Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen (1972)

And when the Lamb
Opened the first seal
I saw, I saw the first horse
The horseman held a bow

Now when the Lamb
Opened the second seal
I saw, I saw the second horse
The horseman held a sword

The leading horse is white
The second horse is red
The third one is a black
The last one is a green

The leading horse is white
The second horse is red
The third one is a black
The last one is a green

And when the lamb
Opened the third seal
I saw, I saw the third horse
The horseman had a balance

Now when the lamb
Opened the fourth seal
I saw, I saw the fourth horse
The horseman was the pest

The leading horse is white
The second horse is red
The third one is a black
The last one is a green

The leading horse is white
The second horse is red
The third one is a black
The last one is a green

The leading horse is white
The second horse is red
The third one is a black
The last one is a green

The leading horse is white
The second horse is red
The third one is a black
The last one is a green.

Linda Ronstadt - Hurt So Bad (1980)

I know you
Don't know what I'm going through
Standing here looking at you

Well let me tell you that it hurts so bad
It makes me feel so sad
It makes me hurt so bad to see you again

Like needles and pins
People say "you've been making out okay
He's in love don't stand in his way"

Well let me tell you that it hurts so bad
It makes me feel so sad
It's gonna hurt so bad if you walk away

Why don't you stay and let me make it up to you
I'll do anything you want me to
You loved me before please love me again
I can't let you go back to her
Please don't go
Please don't go

Please don't go
Please don't go
Hurt so bad
Come back it hurts so bad
Don't make it hurt so bad
I'm begging you please

Oooooh oh oh oh
Come back it hurts so bad
Come back it hurts so bad
I'm begging you please
Oh! No!
Noooooo!

XTC - Making Plans for Nigel (1979)

We're only making plans for Nigel
We only want what's best for him
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel just needs this helping hand

And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his work

We're only making plans for Nigel
He has this future in a British steel
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed, yeah

And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his work

Nigel is not outspoken
But he likes to speak, and he loves to be spoken to (In his work)
Nigel is happy in his work (In his work)
Nigel is happy in his work (In his work)

We're only making plans for Nigel
We only want what's best for him
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel just needs this helping hand

And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his work

Mm, we're only making plans for Nigel
We only want what's best for him
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel just needs this helping hand

We're only making plans for Nigel
He has this future in a British steel
Steel, steel, steel, steel, steel
Yeah, yeah

We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel, Nigel, Nigel, Nigel
Nigel, Nigel, Nigel, Nigel
Nigel, Nigel, Nigel, Nigel.

Σπεράντζα Βρανά & Τρίο Κιτάρα - Μάμπο Μπραζιλέιρο (1954)

Να 'ρθεις αυτή την όμορφη βραδιά
και σαν δυο ξένοιαστα παιδιά
να φύγουμε γι' αλλού.

Να 'ρθεις και με πιλότο την καρδιά
να βρούμε μια άγνωστη αμμουδιά
κάποιου χρυσού γιαλού.

Θα γίνω βραζιλιάνα με το σομπρέρος μου
θα 'σαι ο καμπαλέρος μου
κι όταν αρχίσει ο έρως μου για σένα,
θ' αρχίσουν οι μαράκες ρυθμό να δίνουνε,
τ' άστρα θα τρεμοσβήνουνε
κι όλα χορός να γίνουνε θα λες.

Αυτό το μάμπο το μπραζιλέιρο
μου δίνει κέφι, μου δίνει στιλ
και βραζιλιάνο με κάνει βέρο
αυτό το μάμπο απ' τη Μπραζίλ.

Ο Γιάννης Πετρίδης στο Kosmos - Mambo

Pérez Prado - Mambo #5 

Οι 5 Εκπομπές του αφιερώματος του Γιάννη Πετρίδη στη μουσική Mambo:

Μέρος 1ο

 Μέρος 2ο

 Μέρος 3ο

 Μέρος 4ο

Μέρος 5ο

The All-American Rejects - Drown Next to Me (2012)

Down down down into a cloud of shame
You love me like a car wreck, wrapped around a tree
Down down down, it’s the only way to go
Sometimes it's hard to hold on, without letting go

I walk in the water 'cause I can hardly breathe
We can leave the ones who love us
You’re all I ever need
Just sand in the water
Drown next to me

Now, now, now, cause the curtain has to close
We take a bow and face the crowd, realize we’re all in the show
Now just now you can rest your weary eyes
It’s only over once you leave before it makes you feel dead alive

I walk in the water 'cause I can hardly breathe
We can leave the ones who love us
You’re all I ever need
We’ll tell each other lies
That I know we’ll both believe
Just sand in the water
Drown next to me

I’m never letting go
Caught in the undertow
Take your run up and sow
Dive down 'cause I just wanna try to last both out

I walk in the water 'cause I can hardly breathe
We can leave the ones who love us
You’re all I ever need
We’ll tell each other lies
That I know we’ll both believe
Just sand in the water
Just sand in the water
Just stand in the water
Drown next to me.

The Beatles - Something (1969)

Something in the way she moves,
Attracts me like no other lover.
Something in the way she woos me.
I don't want to leave her now,
You know I believe and how.

Somewhere in her smile she knows,
That I don't need no other lover.
Something in her style that shows me.
I don't want to leave her now,
You know I believe and how.

You're asking me will my love grow,
I don't know, I don't know.
Stick around, and it may show,
But I don't know, I don't know.

Something in the way she knows,
And all I have to do is think of her.
Something in the things she shows me.
I don't want to leave her now.
You know I believe and how.

Donna Summer - State of Independence (1982)

State of life, may I live, may I love
coming out the sky, I name me a name
coming out silver word for what it is
it is very nature of the sound, the game

Shablamidi, shablamida
shablamidi, shablamida
shablamidi, shablamida

Siamese, Indonese, to Tibet treat the life
as a game, if you please (hey)
coming up Caribee such a freedom
derives from a meditative state
movin' on, believe that's it, call it magic
third world, it is, I only guessed it

Shablamidi, shablamida
shablamidi, shablamida
shablamidi, shablamida

Shablimidi, shablamida
shablimidi, shablamida
shablimidi, shablamida

Shot to the soul the flame of Oroladian
(the) essence of the word
the state of independence

Sounds like a signal from you
bring me to meet your sound
and I will bring you to my heart

Love, like a signal you call
touching my body, my soul
bring to me, you to meet me here

Home, be the temple of your heart
home, be the body of your love
just like holy water to my lips
(hey, hey)

Yes, I do know how I survive
yes, I do know why I'm alive
to love and be with you
day by day by day by day

Time, time again, it is said
we will hear, we will see
see it all in His wisdom hear

His truth will abound the land
this truth will abound the land
this state of independence shall be
this state of independence shall be

Say, yeah -e-yay, yeah-e-yo
yeah-e-yay, yeah-e-yo...
be the sound of higher
love today
yeah-e-yeah (hey, hey)

Time, time again, it is said
we will hear, we will see
see it all in His winsdom hear

His truth will abound the land
this truth will abound the land
this state of independence shall be
this state of independence shall be
this state of independence shall be
this state of independence shall be
this state of independence shall be/

Celia Cruz - Cao Cao Mani Picao (1951)

Cao, cao, cao
Maní picao, cao, cao
Cao, cao, cao
Maní picao, cao, cao.
Lo quiere la gente
Cao, cao
Ay, lo dice la gente
Cao, cao
Pero le gusta a la gente
Cao, cao
Ay, lo baila la gente
Cao, cao.
Quiquiriquí picao
Quiquiriquí picao
Quiquiriquí picao
Arriba e' la tabla
Maní picao, cao, cao.
A mí qué me importa
Cao, cao
Ay, yo vivo mi vida
Cao, cao
A ti qué te importa
Cao, cao
Pero tú vives tu vida
Cao, cao.
Quiquiriquí picao
Quiquiriquí picao
Quiquiriquí picao
Arriba e' la tabla
Maní picao, cao, cao.
Dame una candelita
Allí fumé
Ay, dame una candelita
Allí fumé.
Quiquiriquí picao
Quiquiriquí picao
Quiquiriquí picao
Arriba e' la tabla
Maní picao, cao, cao.
Cao, cao, cao
Maní picao, cao, cao
Eh maní picao, cao
Arriba e' la tabla
Maní picao, quiquiriquí
Cao, cao, cao
Maní picao, cao, cao.
Ay, pero cao, cao, cao
Arriba e' tabla
Maní picao, quiquiriquí
Cao, cao, cao
Maní picao, cao, cao….

The Stooges - Dirt (1970)

Ooh, I been dirt
And I don't care
Ooh, I been dirt
And I don't care
'cause I'm burning inside
I'm just a yearning inside
And I'm the fire o' life

Ooh, I've been hurt
And I don't care
Ooh, I've been hurt
And I don't care
'cause I'm burning inside
I'm just a dreaming this life
And do you feel it?
Said do you feel it when you touch me?
Said do you feel it when you touch me?
There's a fire
Well, it's a fire

It was just a burning
Yeah, alright
Ooh!
Burning inside
Burning
Just a dreaming
Just a dreaming
It was just a dreaming
It was just a dreaming

Play it for me, babe, with love!
Burning inside
Burning
Just a dreaming
Just a dreaming
It was just a dreaming
It was just a dreaming

Play it for me, babe, with love!

Rory Gallagher - Do You Read Me (1976)

Do you read me, won't you tell me?
If you read me, then please believe me, when I say
Yes I've been waiting, seems like forever
I've been waiting, my situation ain't got much better
Well I've been waiting, the situation don't get much better

You don't do unto others as you do unto me,
Well, why am I the only one that treats you this way?
Well, you got that something and it's hard to specify,
I can't diagnose that look in your eyes.

You don't do unto me, like I know you could
Why am I the only one who's misunderstood?
Ashes to ashes, and it's dust to dust,
Well, if you won't take me then I guess the devil must.

I've been hurting, my hearts been burning,
I've been hurting, but I've been learning, just the same
Well, I've been waiting, seems like forever
While I've been waiting,
my situation ain't got much better
While I've been waiting,
the situation ain't got much better
I've been waiting,
the situation don't get much better.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man (1970)

He had white Horses
And ladies by the score
All dressed in satin
And waiting by the door

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

White lace and feathers
They made up his bed
A gold covered mattress
On which he was led

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

He went to fight wars
For his country and his king
Of his honor and his glory
The people would sing

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

A bullet had found him
His blood ran as he cried
No money could save him
So he laid down and he died

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was.

Gary Jules - Mad World (2001)

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very
mad world mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very
Mad world, world
Enlarge your world
Mad world.

Ethel Waters - (What Did I Do To Be So) Black & Blue (1930)

Out in the street, shufflin' feet,
Couples passin' two by two,
While here am I, left high and dry,
Black, and 'cause I'm black I'm blue.
Browns and yellers, all have fellers,
Gentlemen prefer them light,
Wish I could fade, can't make the grade,
Nothing but dark days in sight:

Cold, empty bed, Springs hard as lead,
Pains in my head, Feel like old Ned.
What did I do, to be so Black And Blue?

No joys for me, No company,
Even the mouse ran from my house,
All my life through, I've been so Black And Blue.
I'm white inside, It don't help my case
'Cause I can't hide, what is on my face, oh!

I'm so forlorn, Life's just a thorn,
My heart is torn, Why was I born?
What did I do, to be so Black And Blue?
'Cause you're black, Folks think you lack
They laugh at you, And scorn you too,
What did I do, to be so Black And Blue?

When you are near, they laugh and sneer,
Set you aside and you're denied,
What did I do, to be so Black And Blue?
How sad I am, each day I feel worse,
My mark of Ham seems to be a curse!
How will it end? Ain't got a friend,
My only sin Is my skin.
What did I do, to be so Black And Blue?

Roky Erickson - Burn The Flames (1985)

Here I sit
A vampire at my piano
The flames burn glaringly higher
And the eyes that stare
through the darkness
Though they have no form
There's no need for alarm

So burn, so burn
Burn the flames higher and higher
So burn, burn the flames
Never to expire

Here I sit
A skeleton at my organ
The candles in my candelabra
burning hellishly, hellish hell

And the laughter unending echoes
through the haunted house
A little Christmas spirit
Ghostly haunting deadly spirit
Every creature is stirring
Even the mouse

So burn, so burn
Burn the flames higher, higher, higher, and higher
So burn, burn the flames
Never to expire

So burn...
Burn the flames higher, higher, higher, and higher
So burn, burn the flames
Never to expire

Here I sit myself at my instruments
Here they sit at their instruments
And the music fills and fills
Terrifies, horrifies, forever scares
The children of the night
What music we make

So burn, so burn
Burn the flames higher and higher
So burn, burn the flames
Never to expire.

Queen - I'm In Love With My Car (1975)

The machine of a dream
Such a clean machine
With the pistons a pumpin'
And the hub caps all gleam

When I'm holdin' your wheel
All I hear is your gear
When my hand's on your grease gun
Oh it's like a disease son

I'm in love with my car
Gotta feel for my automobile
Get a grip on my boy racer rollbar
Such a thrill when your radials squeal

Told my girl I'll have to forget her
Rather buy me a new carburetor
So she made tracks sayin'
This is the end now
Cars don't talk back
They're just four wheeled friends now

When I'm holdin your wheel
All I hear is your gear
When I'm cruisin' in overdrive.

Roy Orbison - Crying (1965)

I was all right for a while, I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night you held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say hello
Oh, you wished me well, you couldn't tell
That I've been crying over you, crying over you
And you said, so long
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying
It's hard to understand but the touch of your hand
Can start me crying

I thought that I was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more than I did before
But darling, what can I do
For you don't love me and I'll always be
Crying over you, crying over you

Yes, now you're gone and from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying
Yeah, crying, crying over you.