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LOU REED, MADRUGADA, NEIL YOUNG, PJ HARVEY, WILSON PICKETT, PATTI SMITH, DAVID BOWIE
Compiled by Michael Stolhofer
Die sommerszene 08 in Salzburg steht vom 3. bis zum 19. Juli ganz unter dem Zeichen des Tanzens. corpus hat den Intendanten des Festivals gebeten, seinen Plattenschrank zu öffnen und so oft es geht sieben Song-Lyrics, die vom Tanzen handeln, an uns zu schicken. Und corpus baut Links. Das Ergebnis: die größte DANCE SONG SHOW ever. Have fun!
Lou Reed - Modern Dance
Madrugada - Step Into This Room And Dance For Me
Neil Young - When You Dance I Can Really Love
P.J. Harvey - The Dancer
Wilson Pickett - Land Of Thousand Dances (also sung by Patti Smith)
Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
David Bowie - Let’s Dance
Lou Reed - Modern Dance
Maybe I should go and live in Amsterdam
in a side street near a big canal
spend my evenings in the Van Gogh Museum
what a dream, Van Gogh Museum
Maybe it's time to see Tangiers
a different life-style, some different fears
and maybe I should be in Edinburgh
in a kilt in Edinburgh
Doin' a modern dance
doin' a modern dance
Or maybe I should get a farm in southern France
where the winds are wispy and the villagers dance
and you and I we'd sleep beneath a moon
moon in June and sleep till noon
And maybe you and I could fall in love
regain the spirit that we once had
you'd let me hold you and touch the night
that shines so bright, so bright with fright
Doin’ a modern dance
doin’ a modern dance
Shit, maybe I could go to Yucatan
where women are women, a man's a man
ah, no one confused, ever loses place
with their place in the human race
Maybe I'm not cut out for city life
the smell of exhaust, the smell of strife
and maybe you don't wanna be a wife
it's not a life being a wife
Doin’ a modern dance
doin’ a modern dance
So maybe I should go to Tanganyika
where the rivers run, down mountains tall and steep
or go to India to study chants
and lose romance to a mantra's dance
I need a guru, I need some law
explain to me the things we saw
why it always comes to this
it's all downhill after the first kiss
Maybe I should move to Rotterdam
maybe move to Amsterdam
I should move to Ireland, Italy, Spain
Afghanistan where there is no rain
Or maybe I should just learn a modern dance
where roles are shifting the modern dance
you never touch you don't know who you're with
this week, this month, this time of year
this week, this month, this time of year
Doin’ a modern dance
you don't know who you're with modern dance
I should move to Pakistan, go to Afghanistan
Dance, you don't know who you're with
dance, you don't know who you're with
modern dance
And maybe you don't wanna be a wife
it's not life being a wife
doin' a modern dance
you never touch you don't know who you're with
Dance, modern dance
the roles are shifting dance
you never touch you don't know who you're with
Dance, modern dance
maybe you don't wanna be a wife
it's not a life being a wife
(curtain up!)
Madrugada - Step Into This Room And Dance For Me
Closer, move in closer
Closer now than
Than ever before
I doubt it that you can survive
So far from your trenches and your friends
This is where competition starts and
And all that ends
I sense a lot of tension
Loose, loose
Pull out your arsenal
Dance
Step into this room and dance for me
Step into this room and dance for me
Come on, lady, dance for me
Come on, come on, dance for me
Step into this room and dance for me
By now we should know the music and the steps
Oh, me, I never asked, I never set you up
A little something for me?
A little something thrown back at me?
This is the floor, these are the rules
These are the moves
This is the room in which we dance
Close the door, say you will dance
Step into this room and dance for me
Step into this room and dance for me
Come on, lady, dance for me
Come on, come on, dance for me
Step into this room and dance for me
Step into this room and dance for me
Come on, come on, dance for me
Come on, come on, dance for me
Step into this room and dance for me
Step into this room and dance for me
Come on, lady, dance for me
Come on, come on, dance
Step into this room and dance for me
Come on, come on, dance
Step into this room and dance for me
(still life)
Neil Young - When You Dance I Can Really Love
When you dance,
Do your senses tingle?
Then take a chance?
In a trance,
While the lonely mingle
With circumstance?
I’ve got
Something to tell you,
You make it show.
Let me come over,
I know you know
When you dance
I can really love.
I can love,
I can really love,
I can really love
I can love,
I can really love,
I can really love
Like a
Mountain that's growing
A river that rolls
Let me come over,
I know you know
When you dance
I can really love
When you dance,
Do your senses tingle?
Then take a chance?
In a trance,
While the lonely mingle
With circumstance?
I’ve got
Something to tell you,
You make it show.
Let me come over,
I know you know
When you dance
I can really love
(cover with c-cap)
PJ Harvey - The Dancer
He came riding fast like a phoenix out of fire flames
He came dressed in black with a cross bearing my name
He came bathed in light and the splendor and glory
I can't believe what the lord has finally sent me
He said dance for me, fanciulla gentile
He said laugh awhile, I can make your heart feel
He said fly with me, touch the face of the true god
And then cry with joy at the depth of my love
'cause I've prayed days, I've prayed nights
For the lord just to send me home some sign
I've looked long, I've looked far
To bring peace to my black and empty heart
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, aaaaaah !
My love will stay 'till the river bed run dry
And my love lasts long as the sunshine blue sky
I love him longer as each damn day goes
The man is gone and heaven only knows
'cause I've cried days, I've cried nights
For the lord just to send me home some sign
Is he near ? is he far ?
Bring peace to my black and empty heart
So long day, so long night
Oh lord, be near me tonight
Is he near ? is he far ?
Bring peace to my black and empty heart.
(BBC 1995)
Wilson Pickett - Land Of Thousand Dances
(also sung by Pattie Smith)
One, Two, Three!
One, Two, Three!
You gotta know how to pony like Bony Maronie
Mashed Potato, do the Alligator
Put your hands on your hips, let your back-bone slip
Do the Watusi, like my little Lucy
Na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na.
Need somebody to help me say it one time
Na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na.
You know I feel alright.
Feel pretty good y'all.
Na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na.
Need somebody to help me say it one time
Na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na.
Dance with me honey, like Long Tall Sally
Twistin' with Lucy, doin the Watusi
Gotta hold of your back, I like it like that
Do the Jerk, watch me work
Ah, do it
(shake it!)
Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
She is benediction
She is addicted to thee
She is the root connection
She is connecting with he
Here I go and I don't know why
I fell so ceaselessly
Could it be he's taking over me...
I’m dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
Makes me come on like some heroin/e
She is sublimation
She is the essence of thee
She is concentrating on
He, who is chosen by she
Here I go and I don't know why
I spin so ceaselessly,
Could it be he's taking over me...
[chorus]
She is re-creation
She, intoxicated by thee
She has the slow sensation that
He is levitating with she...
Here I go and I don't know why,
I spin so ceaselessly,
’till I lose my sense of gravity...
[chorus]
(oh God I fell for you...)
The plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face
The mystery of childbirth, of childhood itself
Grave visitations
What is it that calls to us?
Why must we pray screaming?
Why must not death be redefined?
We shut our eyes we stretch out our arms
And whirl on a pane of glass
An afixiation a fix on anything the line of life the limb of a tree
The hands of he and the promise that s/he is blessed among women.
(oh God I fell for you ...)
(patti)
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Let’s dance
put on your red shoes and dance the blues
Let's dance to the song
They're playin' on the radio
Let's sway
While color lights up your face
Let's sway
Sway through the crowd to an empty space
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance for fear
Your grace should fall
Let's dance for fear tonight is all
Let's sway you could look into my eyes
Let's sway under the moonlight,
This serious moonlight
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance put on your red shoes
And dance the blues
Let's dance to the song
They're playin' on the radio
Let's sway you could look into my eyes
Let's sway under the moonlight,
This serious moonlight
(let's bowie)
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