Quand les lyrics deviennent de la poésie

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George Harrison assis dans son jardin aperçut les premiers rayons du soleil, dans une période aussi sombre que le ciel britannique, il tira de ce moment une chanson lumineuse.
"Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here"

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L'histoire d'un vieil homme appelant son amour d'y a 40 ans, très belle chanson contée par la voix indescriptible de Tom Waits.
"And those were the days of roses,
Poetry and prose and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me"

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Les britanniques ont vraiment le chic pour nous parler de leur météorologie, ici la pluie est métaphore de la peine, si simple mais si beau.
"It's too much for anyone
Too hard for anyone
Who wants a happy and peaceful life
You've gotta learn to laugh"

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"Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again" signé les magiciens vocaux.

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Une simple lecture de journal couplée à la mort d'un ami, voilà ce qui a crée ce chef d'oeuvre.
"I read the news today oh, boy
About a lucky man who made the grade"

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Encore un fait divers celui d'une adolescente qui s'est enfuie, encore une réussite.
"Wednesday morning at five o'clock
As the day begins
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more"

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Fruit des discussions entre Lennon et son psy cette chanson engagée a été censurée par la BBC contenant deux fois le mot "fucking".
"Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fuckin' peasants as far as I can see"

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Bob Dylan signe ici un hymne à la liberté, universel.
"Yes, how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn't see ?"

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Une chanson écrite à la base pour un duo avec Johny Cash, malheureusement il mourra avant de pouvoir le faire.
"Hold my head inside your hands
I need someone who understands
I need someone, someone who hears
For you, I've waited all these years"

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Ode à la campagne écossaise.
"Far have I traveled and much have I seen
Dark distant mountains with valleys of green.
Past painted deserts the sunsets on fire
As he carries me home to the mull of kintyre"

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Chanson sur la guerre de sécession et ses conséquences dans le sud.
"The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the people were singing"

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Dans le film, ce passage est absolument magnifique, si ce n'est le plus beau.
"There was fiddling, aye, and dancing on the day the babe was born
But poor Queen Jane beloved lay cold as a stone
Lay cold as a stone"

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Une chanson étrange et pesante sur des êtres qui le sont tout aussi.
"Eleanor Rigby, died in the church
And was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt
From his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved"

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Très belle chanson de mccartney qui au détours de quelques paroles laisse entrevoir ses blessures.
"If you show me love, I won't refuse
I know you'd never make me choose
Between the love I've got and the love I'd lose

Sometimes I'd rather run and hide,
Then stay and face the fear inside"

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John Lennon dira que cette chanson en était vraiment une car elle était une de ses plus poétiques.
"Words are flowing out like
Endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe.
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
Are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me."

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Magnifique ballade rock du regretté Buckley :
"Looking out the door
I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations
As their shoes fill up with water
Maybe I'm too young
To keep good love from going wrong
But tonight you're on my mind so
You'll never know"