Collection I - One Word

Today I start collecting songs with some theme. First I'll share the songs that have only one word in the title. :)

Picture is from here.

Kjærleik ("Love")

By Gåte from Norway

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Heilig ("Saint")

By Tokio Hotel from Germany

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Innocence 

By Avril Lavigne from Canada

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Kto ("Who")

By Paprika Korps from Poland

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Ahora ("Now")

By El Barrio from Spain

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Trauma (same in English)

By Apulanta from Finland

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Misery

By Soul Asylum from Minnesota USA

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Idiota  ("Idiot")

By Huecco from Spain

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Sama ("Itself")

Regina from Bosnia & Herzegovina

Guilty

Toše Proeski from F.Y.R. Macedonia

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Abandonado ("Abandoned")

By Café Tacvba from Mexico

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Sleep 

By Poets of the Fall from Finland

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Sokolata ("Chocolate")

By Sarbel from Greece

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Invisible 

By Laleh from Sweden

Merche

Merche Trujillo Callealta known as Merche is a Spanish singer, songwriter, producer and arranger from Cadiz. Her albums has been sold over 500.000 copies. 


She has studied music in her home town, later she has worked as a secretary translating the naval contracts. At the same time she composed and worked in an orchestra called Bahía Azul. 


In 2002 Merches first album "Mi sueño" ("My dream"). Now her five albums have been released.

Check also: "Dos extraños"" ("Two strangers"), Bombon ("Marshmallow"), No Puede Ser ("Cannot Be"), No lo olvido ("I don't forget"), Si tu me llamas ("If you call me").

SI TE MARCHAS

Ohohoh Ohohoh Ohh!

Cerraré las puertas si te marchas
No me pidas comprensión
Busca lo que te hace tanta falta
No lo debo tener yo
He sido tu amiga companera y tu amante de ocasión
Y ahora me confiesas que quisieras
Encontrar un buen amor
Solo me usaste y yo te lo di todo
Pues ve sabiendo que...

*Si te marchas no me llames cuando estes perdido
Si te marchas no te olvides borrar mi camino
Si te marchas nada de repartir los amigos
Si te marchas ya jamás tengo nada contigo *Ohohoh Ohohoh Ohh!

Y visto lo visto no me amaste
Solo fui tu distracción
Con la boca abierta me dejaste
Al oirlo de tu voz
¿Cómo me enganas así de este modo?
Pues ve sabiendo que...

*Si te marchas.. *

IF YOU GO AWAY

Ohohoh Ohohoh Ohh! 

I close the doors if you go away

Don't ask for understanding

Seek what you need so badly

It doesn't have to bee something in me

I've been your friend, your companion

And the lover of the moment

And now you confess that you want 

To find a good love

You used me and i say it all to you

Well go then but knowing that...

*If you go away

Don't call me when you are lost

If you go away

Don't forget to erase my path from your memory

If you go away

There is no classification that would say we are friends

If you go away

I have nothing to do with you *

Ohohoh Ohohoh Ohh! 

There is nothing new to see, you didn't love me

I was just your distraction

You left me standing mouth open

Listening your voice

How could you cheat me like this?

Well go then knowing that...

*If you go away.. *

David Bisbal

picture is from here

David Bisbal is a spanish pop singer. His father was a boxer and he wanted to his son to continue his career but David had a passion to music not to boxing. 18-years-old David started to sing in a band called "Orquesta Expresiones". The real publicity came when he performed in a TV show called "Operación triunfo". After that the first album he released was a hit.

David Bisbal has won the Latin Grammy Award of the Best Artist in 2003.

The following song was in the radio for several times when I lived in the region Andalusia. It was kind of a symbol of the whole Andalusia. In the song Bisbal goes through the most known places of Andalusia: Alhambra of Granada, Huelva river, Giralda tower of Sevilla, Jaén, Malaga, Cordoba, Cadiz and Almeria where the singer is born. Andalusia is a combination of Spanish sun and arabic houses and music. As he sings Andalusia is really a child of Moor and Christian.

Check also:  Herederos ("Heirs"), Desnúdate Mujer ("Undress yourself woman"), Esclavo de sus besos ("Slave of her kisses"), Mi Princesa ("My Princess"),  Quiero perderme en tu cuerpo ("I want to get lost to your body"), Camina y ven ("Walk and come")  Al Andalus live in Madrid, Al Andalus version accapella.

AL ANDALUS

Esta es la historia de una diosa

como nunca hubo ninguna

corria el arte en su mirada de color verde aceituna

de padre moro y de mujer cristiana

con piel de reina y cuerpo de sultana

movia sus manos como una gitana

y su embrujo te robaba el alma

Cuenta que hubo mucho que intentaron conquistarla

y otros tanto se quedaron hechizado solo con mirarla

aunque hace tiempo nadie a vuelto a verla

yo se que ella no es una leyenda

y sé muy bien donde podre encontrarla

a esa que todos llamaban...

Al Andalus,Al Andalus,

llevo tu nombre de norte a sur

Al Andalus eres la luz

que deja ciego al que te mira

Al Andalus,Al Andalus

grito tu nombre en la multitud

eres deseo Al Andalus

y estoy soñando con hacerte mia

Dice que la vieron paseando por la Alhambra

y que en la ria de Huelva se lavo la cara

luego,que si en la Giralda la oyeron cantado

camino a Jaen

Y una Malagueña le conto que la buscaba

y una Cordobesa confundi con su mirada

en Cadiz supe que yo la queria

y en Almeria yo la hice mia

ahora se donde puedo encontrarla

a la que todos llamaran...

Al Andalus,Al Andalus,

llevo tu nombre de norte a sur

Al Andalus eres la luz

que deja ciego al que te mira

Al Andalus,Al Andalus

grito tu nombre en la multitud

eres deseo Al Andalus

y estoy soñando con hacerte mia

Al Andalus,Al Andalus ,Al Andalus, (Coros)

(oye,vamonos...),no,no,no,....

Al Andalus me vuelves loco

dame tu cielo pero poco a poco (bis)(bis) (bis)(bis)

Al Andalus, Al Andalus,

Al Andalus eres la luz

que deja ciego al que te mira

Al Andalus,Al Andalus

grito tu nombre en la multitud

eres deseo Al Andalus

y no hay frontera "pa" acerte mia

Aaaaaa, aaaaaa,aaaaaa,

Aaaaaa ,aaaaaaa, Al Andalus..

Al Andalus me vuelves loco

dame tu cielo pero poco a poco (bis)(bis)

Andalus.

AL-ANDALUS

This is a story about a goddess
Someone like her there has ever been
In her olive green eyes run the knowledge
Her father was a Moor her mother Christian
The skin of a queen and the body of a sultan
The hands moved the way of a gipsy
And her spells will rob your soul


Numerous wooers tried to captivate her
So many of those were distracted just by looking at her
Though there aren't many to see her today
I know she is not a legend
And I know very well where to find her
The one they call...


*Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus
I carry your name from the North to the South
Al-Andalus you are the light
That will make blind the one who looks at you


Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus
I call your name in the crowd
You're the lust Al-Andalus
I dream to make you mine *


They say she walked in Alhambra
And that she washed her face in the river Huelva
Then they heard her sing in the Giralda on the way to Jaén


And the woman from Malaga told I'm searching for her
And I confused her with the woman from Cordoba
In Cadiz I knew I love her
And in Almeria I made her mine
Now I know where to find her
The one everybody calls...


*Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus... *


Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus...


No, no, no...


Al-Andalus you make me crazy
Give your heaven, but piece by piece (4x)


Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus you are the light
That will make blind the one who looks at you

Al-Andalus, Al-Andalus

I call your name in the crowd

You're the lust Al-Andalus

There is no limit to face my lust

Aaaaaa, aaaaaa,aaaaaa,

Aaaaaa ,aaaaaaa, Al-Andalus...

Al-Andalus you make me crazy

Give your heaven, but piece by piece (2x)

Andalus

Falco/ Reamonn

Falco. Picture is from here.

This time I focus on the song not so much on the interprets of this impressive song.

The song Jeanny is a mixture of English and German. The refrain is sung in English and everything else is spoken in German. The song is so stunning, scaring and agonizing with all those innuendos about something unnatural and prohibited that it was banned from radio play in Austria in mid of 1980's when it was released. Originally this song is sung by Austrian musician Johann Hölzel aka Falco, but I personally like the version of Reamonn & Xavier Naidoo (2001) so I present you that one. Also a Polish pop band called Ich Troje (1996) among other artists has recorded Jeanny. The live version of Ich Troje is maniac, agressive and attention-seeking (as all their songs) with the Teddy-bear and blood.

Reamonn. Picture is from here

Falco also made a trilogy of the Jeanny-songs though I  think the third track is only unofficially the "Jeanny Final" and it was released 11 years after the death of Falco.

Xavier Naidoo. Picture is from here.

They say that the song glorifies the rape and the scandal increased the sales. The song doesn't say anything directly but the news flash in the end just feeds the imagination. Feminist associations started to boycott the song and as I already said the song was prohibited for a while. All this fuss about the song just tells us that the song is very powerful and yes we do not allow the story of the song but the impressively dreadful song just reminds us that in the world there are people like the stalker of this poor Jeanny. That we should never forget.

Check also: Falco - Jeanny, Falco - Coming home (Jeanny part II), Falco - The spirit never dies (Jeanny Final),  Ich Troje - Jeanny, 

JEANNY

Jeanny, komm, come on
Steh auf, bitte
Du wirst ganz naß.
Es ist schon spät, komm
Wir müssen weg hier 
Raus aus dem Wald
Verstehst du nicht?
Wo - wo ist dein Schuh? 
Du hast ihn verloren
Als ich dir den Weg zeigen mußte
Wer hat verloren?
Du dich? Ich mich?
Oder, oder wir uns?

Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
A lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you 
Jeanny 

Es ist kalt
Wir müssen weg hier, komm
Dein Lippenstift ist verwischt
Du hast ihn gekauft
Und ich hab es gesehen
Zuviel Rot auf deinen Lippen
Du hast gesagt: 
"Mach mich nicht an"
Aber du warst durchschaut.
Augen sagen mehr als Worte
Du brauchst mich doch, hmmm?
Alle wissen, dass wir zusammen sind 
Ab heute
Jetzt hör ich sie! 
Sie kommen!
Sie kommen dich zu holen.
Sie werden dich nicht finden.
Niemand wird dich finden!
Du bist bei mir!

*Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
A lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you  

Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
You're lost in the night
You gotta struggle and fight

There's someone who needs you

Jeanny*

News flash:
Das Bundeskriminalamt hat jüngst seine neuste Statistik über sexuellen Mißbrauch in Deutschland veröffentlicht. Aus dieser geht hervor, daß es sich bei 1/3 der 52.000 erfaßten Fälle um sexuelle Gewalt gegen Kinder handelt. Laut BKA dürfte die Dunkelziffer aber deutlich höher liegen. Es wird vermutet, daß jedes Jahr über 200.000 unter 14 Jahren sexuell Mißbraucht werden.

*Jeanny... *



JEANNY

Jeanny, come come on
Get up
Or you'll get wet
It's late already
Come - we have to leave
Out of the woods
Don't you understand?
Where - where is your shoe?
You lost it
When I had to show you the way
Who is lost?
You? Me?
Or, or are we both?

Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
Such a lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny 

It's cold

We have to leave here, come

Your lipstick was smudged

You bought it

And I saw it

Too much red on your lips

And you said:

"Leave me be"

But I saw through you

Eyes said more than the words

You need me, isn't it so?

Everybody knows that we're together

From this day on

Now I can hear them!

They're coming!

They're coming after you

But they're never going to find you

No-one will ever find you

You are with me!

*Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams

Jeanny, life is not what it seems

Such a lonely little girl in a cold, cold world

There's someone who needs you

Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams

Jeanny, life is not what it seems

You're lost in the night 

You gotta struggle and fight

There's someone who needs you

Jeanny*

News flash:

Criminal police has recently published the latest statistics about sexual abuse in Germany. It turned out that every third of 52 000 cases is about sexual violence against the children. According to criminal police those dark numbers should be even higher. Presumably every year over 200 000 under age of 14 gets sexually abused...

*Jeanny... *

David Bustamante

Picture is from here.

David Bustamante (Hoyos) was born in 1982 in Cantabria, Spain. At this moment he is one of the most popular artists in Spain. He participated in the Idols like show "Operación Triumfo" and he is known also in Latin America.

"Cobarde" - "The coward" of Bustamante is one of the songs that I was listening in the radio in Andalucia. Beware the refrain is catchy. :)

Check also: “Colgado” ("Stucked"), “Nos sorprendió el amor” ("The love surprised us"), “Así soy yo”("This is how I am"), “Ni una lágrima más”("Not another tear more"), “Devuélveme la vida”("Return me my life to me"). 

COBARDE

Te escribo desde la distancia
No busco tu perdon
Entiendo que no entiendas nada
Porque me fui sin mas sin decierte adios
No fui capaz
A hacerle frente a la realidad
De tenerte a solas cara a cara
Y contarte toda toda la verdad.

*Cobarde he sido tan cobarde 

Por vender tus besos
Cobarde he sido tan cobarde
Por refugiarme asi, en mi soledad
Cobarde por no ser sincero
Por no luchar por lo que yo mas quiero
Cobarde he sido tan cobarde por vender tus besos
Cobarde he sido tan cobarde
Por refugiarme asi, en m soledad
Cobarde por no ser sincero
Por no luchar por lo que aun muero *

Te escribo desde la distancia
Por si aun te queda amor
Yo se que no merezco nada
Que fue una estupidez 

Que todo fue un error y ahora se
Que lo que diste tu no volvera a nacer
Que lo daria todo por tenerte
Y por sentir de nuevo el roce de tu piel

*Cobarde he sido.. *

Sabes que no tener tu amor
Se hace tan duro para mi
Que no merezco ni un solo perdon de ti

*Cobarde he sido.. *

COWARD

I write to you from the distance
I don't seek after your forgiveness
I understand that you don't understand
Because I left with not much, without a goodbye
I couldn't
Face the reality
To be alone with you, face to face
And to tell you the whole - whole truth


*Coward - what a coward I have been
By selling your kisses
Coward -  what a coward I have been
By escaping like that into my loneliness
Coward - when I was so dishonest
When I didn't fight for the one I love the most
Coward - what a coward I have been

By selling your kisses

Coward -  what a coward I have been

By escaping like that into my loneliness

Coward - when I was so dishonest

When I didn't fight for the one I would even die *

I write to you from the distance

You might love me still

I know I don't deserve anything

For it was stupidity

For it was a mistake and now I know

What you said will not reborn

That all I would give to get you back

And to feel again the touch of your skin

*Coward -  what a coward I have been... *

You know - living without your love
Has made my life hard
For I don't deserve your forgiveness


*Coward -  what a coward I have been...*