merry christmas 2

Para todos os meus amigos,
Feliz Natal
P.S. Eh pá, o espirito natalício afectou-me mesmo !!!

Para ti, ADMV
With all my love ... and more !!!

FROM THIS MOMENT ON

(I do swear that I'll always be there.
I'd give anything and everything and I will always care.
Through weaknessand strength, happiness and sorrow, for better, for worse,
I will love you with every beat of my heart.)
From this moment life has begun
From this moment you are the one
Right beside you is where I belong
From this moment on
From this moment I have been blessed
I live only for your happiness
And for your love I'd give my last breath
From this moment on
I give my hand to you with all my heart
Can't wait to live my life with you, can't wait to start
You and I will never be apart
My dreams came true because of you
From this moment as long as I liveI will love you,
I promise you this
There is nothing I wouldn't give
From this moment on
You're the reason I believe in love
And you're the answer to my prayers from up above
All we need is just the two of us
My dreams came true because of you
From this moment as long as I liveI will love you,
I promise you this
There is nothing I wouldn't give
From this moment
I will love you as long as I live
From this moment on

CARPENTERS (1972)
Top of the World

Such a feelin's comin' over me
There is wonder in 'most ev'ry thing I see
Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes
And I won't be surprised if it's a dream
Everything I want the world to be
Is now comin' true especially for me
And the reason is clear, it's because you are here
You're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen
I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world
Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me
There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope that I will find
That tomorrow will be just the same for you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here
I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world
I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world

Meus amigos
O Verão está a acabar - snif, snif - e a malta já está a pensar no Natal (uuiii... não se zanguem, mas é a verdade) e principalmente nas férias de Inverno... Ah pois é temos de pensar em alguma coisa além do trabalho.
Mas primeiro vem a caminho o Outono
Cada dia é mais curto do que o anterior. Começamos a vestir roupas mais quentinhas em contrapartida as arvores despem-se.
A natureza brinda-nos com o Verão de S. Martinho. Compram-se castanhas na rua para aquecer as mãos e a alma. Compram-se mais castanhas para o magusto. É uma boa razão para estarmos em familia e amigos.
E aqui está mais uma musiquinha para festejar o Outono.
Beijos e Abraços.

How sweet it is to be loved by you
JAMES TAYLOR


How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you

I needed the shelter of someone's arms and there you were
I needed someone to understand my ups and downs and there you were
With sweet love and devotion
Deeply touching my emotion
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby

How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you

I close my eyes at night
Wondering where would I be without you in my life
Everything I did was just a bore
Everywhere I went it seems I'd been there before
But you brighten up for me all of my days
With a love so sweet in so many ways
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby

How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you

You were better for me than I was for myself
For me, there's you and there ain't nobody else
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby

How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you

ALL ABOUT LOVING YOU
Bon Jovi

Looking at the pages of my life
Faded memories of me and you
Mistakes you know I've made a few
I took some shots and fell from time to time
Baby, you were there to pull me through
We've been around the block a time or two I
'm gonna lay it on the line
Ask me how we've come this far
The answer's written in my eyes
Every time I look at you, baby,
I see something new
That takes me higher than before and makes me want you more
I don't wanna sleep tonight, dreamin's just a waste of time
When I look at what my life's been comin' to
I'm all about lovin' you
I've lived, I've loved, I've lost, I've paid some dues, baby
We've been to hell and back again
Through it all you're always my best friend
For all the words I didn't say and all the things I didn't do
Tonight I'm gonna find a way
Every time I look at you, baby,
I see something new
That takes me higher than before and makes me want you more
I don't wanna sleep tonight, dreamin's just a waste of time
When I look at what my life's been comin' to I'm all about lovin' you
You can take this world away
You're everything I am
Just read the lines upon my face
I'm all about lovin' you
Every time I look at you, baby,
I see something new
That takes me higher than before and makes me want you more
I don't wanna sleep tonight, dreamin's just a waste of time
When I look at what my life's been comin' to
I'm all about lovin' you
All about lovin' you

A pedido da menina Kucka-Lu e porque disse tão bem a frase do dia, aqui o disco pedido...



Ser Poeta

Ser poeta é ser mais alto, é ser maior
Do que os homens!
Morder como quem beija!
É ser mendigo e dar como quem seja
Rei do Reino de Áquem e de Além Dor!
É ter de mil desejos o esplendor
E não saber sequer que se deseja!
É ter cá dentro um astro que flameja,
É ter garras e asas de condor!
É ter fome, é ter sede de Infinito!
Por elmo, as manhãs de oiro e de cetim...
É condensar o mundo num só grito!
E é amar-te, assim, perdidamente...
É seres alma, e sangue, e vida em mim
E dizê-lo cantando a toda a gente!

ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

Especially for you
I wanna let you know what I was going through
All the time we were apart I thought of you
You were in my heart
My love never changed I still feel the same
Especially for you
I wanna tell you
I was feeling that way too
And if dreams were wings, you know
I would have flown to you
To be where you are
No matter how far
And now that I'm next to you
No more dreaming about tomorrow
Forget the loneliness and the sorrow
I've got to say It's all because of you
And now we're back together, together
I wanna show you my heart is oh so true
And all the love I have is Especially for you
Especially for you
I wanna tell you, you mean all the world to me
How I'm certain that our love was meant to be
You changed my life
You showed me the way
And now that I'm next to you
I've waited long enough to find you
I wanna put all the hurt behind you
And I wanna bring out all the love inside you, oh and
You were in my heart
My love never changed
No more dreaming about tomorrow
Forget the loneliness and the sorrow
I've got to say It's all because of you

Amar em Português ...

Paulo Gonzo
SEI-TE DE COR

Sei de cor
cada traço
do teu rosto
do teu olhar
cada sombra
da tua voz
e cada silêncio
cada gesto que tu fazes
Meu amor sei-te de cor

Sei
cada capricho teu
e o que não dizes
ou preferes calar
deixa-me adivinhar
não digas que o louco sou eu
se for tanto melhor
Amor sei-te de cor

Sei
por que becos te escondes
sei ao pormenor
o teu melhor e o pior.
sei de ti mais do que queria
numa palavra diria
sei-te de cor

Aqui vai um Clássico...

UNCHAINED MELODY (The Righteous Brothers)

Whoooa, my love, my darlin'
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea, yeah
Lonely rivers sigh
Wait for me, wait for me
I'll be comin' home, wait for me
Whoooa, my love, my darlin'
I've hungered, hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine
I need your loveI,
I need your love
God speed your love to me

Shania Twain

You're Still The One

When I first saw you,
I saw love
And the first time you touched me,
I felt love
And after all these time,you're still the one I love
Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
We might took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday
They said, "I'll bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holding on
We're still together, still going strong
(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one that I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night
Ain't nothing better
We beat the odds together
I'm glad we didn't listen
Look at what we would be missin'
(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one that I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night
You're still the oneYeah....
(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one that I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night
I'm so glad we made it
Look how far we come my baby...

For Once In My Life

Stevie Wonder

For once in my life
I have someone who needs me
Someone I've needed so long
For once, unafraid,
I can go where life leads me
And somehow I know I'll be strong
For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of
Long before I knew
Someone warm like you
Would make my dreams come true
For once in my life
I won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it hurt me before
For one, I have something I know won't desert me
I'm not alone anymore
For once, I can say, this is mine, you can't take it
As long as I know I have love, I can make it
For once in my life,
I have someone who needs me

Have I told you lately that I love you
By Van Morrison

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
For the morning sun and all its glory
Meets the day with hope and comfort too
You fill my life with laughter, somehow you make it better
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
There's a love that's defined
And it's yours and it's mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray to the one, to the one
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
There's a love that's defined
And it's yours and it's mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray to the one, to the one
And have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one else above you
You fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
Take away all my sadness, fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
Take away all my sadness, fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do

Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram
JUST ONCE

I did my best
But I guess my best wasn't good enough '
'Cause here we are, back where we were before
Seems nothing ever changes
We're back to being strangers
Wond'ring if we ought to stay
Or head on out the door
Just once
Can't we figure out what we keep doing wrong?
Why we never last for very long?
What are we doin' wrong?
Just once
Can't we find a way to fin'ly make it right?
To make the magic last for more than just one night?
If we could just get to it
I know we could break through it I gave my all
But I think my all may have been too much
'Cause Lord knows we're not getting anywhere
It seems we're always blowin'
Whatever we've got goin'
And it seems at times, with all we've got
We haven't got a prayer
Just once
Can't we figure out what we keep doing wrong?
Why the good times never last for long?
Where are we going wrong?
Just once
Can't we find a way to fin'ly make it right?
To make the magic last for more than just one night?
I know we could break through it
If we could just get to it
Just once,
I want to understand
Why it always comes back to goodbye
Why can't we get ourselves in hand
And admit to one another
We're no good without each other
Take the best and make it better
Find a way to stay together?
Just once
Can't we find a way to fin'ly make it right?
Oh, to make the magic last for more than just one night?
I know we could break through it
If we could just get to it
Just once
Whoa, we can get to it
Just once...

QUINCY JONES
was born on March 14, 1933, in Chicago and raised in Seattle.
His interest in music began as a child and by the age of 12 he was singing in a gospel quartet.
As a junior in high school he began playing the trumpet and continued his musical education at the prestigious Berkelee College of Music in Boston.
By the mid 1950's Quincy had moved to New York where he began arranging and recording for such diverse artists as Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington and Cannonball Adderly.
In 1961 Quincy became the vice-president of Mercury Records.

Two years later he won his first Grammy Award for his arrangement of "I Can't Stop Loving You."
In his three year association as arranger and conductor for Frank Sinatra, Quincy, once again teamed with Count Basie, made history with his unforgettable arrangement of "Fly Me To The Moon".

Expanding his career Quincy began scoring music for films, such as "The Pawnbroker", "In the Heat of the Night", "In Cold Blood" and "The Wiz", just to name a few of the 33 major motion picture scores to his credit.

His equally numerous television scores include "The Bill Cosby Show", "Ironside", "Sanford and Son", and "Roots", for which he won an Emmy Award.
Together with Steven Spielberg he co-produced the adaptation "The Color Purple", winning eleven Oscar nominations and introducing Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg to the movie audience.
He launched produced Will Smith's career as an actor in the hit series, "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air".

In 1985, he also produced "We Are The World", whose proceeds went to the famine in Africa.

He has won an Emmy, seven Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and The Grammy Living Legend Award.
Reflecting on the changes in pop music over the years, Quincy says, "I go for the music that gives me goose bumps, music that touches my heart and my soul."

Esta é por ontem e por muitos e muitos dias 28 que hão-de vir ...
Xxx...

ENDLESS LOVE
(Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie)

My love, there's only you in my life
The only thing that's right
My first love, you're every breath that I take
You're every step I make
And I
I want to share, all my love with you
No one else will do
And your eyes, they tell me how much you care
Oh yes, you will always be
My endless love
Two hearts, two hearts that beat as one
Our lives have just begun
Forever
I'll hold you close in my arms
I can't resist your charm
My love
I'll be a fool, for you I'm sure
You know I don't mind
Cause you, you mean the world to me
Oh, I know I've found in you
My endless love
And love
I'll be that fool, for you
I'm sure
You know I don't mind
And yes, you'll be the only one
Cause no one can deny
This love I have its fine
I'll give it all to you
My love, my love
My endless love.

O texto que se segue não é da minha autoria, mas é o suficiente para se saber um pouco acerca desde pequeno grande génio da música.

Era uma vez um sonho de ser cantor...

Chamava-se António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro mas ficará conhecido na história da música portuguesa como António Variações.
Barbeiro de profissão e músico por devoção, consegue em pouco mais de um ano transformar-se num caso único de popularidade.
Na sua discografia contam-se apenas um máxi-single e dois álbuns, editados entre 1982 e 1984.
A morte prematura aos 39 anos virá pôr termo à carreira de Variações, mas a sua obra permanece - e permanecerá decerto - bem viva na nossa memória. Não só na dos seus admiradores, como também na dos seus críticos mais ferozes.
Porque António gerou paixões e ódios, mas nunca a indiferença.


Canção do Engate
ANTÓNIO VARIAÇÕES

Tu estás livre e eu mais estou livre
E há uma noite p'ra passar
Porque não vamos unidos
Porque não vamos ficar, na aventura dos sentidos
Tu estás só e eu mais só estou
Que tu tens o meu olhar
Tens a minha mão aberta
A espera de se fechar, nessa tua mão deserta
Vem que o amor não é o tempo
Nem é o tempo que o faz
Vem que o amor é o momento
Em que eu me dou e que te dás
Tu que buscas companhia
E eu que busco quem quiser
Ser o fim desta energia
Ser um corpo de prazer, ser o fim de mais um dia
Tu continuas à espera
Do melhor que já não vem
Que a esperança foi encontrada
Antes de ti por alguém, e eu sou melhor que nada
Vem que o amor não é o tempo
Nem é o tempo que o faz
Nem que o amor é o momento
Em que eu me dou e que te dás

http://cotonete.clix.pt/search/song/song_home.asp?query=2084

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

by Frankie Valli

http://www.frankievalli.com/bio.htm

You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like Heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
Pardon the way that I stare
There's nothing else to compare
The sight of you leaves me weak
There are no words left to speak
But if you feel like I feel
Please let me know that it's real
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
I love you, baby
And if it's quite alright
I need you, baby
To warm a lonely night
I love you, baby
Trust in me when I say
Oh, pretty baby
Don't bring me down, I pray
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby
Let me love you

The best of Chicago ...

Lembro-me de, num passado muito presente, estar dentro do meu carro a ouvir esta música e a pensar ... "Isto só pode ser presságio"!!

IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW (Chicago)

If you leave me now
You’ll take away the biggest part of me
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby, please don’t go
And if you leave me now
You’ll take away the very heart of me
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby, please don’t go
Oo, oo, oo, girl, I just want you to stay
A love like ours is love that’s hard to find
How could we let it slip away ?
We’ve come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way ?
When tomorrow comes and we both regret
The things we said today
If you leave me now
You’ll take away the biggest part of me
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby, please don’t go
Oo, oo, girl, I’ve just got to have you by my side
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby, please don’t go
Oo, ah, ah, I’ve just got to have you, girl

Há sempre um pouco de loucura no amor ...
mas há sempre,
também,
um pouco de razão na loucura
Nietzsche

Não... não é a letra de uma música, apesar do seu autor ser completamente apaixonado por música.
Fiquem bem!

Esta era a primeira música que eu tinha numa cassete dentro dum pequeno gravador que estava religiosamente na minha mesa de cabeçeira. Então, a primeira coisa que eu fazia mal acordava era carregar no botão "play".
... e lá começava ele ...

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (Billy Joel)

Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times,
I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are
Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care
I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take 'till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.
I said I love you, and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.

Ora então muito boa tarde,

Esta música que eu vos dou hoje é mais recente do que as anteriores, mas igualmente bela...

Enjoy the moment my friends!!

You Make Me Feel Brand New
Simply Red
My love I'll never find the words, my love
To tell you how I feel, my love
Mere words could not explain
Precious love
You held my life within your hands
Created everything I am
Taught me how to live again
Only you
Cared when I needed a friend
Believed in me through thick and thin
This song is for you
Filled with gratitude and love
God bless you
You make me feel brand new
For God blessed me with you
You make me feel brand new
I sing this song 'cause you
Make me feel brand new
My love
Whenever I was insecure
You built me up and made me sure
You gave my pride back to me
Precious friend
With you I'll always have a friend
You're someone who I can depend
To walk a path that never ends
Without you
My life has no meaning or rhyme
Like notes to a song out of time
How can I repay You for having faith in me

Boa tarde meus amigos,
Há musicas que nunca se esquecem...
e depois há a nossa mente que nos prega partidas.
E isso aconteceu comigo em relação a esta música... passaram-se anos e eu nunca mais me lembrei dela.
Felizmente (para mim) houve alguém que ma fez recordar... e da melhor maneira possível.
Esta é para ti, meu amor ...e ao dia em que ouvimos juntos esta música ... novamente ;-)

THE EAGLES
Love Will Keep Us Alive

I was standing
All alone against the world outside
You were searching
For a place to hide
Lost and lonely
Now you've given me the will to survive
When we're hungry...love will keep us alive
Don't you worry
Sometimes you've just gotta let it ride
The world is changing
Right before your eyes
Now I've found you
There's no more emptiness inside
When we're hungry...love will keep us alive
I would die for you
Climb the highest mountain
Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do
I was standing
All alone against the worlk outside
You were searching
For a place to hide
Lost and lonely
Now you've given me the will to survive
When we're hungry...love will keep us alive
When we're hungry...love will keep us alive
When we're hungry...love will keep us alive

Dia 20/04/2006:
É uma questão de prioridades ... prioridades e justiça
...aos Queen
e a todos nós que dançámos, beijámos e chorámos ao som desta música:

Love of my life,
You hurt me,
You broken my heart,
Now you leave me
Love of my life can't you see,
Bring it back bring it back,
Don't take it away from me,
Because you don't know what it means to me
Love of my life don't leave me,
You've stolen my love you now desert me,
Love of my life can't you see,
Bring it back bring it back,
Don't take it away from me,
Because you don't know what it means to me
You will remember when this is blown over,
And everything's all by the way,
When I grow older, I will be there at your side,
To remind how I still love you I still love you I still love you
Hurry back hurry back,
Don't take it away from me,
Because you don't know what it means to me
Love of my life,
Love of my life

Ora cá estou eu novamente para dar inicio a esta brincadeira.
E para fazer jus ao nome do meu blog aqui está a minha preferida/derradeira/mais bela musica de amor (que para quem conhece a história sabe o porquê):

HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
Bee Gees

I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again
Then you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love
Then you softly leave
And it's me you need to show
How deep is your love
How deep is your love, how deep is your love
I really mean to learn'
Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me
I believe in you
You know the door to my very soul
You're the light in my deepest darkest hour
You're my savior when I fall
And you may not think I care for you
When you know down inside that I really do
And it's me you need to show
How deep is your love

Este blog é da inteira responsabilidade e respectivo patrocinio da minha grande amiga Ni. Isto porque ontem quando fomos a sua casa beber um chazinho (que se transformou num Bayleis e numa Amendoa Amarga) ela lançou-me um desafio:
- Tu que gostas tanto de liricas de músicas, porque é que não crias um blog só para publicar as letras que mais gostas?? Assim, a malta podia comentar cada uma delas.
Fui para casa e pus-me a pensar: até que não é má ideia...
mais que não seja, sei qual a vossa opinião daaquilo que vou publicando.
Acho que vai ser divertido.
E nostalgico ...