Friday 4 October 2013

Three Tunes No.4

Once again, if you're up for it, listen to the three songs in this zipped file and offer a review of your favourite one (or two - or all of them if you want). Do a bit of research to get some biographical information about the band or the artist. This will make your review journalistic rather than just a personal response. Here is the fourth pack of three...


Ane Brun - These Days


There were nights, and mornings, when you'd come to me. 
Find your way into my bones, my joints, into my veins. 
Like an animal you called your darkness around me 
you spelled your name in charcoal all over my body 

But these days I just walk with you 
These days, I let you stay 
A little further away but I'll walk with you 
These days, I let you stay 

There were summer days and nights when I was blind to you. 
You were quiet and you were still even when the moon was full 
My temporary state of lightness would scare me 
After all I was sure you were most wrong then, I was daring. 

But these days I just walk with you 
These days, I let you stay 
These days, I just talk with you 
These days, I let you stay 

A little further away but I'll walk with you 
These days, I let you stay 
The things you showed me over the years, 
The roads you blocked and how you define me 

These days, I just walk with you 
These days, I let you stay 
These days, I just talk with you 
These days, these days 


David Bowie - "Heroes"


I
I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins
Like dolphins can swim
Though nothing
Will keep us together
We can beat them
For ever and ever
Oh we can be Heroes
Just for one day

I
I will be king
And you
You will be queen
Though nothing
Will drive them away
We can be Heroes
Just for one day
We can be us
Just for one day

I
I can remember
Standing
By the wall
And the guns
Shot above our heads
And we kissed
As though nothing could fall
And the shame
Was on the other side
Oh we can beat them
For ever and ever
Then we can be Heroes
Just for one day

We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
Just for one day


The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends


People I know places I go 
Make me feel tongue tied 
I can see how people look down 
They're on the inside 

Here's where the story ends 

People I see, weary of me 
Showing my good side 
I can see how people look down 
I'm on the outside 

Here's where the story ends 
Ooh here's where the story ends 

It's that little souvenir of a terrible year 
Which makes my eyes feel sore 
Oh I never should have said the books that you read 
Were all I loved 
It's that little souvenir of a terrible year 
Which makes me wonder why 
It's the memories of the shed that make me turn red 
Surprise surprise surprise 

Crazy I know, places I go 
Make me feel so tired 
I can see how people look down 
I'm on the outside 

Oh here's where the story ends 
Ooh here's where the story ends 

It's that little souvenir of a terrible year 
Which makes my eyes feel sore 
& who ever would've thought the books that you brought 
Were all I loved 
Oh the devil in me said go down to the shed 
I know where I belong 
But the only thing I ever really wanted to say 
Was wrong, was wrong, was wrong 

It's that little souvenir of a colorful year 
Which makes me smile inside 
So I cynically, cynically say the world is that way 
Surprise, surprise, surprise, surprise, surprise 

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1 comment:

  1. I already listened to the song “These Days” by Ane Brun. Well, I little bit puzzled by this song. This is not like the other songs that can tell us the meaning of their song widely open, which is this song about love song, or something. I remembered yesterday when in your class, Adrian. I got an idiom about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I think this song pretty much like that idiom, she have two personalities during the days and nights. When she said I let you stay, I think she probably just hold back something. Also, she successfully make this song have a gloomy atmosphere and some kind of darkness side. Unfortunately, I don’t have any other ideas beside this. Back to her voice, when I heard her highest tone in this song, it makes me remembered Ellie Goulding, the English singer that have British accent. But when I search in the internet, she is come from Norway, not UK. For your information, I am still curious the meaning behind this song.

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