Allez, pour fêter ça, une série de paroles exclusivement de new wave des 80's !
On commence par un truc particulièrement emblématique :
Such a shame - Talk Talk
Such a shame to believe in escape. 'A life on every face'
But at least it's a change, until I'm finally left with
the '8'. Tell me to relax. I just stare. Maybe I don't know if
I should change a feeling that we share.
It's a shame, such a shame.
Number me with rage
Number me in haste
This eagerness to change the dice decide my fate
In these trembling hands my faith tells me to react
"I don't care" Maybe it's unkind if I should change
It's a shame
Number me with rage
Number me in haste
Write across my name 'Such a Shame'
Et un deuxième étendard de la New wave :
Shout - Tears for fears
Shout
Shout
Let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you
Come on
In violent times
You shouldn't have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really really ought to know
Those one track minds
That took you for a working boy
Kiss them goodbye
You shouldn't have to jump for joy
Shout
They gave you live and in return you gave them hell
As cold as ice
I hope we live to tell the tale
Shout
And when you've taken down your guard
If I could change your mind
I'd really love to break your heart
La chanson que je préfère de Orchestral Manoeuvre in the dark n'ayant pas de paroles à proprement parler (
VCL XI... le groupe n'avait pas trouvé de paroles à coller sur la musique, le chanteur a donc murmuré une sorte de yaourt anglais pour aller avec
), et ayant désespérément cherché les paroles de
Misunderstanding (si quelqu'un les a = reconnaissance éternelle envers cette personne !) j'en met une autre, qui est sur un autre disque :
The lights are going out - Orchestral Manoeuvre in the dark
Theres a painting on the wall
That wasnt there at all
Ten minutes ago
Theres a girl who walks the line
Shes with you all the time
She wont let go
And I cant see me with another girl
As everything slows down across the world
The lights are going out
One by one
Across the world
With faces turning sown
The night will hide the sound
She comes to you
And I cant see me with another girl
As everything slows down across the world
In a harbor safe from storm
She waits for darkened forms
Shes seen you there
And time and time again
You hear her call your name
She calls for you
And I cant see me with another girl
As everything slows down across the world
The lights are gong out
One by one
Across the world
The lights are going out
One by one
Across the world
Un groupe excellent, dont on n'a retenu qu'une seule chanson (
Fade to grey), et qui avait pourtant bien du talent à revendre, comme le prouve cette autre chanson, dont j'ai eu le 45 tours pour 10 cents dans une brocante (c'est dire la déchéance du truc) :
Damned don't cry - Visage
Travelling with no destination
No place to go
Nameless towns with faceless people
No place I know
Time to close my mind and drift off
To other scenes
Lose myself in glossy pages
Dull magazines
Moments pass by, oh so slowly
Makes me lonely too
Twisting street light, in the darkness
Makes me lonely too
Ah The Damned Don't Cry
No The Damned Don't Cry
Climbing smoke climbs upward slowly
Past my trembling face
I see myself in rain soaked windows
In a different place
Single heartbeats in the dim light
Makes me lonely too
Hearing sounds of celebrations
Makes me lonely too
Et puis un obscur truc totalement oublié, mais très rigolo :
Don't go - Yazoo
Came in from the city walked into the door
I turned around when I heard the sound of footsteps on the floor
Love just like addiction now I'm hooked on you
I need some time to get it right
Your love gonna see me through
Chorus
Can't stop now don't you know I'll never let you go
Don't go
Baby make your mind up give me what you got
Fix me with your lovin' shut the door and turn the lock
Hey go get the doctor, doctor came to late
Another night I feel alright my love for you can't wait
Chorus
Came in from the city walked into the door
I turned around when I heard the sound of footsteps on the floor
Said he was a killer, now I know it's true
I'm dead when you walk out the door
Hey babe I'm hooked on you
J'aurais voulu mettre une merveille, d'un groupe totalement oublié, qui n'avait pas de nom à proprement parler, mais un signe cabalistique ! Ce qui a créé un certain buzz autour d'eux pendant une toute petite période, après quoi ils furent littéralement effacés du monde de la musique. Je devrais une reconnaissance éternelle à qui retrouverait la trace de
Freur et de la chanson
Doot doot (même lyrics box, une mine de chansons quasiment inépuisable, ne fait que mentionner ce nom (déjà pas mal en soi) en ajoutant qu'ils n'ont aucune chanson rapportée à ce nom).
On terminera par le chef-d'oeuvre de A-ha, n'en déplaise aux amateurs de
Take on me, qui n'a pas la même énergie :
The sun always shines on tv - A-ha
Touch me
How can it be
Believe me
The sun always shines on T.V
Hold me
Close to your heart
Touch me
And give all your love to me
To me...
I Reached inside myself
And found nothing there
To ease the pressure of
My ever worrying mind
All my powers waste away
I fear the crazed and lonely looks
The mirror's sending me
These Days
Please don't ask me to defend
The shamefull lowlands
Of the way I'm drifting
Gloomily through time
I reached inside myself today
Thinking there's got to be some way
To keep my troubles distant
Touch me
How can it be
Believe me
The sun always shines on TV
Hold me
Close to your heart
Touch me
And give all your love to me
Alors on dira ce qu'on voudra, que les 80's étaient d'une pauvreté musicale inouïe, que tous ces groupes font une musique répétitive et carrée, mais je trouve qu'au contraire, on aura rarement vu une telle maniaquerie dans les boîtes à rythmes ailleurs qu'à l'époque, et qu'on peut toujours ramer pour trouver quelque chose d'approchant de nos jours en ce qui concerne l'énergie "mécanique" des mélodies.
C'était le pamphlet new wave de Johannes.
Bonjour !
, il a besoin d'une lyonaise de banque.
