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Showing posts with label 60s. Show all posts

Alexandra - Mein Freund der Baum (1968)


Alexandra - Mein Freund der Baum (1968)



Lyrics:

Ich wollt dich längst schon wiedersehn,
mein alter Freund aus Kindertagen,
ich hatte manches dir zu sagen,
und wußte, du wirst mich verstehen.
Als kleines Mädchen kam ich schon
zu dir mit all den Kindersorgen.
Ich fühlte mich bei dir geborgen,
und aller Kummer flog davon.
Hab ich in deinem Arm geweint,
strichst du mit deinen grünen Blättern
mir übers Haar, mein alter Freund.

Mein Freund der Baum ist tot,
er fiel im frühen Morgenrot.

Du fielst heut früh, ich kam zu spät,
du wirst dich nie im Wind mehr wiegen,
du mußt gefällt am Wege liegen,
und mancher, der vorüber geht,
der achtet nicht den Rest von Leben
und reißt an Deinen grünen Zweigen,
die sterbend sich zur Erde neigen.
Wer wird mir nun die Ruhe geben,
die ich in Deinem Schatten fand?
Mein bester Freund ist mir verloren,
der mit der Kindheit mich verband.

Mein Freund der Baum ist tot,
er fiel im frühen Morgenrot.

Bald wächst ein Haus aus Glas und Stein,
dort wo man ihn hat abgeschlagen,
bald werden graue Mauern ragen,
dort wo er liegt im Sonnenschein.
Vielleicht wird es ein Wunder geben,
ich werde heimlich darauf warten,
vielleicht blüht vor dem Haus ein Garten,
und er erwacht zu neuem Leben.
Doch ist er dann noch schwach und klein,
und wenn auch viele Jahre gehen,
er wird niemehr derselbe sein.

Mein Freund der Baum ist tot,
er fiel im frühen Morgenrot.

Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'aime (1969)

'Je T'aime,...Moi Non Plus' is a - if not THE - classic French duet. It was written for and recorded with Serge Gainsbourg's then-girlfriend, Brigitte Bardot, in winter 1967. Brigitte asked him to write the most beautiful love song he could imagine and that night he wrote 'Je t'aime'. They recorded an arrangement by Michel Colombier at a Paris studio in a two-hour session in a small glass booth; the engineer William Flageollet said there was 'heavy petting' involved. But news of the recording reached the press and Brigitte's then-husband (yes, it appeared to be a very liberal interpretation of 'free love' back then), German businessman Gunter Sachs, was angry and called for the single to be withdrawn. Brigitte pleaded with Serge not to release it, and although he protested that 'The music is very pure. For the first time in my life, I write a love song and it's taken badly', he complied.
In 1968, Serge fell in love with English actress Jane Birkin on the set of their film 'Slogan'. After filming, he asked her to record the song with him. Jane had heard Brigitte's version and thought it hot. She said:' only sang it because I didn't want anybody else to sing it', jealous at the thought of his sharing a recording studio with someone else. Serge asked her to sing an octave higher than la B.B. It was recorded in an arrangement by Arthur Greenslade in a studio at Marble Arch. Jane said she 'got a bit carried away with the heavy breathing – so much so, in fact, that I was told to calm down, which meant that at one point I stopped breathing altogether. If you listen to the record now, you can still hear that little gap'.
There was media speculation, as with the Brigitte Bardot version, that they had recorded live sex, to which Serge told Jane: 'Thank goodness it wasn't, otherwise I hope it would have been a long-playing record'. The track was released in February 1969. The single had a plain cover, with the words 'Interdit aux moins de 21 ans' (forbidden to those under 21) - perhaps a predecessor of the modern-day 'Adult Guidance'. Brigitte Bardot regretted not releasing her version, and her friend Jean-Louis Remilleux persuaded her to contact Serge - they released it in 1986. The song has since been covered by many different artists, but obviously has never reached the original...

Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'aime,...Moi Non Plus (1969)
UK#1, AT#1, CH#1, NOR#1, NL#2, IRL#2, DE#3, US#69(ahem...)



French Lyrics with English translation:

Je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh, mon amour...
comme la vague irrésolu
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
entre tes reins*
et je me retiens

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
No longer me
Oh, my love…
Like the undecided wave
I go, I go and I come
Between your back
I go and I come
Between your back
And I hold back.


je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh mon amour...
tu es la vague, moi l'île nue
tu va, tu va et tu viens
entre mes reins
tu vas et tu viens
entre mes reins
et je te rejoins

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
no longer me
Oh, my love…
You are the wave, I’m the naked island
You go, you go and you come
Between my back
You go and you come
Between my back
And I rejoin you.


je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh, mon amour...
comme la vague irrésolu
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
et je me retiens

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
no longer me
Oh, my love…
Like the undecided wave
I go, I go and I come
Between your back
I go and I come
Between your back
And I hold back.


tu va, tu va et tu viens
entre mes reins
tu vas et tu viens
entre mes reins
et je te rejoins

You go, you go and you come
Between my back
You go and you come
Between my back
And I rejoin you.


je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh mon amour...
l'amour physique est sans issue
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
et je me retiens
Non! Maintenant viens!

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
No longer me
Oh, my love…
The physical love is without a way out
I go, I go and I come
Between your back
I go and I come back
And I hold back
No! Now come!

Hermans Hermits - No Milk Today (1966)



Herman's Hermits - No Milk Today (1966)



Lyrics:

No milk today my love is gone away
The bottle stands forlon a symbol of the dawn
No milk today it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why

How could they know just what this message means
The end of all my hopes the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today it wasn't always so
The company was gay we turn'd night into day

But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up to down

No milk today it wasn't always so
The company was gay we turn'd night into day
As music played the faster did we dance
We felt it both at once the start of our romance

How could they know just what this message means
The end of all my hopes the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today my love is gone away
The bottle stands forlon a symbol of the dawn

But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up to down

No milk today my love is gone away
The bottle stands forlon a symbol of the dawn
No milk today it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why

How could they know just what this message means
The end of all my hopes the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today it wasn't always so
The company was gay we turn'd night into day

But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town

Nana Mouskouri - White Rose of Athens - eng., dt., grk.(1961)


German - Weisse Rosen aus Athen (1961)



Weiße Rosen aus Athen
Sagen dir Auf Wiedersehn
Der Tag erwacht
Die Sonne, sie kommt wieder
Und wieder kommt nun auch
Der Abschied für uns zwei
Nun fährt dein Schiff
Hinaus mit Wind und Wogen
Doch es sind Grüße
Aus der Heimat mit dabei

Weiße Rosen aus Athen
Sagen dir komm recht bald wieder
Sagen dir Auf Wiedersehn
Weiße Rosen aus Athen

Weiße Rosen blüh'n an Bord
In der weiten, weiten Ferne
Blüh'n für dich allein so schön
Weiße Rosen aus Athen

Im fernen Land
Wo keiner auf dich wartet
Da seh'n die Sterne in der Nacht
Ganz anders aus
Dort ist die Welt so fremd
Und du bist einsam
Darum begleiten dich heut'
Blumen von zu Haus

Weiße Rosen aus Athen
Sagen dir komm recht bald wieder
Sagen dir Auf Wiedersehn
Weiße Rosen aus Athen

Auf Wiedersehn
Auf Wiedersehn

English - White Rose of Athens (1961)



Till the white rose blooms again
You must leave me, leave me lonely
So goodbye my love till then
Till the white rose blooms again

The summer days are ending in the valley
And soon the time will come when we must be apart
But like the rose that comes back with the spring time
You will return to me when spring time comes around
Till the white rose blooms again
You must leave me, leave me lonely
So goodbye my love till then
Till the white rose blooms again
Till the white rose blooms again
You must leave me, leave me lonely
So goodbye my love till then
Till the white rose blooms again

Goodbye till then
Goodbye till then
Goodbye till then

Nάνα Μούσχουρη - Σαν σφυριξεις τρεις φορες (1962)



Mi mou milate yia livadia Μη μου μιλάτε για λιβάδια
Mi mou milate yia foties Μη μου μιλάτε για φωτιές
Ta poulia petoun sta dasi Τα πουλιά πετούν στα δάση
Tha ta poti Θα τα ποτί
Tha ta potiso migdalies Θα τα ποτίσω μυγδαλιές

Ti zitas apo to homa Τι ζητάς από το χώμα
San na to theli i vrohi Σαν να το θέλει η βροχή
Liyi agapi yia to soma Λίγη αγάπη για το σώμα
Ke ligo ha Και λίγο χά
Ke ligo hadi sti psichi Και λίγο χάδι στη ψυχή

San sfirixis tris fores Σαν σφυρίξεις τρεις φορές
Tha s' agixo sto skotadi Θα σ' αγγίξω στο σκοτάδι
Tha me dis mes stis foties Θα με δεις μες στις φωτιές
San sfirixis tris fores Σαν σφυρίξεις τρεις φορές

San sfirixis tris fores Σαν σφυρίξεις τρεις φορές
Tha 'rtho tote st' oniro Θα 'ρθω τότε στ' όνειρο
Sou tha xipnisis me fones Σου θα ξυπνήσεις με φωνές
San sfirixis tris fores Σαν σφυρίξεις τρεις φορές

J. Birkin & S. Gainsbourg - Je T'aime (1967/69)

'Je T'aime,...Moi Non Plus' is a - if not THE - classic French duet. It was written for and recorded with Serge Gainsbourg's then-girlfriend, Brigitte Bardot, in winter 1967. Brigitte asked him to write the most beautiful love song he could imagine and that night he wrote 'Je t'aime'. They recorded an arrangement by Michel Colombier at a Paris studio in a two-hour session in a small glass booth; the engineer William Flageollet said there was 'heavy petting' involved. But news of the recording reached the press and Brigitte's then-husband (yes, it appeared to be a very liberal interpretation of 'free love' back then), German businessman Gunter Sachs, was angry and called for the single to be withdrawn. Brigitte pleaded with Serge not to release it, and although he protested that 'The music is very pure. For the first time in my life, I write a love song and it's taken badly', he complied.
In 1968, Serge fell in love with English actress Jane Birkin on the set of their film 'Slogan'. After filming, he asked her to record the song with him. Jane had heard Brigitte's version and thought it hot. She said:' only sang it because I didn't want anybody else to sing it', jealous at the thought of his sharing a recording studio with someone else. Serge asked her to sing an octave higher than la B.B. It was recorded in an arrangement by Arthur Greenslade in a studio at Marble Arch. Jane said she 'got a bit carried away with the heavy breathing – so much so, in fact, that I was told to calm down, which meant that at one point I stopped breathing altogether. If you listen to the record now, you can still hear that little gap'.
There was media speculation, as with the Brigitte Bardot version, that they had recorded live sex, to which Serge told Jane: 'Thank goodness it wasn't, otherwise I hope it would have been a long-playing record'. The track was released in February 1969. The single had a plain cover, with the words 'Interdit aux moins de 21 ans' (forbidden to those under 21) - perhaps a predecessor of the modern-day 'Adult Guidance'. Brigitte Bardot regretted not releasing her version, and her friend Jean-Louis Remilleux persuaded her to contact Serge - they released it in 1986. The song has since been covered by many different artists, but obviously has never reached the original...

Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'aime,...Moi Non Plus (1969)
UK#1, AT#1, CH#1, NOR#1, NL#2, IRL#2, DE#3, US#69(ahem...)



French Lyrics with English translation:

Je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh, mon amour...
comme la vague irrésolu
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
entre tes reins*
et je me retiens

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
No longer me
Oh, my love…
Like the undecided wave
I go, I go and I come
Between your back
I go and I come
Between your back
And I hold back.


je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh mon amour...
tu es la vague, moi l'île nue
tu va, tu va et tu viens
entre mes reins
tu vas et tu viens
entre mes reins
et je te rejoins

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
no longer me
Oh, my love…
You are the wave, I’m the naked island
You go, you go and you come
Between my back
You go and you come
Between my back
And I rejoin you.


je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh, mon amour...
comme la vague irrésolu
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
et je me retiens

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
no longer me
Oh, my love…
Like the undecided wave
I go, I go and I come
Between your back
I go and I come
Between your back
And I hold back.


tu va, tu va et tu viens
entre mes reins
tu vas et tu viens
entre mes reins
et je te rejoins

You go, you go and you come
Between my back
You go and you come
Between my back
And I rejoin you.


je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh mon amour...
l'amour physique est sans issue
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
et je me retiens
Non! Maintenant viens!

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
No longer me
Oh, my love…
The physical love is without a way out
I go, I go and I come
Between your back
I go and I come back
And I hold back
No! Now come!