Jean-Michel GEORGE | Listen to Podcasts On Demand Free | TuneIn (2024)

No cats were harmed during the making of this track. Lyrics : You were sweet seventeen Dressed in black and torn jeans in a smoke-packed sedan My Cortina dream ... but I couldn’t afford The spiky-haired girl inside Sick with diesel and swell In a dodgy Chanel ... Just tuppence a bag And one for your thoughts sees the other one drop While we're chewing the rag, we're chewing the rag Crossing over to France In what looks at first glance like a Jag, but it ain’t It’s only a Rover aboard “Pride of Dover” With a walnut dash, chrome and beige paint You tore your dress ? What dress ? Huh ... I wouldn't worry about that now Just get in the car ... I said get in the car Her : I feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof Him : Then jump off the roof Maggie. Jump off it ... Do it. Jump ! Her : Jump where ? Into what ? Him : Take a lover ... Où est la morale ? Où est le tact ?

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Je ne peux plus dire je t'aime Ne me demande pas pourquoi Je ne ressens ni joie ni peine Quand tes yeux se posent sur moi Si la solitude te pèse Quand tu viens à passer par là Et qu'un ami t'a oubliée Tu peux toujours compter sur moi Je ne peux plus dire je t'aime Sans donner ma langue à couper Trop de serpents sous les caresses Trop d'amours à couteaux tirés Si dure que soit la solitude Elle te ramène à ton destin La loi du grand amour est rude Pour qui s'est trompé de chemin

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Dear Soundclouders, I have long since given up trying to give my music a conventional structure, let alone style ... I'm also losing track of time, hence another 7 minute "Oriental stew" ... On the bright side you really don't have to listen to this at all :) Oh, and about the title ... Well, you'll have to at least wade through to the middle section to make any sense of that :) Just a slice of my everyday life ...

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Adaptation of an original song by Elspeth Anne (https://soundcloud.com/elspeth-anne) Vocals : Anne_Lee (https://soundcloud.com/anne_lee-1) Musical arrangement / Backing vocals : Jean-Michel George Lyrics : Your eyelashes stick to my ribs Clinging on while I'm asleep Salty rain pours down. It makes a flood You sing songs into my mouth We waded out into the sea The water rose above our knees We swam out, out of our depth And sank down where the fishes nest Your eyelashes are like little ribs Holding your heart in their crib Salty rain pours down. It makes the sea On the ocean floor you sing to me I will always be closer than you think (x 6) I will always (x 2) Your eyelashes are like little ribs Holding your heart in their crib Salty rain pours down. It makes the sea On the ocean floor you sing to me I will always be closer than you think (x 6) I will always (x 2) Be closer than you think (x 4) Be closer Be closer than you think Be closer Be closer than you think

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Yes, that's a pretty far-fetched title for this collection of three covers : "Chère Amie" - Originally sung by Marc Lavoine and Francoise Hardy "Moon-River" taken from the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Blake Edwards - Originally sung by Audrey Hepburn "Diabolo Menthe" taken from the film "Diabolo Menthe" by Diane Kurys : Originally sung by Yves Simon Note to those who are blessed or cursed with absolute pitch : You might experience mild headache, nausea or the comforting effect of finger-nails screeching down a blackboard, owing to the fact that two of the covers had been recorded in F# and the other one in F, so I fine-tuned each of them either a quarter-tone up or a quarter-tone down so as to put them all into the right (wrong) key :-) ... Sorry about that ! Lyrics : (Chère amie) : Je pense à vous souvent Je continue quand même D'aimer les bateaux blancs Que le désir entraîne Je manque de vous souvent Mais je m'en vais quand même Laisser voler le vent Qui souffle sur la peine REFRAIN Chère amie, je vous envoie ces quelques mots Pour vous dire qu'il ne fait pas beau Et que j'ai mal, seul, depuis que je vous ai perdue Je vous écris ces quelques fleurs Avec mon coeur à l'intérieur Je vous fais toutes mes excuses Je rêve à vous souvent Je me souviens de tout Je me réveille à temps Mais je vous vois partout Je vous attends souvent J'invente un rendez-vous Vous n'avez plus le temps Plus une minute à vous REFRAIN Chère amie, je vous envoie ces quelques mots Pour vous dire qu'il ne fait pas beau Et que j'ai mal, seul, depuis que je vous ai perdue Je vous écris ces quelques fleurs Avec mon coeur à l'intérieur Je vous fais toutes mes excuses ... (Moon River) : Moon River, wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style some day Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker Wherever you're going I'm going your way Two drifters off to see the world There's such a lot of world to see We're after the same rainbow's end Waiting 'round the bend My huckleberry friend Moon River and me ... (Diabolo Menthe) : Dans tes classeurs de lycée Y a tes rêves et tes secrets Tous ces mots que tu n'dis jamais Des mots d'amour et de tendresse Des mots de femme Que tu caches et qu'on condamne Que tu caches petite Anne Dans tes classeurs de lycée Y a du sang et y a des pleurs Les premières blessures de ton cœur Les premières blessures Les premières déchirures Qui font des bleus à ton âme Qui font des bleus petite Anne Dans les cafés du lycée Faut que tu bluffes, que tu mentes Autour des diabolos menthe Quand tu racontes les nuits Du dernier été De tous ces premiers amants Que tu n'as eus qu'en rêvant Dans tes classeurs de lycée Y a tes rêves et tes secrets Tous ces mots que tu n'dis jamais Des mots d'amour et de tendresse Des mots de femme Que tu caches et qu'on condamne Que tu caches petite Anne

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I decided to give my acoustic guitar one last chance ... Or should that be the other way around ?? Anyway, this track has evolved over the past few weeks from a two minute ballad to one of those slightly lopsided patchwork songs :-/ Different flavours, different colours, different times of the day and night. The title evolved in strange ways too as you may have noticed ... Still, for me it all makes perfect sense :-)) Lyrics : Somewhere in a long lost town With nothing to see and not much to do (not much) Except wait for you And somewhere in that long lost town I'm looking for you And I'm dancing in my head after all that we've been through And there she stood ... La la la-la-la la La la la-la-la la And you're beautiful And so now that long lost town Is second to none After all that we have done And somehow in this long lost town I'm still there with you And that's how it shall be from now on And she said ... La-la la-la-la la La-la la-la-la la Now sleep ... Sleep What secret place do you roam to When those kaleidoscope eyes close ? What haunted dream makes your teeth grind Until your body finds peace ? La la la-la-la la La la la-la-la la Lazy rays and shadows fill the room And flirt and shimmer with your golden skin Muffled steps and voices echo from the streets below As the city hive awakens I can kiss your honey lips And run my fingers through your hair La la la-la-la la Good morning dear La la la-la-la la Edeka Schtroumfette I love you Give me your side-look smile n° 2 Coffee wafting up two flights to greet you It's a new day and the sun is up El Miguelete tolls out the hour Reminding us to run the shower But that will give me ample time to greet you To a new day

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I discovered Eva's amazing work last year and have been fortunate enough to work with her already on my "Jigsaw Girl" track a few months ago. So I was delighted that she agreed to give another of my tracks a complete face-lift :-) I wrote this original piece three years ago, but wasn't altogether happy with it, not only because of my mediocre piano playing, but because the entire middle section never really clicked with me ... So ... Eva has totally rewritten that middle section with what I can only call a stroke of genius :-) She also rearranged and performed the entire piece in a way that leaves me gobsmacked ... It puts "awe" right back into the word awesome ... Drama, melancholy, romance, alternating rhythms and moods, a little touch of jazz, a bigger touch of classical, a huge touch of class ... It's all in there with her delightfully eclectic ideas and interpretation ... It's a real treat for me to hear this taken to a whole new level ! UN GRAND MERCI EVA !!!! Please visit Eva's page here (Skwarek2000) : https://soundcloud.com/skwarek2000

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A few weeks ago I stumbled across a short piece by "For Love of the Invisible" which you can find here : https://soundcloud.com/arsivall/elysian-for-love-of-the-invisible I was captivated by the ethereal ambiance of the track in which FLOTI gives a stunning demonstration of both her head voice and chest voice ... The latter had me immediately thinking of Maggie Reilly (not quite sure how successful that singer is/was as a solo artist, but Mike Oldfield fans of the first hour will know who I'm talking about ...). Also for some reason the music conjured up images from the film "Chariots of Fire" ... My only gripe was that it was far too good to last just two minutes :-) So I asked FLOTI if she woud mind me adding to it, and this is what happened :-) ... Kind of a road-trip from the UK (where the "Chariots of Fire" was shot) through to Syria, China and finally Australia. FLOTI was very happy with it, so I hope you'll find something to like about it too :-) "Cheers ... Thanks for coming" :-)

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I'm happy to post here this cover of "Jump they say", brilliantly orchestrated and brought to life by "Phil & friends" :-) It's from David Bowie's 1993 "Black tie, white noise" album. To be honest I'd never heard this song before, but I took to it immediately and thoroughly enjoyed doing my bit :-) Thanks again Phil for the opportunity, and a big hand to Rick and Lisa for their top notch contributions :) Initiative, guitars, synths and other sonic oddities : https://soundcloud.com/Phil-McWalter Backing vocals: https://soundcloud.com/Faerytale https://soundcloud.com/Phil-McWalter Drums/Percussion: https://soundcloud.com/Rick-4-1 Trumpet: James Morrison Cheap David Bowie impressions : https://soundcloud.com/jean-michel-george The original post can be found here : https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/jump-they-say-ft-jean-michel-george-faerytale-rick-medlock-phil-mcwalter Lyrics : When comes the shaking man A nation in his eyes Striped with blood and emblazed tattoo Streaking cathedral spire They say They say They say He has no brain They say He has no mood They say He was born again They say Look at him climb They say 'jump' They say 'jump' They say He has two gods They say He has no fear They say He has no eyes They say He has no mouth They say hey that's really something They feel he should get some time I say he should watch his ass My friend don't listen to the crowd they say 'jump' They say 'jump' Watchout! Watchout! They say hey that's really something They feel he should get some time I say he should watch his ass My friend don't listen to the crowd say 'jump' Got to believe somebody They say 'jump' Got to believe somebody They say 'jump' Got to believe They say 'jump' Got to believe somebody Jump!

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I heard this track on Anne's page five months ago, and as much as I like a detuned piano ;) just couldn't resist offering that we record another version of it ... There was something about the vocal melody - and a soaring high note in particular - that simply made my jaw drop off, and the song has stuck with me ever since ... So true to the comment that I left there that day, here is that alternate version. I'm really not sure that I've done Anne a favor in taking her beautiful song along this more upbeat & EDM route, but what I do know is that her voice continues to amaze me and can cut through any mix like a knife :-) I hope you'll take the time to listen to her original piano/vox version here : https://soundcloud.com/anne_lee-1/dont-follow-me Vocals and composition : Anne ... https://soundcloud.com/anne_lee-1 Musical adaptation : Jean-Michel George Lyrics : Another night that I can't sleep I turn my head - see you lying next to me but who's the one I'm looking at? Fear is waiting (there goes that jaw-dropper ;) ...) quietly at my door I'm falling, I'm sinking, I'm sinking, I'm falling my body washed to the shore I'm watching me from far above don't follow me when I'm trippin' through the night are you tired as me? Too tired to fight? Seconds of quiet slipping through my fingers it's just a blink of an eye and then you're gone too far to touch, too far to speak my hands too small to reach you suddenly I feel like a thief do I better run away? I wish you'd break the silence sometimes don't follow me...

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22 minutes ??? Yes, I know :-) So for the brave only, here's an attempt to distill a life-story which took quite a few weeks to put into words and music, and almost as long before I finally decided to publish it here today. Lyrics : You caught my eye As sirens should Your gaze I understand Was locked in a sea of emerald green And in mine an angel stood (Shipping forecast) ... German Bight South West 6 to Gale 8 Becoming cyclonic storm 10 To hurricane force 12 for a time Rough or very rough Becoming high, occasionally very high ... I've a shoulder you can lean on And another you can claw Depending on your changing moods The time of day, the floor And in between there's a blade too many That I can't withdraw The knife's there to remind me Of the promise of Murphy's Law A once upon a time-bomb The wicked wolf at my door The twistiest tale of a ton of bricks On a house of straw My thoughts are with you always Like a thread of light The soothing sound of whistling In the dead of night Where do we go from here ? Tell me what shall we do Finding an anagram always lies in the clue Answer me loud and clear Tell me when, tell me who Solving the anagram always leads me to you (Adapted from "Sous le ciel de Paris", by Jean Dréjac / Hubert Giraud) ... Sous le ciel de Paris s'envole une chanson Elle est née d'aujourd'hui dans le coeur d'un garçon Sous le ciel de Paris marchent les amoureux Leur bonheur se construit sur un air fait pour eux Près de Notre-Dame Parfois couve un drame Oui mais à Paname Tout peut s'arranger Sous le ciel de Paris coule un fleuve joyeux Il endort dans la nuit les clochards et les gueux Sous le ciel de Paris les oiseaux du Bon Dieu Viennent du monde entier pour bavarder un peu ... Trouble always comes in threes Shadows cast by lethal trees Dirty hands and tainted seas Decisions on a major scale Songs ... So many songs In a minor key You pulled me in I knew you would Laid bare the naked truth That rocked an ephemeral dream Your boat of troubled youth Where do we go from here ? Where do we go from here ? You'll be the O of Odyssey My journey home The wiles of an open sea Where sirens roam I'll be the I of Iron in Your Eiffel Tower Watching over the blackest forest For my only flower I'll be the I of Ivory To fill your dusk With the spirals of reverie Like a narwhal tusk You'll be an ode to life, eau de vie My open bar I'll be the I of Irony The voice you trust However vile the path has been Through love and lust You'll be my opus symphony On the ocean bed The finger to my parting lips When all is said You'll be my opal stone, Eau de Cologne My Polar Star

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What better kind of song to cover when you have a sore throat ?! :-) Lyrics : Don't got a lot of time Don't give a damn Don't tell me what to do I am the man If there's a god up there Something above God shine your light down here Shine on the love Love of the loveless Don't have too many friends Never felt at home Always been my own man Pretty much alone I know how to get through And when push comes to shove I got something that you need I got the love Love of the loveless All around you people walking Empty hearts and voices talking Looking for and finding Nothing Don't get a lot of time Don't really care Not selling anything Buyer beware If there's a god up there Something above God shine your light down here Shine on the love Love of the loveless Don't got a lot of time Don't give a damn Don't tell me what to do I am the man Love of the loveless

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I am very happy to share with you this collaboration that my good friend and talented musician Charles Chambaz asked me to partake in ... I also have to thank him for his patience as it took me over a month to come up with my part of the deal ... 38 days in fact, which at the generally accepted top speed of 0,013 m/s is roughly how long it takes a snail to run (or rather crawl) a marathon. Hardly relevant to sirens or the Odyssey, I know ... but Charles happens to be a maths teacher so I though it was a nice touch :-) So Charles, how many marathons could that snail slog through during Odysseus's journey ? Yep, that's right; a staggering 96 ! By which time our snail would probably be running out of puff (a bit) ... On a side-note that would be a very long slime trail ... but don't get me started on gastropod mucus :-/ You will find many other beautiful instrumental tracks of Charles here : https://soundcloud.com/papillonmusical Lyrics : Let me ride your siren's voice (Unbind me from the mast) Gliding vowels and words of choice (No highway cowboys) Trickling from your honey lips (L'e dans l'o du coeur) Perfect R's that roll like hips (Notes unsung) Howling winds and whispered oaths Sailing to your milky shores As seamen must In a final thrust Like the sweetest sun-kissed peach My D-day landing beach ...

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Just an audio sketch sparked by one of those misty morning moods ...

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Simply too beautiful a song not to cover ... Lyrics : Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way. But now they only block the sun, They rain and they snow on everyone So many things I would have done, But clouds got in my way. I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow It's cloud illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels, The dizzy dancing way that you feel As every fairy tale comes real, I've looked at love that way. But now it's just another show, You leave 'em laughing when you go And if you care, don't let them know, Don't give yourself away. I've looked at love from both sides now From give and take but still somehow It's love's illusions I recall I really don't know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud, To say "I love you" right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, I've looked at life that way. But now old friends are acting strange, They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well something's lost, but something's gained In living every day. I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all I've looked at life from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life I really don't know life at all

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I have been coming back to this "Jigsaw Girl" year after year since I first wrote the song in 2012. I think it has me puzzled ... So for the forth time running I set out to try and improve on the previous take, with a strong focus on the piano in particular. As I quickly acknowledged, being committed to self-improvement is one thing, actually getting your fingers to do the work is another :-/ No, I needed someone who's serious about wiggling fingers ... And that's where Eva comes into play :-) For someone like me whose musical tuition amounts to two years of heavily dodged 30 minute weekly piano lessons at Mrs Brown's, Mitcham Surrey between 1975-76, it was admittedly a bit daunting to ask if in between two Chopin's, a Liszt and a Rachmaninoff she had time to fiddle around with a Jigsaw ... However, as I can now happily report, Eva is not only an accomplished performer, piano teacher and a highly talented composer, she is also quite simply a very generous and lovely person to collaborate with. The work that she put into this adaptation went far beyond my expectations, changing the mood in a drastic and delightful way. To such an extent that I thought it would be criminal not to use her performance as a standalone instrumental piece, therefore turning the original more fully-orchestrated version into this "simple" piano / vox. A big, BIG thank you Eva for this musical treat ;-) Please visit Eva's page here : https://soundcloud.com/skwarek2000 and pick any piece you like. You can't go wrong :-) Lyrics : I see the curl of your lips on the rim of a glass And the curve of your hips on the long summer grass I've got the perfume you wore on the tip of my tongue I've even got your number, as if you'd answer after all I've done Made the wrong f*cking choice when I took you to bed I've got the top of your voice in the back of my head And your nails like a rake in the thick of my hair And I can hear you murmur "What have I done ?" It's a curse, a mirage ... some trick of the light Where are you ? It's the chance that we missed when I left you behind And the blow of your kiss that seeps through my mind Like the sun on your breasts through the Venetian blinds And I don't want to let go We were partners in crime building castles in Spain Stealing moments in time that cling to my brain Like the silk of your dress as we danced in the rain And I can see a rainbow Yes, I can see a rainbow My jigsaw girl ...

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This beautiful song which has been churning around in my head on and off for decades was composed by Philippe Sarde (with lyrics by Jean-Loup Dabadie) in 1970 along with the rest of his score for Claude Sautet's "Les choses de la vie". Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli who starred in the film also lent their voices to this song, which I believe was the first and last time the former ever did so. Some might argue that it was a wise decision :-/ I was delighted that Anne agreed to take on the role of Romy in order to sing on my instrumental cover of "La chanson d'Hélène" whilst I filled in for Michel :-) As luck would have it she shares a similar subtle German accent and airiness in the voice, but with the added bonus of being simply incapable of singing flat :-) I think she did a brilliant job ... I've added a link to some footage of the original live recording for the nostalgic at heart (that's my middle name) : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xff7w5_romy-schneider-chante-les-choses-de-la-vie-archive-ina_music Lead vocals : Anne (https://soundcloud.com/anne_lee-1) Instrumental cover and spoken voice : JM George Lyrics : Ce soir nous sommes septembre Et j'ai fermé ma chambre Le soleil n'y entrera plus Tu ne m'aimes plus Là-haut un oiseau passe Comme une dédicace Dans le ciel Je t'aimais tant Hélène Il faut se quitter Les avions partiront sans nous Je ne sais plus t'aimer Hélène Avant dans la maison j'aimais quand nous vivions Comme dans un dessin d'enfant Tu ne m'aimes plus Je regarde le soir tomber dans les miroirs C'est ma vie C'est mieux ainsi Hélène C'était l'amour sans amitié Il va falloir changer de mémoire Je ne t'écrirai plus Hélène L'histoire n'est plus à suivre et j'ai fermé le livre Le soleil n'y entrera plus Tu ne m'aimes plus

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When I first started out on this "medley" I thought it would take a couple of hours at the most ... As it turned out it was more like two days :-/ I managed to cram in thirty covers in just over 20 minutes of playing time, but the real challenge was trying to come up with some half decent transitions between each. Not always the case ... but it was still a lot of fun in the making. All music and vocals : JM George when not mentioned otherwise in track-list. Hope you enjoy :-) Track-list : 1) Sting - Shape of my heart 2) Simple Minds - big sleep 3) Gary Numan - Are friends electric ? (music : Mark Kay) 4) Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence (music : Mark Kay) 5) Ultravox - Vienna (music : Mark Kay) 6) Bill La Bounty - Living it up 7) Ten CC - I'm not in love (music : Mark Kay) 8) Bernard Herrmann - Psycho theme 9) Billy Joel - Just the way you are 10) Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 11) Claude Nougaro - Bonheur (adaptation) 12) Frankie goes to Hollywood - The power of love (music Caustic Cheese) 13) Carpenters : I can dream can't I ? (Minions are on the house) 14) Ennio Morricone : Once upon a time in America theme 15) Carpenters - Rainy days and Mondays 16) Noel Harrison - The windmills of your mind (adaptation) 17) David Bowie - Life on Mars 18) Pink Floyd - Happiest Days Of Our Lives 19 )Frankie goes to Hollywood - Relax (music Caustic Cheese) 20) Queen - We will Rock you (adaptation) 21)Yazoo - Don't go (adaptation) 22) David Bowie - China girl (Paul Paplovliante) 23) OMD - Messages (music : Mark Kay) 24) Prefab Sprout - When love breaks down 25) Michel Jonasz - Lucille 26) ACDC - Highway to hell (adaptation) 27) ABC - The look of love (music Caustic Cheese) 28)Tears for Fears - Mother's talk (music : Mark Kay) 29) Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter (music : Mark Kay) 30) Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

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Link to the film : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlBJp47WT7A ... Back in February I was contacted by Pallav Baruah a young film director and graduate from the National Institute of Design, India, who asked me to score the music for his upcoming short fiction film. I was delighted :-) He supplied the script, some important guidelines and musical references as well as a rough cut of the film to which I synchronized the full soundtrack two months later. I have just received a copy of the final cut and am happy to share it with you here . The whole project proved to be a very successful collaboration as well as a highly valuable and rewarding experience for me. I look forward to working with Pallav again in the near future. IMPORTANT : The soundtrack that I have posted here has been edited to remove the blanks and dialogue, but of course listening to the music without watching the film for which it has been created would be if not pointless at least a crying shame ... I therefore strongly advise using the YouTube link above or below for a more interesting and "immersive" experience. I hope you have the time to discover and comment on this. Cheers ! Jean-Michel ... Link to the film : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlBJp47WT7A

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Lyrics : (Flavour 1) I lost my heart To a work of art All my wit and verve Head and nerve To your callipygian curves I lost my heart To a work of art When will flesh and bone Set in stone Leave my errant mind alone ? ... (Flavour 2) Voice of Charles Laughton taken from a narrative of the film "The night of the hunter", starring Robert Mitchum (hence the picture). You see his hands Look at the fingers The tattooed fingers The fingers of the left hand spell : H-A-T-E : Hate And those of the right hand spell : L-O-V-E : Love ... Voice of Rita Hayworth taken from the film 'Gilda' : Hate is a very exciting emotion Very exciting ... Haven't you noticed ? You do hate me don't you Johnny ? I hate you too Johnny I hate you so much I think I'm going to die from it Darling ... ... You've got to love to feel How hard it is to heal You've got to reach the end To finally go insane (Flavour 3) Love's like a shadow Like a light that's shone By those who like you follow The one you're standing on You don't understand Use your imagination

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