When you were so far away I sit alone and dream of the horizon Then I know that you are here with me
Time to broaden some horizons..... Have you ever enjoyed a song in another language? (Maybe not, because you didn't understand what they were saying...) If you hear the passion and emotion behind the music and singing, that enough is to find the beauty... but look it up and learn what they are singing about... Opera music? Not cool enough? One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard is both in another language and opera. We will start with it....
Then into a song from one of my favorite Broadway Shows ever "Phantom of the Opera"... and then to show how music evolves, and genres draw from other genres for inspiration creating more and more variety of music... We have Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. (You know you can't help but want to sing the high opera parts! LOL) And then some other genres....Some even drawing inspiration from historical events such as "Rosa Parks" by Outkast. Fleetwood Mac's Tusk has a marching band in it! I wish I had that much creativity! Even Jay-Z's huge hit "Hard Knock Life" is based off a version of the song "It's a Hard Knock Life" from the 1977 musical Annie.
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Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - "Time to Say Goodbye"
The ENGLISH version so you understand what the song is about:
"When I am alone I sit and dream And when I dream the words are missing Yes I know that in a room so full of light That all the light is missing But I don't see you with me, with me Close up the windows, bring the sun to my room Through the door you've opened Close inside of me the light you see That you met in the darkness
Time to say goodbye Horizons are never far Would I have to find them alone Without true light of my own with you I will go on ships over seas That I now know No, they don't exist anymore It's time to say goodbye When you were so far away I sit alone and dream of the horizon Then I know that you are here with me, with me Building bridges over land and sea Shine a blinding light for you and me To see, for us to be
Time to say goodbye Horizons are never far Would I have to find them alone Without true light of my own with you I will go on ships over seas That I now know No, they don't exist anymore It's time to say goodbye So with you I will go On ships over seas That I now know No, they don't exist anymore It's time to say goodbye So with you I will go... I love you"
Phantom of the Opera - "All I Ask of You"
"[RAOUL:] No more talk of darkness Forget these wide-eyed fears I'm here, nothing can harm you My words will warm and calm you Let me be your freedom Let daylight dry your tears I'm here with you, beside you To guard you and to guide you [CHRISTINE:] Say you love me every waking moment Turn my head with talk of summertime Say you need me with you now and always Promise me that all you say is true That's all I ask of you
[RAOUL:] Let me be your shelter Let me be your light You're safe, No one will find you Your fears are far behind you [CHRISTINE:] All I want is freedom A world with no more night And you, always beside me, to hold me and to hide me [RAOUL:] Then say you'll share with me One love, one lifetime Let me lead you from your solitude Say you need me with you here, beside you Anywhere you go, let me go too Christine, that's all I ask of you [CHRISTINE:] Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime Say the word and I will follow you (Right) [BOTH:] Share each day with me Each night, each morning (Right) [CHRISTINE:] Say you love me [RAOUL:] You know I do [BOTH:] Love me - that's all I ask of you Anywhere you go let me go too Love me - that's all I ask of you"
Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
"[Intro] Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me [Verse 1] Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he's dead Mama, life had just begun But now I've gone and thrown it all away Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry If I'm not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters Too late, my time has come Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth Mama, ooh, I don't want to die I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
[Solo] [Verse 2] I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright'ning me (Galileo.) Galileo. (Galileo.) Galileo. Galileo figaro magnifico I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me He's just a poor boy from a poor family Spare him his life from this monstrosity Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? Bismillah! No, we will not let you go (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go (Let me go.) Will not let you go (Let me go.) Will not let you go. (Let me go.) Ah No, no, no, no, no, no, no (Oh mamma mia, mamma mia) Mama mia, let me go Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me! [Verse 3] So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye? So you think you can love me and leave me to die? Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby! Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here! [Outro] Nothing really matters, anyone can see Nothing really matters Nothing really matters to me Any way the wind blows"
Outkast - "Rosa Parks"
"[Hook] Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you wanna bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you wanna bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk [Verse 1: Big Boi] Many a day has passed, the night has gone by But still I find the time to put that bump off in your eye Total chaos, for these playas, thought we was absent We takin' another route to represent the Dungeon Family Like Great Day, me and my nigga decide to take the back way We stabbing every city then we headed to that Bat cave ATL, Georgia, what do we do for ya Bulldoggin' hoes like them Georgetown Hoyas Boy you sounding silly, thank my Brougham ain't sittin pretty Doing doughnuts 'round you suckas like them circles around titties Damn we the committee gon' burn it down But us gon' bust you in the mouth with the chorus now
[Hook] Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you wanna bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you wanna bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk [Verse 2: Andre 3000] I met a gypsy and she hipped me to some life game To stimulate then activate the left and right brain Said baby boy you only funky as your last cut You focus on the past your ass'll be a has what That's one to live by or either that's one to die to I try to just throw it at you determine your own adventure Andre, got to her station here's my destination She got off the bus, the conversation lingered in my head for hours Took a shower kinda sour cause my favorite group ain't comin with it But I'm witchya cause you probably goin' through it anyway But anyhow when in doubt went on out and bought it Cause I thought it would be jammin' but examine all the flawsky-wawsky Awfully sad and it's costly, but that's all she wrote And I hope I never have to float in that boat Up shit's creek "it's weak" is the last quote That I want to hear when I'm goin' down when all's said and done And we got a new joe in town When the record player get to skippin and slowin down All y'all can say is them niggas earned that crown but until then [Hook] Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you wanna bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you wanna bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk [Solo] [Hook] Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you wanna bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you wanna bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you wanna bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you wanna bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk"
The Foundations - "Build Me Up Buttercup"
"Why do you build me up Buttercup, baby Just to let me down and mess me around And then worst of all you never call, baby When you say you will but I love you still I need you more than anyone, darlin' You know that I have from the start So build me up Buttercup, don't break my heart "I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again But you're late, I wait around and then I went to the door, I can't take any more It's not you, you let me down again
Baby, baby, try to find A little time and I'll make you happy I'll be home I'll be beside the phone waiting for you Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo Why do you build me up Buttercup, baby Just to let me down and mess me around And then worst of all you never call, baby When you say you will but I love you still I need you more than anyone, darlin' You know that I have from the start So build me up Buttercup, don't break my heart To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you adore If you'd just let me know Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more Why do I need you so Baby, baby, try to find A little time and I'll make you happy I'll be home I'll be beside the phone waiting for you Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo Why do you build me up Buttercup, baby Just to let me down and mess me around And then worst of all you never call, baby When you say you will but I love you still I need you more than anyone, darlin' You know that I have from the start So build me up Buttercup, don't break my heart I-I-I need you-oo-oo more than anyone, baby You know that I have from the start So build me up Buttercup, don't break my heart"
Fleetwood Mac - "Tusk"
[Verse] Why don't you ask him if he's going to stay? Why don't you ask him if he's going away? Why don't you tell me what's going on? Why don't you tell me who's on the phone? Why don't you ask him what's going on? Why don't you ask him who's the latest on his throne? [Bridge] Don't say that you love me Just tell me that you want me, hiyee-ha Don't say that you love me, hiyee-ha Just tell me that you
[Outro] Tusk![x17]"
Jay-Z - "Hard Knock Life"
[Hook] It's the hard knock life for us It's the hard knock life for us Instead of treated, we get tricked Instead of kisses, we get kicked It's the hard knock life!
[Verse 1] From standing on the corners boppin', to driving some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen For dropping some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard From the dope spot, with the smoke Glock Fleeing the murder scene, you know me well... From nightmares of a lonely cell, my only hell But since when y'all niggas know me to fail? Fuck naw Where all my niggas with the rubber grips, bust shots And if you with me mama rub on your tits, and what-not I'm from the school of the hard knocks, you must not Let outsiders violate our blocks, and my plot Let's stick up the world and split it 50/50, uh-huh Let's take the dough and stay real jiggy, uh-huh And sip the Cris' and get pissy-pissy Flow infinitely like the memory of my nigga Biggie, baby! You know it's hell when I come through The life and times of Shawn Carter, nigga, Volume 2 Y'all niggas get ready! [Hook] It's the hard knock life for us It's the hard knock life for us Instead of treated, we get tricked Instead of kisses, we get kicked It's the hard knock life! [Verse 2] I flow for those 'dro'ed out; all my niggas Locked down in the 10 by four, controlling the house We live in hard knocks We don't take over, we borrow blocks Burn 'em down and you can have it back Daddy, I'd rather that I flow for chicks wishin', they ain't have to strip to pay tuition I see your vision, mama I put my money on the longshots All my ballers that's born to clock Know I'mma be on top whether I perform or not I went from lukewarm to hot Sleeping on futons and cots to King Size Green machines, to green 5's I've seen pies, let the thing between my eyes analyze life's ills Then I put it down type Braille I'm tight grill with the phony Rappers y'all might feel we homies I'm like still, y'all don't know me Shit, I'm tight grill when my situation ain't improvin' I'm tryna murder everything movin', feel me?! [Hook] It's the hard knock life for us It's the hard knock life for us Instead of treated, we get tricked Instead of kisses, we get kicked It's the hard knock life! It's the hard knock life for us It's the hard knock life for us Instead of treated, we get tricked Instead of kisses, we get kicked It's the hard knock life! [Verse 3] I don't know how to sleep, I gotta eat, stay on my toes Got a lot of beef, so logically, I prey on my foes Hustling's still inside of me, and as far as progress You'd be hard-pressed, to find another rapper hot as me I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out Didn't really appreciate it 'til the second one came out So I stretched the game out, etched your name out Put Jigga on top, and drop albums non-stop for ya, nigga! [Hook] It's the hard knock life for us It's the hard knock life for us Instead of treated, we get tricked Instead of kisses, we get kicked It's the hard knock life!"