine to have and to love
no one could ask for more
you're mine to adore

Girl on my mind
please say you will be mine

Coronet Instructional Films - What to do on a date

Today, CLS will help you clumsy kids with what to do on a date.
Mind you, it's not all about bling-bling and heavy petting.
Success or your money back!

Roxy Music - Same Old Scene

Same Old Scene was featured during the opening credits of the movie Times Square, both are from 1980. It was also used in the popular british TV series "Ashes to Ashes", which prompted it to climb iTunes charts last year.






Nothing lasts forever
Of that I'm sure
Now you've made an offer
I'll take some more
Young loving may be
Oh so mean
Will I still survive
The same old scene?
In our lighter moments
precious few
It's all that heavy weather
We're going through
When I turn the corner
I can't believe
It's still the same old movie
That's haunting me
Young loving may be
Oh so mean
Trying to revive
The same old scene
Young loving may be
So extreme
Maybe we should try
The same old scene

Nothing lasts forever
Of that I'm sure
Now you've made an offer
I'll take some more

Papas Fritas - Way You Walk

Here's a catchy tune from Buildings And Grounds, released in the year 2000.





I can tell by the way you walk you wanna be alone with him
Cause you're pacing at an open door, you're waiting and you can't come in

Why do you make up all these stories
Made up your mind, decided for me
I can tell by the way you walk you wanna be alone with him

When you called me on the telephone I knew that you were miles away
'Cause the words that you said to me weren't hiding what you couldn't say

Plans sort of changed up for the weekend
Friend came to town been years since I seen him
I can tell by the way you talk you wanna be alone with him

Ooo Ooo alone with him.

He was in my dreams
What else could it mean

When you laugh at me behind my back I'll turn and you can run away
Will you tell him all the special things you told me you could never say

I never said I'd be yours only, I didn't know until you told me
If I go I won't be lonely, If I stay now you don't own me
I can tell by the way you smile your love is changing on a whim

Maybe I will and maybe I won't
Maybe I do and maybe I don't

Young Marble Giants - N.I.T.A.

A track from their only LP Colossal Youth, 1980.

Here's a live performance - the sound quality is poor and the image isn't much better, but it's still nice that there's a video:




It's nice to hear you're having a good time
But it still hurts 'cos you used to be mine
This doesn't mean that I possessed you
You're haunting me because I let you

Shape up your body "Let's be a tree"
Visual dynamics for you to see
Nature intended the abstract for you and me

No rain outside but tears in my eyes
Out on the rooftop for a surprise
Call you at teatime
In off the street
Sit down at table, Mummy is neat

The Smiths - What do you see in him?

This song is a rare bootleg recording of an early version of "wonderful woman". I've been rattling my brains trying to figure out these lyrics... The ones below are taken from passionsjustlikemine.com.
If there are any morrissey-a-holics in the audience, I'd like to point out that his new single is now on myspace. I have to say I am a little bit intrigued/puzzled/amused/scared by this new album cover picture.

Oh the nights are too long
When the questions are lost
I try
But i will never understand

What do you see in her?
What do you see in her?
I love her, I love her, I love her
I love her, I love her, I love her

Cheat the Life out of me
As you walk hand in hand
And I try, and I try, and I try
But I will never understand

What do you see in her?
I ask myself
What do you see in him?
I love her, I love her, I love her

That she will plague you
And I will be glad
Yes, he will leave you
And I will be glad

Suicide - Cheree

From Suicide, 1977.
"Cheree" was featured in the movie Downtown 81.

Cheree, Cheree
Oh, baby
Oh, baby
I love you

Cheree, Cheree
My comic book fantasy
Oh, I love you
Oh, baby

Cheree, Cheree
Shut the door, baby
Oh, I love you
Oh, come play with me

Oh, baby
Oh, baby
I love you
I love you, baby
Oh, I love you
Cheree, Cheree

Cheree, Cheree
My black leather lady
I love you
Oh, I love you

Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Atari Baby

From their debut album Flaunt It, 1986.

Je t'aime, je t'aime
You look so good
You look so fine
Atari Baby, gonna make you mine
Atari Baby
Atari Baby

Atari Baby, gonna make you mine
Atari Baby, you look so Fine
Atari Baby, I don't mean maybe
Atari Baby

Top gun cha cha Rambo child
My uzi baby, my shootin star
Atari Baby
Transex
Transform
Transexy baby
I don't mean maybe, don't mean maybe
I don't mean maybe, Atari Baby
Atari Baby

Him she, she sex on Arcade Street
A more more more with a pulsin' beat
She she's the woman from the pleasure store
She's the one that gives me more more more

Silicon sex my sputnik baby
Alike no other baby
Atari Baby, she's my baby
Atari Baby
Atari Baby, I don't mean maybe
Atari Baby, I don't mean maybe
Atari Baby, I don't mean maybe
Atari Baby

The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me

As requested by Willem, here's Elisabeth Shue doing her little dance to The Crystals' Then He Kissed Me (from the movie Adventures in Babysitting).
The song was released as a single in 1963.

edit: And here's a cover by The Flying Lizards!




Well he walked up to me
And he asked me if I wanted to dance
He looked kinda nice
And so I said I might take a chance
When he danced he held me tight
And when he walked me home that night
All the stars were shining bright
And then he kissed me

Each time I saw him
I couldn't wait to see him again
I wanted to let him know
That he was more than a friend
I didn't know just what to do
So I whispered I love you
And he said that he loved me too
And then he kissed me

He kissed me in a way
That I've never been kissed before
He kissed me in a way
That I wanna be kissed forever more

I knew that he was mine
So I gave him all the love that I had
And one day he took me home
To meet his mom and his dad
Then he asked me to be his bride
And always be right by his side
I felt so happy I almost cried
And then he kissed me

Then he asked me to be his bride
And always be right by his side
I felt so happy I almost cried
And then he kissed me
And then he kissed me
And then he kissed me

DÖF - Codo

Earth has been ruled by Hate for a good 2000 years when Codo (Cosmischer Dolm) finally comes from outer space to save it, bringing love and joy to the planet and thus defeating Hate.

Seit 2.000 Jahren lebt die Erde ohne Liebe.
Es regiert der Herr des Hasses.

Hässlich, ich bin so hässlich, so grässlich hässlich:
Ich bin der Hass!
Hassen, ganz hässlich hassen, ich kann's nicht lassen:
Ich bin der Hass!

Attention, attention.
Unknown flying object approaching the planet. -
Identify unknown flying object.

Codo der dritte, aus der Sternenmitte bin ich der dritte von Links.

Unknown flying object identifies as: "Codo"

Und ich düse, düse, düse, düse im Sauseschritt
und bring' die Liebe mit von meinem Himmelsritt.
Denn die Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, die macht viel Spass,
viel mehr Spass als irgendwas.

We do not need any love on this planet:
Tötet Codo! Vernichtet die Liebe!

Zielansprache: Gamma, Delta, sieben, drei, eins, Überraum.

Codo aus der Ferne der leuchtenden Sterne:
Ich düse so gerne durchs All.

Und ich düse, düse, düse, düse im Sauseschritt
und bring' die Liebe mit von meinem Himmelsritt.
Denn die Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, die macht viel Spass,
viel mehr Spass als irgendwas.

Objekt überwindet den Hassschirm.

Ätzend, ich bin so ätzend, alles zersetzend:
Ich bin der Hass.

Und ich düse, düse, düse, düse im Sauseschritt
und bring' die Liebe mit von meinem Himmelsritt.
Denn die Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, die macht viel Spass,
viel mehr Spass als irgendwas.

Und ich düse, düse, düse, düse im Sauseschritt
und bring' die Liebe mit von meinem Himmelsritt.
Denn die Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, die macht viel Spass,
viel mehr Spass als irgendwas.

Und ich düse, düse, düse, düse im Sauseschritt
und bring' die Liebe mit von meinem Himmelsritt.
Denn die Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, die macht viel Spass,
viel mehr Spass als irgendwas.

Dalida - Plus loin que la Terre

CLS wishes you a lovely 2009! May you find yourself a sweetheart if you haven't got one already (and want one badly).

Today's song, Plus loin que la terre is the french adaptation of Stranger from Durango by Richard Podolor (Richie Allen).
The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a girl that dreams of a distant idealized love every night. He is described as being "as beautiful as an angel", despite his "strange ways". Then she wishes for the mysterious man to carry her away with him, like a "dead leaf", far away from the Earth.

Il vient
De plus loin que la terre
Sa vie est un mystère
Mais il sait me plaire

Jamais
Même dans un sourire
Il n'a voulu me dire
Ce que je désire

C'est lui
Qui vient dans tous mes rêves
Se pencher sur mes lèvres
Quand la nuit s'achève

Malgré
Ses manières étranges
Il est beau comme un ange
Quand il me regarde

Dites-moi
S'il faut que j'aime
D'un grand amour
Celui qui vient de loin
De si loin
Que je ne sais plus rien

Mais
Bien plus loin que la terre
Je voudrais qu'il m'emporte
Comme feuille morte

Un jour
Quand il m'aura comprise
Je voudrais qu'il me dise
Des mots qui me grisent
Des mots qui me grisent
Des mots qui me grisent

Elli et Jacno - Je t'aime tant

Beautifully sincere song from french duo Elli Medeiros (vocals & lyrics) & Denis Quilliard "Jacno", ex-Stinky Toys.

The lyrics go something like this : as soon as I'm gone/you say "she doesn't love me"/open your eyes/look at me/my life would be nothing without you

Je regarde tes yeux ça me fait pleurer
Ne fais pas cette tête, je ne veux pas te blesser
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant
Aujourd'hui je pars je reviendrai demain
C'est pas toi et moi, toi et moi ça ne fait qu'un
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant

Dès que je ne suis plus là
Tu dis elle ne m'aime pas
Ouvre les yeux regarde-moi
Ma vie serait vide sans toi

Nos erreurs appartiennent au passé
Elles sont rayées annulées oubliées
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant
Les choses trop belles doivent être préservées
Si c'est cassé nous allons réparer
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant

Dès que je ne suis plus là
Tu dis elle ne m'aime pas
Ouvre les yeux regarde-moi
Ma vie serait vide sans toi

Et si un jour tu doutais de moi
J'ai un gage d'amour la preuve par trois
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant
Avec mon sang j'ai marqué sur mon bras
À la vie à la mort ça n's'efface pas
Je t'aime tant je t'aime tant

Dès que je ne suis plus là
Tu dis elle ne m'aime pas
Ouvre les yeux regarde-moi
Ma vie serait vide sans toi

Pseudo Echo - A Beat For You

And now, a little bit of australian new wave with this 1984 song from Pseudo Echo. Pseudo Echo was (I'm sorry, is, if I believe their official website) Brian Canham and Pierre Gigliotti, who met at school. They take their name from a synthesizer manual, pseudo echo machine being one of the sounds the machine could produce.



In my life I've many strong desires
And still in all I'm reaching for the fire
You never look, you never see
You never notice when you're next to me
But feel my heart, it's burning with desire

There's a beat for you in my heart
I tell you true from the start

Catch a glimpse, remember it forever
And still I try to keep myself together
You never speak, you never hear
You're never closer when I want you near
But feel my heart, it's burning with desire

There's a beat for you in my heart
I tell you true form the start

I Want to Spend Christmas with Elvis - Little Lambsie Penn

Don't we all, "Little Lambsie Penn"!
Note : although it may look like it, we're not obsessed with Elvis. Personally I like Buddy Holly ten thousand times better.

A pop music sub-genre called the "cash-in record," this takes place when a musical star becomes so famous that other people (read: record companies) feel obliged to perform songs about him or her. Elvis certainly falls into this category, wherein results this record, also performed by Debby Dabney and co-written by Bobby Darin. Other examples include "I Want to Spend Xmas With Elvis" by Marlene Paul (different spelling, different song) and "Elvis For Christmas" by Mad Milo, a Buchanan-Goodman styled novelty record. Note that these are just the Christmas-oriented Elvis cash-ins; there were plenty of others not related to the holiday, like "My Boy Elvis" by Janis Martin

To rock your christmas, I will now re-direct you to the site where I took this information from : mistletunes

The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to whomever stops by!

Written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio of The Four Seasons, The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) was first released by Frankie Valli in 1965.

This well-known version by The Walker Brothers is from '66.

Loneliness
Is a cloak you wear
A deep shade of blue
Is always there

The sun ain`t gonna shine anymore
The moon ain`t gonna rise in the sky
The tears are always clouding your eyes
When you`re without love (baby)

Emptiness
Is a place you`re in
With nothing to lose
But no more to win

The sun ain`t gonna shine anymore
The moon ain`t gonna rise in the sky
The tears are always clouding your eyes
When you`re without love

Lonely, without you baby
Girl I need you
I can`t go on

The sun ain`t gonna shine anymore
The moon ain`t gonna rise in the sky
The tears are always clouding your eyes
The sun ain't gonna shine anymore
When you're without love (baby)

The sun ain`t gonna shine anymore...

Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - Li'l Red Riding Hood

US #1 hit of summer 1966. Owooo!
Sam "The Sham" recorded this song with his second set of "Pharaohs" (the first ones left after financial disagreements).
Below, a youtube cover - now, youtube users covers are usually really boring, but I think this one has a sweet voice.

Owoooooooo!
Who's that I see walkin' in these woods?
Why, it's Little Red Riding Hood.
Hey there Little Red Riding Hood,
You sure are looking good.
You're everything a big bad wolf could want.
Listen to me.

Little Red Riding Hood
I don't think little big girls should
Go walking in these spooky old woods alone.
Owoooooooo!

What big eyes you have,
The kind of eyes that drive wolves mad.
So just to see that you don't get chased
I think I ought to walk with you for a ways.

What full lips you have.
They're sure to lure someone bad.
So until you get to grandma's place
I think you ought to walk with me and be safe.

I'm gonna keep my sheep suit on
Until I'm sure that you've been shown
That I can be trusted walking with you alone.
Owoooooooo!

Little Red Riding Hood
I'd like to hold you if I could
But you might think I'm a big bad wolf so I won't.
Owoooooooo!

What a big heart I have-the better to love you with.
Little Red Riding Hood
Even bad wolves can be good.
I'll try to be satisfied just to walk close by your side.
Maybe you'll see things my way before we get to grandma's place.

Little Red Riding Hood
You sure are looking good
You're everything that a big bad wolf could want.
Owoooooooo! I mean baaaaaa! Baaa?