De souche bienheureuse

« Beata progenies
unde Christus natus est.
Quam gloriosa est virgo
quae caeli regem genuit… »

Leonel Power – Beata progenies – 1410

(Lumina Vocal Ensemble dirigée par  Anna Pope, décembre 2011)

Relation tumultueuse

« How – how can it be that a love
Carved out of caring fashioned by fate
Could suffer so hard
From the games played much too often… »

Level 42 – Something about you – 1985 (World Machine)

Air provincial

Vladimir Cosma (et LAM Philharmonic Orchestra) – Les demoiselles de province – 1969

Rencontre angélique

« Right around the corner there is an angel
And all I hope and pray, I’ll make her my girl
So, if I have wings of gold, I’ll fly to you, my love
Yes, I would
and all my way to you I’ll catch a star from above… »

Marvin Gaye – Hello there angel – 1962 (That Stubborn Kinda Fellow)

Hors de portée

« Shake it up is all that we know
Using the bodies up as we go
I’m waking up to fantasy
The shades all around aren’t the colors we used to see… »

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Out of touch – 1984 (Big Barn Boom)

Féminisme jazzy

« …I get too hungry, for dinner at eight
I like the theater, but never come late
I never bother, with people i hate
That’s why the lady is a tramp… »

Ella Fitzgerald – The lady is a tramp – 1937

Une autre version avec l’immense et irremplaçable Frankie !

Montecristo et Bowmore !

« Somewhere there’s music
How faint the tune
Somewhere there’s heaven
How high the moon… »

Lola Albright – How high the moon – 1958 (série Peter Gunn) [1940]

Une bien belle époque

« Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen
Give him two lips like roses and clover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over… »

The Chordettes – Mister Sandman – 1954

Jeunesse aventureuse

« Billy left his home with a dollar in his pocket and a head full of dreams
He said somehow, someway, it’s gotta get better than this
Patty packed her bags, left a note for her mama, she was just 17
There were tears in her eyes when she kissed her little sister goodbye… »

Rod Stewart – Young turks – 1981 (Tonight I’m Yours)

C’est du brutal !

« Tous les cent ans, ils surgissent du néant
L’anniversaire des âmes égarées
Une seule mission, ultime dans le sang
Mais le repos peut être sans pitié… »

ADX – Commando suicide – 2014 (Ultimatum)