Video - Jig by Riverdance - Eurovision Song Contest 1994 Dublin

Jig dance, a.k.a. clog dance, is a type of Irish folk dance.



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Riverdance was first performed during the 7-minute interval of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Point Theatre, Dublin on 30 April 1994. It received a standing ovation. Later that year, the BBC commissioned a repeat performance of the act for the 1994 Royal Variety Show, when it was introduced on stage by Sir Terry Wogan. At Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest it was named as one of the most popular interval acts in the history of the contest.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverdance#Success

Music video - Go no more a-roving - Joan Baez

Lyrics (Actually it's a poem "We'll go no more a-roving" by Lord Byron):

Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron. 1788–1824

599. We'll go no more a-roving 

SO, we'll go no more a-roving
  So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
  And the moon be still as bright. 

For the sword outwears its sheath,         5
  And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
  And love itself have rest.

Though the night was made for loving,
  And the day returns too soon,              10
Yet we'll go no more a-roving
  By the light of the moon.

http://www.bartleby.com/101/599.html

Music video - "L'Aigle Noir" - Patricia Kaas

The pretty sounds of French are voiced in this well known old chanson.

Vintage music video - 张学友 - 相思风雨中

Music video - Jason Mraz - Bella Luna

This particular song appeared in Jason Mraz' 2005 album, "Mr. A-Z".

Lyrics:


"Bella Luna"

Mystery the moon
A hole in the sky
A supernatural nightlight
So full but often right
A pair of eyes, a closin' one,
A chosen child of golden sun
A marble dog that chases cars
To farthest reaches of the beach and far beyond into the swimming sea of stars

A cosmic fish they love to kiss
They're giving birth to constellation
No riffs and oh, no reservation.
If they should fall you get a wish or dedication
May I suggest you get the best
For nothing less than you and I
Let's take a chance as this romance is rising over before we lose the lighting
Oh bella bella please
Bella you beautiful luna
Oh bella do what you do
Do do do do do

You are an illuminating anchor
Of leagues to infinite number
Crashing waves and breaking thunder
Tiding the ebb and flows of hunger
You're dancing naked there for me
You expose all memory
You make the most of boundary
You're the ghost of royalty imposing love
You are the queen and king combining everything
Intertwining like a ring around the finger of a girl
I'm just a singer, you're the world
All I can bring ya
Is the language of a lover
Bella luna, my beautiful, beautiful moon
How you swoon me like no other

May I suggest you get the best
Of your wish may I insist
That no contest for little you or smaller I
A larger chance happened, all them they lie
On the rise, on the brink of our lives
Bella please
Bella you beautiful luna
Oh bella do what you do
Bella luna, my beautiful, beautiful moon
How you swoon me like no other, oh oh oh


- Copied from http://goo.gl/hSazP

Music video - Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (Live)

Lyrics:

I'm Yours

Well you done done me
and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill
but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
Now I'm trying to get back

Before the cool done run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
And nothing's gonna to stop me
but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn
to win some or learn some

But I won't hesitate
no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours

Well open up your mind
and see like me
Open up your plans
and damn, you're free
Look into your heart
and you'll find love love love love

Listen to the music of the moment
people dance and sing
We're just one big family
And it's our God-forsaken right
to be loved love loved love loved

So I won't hesitate
no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure

There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

Scooch on closer dear
And I will nibble your ear

I've been spending way too long
checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards
just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed

I guess what I'll be saying is
there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanities and
just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

But I won't hesitate
no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure

Well open up your mind
and see like me
Open up your plans
and damn, you're free
Look into your heart
and you'll find the sky is yours

Please don't, please don't,
please don't
There's no need to complicate
Cause our time is short
This, oh this, oh this is our fate, I'm yours 

- Corrected on the basis of http://www.lyricsmania.com/im_yours_lyrics_jason_mraz.html

Music video - 水木年华 - 再见了最爱的人

Vintage music video - 萬水千山總是情

Lyrics copied from http://goo.gl/ge1MK:

汪明荃 - 萬水千山總是情
作曲:顧家輝 / 作詞:鄧偉雄 

莫說青山多障礙，風也急風也勁，
白雲過山峰也可傳情。 

莫說水中多變幻，水也清水也靜，
柔情似水愛共永。 

未怕罡風吹散了熱愛，萬水千山總是情，
聚散也有天注定，不怨天不怨命，
但求有山水共作証。

P.S. 我驚艷於這首歌歌詞的情懷，便搜索了一下作詞人的簡介。果然是大高手的作品。鄧偉雄，饒宗頤的女婿，曾為香港電視界黃金編劇。請看香港中文大學網站上的簡介：新傳校友 >>  特寫 >>  鄧偉雄。Excerpt （請海涵我的順手複製，中大。:-) ）:

一個寫下香港電視黃金二十年的編劇、填出《萬水千山總是情》的作詞人、藝評家、金石收藏家，身兼香港大學饒宗頤藝術館的負責人，對於赫赫成就，他淡然處之：「這只是我的專業。」 

從大二開始在無綫電視做兼職，鄧偉雄一做便做了二十一年。時勢造英雄，英雄也造時勢，七、八十年代，正值香港電視業的黃金日子，鄧偉雄亦成就了電視劇的黃金時期。那時每遇上當紅劇集的大結局，街上就人跡稀疏，飯店提早打烊。他與一手建立的創作隊伍，締造了港人的集體回憶。

Vintage music video - 风雨兼程 - 程琳

Lyrics copied from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b26cmL-w9a0 :

【風雨兼程】 3分49秒

今天你又去遠行

正是風雨濃

山高水長路不平

願你多保重

記得那年初相識

也在風雨中

風濃雨濃情更濃

祝你早成功

來也匆匆去也匆匆

就這樣風雨兼程

來也匆匆去也匆匆

就這樣風雨兼程

明天我也要登程

伴你風雨行

山高水長路不平

攜手同攀登

還是常言說得好

風光在險峰

待到雨過天晴時

捷報化彩虹

Introduction copied from http://goo.gl/GjVjf :

风雨兼程

词：王晓岭　 曲：季承、晓藕

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作曲家季承简介

1965年毕业于中央音乐学院作曲系，师从苏夏先生，原任中国人民解放军军乐团创作室主任，一级作曲家。 主要作品1、 交响诗《秋收起义》（获1977年全军第四届文艺会演优秀创作奖）；序曲《万岁，伟大的祖国》（获1979年全国文艺会演二等奖）；序曲《希望》（获1994年团优秀作品奖）；《骑兵团进行曲》（获1991年全国进行曲比赛二等奖）；管乐小品《苏醒吧，森林》（获1990年全军调演二等奖）；歌曲《风雨兼程》（获1985年“歌曲”晨钟奖）。

作曲家晓藕简介

晓藕，原名严晓藕。王晓岭、季承和晓藕曾经是八十年代流行歌坛的创作“铁三角”，王晓玲负责作曲，季承、晓藕作曲。严晓藕原为中国人民解放军军乐团创作室主任，中国音乐家协会会员，中国电视音乐研究会名誉理事。 1945 年出生，陕西澄城人，大学时学习钢琴专业。 1973 年任军乐团专业创作员，凭自己的聪明和勤奋，把数百首音乐作品推向了社会。并突破了进行曲的程式，充分发挥不同乐器的音色，甚至把声乐与管乐宏大的音响交织在一起，用一种乐曲取得不同的效果。她的执着追求迎得了社会的赞誉，部分作品获全国性大奖。代表作有《万岁，伟大的祖国》 、《 光荣的凯旋》 、《 三个小伙伴》 、《 思乡》 、《 庆丰年》 、《 赞美》 、（欢聚》 、《 前进吧！战友》 等及盒带专辑，还为 10 多部电视片谱写音乐，她的不懈精神，报刊曾详细的在《 音乐家介绍》 栏目里作了报导。

词作者王晓岭简介

王晓岭，词作家、一级编剧。北京军区政治部战友歌舞团团长，中国音乐家协会理事，中国音乐文学学会副主席，全军高级职称评委。 主要歌曲作词有：《当兵的人》、《让我们舞起来》、《阳光路上》、《风雨兼程》、《祖国赞美诗》、《军中姐妹》等。曾获解放军文艺奖多种奖励，三次荣立二等功。

演唱者程琳简介

程琳六岁开始学习拉二胡，八岁登台演出，十二岁考入海政歌舞团任二胡演奏演员。十三岁一曲《小螺号》传遍祖国大江南北，迅速成为中国歌坛年龄最小的新星。

演唱者龚玥简介

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有爱。

Sublime - Music video - Espiritu – Giorgia Fumanti

The song's name, "Espiritu", is a Spanish word that means "spirit".

Sublimely beautiful music, innit? It's poetry, innit? Give it up for poetry in life.

For my money, the singer's even better than Enya. Suave. In fact, I'm proud that she's a Canadian. Such an ode.

Nostalgic - Vintage music videos - ABBA - Fernando

Two versions of the lyrics:
http://goo.gl/WvAgq
      &
http://goo.gl/IjMp6


This particular song is ABBA's "biggest selling single of all time, selling 6,000,000 copies in 1976 alone." The English version of the song in the above videos "presents a vision of nostalgia for two veterans reminiscing in old age about a lost battle that they participated in during their younger days fighting under Emiliano Zapata in a battle of the Mexican revolution of 1910." (Cited from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_(song) )