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Beautiful Shakira has another popular song for LKK. 


This version you can learn  how to dance. 


She is great dancer. 



This version has lyric, you can learn how to sing: 




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This is very cute song, share with you. 這是一首 70 年代的流行歌, 當時越戰正打得昏天暗地, A Go Go 迷你裙到處飛揚, 你我都在高中準備昇學.............


Hope you like it. 





This version with translation in Chinese.















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Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858-1924)


was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire.[1][2] Some of his arias, such as "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, "Che gelida manina" from La bohème, and "Nessun dorma" from Turandot, have become part of popular culture.


 


"O mio babbino caro", Aria (soprano) from the opera "Gianni Schicchi" (1918)



 


O mio babbino caro ("Oh my dear papa") is an aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi (1918) by Giacomo Puccini.


It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between Schicchi and his prospective in-laws have reached a breaking point that threatens to separate her from Rinuccio, the boy she loves.


It provides a contrasting interlude expressing lyrical simplicity and single-hearted love in the atmosphere of hypocrisy, jealousy, double-dealing and feuding in medieval Florence of Puccini's only comedy, and it provides the only set-piece in the through-composed conversational musical give-and-take.


 


Performed by Montserrat Caballé (soprano).








Italian (original)


O mio babbino caro


Mi piace è bello , bello


Vo'andare in Porta Rossa


a comperar l'anello!


Sì, sì, ci voglio andare!


e se l'amassi indarno,


andrei sul Ponte Vecchio,


ma per buttarmi in Arno !


Mi struggo e mi tormento!


O Dio, vorrei morir!


Babbo, pietà, pietà!


Babbo, pietà, pietà!


 


English (translation)


O my dear papa


He pleases me, and is handsome, handsome


I want to go to Porta Rossa


to buy the ring!


Yes, yes, I want to go there!


And if my love were in vain,


I would go to the Ponte Vecchio


and throw myself in the Arno !


I am aching, I am tortured!


Oh God, I'd like to die!


Father, have pity, have pity!


Father, have pity, have pity!





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Comme tout le monde j'ai mes défauts


j'ai pas toujours les mots qu'il faut


mais si tu lis entre les lignes


tu trouveras dans mes chansons


tout c'que je n'ai pas su te dire


Il y a des fautes d'impression


des "je t'aime" un peu brouillon


malgré mes accords malhabiles


tu trouveras dans mes chansons


tout ce que je n'ai pas osé te dire


{refrain:}


tu trouveras...


mes blessures et mes faiblesses


celles que j'n'avoue qu'à demi-mot


mes faux pas mes maladresses


et de l'amour plus qu'il n'en faut


j'ai tellement peur que tu me laisses


sache que si j'en fais toujours trop


c'est pour qu'un peu tu me restes


tu me restes


Il y en a d'autres que tu aimeras


bien plus belles, plus fortes que moi


si je n'ai pas su te retenir,


sache qu'il y a dans mes chansons


tout c'que je n'ai pas eu le temps de te dire


Le temps vous endurcit de tout


des illusions, des mauvais coups


si je n'ai pas su te retenir,


sache qu'il y a dans mes chansons


tout c'que je n'ai pas eu le temps de te dire


{au refrain: x3}


tu trouveras...


mes blessures et mes faiblesses


celles que j'n'avoue qu'à demi-mot


mes faux pas, mes maladresses


et de l'amour plus qu'il n'en faut


j'ai tellement peur que tu me laisses


sache que si j'en fais toujours trop


c'est pour qu'un peu tu me restes


tu me restes.





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Shakira is a great singer and dancer. 


This the second time I post her performance, if you still remember her belly dancing - Hips don't lie.




The following information is from Wikipedia: 




Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977),is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who emerged as a musical prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the early 1990s.


Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing.


Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English, Portuguese and Italian.[5] She also sings in Classical Arabic.


She has won two Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, twelve Billboard Latin Music Awards and has been Golden Globe-nominated. She is also the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, and the second most successful female Latin singer having sold round about 50 million albums worldwide. Additionally, she is the only artist from South America to reach the number-one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the Australian ARIA chart, and the UK Singles Chart.

Her fans are covering Southern America, Northern America, Europe, Middle East ...etc, 


This is last year performance in X-Factor (英國星光大道), with Korean drum dancer, she had always show her talents in both dancing and singing. 


She could be the daughter in low for Argentina's president, but it is not clear now.  


Hope you enjoy her great performance>>>>>>>>>>





First Floor, room sixteen
Smells like danger, even better
Set your goals, bless our souls
I'm in trouble, but it feels like heaven

You were like one of those guys
The kind with a wandering eye
But I said, “hey what the hell?
for once in my life I'll take a ride on the wild side
You were so full of yourself
But damn, were you cute, as well
You liked my legs, I liked your moves
Anyone could tell that it's hard to deny that

Did it again, love
I got it all wrong
But it felt so right
I can't believe it

And all the mistakes
That went on for too long
Wish there was a way
I could delete it

Second night in a row
Back in trouble
I don't get it

Gotta Keep it down
Cause it'll all be cold
We ignore it (yes, I know)
Getting better

Hey!

When it comes to men it's known
That I am the choosing wrong
‘Cause I always trip and fall
The same old rock and repeat and go back

How blind a girl can be
To miss you hide your ring
Thought about everything
I'm so naive imagining all that

Did it again, love
I got it all wrong
But it felt so right
I can't believe it

And all the mistakes
That went on for too long
Wish there was a way
I could delete it

It may seem to you that I am in a place
Where I'm losing the direction of my life
But I'm sure that this is nothing but a phase
Right back at ya, cause I'll survive

It may seem to you that I am in a place
Where I'm losing the direction of my life
But I'm sure that this is nothing but a phase
Right back at ya, cause I'll survive

Did it again, love
I got it all wrong
But it felt so right
I can't believe it

And all the mistakes
That went on for too long
Wish there was a way
I could delete it



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This is so beautiful. 


Hope you enjoy it!





Que veux-tu, le temps nous a eu, 
Apres ça la vie continue, 
Tu m’as fait don, d’un sentiment d’abandon.


Et qui devient.

L’amour prison de détenus, 
L’amour poison qui s’insinue, qui s’insinue…



Cette envie qui me manque,
C’est simplement toi qui manque a ma vie, 
Les sentiments que je planque,
C’est simplement toi qui manque a ma vie. 

Chaque nuit ça me flanque,
Le sentiment qu’tu manques a ma vie, 
Et je me fais un sang d’encre,
Pour t’écrire que tu manques a ma vie. 
Que veux-tu, le temps est venu de se dire «sans moi, continue»,
J’te fais cadeau de c’que j’ai de plus beau,
Tout te revient.

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This is short chapter for Debussy, the melody is so pretty, it is widely adopted in several movies. 


Hope you like it. 


Jean Pierre Rampal


Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a French flutist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th century.













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(From Wikipedia) 


The Deux arabesques, L. 66 (Two Arabesques) is a pair of arabesques composed by Claude Debussy. The arabesques are two of Debussy's earliest works, composed between the years 1888 and 1891. Debussy was still in his twenties.

Although quite an early work, the arabesques contain hints of Debussy's developing musical style. The suite is one of the very early impressionistic pieces of music, following the French visual art form. Debussy seems to wander through modes and keys, and achieves evocative scenes through music.

The two arabesques are given these tempo marks:
Andantino con moto
Allegretto scherzando



Stanislav Stanislavovich Bunin

(Russian: Станислав Станиславович Бунин, Stanislav Stanislavovič Bunin; born September 25, 1966) is a Russian-born pianist.

He was born in Moscow in 1966 into an established European musical family which included his grandfather Heinrich Neuhaus and his grandmother Zinaida (Boris Pasternak's wife).

In 1985, after a series of prizes, he won first prize and the gold medal in the 11th International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Recently, he recorded a few of Chopin's works for the soundtrack to the video game Eternal Sonata. He currently resides in Japan.




This another version




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This is another beautiful work from Debussy. 


Hope you have a nice day!







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Edith Piaf - Non, Je ne regrette rien




Considered the best singer France gave to the world, Edith Piaf was born Edith Giovanna Gassion on December 19, 1915 in Paris, France.


She died on October 11, 1963 (one year after this recital) in Paris, France. Edith Piaf stood at only 4'8".


Her musical abilities took her out of the streets and placed at the top of the musical world at the time.




This her last song. 







Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait
Ni le mal, tout ça m'est bien égal
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
C'est payé, balayé, oublié
Je me fous du passé

Avec mes souvenirs, j'ai allumé le feu
Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs, je n'ai plus besoin d'eux
Balayées les amours, avec leurs trémolos
Balayées pour toujours, je repars à zéro

Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait
Ni le mal, tout ça m'est bien égal
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Car ma vie car mes joies
Aujourd'hui, ça commence avec toi

















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Two French beautiful young singers sing duet for this beautiful song. 




Lyric: 


Peu importe ce qu'on donne
Un sourire, une couronne
A quelqu'un ou bien à personne
Peu importe ce qu'on donne
Donner c'est comme recevoir
Mais sans s'en apercevoir
Comme quand on pardonne à ceux qu'on aime
Qu'on goûte à l'opium d'aimer quand même
D'aimer quand même...
D'aimer quand même...

L'important c'est d'aimer, pour tout donner
L'important c'est d'y croire sans s'en apercevoir
L'important c'est toujours d'être en amour
L'important c'est donner, et ne rien demander

Peu importe ce qu'on laisse
A tous ceux qui nous délaissent
Qu'on survive ou qu'on disparaisse
Peu importe qui nous blesse
Laisser c'est comme tout vouloir
Mais sans s'en apercevoir

C'est comme une faiblesse pour ceux qu'on aime
C'est presqu'une promesse d'aimer quand même
D'aimer quand même...
D'aimer quand même...

L'important c'est d'aimer, pour tout donner
L'important c'est d'y croire sans s'en apercevoir
L'important c'est toujours d'être en amour
L'important c'est donner, et ne rien demander

Peu importe ce qu'on dit
Avec des mots ou des cris
Quand c'est le cœur qui parle aussi
Peu importe ce qu'on vit
Il faut toujours le vouloir
Et bien s'en apercevoir

Comme quand on sourit à ceux qu'on aime
Qu'on goûte à l'opium d'aimer quand même
D'aimer quand même...
D'aimer quand même...

L'important c'est d'aimer, pour tout donner
L'important c'est d'y croire sans s'en apercevoir
L'important c'est toujours d'être en amour
L'important c'est donner, et ne rien demander

L'important c'est d'aimer, pour tout donner
L'important c'est d'y croire sans s'en apercevoir

D'aimer quand même, comme je voudrais que l'on m'aime
Pour tout donner, à tous ceux qui eux m'ont aimé
D'aimer quand même
Comme je voudrais que l'on m'aime



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Natasha St-Pier (born February 10, 1981 in Bathurst, New Brunswick and raised in Edmundston from the age of two) is a Canadian pop singer and actress.


Johnny Hallyday (born Jean-Philippe Smet; 15 June 1943 is a French singer and actor.


An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley.






Lyrics: 
De semaines inutiles en futiles dimanches
De secondes immobiles aux aiguilles qui penchent
J'oublierai ton nom

De quatre nouveaux murs dans un autre quartier
De pinceaux de peinture en meubles à installer
J'oublierai ton nom

De la piste suante à la dernière danse
De quelques nuits de feu aux matinées de cendres
De cette agitation dénuée de tout sens
Du fond de ma raison jusqu'à mon inconscience

De la main d'un ami au baiser d'une bouche
Tous ceux qui sauront lire que le mal a fait mouche
J'oublierai ton nom

J'oublierai ton nom
De mille façons
Et cette certitude
Me fait plus mal encore
J'aimais cette blessure
C'était toi encore





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Alexandra Burke is 2008 X Factor winner, 


Hallelujah originally sing by Leonard Cohen, which I have posted previously. 


Alexandra has her own style, she wonderfully performs this song in a different way.


She have very unique voice; hope you enjoy it!









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Leona Lewis is 2006 X factor winner; she has very pretty voice. 


This is her most popular song. 


She received several awards during last 4 years. 


She is vegetarian since age of 10. 


Wonderful singer! Hope you like it. 




Lyrics: 



Closed off from love, I didn't need the pain
Once or twice was enough and it was all in vain
Time starts to pass before you know it you're frozen

But something happened for the very first time with you
My heart melted to the ground, found something true
And everyone's looking 'round, thinking I'm going crazy

But I don't care what they say, I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away but they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein that I keep on closing

You cut me open
And I keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding, I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

Trying hard not to hear but they talk so loud
Their piercing sounds fill my ears try to fill me with doubt
Yet I know that the goal is to keep me from falling

But nothing's greater than the rush
That comes with your embrace
And in this world of loneliness I see your face
Yet everyone around me thinks that I'm going crazy
Maybe, maybe

But I don't care what they say, I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away but they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein that I keep on closing

You cut me open
And I keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding, I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

And it's draining all of me
Oh, they find it hard to believe
I'll be wearing these scars for everyone to see

I don't care what they say, I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away but they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein that I keep on closing

You cut me open
And I keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding, I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love

You cut me open
And I keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding, I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love

You cut me open
And I keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love



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This is Leonard Cohen another wonderful song, hope you like it. 


You may need to listen several times to understand it. 








Lyrics: 


Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah





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This is one of his many wonderful songs. 


Hope you like it!






Lyrics: 


Mr. Tambourine Man"

Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand
Vanished from my hand
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.

Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it.

Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Though you might hear laughin', spinnin' swingin' madly across the sun
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing.

Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.



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Leonard Norman Cohen, CC, GOQ (born September 21, 1934) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist.


Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963.


His work often deals with the exploration of religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships.


Famously reclusive, having once spent several years in a Zen Buddhist monastery, and possessing a persona frequently associated with mystique, he is extremely well-regarded by critics for his literary accomplishments and for producing an output of work of high artistic quality over a five-decade career



Dance Me to the End of Love" is a 1984 song by Leonard Cohen. It was first performed by Cohen, on his 1984 album Various Positions. It has since been recorded by various artists, and has been described as "trembling on the brink of becoming a standard".

Although structured as a love song, the song was in fact inspired by the Holocaust




lyrics: 


Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

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Bob Dylan has been described as one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, musically and culturally.


Dylan was included in the Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century where he was called "master poet, caustic social critic and intrepid, guiding spirit of the counterculture generation".


 In 2004, he was ranked number two in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "Greatest Artists of All Time", and was the highest solo artist on that list.


Dylan biographer Howard Sounes placed him in even more exalted company when he said, "There are giant figures in art who are sublimely good—Mozart, Picasso, Frank Lloyd Wright, Shakespeare, Dickens. Dylan ranks alongside these artists."


Rubin "Hurricane" Carter


(born May 6, 1937) is a former American middleweight boxer, who competed from 1961 through 1966. Carter, along with John Artis, was convicted twice for the murder of three people which occurred at a bar in June 1966 in his hometown Paterson, New Jersey.


He was later released after serving twenty years of three life sentences when a federal judge overturned his conviction.


The Hurricane is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Norman Jewison, and starring Denzel Washington.


The script was adapted by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon from the books Lazarus and the Hurricane by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton and The 16th Round by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. The film tells the story of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, whose conviction for a Paterson, New Jersey triple murder was set aside after he had spent almost 20 years in prison.


The film received mainly positive reviews, but has been criticized for many inaccuracies by film critics and others, including the families of the murder victims and their supporters.


The Hurricane film Wins
Berlin International Film Festival: Prize of the Guild of German rt House Cinemas, Norman Jewison; Silver Berlin Bear, Best Actor, Denzel Washington' 2000.



Black Reel Awards: Black Reel; Theatrical, Best Actor; Denzel Washington; 2000.



Golden Globes: Golden Globe; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama; Denzel Washington; 2000.



Image Awards: Image Award; Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, Denzel Washington; 2000.




lyric: 


Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night
Enter patty valentine from the upper hall.
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood,
Cries out, my god, they killed them all!
Here comes the story of the hurricane,
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin that he never done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Three bodies lyin there does patty see
And another man named bello, movin around mysteriously.
I didnt do it, he says, and he throws up his hands
I was only robbin the register, I hope you understand.
I saw them leavin, he says, and he stops
One of us had better call up the cops.
And so patty calls the cops
And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin
In the hot new jersey night.

Meanwhile, far away in another part of town
Rubin carter and a couple of friends are drivin around.
Number one contender for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that.
In paterson thats just the way things go.
If youre black you might as well not show up on the street
less you wanna draw the heat.

Alfred bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops.
Him and arthur dexter bradley were just out prowlin around
He said, I saw two men runnin out, they looked like middleweights
They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates.
And miss patty valentine just nodded her head.
Cop said, wait a minute, boys, this ones not dead
So they took him to the infirmary
And though this man could hardly see
They told him that he could identify the guilty men.

Four in the mornin and they haul rubin in,
Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs.
The wounded man looks up through his one dyin eye
Says, whad you bring him in here for? he aint the guy!
Yes, heres the story of the hurricane,
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin that he never done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Four months later, the ghettos are in flame,
Rubins in south america, fightin for his name
While arthur dexter bradleys still in the robbery game
And the cops are puttin the screws to him, lookin for somebody to blame.
Remember that murder that happened in a bar?
Remember you said you saw the getaway car?
You think youd like to play ball with the law?
Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin that night?
Dont forget that you are white.

Arthur dexter bradley said, Im really not sure.
Cops said, a poor boy like you could use a break
We got you for the motel job and were talkin to your friend bello
Now you dont wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow.
Youll be doin society a favor.
That sonofabitch is brave and gettin braver.
We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple murder on him
He aint no gentleman jim.

Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much.
Its my work, hed say, and I do it for pay
And when its over Id just as soon go on my way
Up to some paradise
Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
And ride a horse along a trail.
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse.

All of rubins cards were marked in advance
The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance.
The judge made rubins witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger.
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger.
And though they could not produce the gun,
The d.a. said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed.

Rubin carter was falsely tried.
The crime was murder one, guess who testified?
Bello and bradley and they both baldly lied
And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride.
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fools hand?
To see him obviously framed
Couldnt help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game.

Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
While rubin sits like buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell.
Thats the story of the hurricane,
But it wont be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time hes done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.



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Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He has been a major figure in popular music for five decades.


Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was at first an informal chronicler, and later an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest.


A number of his songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the civil rights and anti-war movements.


His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences.


They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres, exploring numerous distinct traditions in American song – from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll and rockabilly, to English, Scottish and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing.






From the recently restored and re-released 'Genuine Telecasts' bootleg DVD, this is the complete TV appearance collections of Dylan.
This track is From "Folk Songs & More Folk Songs" - WBC - TV, May 1963
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How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

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"Il pleure dans mon coeur" is a beautiful song, hope you like it. 


Paul-Marie Verlaine ( 30 March 1844 - 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.


Music: Claude Debussy

Claire Croiza: mezzo-soprano
Fancis Poulenc: piano
Recorded: June 1928





Lyric: 


Il pleure dans mon coeur
Comme il pleut sur la ville;
Quelle est cette langueur
Qui pénètre mon coeur ?

Ô bruit doux de la pluie
Par terre et sur les toits !
Pour un coeur qui s'ennuie,
Ô le chant de la pluie !

Il pleure sans raison
Dans ce coeur qui s'écoeure.
Quoi ! nulle trahison ?...
Ce deuil est sans raison.

C'est bien la pire peine
De ne savoir pourquoi
Sans amour et sans haine
Mon coeur a tant de peine !



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