Muziek

Andre Rieu - Ballade pour Adeline

Andrè Rieu – Ballade pour Adeline

Deze uitvoering van dit magistrale muziekstuk is weergaloos. 76 miljoen downloads van deze ontroerende muziek.

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Vicki Brown - Look For Me In Rainbows

Vicki Brown : Look For Me In Rainbows

Vicky Brown overleed in 1991 aan kanker, dit was vlak daarvoor met dit prachtige afscheidslied. Zij zong bij Tom Parker in de New London Chorale.

Songtekst...

Time for me to go now
I wont say goodbye
look for me in rainbows
way up in the sky

In the morning sunrise
when all the world is new
just look for me and love me
as you know I loved you

Time for me to leave you
I wont say goodbye
look for me in rainbows
high up in the sky

In the evening sunset
when all the world is through
just look for me and love me
and I’ll be close to you It won’t be forever
the day will come and then
my lovin arms will hold
when we meet again

Time for us to part now
we won’t say goodbye
look for me in rainbows
shining in the sky

Every waking moment
and all your whole life through
just look for me and love me
as you know I love you

Just wish me to be near you
and I’ll be there with you …

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Leann Rimes - The rose

LeAnn Rimes Performs “The Rose” with The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles

Leann Rimes brengt eerst in deze video een ode aan overleden aids patiënten (echt Amerikaans, even geduld hebben) en zingt daarna samen met het gay men’s koor het lied The Rose. Het koor zingt o Haupt voll Blut und Wunden op de achtergrond. Dit moet je luisteren met koptelefoon of hard door de boxen. Adembenemend.

The Rose is vooral bekend door Bette Midler, maar komt oorspronkelijk uit de film (The Rose) over het tragische leven van Janis Joplin.

Songtekst...

Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed

Some say love, it is a hunger
An endless, aching need
I say love, it is a flower
And you, its only seed

It’s the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It’s the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance

It’s the one who won’t be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live

And the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong

Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love
In the spring, becomes a rose

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Tabitha - My land is jou land

Tabitha – My land is jou land

Het liefdeslied bij uitstek met een tekst vol van geloof en hoop, maar ook politiek.

Stef Bos schreef dit lied voor zijn vrouw (Bos is getrouwd met de Zuid-Afrikaanse kunstenares Varenka Paschke, een kleindochter van Pieter Willem Botha)

Songtekst...

Ek is n vreemde hier
Ek het my land gelos
Ek het jou pad gekruis
Ek het jou spoor gevolg

Jy het gesê gaan terug
Moe nie op my vertrou
Maar jy’s ‘n deel van my
Wat doen ek sonder jou

En ek weet die toekoms is onseker
En die donker is digby
En ek weet ons wag ‘n lang reis
Reg deur die woestyn
Reg deur die woestyn

Maar jou land is my land
Jou volk is my volk
Jou taal is my taal
Jouw God is my God
Jou droom is my droom
Jou pad is my pad
Jou toekoms my toekoms
Jou hart in my hart

Ek weet jou volk is bang
Voor ons wat anders is
Maar ek sal brugge bou
Daar waar die afgrond is

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André Rieu e Kimmy Skota - Ave Maria

André Rieu en Kimmy Skota – Ave Maria

Kimmy Skota heeft 5 jaar bij Rieu gezongen en komt uit Zuid Afrika. Dit ultieme klaaglied van Bach snijdt door je ziel.

Songtekst...

Ave Maria
Gratia plena
Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus fructus ventres
Tui Jesus

Sancta Maria, Sancta Maria

Maria
Ora pro nobis
Nobis peccatoribus
Nunc et in hora, in hora
Mortis nostrae
Amen, Amen

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Gregorian Arrival

Gregorian Arrival

Dit instrumentale nummer van Abba voorzien van tekst is een waar kunststukje. Op menig crematie klinkt dit lied.

Songtekst...

Sing, sing, sing the song they sang with us
When they sailed away
Bring, bring, bring them back again
To these lonely shores one day

We’ll be here awaiting their arrival
How that moment’s gonna shine
May they ring then in our hearts
The jubilant bells of “Auld Lang Syne”

Sing, sing, sing the sing of sirens
If that is what it takes
Bring, bring, bring them back again
To each lonely heart that aches

I’ll be first to know of your arrival
I’ll be first to pour the wine
May they ring then in our hearts
The jubilant bells of “Auld Lang Syne”

Sing, sing, sing a song of sadness
That they are so long gone
Bring, bring, bring a ray of hope
And the courage to go on

We’ll be here awaiting their arrival
How that moment’s gonna shine
May they ring then in our hearts
The jubilant bells of “Auld Lang Syne

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Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale

Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale

Deze uitvoering met orkest (Danish National Concert)is de mooiste van dit lied. \ooit uitgeroepen als mooiste lied ooit gemaakt. Oordeel zelf.

Gary Brooker (overleden febr. 2022) – In 1967 voor het eerst uitgevoerd. Dit concert is uit 2006. Werkelijk een live optreden van zeer grote klasse.

Songtekst...

We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
The crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

She said “there is no reason”
And the truth is plain to see
But I wandered through my playing cards
Would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well’ve been closed

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
And so it was that later

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Bruce Springsteen - Dream baby dream

Bruce Springsteen – Dream Baby dream

Bruce Springsteen is een bijzondere artiest met fans die in hem geloven. Let op de uitdrukkingen op de gezichten van de fans: geluk, verbazing, onvoorwaardelijke liefde, respect, tranen en verdriet. Let ook op zijn vrouw (gitaar). De tekst is 100 % anti depressie en draagt met de melodie de tragiek van het leven.

Songtekst...

Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Forever
Keep them dreams burnin’ leave it
Keep them dreams burnin’ forever
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Forever
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Forever
Dream baby dream
Oh baby you gotta keep those dreams burnin’
Keep them dream burnin forever
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby, dream baby,
Dream baby, dream baby
Dream baby, dream baby dream
You Keep that flame burnin’ babe
You gotta Keep that flame burnin’ forever baby
Dream baby dream
Yeah come on baby keep those dream burnin yeah
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
Dream baby dream
Yeah, those dreams keep you free baby
Yeah you gotta make those dream come true
Keep them dreams burnin baby
Keep them dreams burning forever
Dream baby, dream baby
Dream baby, dream baby
Dream baby Dream baby, dream baby
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
I see that smile on your face baby
Yeah you’ve got the idea now
Yeah, it’s your dreams you know
Yeah makes you free baby
Yeah you gonna make you happy you know
I know you are
I see that smile
Huh
Oh
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream
Dream baby dream

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Paul McCartney - Hey Jude

Paul McCartney – Hey Jude

Paul McCartney schreef dit lied in 1968. Dit optreden uit 2010 (68 jaar oud) in Hyde Park London is legendarisch. De muzikaliteit en ritmegevoel van hem is onovertroffen (piano, gitaar, zang en dirigent van de menigte. He’s a legent.

Songtekst...

Hey Jude, don’t make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

Hey Jude, don’t be afraid.
You were made to go out and get her.
The minute you let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better.

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain,
Don’t carry the world upon your shoulders.
For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.

Hey Jude, don’t let me down.
You have found her, now go and get her.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin,
You’re waiting for someone to perform with.
And don’t you know that it’s just you, hey Jude, you’ll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder.

Hey Jude, don’t make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then you’ll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh.
Na na na nananana, nannana, hey Jude…
(repeat X number of times, fade)

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Queen - concert 1985 live aid

Queen – concert 1985 live aid

Voor 72.000 mnsen. Freddie Mercury had hier al aids. Een van de grote zang-stemmen uit de harmonische rock

Songtekst...

Bohemian Rhapsody

Lyrics:
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, oooh, ooh, ooh, 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, oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I don’t want to die
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all

Radio Ga Ga

Lyrics:
I’d sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio
(Radio)

You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds invaded by Mars
You made ’em laugh, you made ’em cry
You made us feel like we could fly
(Radio)

So don’t become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don’t know or just don’t care
And just complain when you’re not there
You had your time, you had the power
You’ve yet to have your finest hour
Radio (radio)
Everybody

All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo, radio ga ga
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what’s new?
Radio, someone still loves you

We watch the shows, we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
Our music changes through the years
(Radio)

Let’s hope you’ll never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around ‘cos we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual
You had your time, you had the power
You’ve yet to have your finest hour
Radio (radio)

All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo, radio ga ga
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo, radio ga ga
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what’s new?
Radio, someone still loves you
Loves
You
Freddie Singalong
Details of other singalongs can be found on the ‘Live Solos & Improvisations page. Length 0:38.
This singalong was originally released on ‘Rare Live’, but this edited out some of the middle section.

Hammer To Fall

Lyrics:
Freddie: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hammer to fall

Here we stand, here we fall
History don’t care at all
Make the bed, light the light
Lady Mercy won’t be home tonight

You don’t waste no time at all
Don’t hear the bell but you answer the call
Comes to you as to us all, yeah
And it’s time for the hammer to fall

Every night, every day
A little piece of you is falling away
Lift your face, the western way, baby

Toe your line and play their game
Till the anaesthetic covers it all
Till one day they call your name, yeah
Then it’s time for the hammer to fall

Rich or poor or famous for
Your truth it’s all the same, oh no, oh no
Lock your door ‘cos rain is pouring
Through your window pane, oh no
Baby now your trouble’s all in vain, yeah

For he who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud
Convinced our voices can’t be heard
Just want to scream it louder and louder and louder

What the hell we fighting for?
Just surrender and it won’t hurt at all
Just got time to say your prayers
Then it’s time for the hammer to, hammer to fall

Going to fall

Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Yeah, yeah, one more time

Waiting for the hammer to fall

Give it to me one more time

Freddie: This next song is only dedicated to beautiful people here tonight. It means all of you. Thank you for coming along and making this a great occasion.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Lyrics:
This thing called love I just can’t handle it
This thing called love I must get round to it
I ain’t ready
Crazy little thing called love

This thing (this thing) called love (called love)
It cries (like a baby)
In a cradle all night
It swings (woo, woo)
It jives (woo, woo)
It shakes all over like a jelly fish
I kinda like it
Crazy little thing called love

There goes my baby
She knows how to rock ‘n’ roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
And leaves me in a cool, cool sweat

I gotta be cool, relax, get hip
And get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch hike
Take a long ride on my motorbike
Until I’m ready
Crazy little thing called love

Audience: Gotta be cool, relax, get hip
Audience: And get on my tracks
Audience: Take a back seat
A hitch hike
Take a long ride on my motorbike
Until I’m ready (ready Freddie)
Crazy little thing called love

This thing called love I just can’t handle it
This thing called love I just out of it, baby love me
Crazy little thing called love
Crazy little thing called love, hey
Crazy little thing called love, take it Brian

Crazy little thing called love, yeah, yeah
Crazy little thing called love, hey
Crazy little thing called love, alright

We Will Rock You

This track originally appeared on ‘Rare Live’.
The fourth DVD in the boxed set features an edited version of this track on the menu, with the first 20 seconds of guitar build up then the last 23 seconds of the guitar outro.
Lyrics:
Buddy you’re a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
Mud on your face
Big disgrace
Kicking your can all over the place
Singing

Audience: We will, we will, rock you
Yeah, do it
Audience: We will, we will, rock you
I like it, sing it again
We will, we will, rock you
One more time
Audience: We will
We will rock you

We Are The Champions

Lyrics:
I’ve paid my dues
Time after time
I’ve done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I’ve made a few
I’ve had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I’ve come through

We are the champions, my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
‘Cos we are the champions
Of the world

I’ve taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You’ve brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it, I thank you all
But it’s been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I ain’t gonna lose

We are the champions, my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
‘Cos we are the champions
Of the world

We are the champions, my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting till the end
Oh, we are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
‘Cos we are the champions
Of the world

Freddie: So long, goodbye. We love you.

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Fleetwood Mac - Go your own way

Fleetwood Mac – Go your own way

Concert uit 1998. Het nummer Go your own way werd 25 jaar daarvoor bij de dubbele scheiding van de twee stellen in de band voor het eerst gezongen. Let op weergaloos gitaarspel (Lindsey Buckingham) en de legendarische drumsolo.

Songtekst...

Loving you
Isn’t the right thing to do
How can I ever change things
That I feel?

If I could
Baby, I’d give you my world
How can I
When you won’t take it from me?

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way

Tell me why
Everything turned around
Packing up
Shacking up is all you want to do

If I could
Baby, I’d give you my world
Open up
Everything’s waiting for you

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day

You can go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way

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Karsu & Belle Perez - Je suis malade

Karsu & Belle Perez – Je suis malade

Het meest geweldige aan dit optreden is dat je mogelijk geen Turks en geen Frans verstaat, maar dat het nummer toch ongelooflijk binnenkomt. Dan heb je een lied echt neergezet en voelen je de emoties zonder de tekst te begrijpen. Dat is talent.

Songtekst...

Je ne rêve plus
Je ne fume plus
Je n’ai même plus d’histoire
Je suis sale sans toi
Je suis laide sans toi
Comme une orpheline
Dans un dortoir
Je n’ai plus envie
De vivre ma vie
Ma vie cesse quand tu pars
Je n’ai plus de vie
Et même mon lit
Se transforme en quai de gare
Quand tu t’en vas

Je suis malade
Complètement malade
Même comme quand ma mère sortait le soir
Et qu’elle me laissait seule avec
Mon désespoir
Je suis malade
Parfaitement malade
T’arrives on ne sait jamais quand
Tu pars on ne sait jamais où
Et ça va faire bientôt deux ans
Que tu t’en fous

Bir kayaya
Bir günaha
Tutunur gibi tutundum sana
Yorgunum
Bitkinim
Mutluymuş gibi yapmaktan
Onlar burda
Içerim her akşam
Tüm viskiler bana aynı
Tüm gemilerde senin bayrağın
Nereye kaçacağım
Her yerdesin

Hastayım
Her yerimle hasta
Tenini canımla suluyorum
Kalbi atmayan kuşum
Sen uyurken
Hastayım ben
Kusursuz hasta
Tüm şarkıları benden aldın
Kelimeleri kopardın
Oysa ben her şeyi yapardım
Teninden önce

Cet amour me tue
Si ça continue
Je crèverai seule avec moi
Près de ma radio
Comme un gosse idiot
En écoutant ma propre voix
Qui chantera

Hastayım
Her yerimle hasta
Tenini canımla suluyorum
Kalbi atmayan kuşum
Mon désespoir
Je suis malade
Tu sais
Je suis malade
Tüm şarkıları benden aldın
Kelimeleri kopardın
Et j’ai le cœur complètement malade
Cerné de barricades
T’entends, je suis malade

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Helene Fischer, Andrea Bocelli - The Prayer

Helene Fischer, Andrea Bocelli – The Prayer

Dit duo behoeft geen introductie. Talloze crematies en begrafenissen zijn ons voorgegaan. Blijft met dit duo een feest voor het oor

Songtekst...

I pray you’ll be our eyes
And watch us where we go
And help us to be wise
In times when we don’t know

Let this be our prayer
As we go our way
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
To a place where we’ll be safe

La luce che tu dai
I pray we’ll find your light
Nel cuore resterà
And hold it in our hearts
A ricordarci che
When stars go out each night
Eterna stella sei

Nella mia preghiera
Let this be our prayer
Quanta fede c’è
When shadows fill our day
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe

Sognamo un mondo senza più violenza
Un mondo di giustizia e di speranza
Ognuno dia la mano al suo vicino
Simbolo di pace, di fraternità

La forza che ci dai
We ask that life be kind
E il desiderio che
And watch us from above
Ognuno trovi amore
We hope each soul will find
Intorno e dentro sé
Another soul to love

Let this be our prayer
Let this be our prayer
Just like every child
Just like every child
Need to find a place
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe

E la fede che
Hai acceso in noi
Sento che ci salverà

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Simon & Garfunkel - April Come She Will

Simon & Garfunkel – April Come She Will

Een van de kortste maar prachtigste liedjes / gedicht ooit gemaakt. Paul Simon is een van de grootste componisten van deze tijd

Songtekst...

April, come she will
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain
May, she will stay
Resting in my arms again

June, she’ll change her tune
In restless walks she’ll prowl the night
July, she will fly
And give no warning to her flight

August, die she must
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold
September, I’ll remember
A love once new has now grown old

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Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown

Bruce Springsteen – My Hometown

Een nostalgisch nummer, terugkijkend op je jeugd. Dat doet hij vol overgave samen met tienduizenden. Als die gaan zingen krijg je kippenvel. Tranen en emoties in dit nummer.

London, 2013

Songtekst...

I was eight years old
And running with a dime in my hand
To the bus stop to pick
Up a paper for my old man
I’d sit on his lap in that big old Buick
And steer as we drove through town
He’d tousle my hair
And say, “son, take a good look around”
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown”

In ’65 tension was running high
At my high school
There was a lot of fights
Between the black and white
There was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night
In the back seat there was a gun
Words were passed in a shotgun blast
Troubled times had come
To my hometown
To my hometown
To my hometown
To my hometown

Now Main Street’s whitewashed windows
And vacant stores
Seems like there ain’t nobody
Wants to come down here no more
They’re closing down the textile mill
Across the railroad tracks
Foreman says, “these jobs are going, boys
And they ain’t coming back
To your hometown
To your hometown
To your hometown
To your hometown”

Last night me and Kate we laid in bed
Talking about getting out
Packing up our bags, maybe heading south
I’m thirty-five, we got a boy of our own now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel
And said, “son, take a good look around
This is your hometown”

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