Frissons rythmiques et patriotiques (6)

« Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton,
Old times there are not forgotten.
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land!

In Dixie Land, where I was born in,
early on one frosty mornin’.
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land!

Then I wish I was in Dixie! Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie’s Land I’ll take my stand, to live and die in Dixie!
Away! Away! Away down South in Dixie!
Away! Away! Away down South in Dixie!… »

Daniel Decatur « Dan » Emmett – I Wish I Was In Dixie Land – 1859

Petit clin d’oeil à notre chère Dixie en espérant qu’elle revienne en réacosphérie !…

Dédicace aux destructeurs de l’Occident

« It’s criminal
There ought to be a law
Criminal
There ought to be a whole lot more
You get nothing for nothing
Tell me who can you trust
We got what you want
And you got the lust

If you want blood, you got it
If you want blood, you got it
Blood on the streets
Blood on the rocks
Blood in the gutter
Every last drop
You want blood, you got it… »

AC / DC – If You Want Blood You’ve Got It – 1978 (album éponyme)

Mambo italien

« A boy went back to Napoli because he missed the scenery
The native dances and the charming songs
But wait a minute something’s wrong
’cause now it’s
Hey mambo, mambo Italiano hey hey mambo mambo Italiano
Go go go you mixed up Siciliano
All you Calabrese do the mambo like-a crazy with the… »

Dean Martin – Mambo italiano – 1965 [1954, interprétée par Rosemary Clooney]

Stéréotype misogyne

« I can’t get to sleep
I think about the implications
Of diving in too deep
And possibly the complications
Especially at night
I worry over situations
I know will be all right
Perhaps it’s just imagination

Day after day it reappears
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away… »

Men at Work – Overkill – 1983 (Cargo)

Reprise frenchie

« Je marche seul le long des rues
Où nous allions tous les deux avant.
A chaque pas, je me souviens
Comme on s’aimait auparavant.
Comment pouvoir t’oublier ?

Il y a toujours un coin qui me rappelle,
Toujours un coin qui me rappelle.
Je suis né pour t’aimer
Et je serai toujours ainsi.
Tu restes la vie de ma vie… »

Eddy Mitchell – Toujours un coin qui me rappelle – 1964 (Toute la ville en parle… Eddy est formidable )

La version originale :

Lou Johnson – (There’s) Always something there to remind me – 1964

 

Rosacée ciblée

Gioachino Rossini – Guillaume Tell – 1829 (La Scalla de Milan par Riccardo Muti en 2002)

Sacrifices honorés

« À l’heure où la nuit passe au milieu des tranchées,
Ma très chère Augustine, je t’écris sans tarder,
Le froid pique et me glace et j’ai peur de tomber.
Je ne pense qu’à toi,
Mais je suis un soldat.
Mais surtout ne t’en fais pas,
Je serai bientôt là.
Et tu seras fière de moi…. »

Florent Pagny – Le soldat – 2013 (Vieillir avec toi)

Vivre libre

« Born free, as free as the wind blows
As free as the grass grows
Born free to follow your heart
Live free and beauty surrounds you
The world still astounds you
Each time you look at a star… »

Matt Monro– Born free – 1966 (single, chanson originale)

autre version (ma préférée) :

Andy Williams – Born free – 1967 (album éponyme)

Bull Terrier mélomane

« Outside there’s a boxcar waiting
Outside the family stew
Out by the fire breathing
Outside we wait ’til face turns blue

I know the nervous walking
I know the dirty beard hangs
Out by the boxcar waiting
Take me away to nowhere plains

There is a wait so long
You’ll never wait so long
Here comes your man (x3)… »

Pixies – Here comes your man – 1989 (Doolittle)

Land of hope and glory

« Dear Land of Hope, thy hope is crowned,
God make thee mightier yet !
On Sov’ran brows, beloved, renowned,
Once more thy crown is set.
Thine equal laws, by Freedom gained,
Have ruled thee well and long ;
By Freedom gained, by Truth maintained,
Thine Empire shall be strong. » 

Sir Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance, op. 39, marche n°1 en ré majeur – 1901

(paroles de Arthur Christopher Benson, 1902)