Kyo

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Kyo is a pop rock band from France formed in 1994. Kyo consist of four members:(from the left)  brothers Fabien Dubos (drums) and Florian Dubos (backing vocals, guitar), Benoît Poher (vocals, guitar) and Nicolas Chassange (guitar). Their first major hit was Le chemin ("The road") featuring Dutch singer Sita. Their activity lamed before 2007 when they released their fourth and summing the Best of album. Poher has written songs for such artists as Emma Daumas, Thierry Amiel and Emmanuel Moire (more about him later).

And by the way the name Kyo comes from a King of Fighter video game character.

Though at some point Kyo feels like just another Westlife it's partly more rocking but still sweetlike boyish band. And in my opinion Benoît's and Florian's voices combine very beautifully.

Check also: Il est temps ("It's time"), Je n'veux pas oublier ("I don't wanna forget"), Comme le mond est grand ("As/For the world is grand"), Qui je suis ("Who I am"), L'enfer ("Hell"), Dernière danse ("The last danse"), Je saigne encore live, More about Kyo.


JE SAIGNE ENCORE

Il a le droit de poser ses mains sur ton corps
Il a le droit de respirer ton odeur
Il a même droit aux regards qui le rendent plus fort
Mets-moi la chaleur de ta voix dans le coeur

*Et ça fait mal, crois moi, une lame enfoncée loin dans mon âme
Regarde en toi, même pas l'ombre d'une larme
Et je saigne encore, je souris à la mort
Tout ce rouge sur mon corps
Je te blesse dans un dernier effort *

Il aime caresser ton visage quand tu t'endors
Et toi tu te permets de dire encore encore
Je sais que ce qui ne tue pas nous rend plus fort
Mais moi, mais moi je suis déjà mort

*Ca fait mal, crois moi... *

Mais je saigne encore, je souris à la mort
Mais je saigne encore,
Tout ce rouge sur mon corps (3x)

I STILL BLEED

He has the right to put his hands upon your body

He has the right to breathe your odour

He has even the right to those looks that make him stronger

Put the warmth of your voice into my heart

*And it hurts, believe me, a blade pushed far away from my soul

Look at you there is not even a shadow of a tear

And I still bleed, I smile to death

All that red on my body

With my last effort I hurt you *

He loves to caress your face when you're asleep

And you let you say once more - once more

I know that what doesn't kill makes us stronger

But I - but I am already dead

*It hurts, believe me... *

But I still bleed, I smile to death

But I still bleed

All that red on my body (3x)

Luis Fonsi

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Now to quite different music style. Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero known as his artistical name Luis Fonsi is a Puerto Rican singer, musician, lyricist and composer. He also has acted in tv serie Corazones al limite ("Hearts to the limit") and got and won lots of awards and prizes.

The songs of Luis Fonsi are mostly Spanish pop ballads.

This song Llueve por dentro ("It rains inside") I heard once and I got caught. I don't know why for this song isn't so different to other pop ballads. But when I listen to this I'm sadly happy...

Check also: Estoy perdido ("I'm lost"), Aunque estes con el ("Though you're with him"), Lagrimas del mar ("Tears of sea"), La mentira ("Lie"), Me matas ("You kill me"), Vives en mi ("You live in me"), Quien te dijo eso ("Who said you that"), Album Review.

LLUEVE POR DENTRO

¿Que puedo hacer? 

Llueve por dentro
Y el corazon me duele y se deshace
Pienso en ti 

Quiero volar y remontar esta tristeza
Para escaparme 

Quiero vivir por siempre junto a ti
No importa nada 

Y olvida este silencio que se roba mis mañanas, 

Libera y acordala

*Hoy llueve por dentro de mí, en mí 

Atravieso el cielo por ti
Se inunda el corazon mientras te pienso
Cuando tú no estas llueve por dentro *

¿Que puedo hacer si tu mirada se clava en mí?

Luego me arranca el alma 

No hay adios
Solo hay entre tu y yo una distancia 

Que nos separa

Quiero reir como lo hicimos esa madrugada
Y poco a poco rescatar el sol de tus mañanas
Y el viento entre alas

*Hoy llueve por dentro...*

Me es imposible amarte de lejos, de lejos
Pero siento que muero si no te tengo

*Hoy llueve por dentro... *

IT RAINS INSIDE

What can I do?

It rains inside

And the heart hurts me and commands

I think about you

I want to fly and overcome this sadness

For to escape

I want to live forever with you

Nothing is important

And to forget this silence that steals my mornings

To free and to concur it

*Today it rains inside me, in me

I cross the sky for you

Heart inundates when i think about you

When you are not, it rains inside *

What can I do if your look nails me?

Later it pulls out my soul

There's no goodbye

Only a distance between me and you

That separates us

I want to laugh like we used to do in the dawn

And little by little rescue the sun of your mornings

And the wind between your wings

*Today it rains...*

It's impossible to love you from far, fom far

But I feel that I die without you

*Today it rains...*

I saw Luis Fonsi in Madrid in summer 2011

Rammstein

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Rammstein a German rock band was founded by Richard Z. Kruspe in 1994. There are six members: Till Lindemann (lead vocals), Paul H. Landers (backing vocals, guitar), Rickhard Z. Kruspe (backing vocals, lead guitar), Oliver "Ollie" Riedel (bass), Christian "Flake" Lorenz (keyboards) and Christoph "Doom" Schneider (percussion). They are known by their dark songs and way to perform with huge pyrotechnics. Mostly their songs are in German but also songs that are partially or entirely in English, Spanish, Russian and French. Their lyrics are partly shocking (let alone music videos!) and partly full of words of literaly style and very sophisticated.

Rammstein has got may awards and it's known all over the world and in November and December the band will perform around the South America.

The following song is agonizing and powerful and the whole idea of the song is terrible. But this song is so impressive.

Check also: Amerika English version("America"), Heirate mich with subtitles("Marry me"), Los ("Loose/Fate/-less/let's(go)"), Ich tu dir weh ("I hurt you"), Ohne dich ("Without you"), Ich will ("I want"), Links,2,3,4 ("Left,2,3,4"), Keine lust ("Not amused/No lust"), Seemann ("Seaman"), Stirb nicht vor mir ("Don't die before I do"), Moskau with tATu ("Moscow"), Amour.

STEIN UM STEIN

Ich habe Pläne große Pläne

Ich baue dir ein Haus

Jeder Stein ist eine Träne

Und du ziehst nie wieder aus

Ja ich baue ein Häuschen dir

Hat keine Fenster keine Tür

Innen wird es dunkel sein

Dringt überhaupt kein Licht hinein

Ja ich schaffe dir ein Heim

Und du sollst Teil des Ganzen sein

*Stein um Stein mauer ich dich ein

Stein um Stein

Ich werde immer bei dir sein *

Ohne Kleider ohne Schuh

Siehst du mir bei der Arbeit zu

Mit den Füßen im Zement

Verschönerst du das Fundament

Draußen wird ein Garten sein

Und niemand hört dich schreien

*Stein um Stein... *

Welch' ein Klopfen welch' ein Hämmern

Draußen fängt es an zu dämmern

Alle Nägel stehen stramm

Wenn ich sie in dein Leibholz Ramm –

*Stein um Stein... *

STONE BY STONE

I have plans, big plans

I'm gonna build you a house

Every stone is a tear

And you will never move out

Yes I build you a little house

With no windows, no door

There will be dark inside

No light will shine inside

I'll get you a home

And you shall be part of that all

*Stone by stone 

I mason you inside

Stone by stone

I will always be by your side *

Without clothes, without shoes

You watch me working

Feet in concrete

You make the foundation look beautiful

Outside there will be a garden

And no one will hear you screaming

*Stone by stone... *

What a knock, what a hammering

Outside it's getting dark

All nails standing in line

When I hammer them into your wooden body

*Stone by stone... *

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Pablo Moro

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Pablo Moro is a Spanish singer from Oviedo. In 2005 Moro's and his band's Chicos Listos' first album was released and in 2009 their third and latest album "Pequeños placeres domésticos" ("Little domestic pleasures") was published. Moro has won two AMAS awards (an annual asturian music award)in 2006 as best lyricist and in 2007 with the best album. In 2008 Moro started to conquire Latin America by publishing an album in Argentina and performing in Latinoamerican festivals.

Following song "Ganar o perder" ("To win or to loose") is exceptional song for the back chorus consist of different althletes(you can see them in the music video!): Rosa Fernández (mountaineer), Javi Villa (GP2 driver),  Santi Pérez (cyclist), Manolo López (handball player), Óscar Fernández (World champion of judo), Mejuto González (football referee) and Paul Folgueras (football player). The song is about solidary and it was made to celebrate la X Gala de la Solidaridad. More about the song you can find here(in Spanish).

Check also: Jólivuz ("Hollywood"), El último vals (The last walz"), Tic tac, Smoking Point, Vodka y caramelos ("Vodka and caramels").

GANAR O PERDER

El corazón a mil por hora,
empapado en sudor.
Aunque no pases a la historia
siempre serás un ganador.

Una conquista, un nuevo reto,
con los dientes apretados,
la medalla es el esfuerzo,
el simple hecho de haberlo intentado.

No es la meta lo que importa,
es el resto del trayecto.
El camino más rápido hacia la victoria,
Nunca es el camino recto.

*Da igual perder o ganar
si das todo lo que llevas dentro.
Da igual ganar o perder
triunfar es sólo una manera de ser.*

Vivir a un paso de la gloria,
apostar echando el resto,
sólo quedan en la memoria
los triunfos más honestos.

Aunque no siempre gane el mejor,
el mejor saldrá ganando.
No tiene siempre suerte el campeón,
pero vuelve a intentarlo.

*Da igual... *

TO WIN OR TO LOOSE

Heart beats thousend times in a moment

Drenched in sweat

Though you don't stay in history

Your'e always a winner

A conquest, a new ahallenge

With compressed teeth

The medal is an effort

A simple act to attempt

It's not the goal that matters

it's the rest of the route.

The fastest way towards the victory

Is never the right one

*To win or to loose it's the same

If you give all you got inside

To loose or to win it's all the same

To triumph is only one way to be *

 Live for a way to glory

To bet by leaving the rest

In memory stays only

The most honest triumphs

Though one doesn't always win the best

The best will profit

The champion isn't always lucky

But s/he will try

*To win or to loose...*

Apulanta

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Apulanta a Finnish rock band is founded in 1991. The members are now Toni Wirtanen (composing, lyrics, vocals, guitar), Simo "Sipe" Santapukki (back vocals, drums) and from year 2005 Sami Lehtinen (back vocals, bass). Along with rock the genres are alternately changed from punk to alternative rock, nu metal, pop rock and hard rock. Anyway the music has changed to a bit heavier style.

The head singer of the band Toni Wirtanen makes also the deep lyrics. He takes his time to  write the songs and the topics are based on hard issues like mental health and life itself.

Apulanta has also done two publications in English though their main language is Finnish. Fans of Apulanta you can find mostly from Finland and Germany but also from other lands in Europe.

The latest album Kuutio ("Cube") was released in 2008 and in 2009 Apulanta won Emma-Award thanks for the album.

I think the absolutely best thing about Apulanta is the lyrics. Sometimes they are hard to understand for they have so deep meaning and toughtful words. And yes angst of North you can find from their music... :)

 

Check also: Pahempi toistaan ("Both worse than the other"), Viisaus ei asu meissä ("Wisdom doesn't live in us"), Hiekka ("Sand"), Jumala (with english translation) ("God"), Trauma ("The trauma"), Ravistettava ennen käyttöä ("Shake before opening"), Runalla ("On the edge"), Bring me down (English version of "Reunalla"),Vasten mun kasvojani ("Against my face"), Armo ("Mercy"), Turvallista matkaa helvettiin ("Safe journey to hell").

KONEESEEN KADONNUT

music & lyrics Toni Wirtanen

Koneeseen kadonnutta
ei voi takaisin saada
Kulutettu, käytetty
ruokkimaan ympyrää

Luotettu ehkä liikaa
siihen että aika korjaa
se minkä vuoksi nähtiin
niin kovin paljon vaivaa

Että hajalle saatiin
Se mikä kauniiksi tarkoitettiin

*Kipu kuolee huutamalla
alastomana lattialla
Miten kauan sitä kestää
ei, sitä ei voi tietää
Kehen sattuu ja kuinka paljon
siitä kysymys enää tässä kai on
Kun on saavuttu siihen pisteeseen
ettei mikään ole varmaa*

Maailman pisimmät tunnit
niiden otteeseen jää kiinni
Niitä kantaa loppuun asti
vaikka itse ei aina huomaa

Millainen on se taivas
jota ei löydetty koskaan
Olen kuullut paljon siitä
osan jopa omasta suustani

Voi niin pitkälle jaksaa
kun itsellensä vakuuttaa

*Kipu kuolee huutamalla... *

Joku meistä on onneton
palanut mutta tunnoton
katuva mutta uskoton
enemmän kuin rauhaton

Periaate on ehdoton
perustelu on aukoton
yhtälö ehkä mahdoton
Miten niin muka armoton? (5x)

*Kipu kuolee huutamalla... *

GONE INTO THE MACHINE

Gone into machine

Can't get it back

It's consumed, it's used

To feed the circle

One has trusted maybe too much

In that time will heal

The one for what

One has worked so much

So that we broke

What was ment to be beautiful

*Pain dies by screaming

Naked on the floor

How much will it take?

No,no one cannot know it

To who does it hurt and how much?

That's the question - I guess

When we have passed the point of no certainity * 

The most longest hours of the world

They hold on you

And you will carry them to the end 

Though you don't notice it by yourself

What kind of heaven it is

The one we never found?

I have heard so much about it

Some things even from my own lips

So far you can carry on

When you convince yourself

*Pain dies by screaming... *

Someone of us is hopeless

Burned but numb

Remorseful but unfaithful

More than calmless

The principle is absolute

Explanation has no chinks

Equation maybe impossible

How could it be merciless? (5x)

*Pain dies by screaming... * 

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Los Ronaldos

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Los Ronaldos is now first gift of souvenir from my trip to Spain. The band is formed already in 1987 in Madrid. The five members of the Spanish band are Coque Malla (vocals), Luis Martín (guitar), Daniel Parra (percussion), Ricardo Morena (percussion) and Luis García (bass).  The song that I'll share with you "Adiós, papá" ("Goodbye, dad") is a hit from 80's. I heard it from the radio and I wrote it down for to find it back home. 

The seventh and the latest album of los Ronaldos was released in 2008 though they had disbanded in 1996 (but united again in 21st century).

Check also: No puedo vivir sin ti ("I can't live without you"), Sí, sí ("Yes,yes"), Guardalo con amor ("Guard it with your love"), Hasta que digas sí ("'till you say yes"), Idiota ("Idiot"), Tú solo piensa en ti ("You think about yourself only")



ADIÓS, PAPÁ
Esta noche voy a cogerte bien
nos iremos a casa de tu papá
llamaré a la puerta, nos esconderemos
tiraremos piedras para no quedar bien

Y cuando piensen quién ha sido le diremos que no,
no han sido tus amigos, allí nadie quedó.
ya no sabes qué hacer

*Adiós papá, adiós papá,
consíguenos un poco de dinero más
consíguenos un poco de dinero más
más dinero *

Contarás las noches largas como serpientes
dormiras debajo de la cama otra vez
y todo el mundo escucha lo que les vas a decir
para decirte que está mal, para decirte no está bien
ya no sabes qué hacer

*Adiós papá... *

Esta noche voy a cogerte bien
nos iremos a casa de tu papá
llamaré a la puerta, nos esconderemos
tiraremos piedras para no quedar bien

Y cuando piensen quién ha sido le diremos que no
no han sido tus amigos, allí nadie quedó
ya no sabes qué hacer

*Adiós papá... *

GOODBYE, DAD

Tonight I'm gonna fuck you well

We'll go to your daddy's house

You'll ring the bell, we'll hide us

We'll throw the rocks for not to impress

And when they think who it was we'll say no,

No it was not your friends, there was no one

You don't know what to do anymore

*Goodbye dad, goodbye dad,
Give us a little more money

Give us a little more money

More money*

You will count the long nights, long like snakes

You will sleep under the bed once more

And the everybody hears what you'll say to them

To say to you that it's not okay, to say to you it's not enough

You don't know what to do anymore

*Goodbye dad... *

Tonight I'm gonna fuck you well

We'll go to your daddy's house

You'll ring the bell, we'll hide us

We'll throw the rocks for not to impress

And when they think who it was we'll say no,

No it was not your friends, there was no one

You don't know what to do anymore

*Goodbye dad... *

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Veronica Maggio

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Swedish/Italian singer Veronica Maggio published her first single in 2006 at the age of 25. Her music styles are pop and soul and she won a Grammis as "Newcomer of the Year" spring in 2007. Some have called Maggio's music as "style pop".


She started choir singing at the age of 9 but she got boored to it so she started to sing jazz too. She told to Findance.com that her music has got influences mostly from jazz, soul and hip hop but also from Swedish folkmusic and also the Northern sadness exists in the melody. She is half Italian and she lived her childhood in Italy. Maggio doesn't think to continue singing in Italian because she likes Swedish language so nice to sing. Maybe someday. Now she has conquering the North: Norway, Denmark and Finland.

Know more about Veronica Maggio by reading the interview in The Local (Sweden's news in English).

Check also: Nöjd? ("Satisfied?"), Havanna mamma ("Havanna mother"), Dumpa mig ("Dump me"), Kan inte säga nej ("Cannot say no"), Måndagsbarn ("Monday child"), Sjutton år ("Seventeen years"), Gammal sång ("Old song"), Stopp ("Stop)

I STADEN VÄXER INGA BLOMMOR

Ingen kan se dig
Ingen vill fråga dig om hjälp 

(Här i staden)
Alla ska bli nåt
Ingen är ingen speciell 

(Här i staden)
Ingen bryr sig
Ingen hör dig eller ser 

(Här i staden)
Husen skymmer
Inga blommor växer mer 

Här i staden

Allting är viktigt
Alla har bråttom, det går fort 

(Här i staden)
Sommar var det bättre
Alla ska bli en ny person 

(Här i staden)
Alla sliter
Alltid trötta från igår 

(Här i staden)
Allt kan bytas
Inget lever längre än ett år

Här i staden

För i staden växer inga blommor, nej

Oooh, för i staden växer inga blommor

IN THE CITY GROWS NO FLOWERS

No one can see you

Nobody wants to ask you to help

(Here in the city)

Everyone will become something

No one is no one special

(Here in the city)

No one cares

Nobody hears you or sees

(Here in the city)

A house gets dark

The flowers grow no more

Here in the city

Everything is important

Everyone is in hurry it goes fast

(Here in the city)

Summertime it was better

Everyone will be a new person

(Here in the city)

Everyone drudges

Allways tired from yesterday

(Here in the city)

Everything can be changed

Nothing lives more than one day

Here in the city

Because in the city grows no flowers, no

Oooh, because in the city grows no flowers

Alizée

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Alizée (Alizée Jacotey) is a French singer from Corse. Most of her songs are too sweet and shiny for me to listen (like J'ai pas 20 ans ("I'm not 20")). Nicely said they are too much for my ears. There are few songs that are on the limit:"JBG" (comes from "James Bond Girl") just because it's hilarious and the following song just because it differs from Alizées other songs.

Her latest and fourth album "Une enfant du siècle" ("Child of the century") was released this year.

She is married to the singer Jérémy Châtelain.

MON MAQUIS

*C'est un dédale inextricable
Impénétrable aussi
C'est mon Maq... mon lit :
C'est mon maquis *

C'est un refuge, chambre sans vue
Où l'air est pur, si pur
Est mon Maq... mon lit :
C'est mon maquis

C'est un dédale inextricable
De rires, d'éclats aussi
C'est mon Maq... mon lit :
C'est mon maquis

C'est un repaire, sûr comme un père
Sentiers secrets, sentiers de verre
Petit frère... c'est... aussi
Ta chambre et ton maquis

*C'est un dédale...*

C'est un jardin, dont le chemin
Est bien le sien aussi
C'est mon Maq... mon ici
C'est mon maquis

Partager tout, parler de tout
Et protéger aussi
C'est mon Maq, ici
C'est son maquis

Chambre cachette, chambre avec couette
De pirouettes en marionnettes
Petit frère, toi ici
Moi, je suis ton amie.

MY RESISTANCE

*It's a confusing labyrinth

Impermeable also

It's my Re... my way:

It's my resistance *

It's a refuge, chamber without a window

Where the air is clear, so clear

It's my Re... my way:

It's my resistance

It's a confusing labyrinth
Of laughs, of sparkles also
It's my Re... here
It's my resistance


It's a cave, safe like a father
Secret paths, the paths of glace
Little brother... it's.. also
Your chamber and resistance

*It's a confusing labyrinth.. *

It's a garden, where the road
Is also yours
It's my Re.. here
It's my resistance


A hidden chamber, a chamber with the cover
Of pirouettes of marionettes
Little brother, for you here
I am your friend

Lars Winnerbäck

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Lars Winnerbäck a Swedish singer, musician, composer and lyricist. Today he is one of the nominated in the ROCK BJÖRNEN AWARD competition. Let's hope he'll win. :) Though he has won many awards (Grammis-award and Evert Taube stipend...) before so also the others must win sometimes...

At first Winnerbäck played in a punk band called Snoddas. Later he started his own solo career. Winnerbäck's nineth album was released in sebtember 2009 and it's called "Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen" ("Think if I regret and then regret again").

Now Winnerbäck is one of the most popular musicians in Sweden with his slow and beautiful songs with slightly bitter and regretful - fits for a northern man.

Winnerbäck has coworked i.a. with Laleh and Lisa Ekdahl.

This song is so powerfull with its meaningful lyrics, beautiful music and Winnerbäcks deep voice - one of my very favorites no doubt. The best in Lars Winnerbäck's music is the feeling.

Check also: Jag har väntat på ett regn (live) ("I have waited for the rain"), Kom änglar with Lisa Ekdahl("Come angels"), I dina ögon ("In your eyes"), Och det blåser genom hallen ("And it blows through the hall"), Innan mörkret faller ("Before darkness comes"), Ingen soldat ("No solder"), Över gränsen ("Over the boundaries"), Min helande tröst ("My healing cosolation"), Vad är det som bekymrar Sara Wehn ("What is that troubles Sara Wehn").



JAG HAR VÄNTAT PÅ ETT REGN

text&music: Lars Winnerbäck

Imorse hängde man Saddam
Jag har ingen skuld i det
Jag kan ha verkat lite tyngd eller nåt
Men det är nog sån jag är

Jag sköt en överdos av Eken
Jag klev över varje gräns
Jag ville vara hjälten eller boven
Jag ville vara nåt som känns

Det är trängre här på gatorna
Fast vi är längre från varann
Det står ett tornhus vid fjärden här
Där inne gör dom vad dom kan

Kanske kommer en förändring
En dag när banden stärks
Kanske finns en plan I huset där
Fast dom vill inte att det märks

*Jag har väntat på ett regn jag kan förlora mig I
Jag hör ett hjärta som slår
Inatt har jag bett för stunden dimman drar förbi
För en välkommen vår *

Vi gick långt här du och jag
Kanske så långt vi kunde gå
Kanske fanns ingen ärlig chans för oss
Men jag ser det inte så

Det är som jag burit en förbannelse
Ibland med ryggen rak
Ibland med både hopp och tro
Men det är ändå samma sak

Jag har spridit lite värme
Jag har spridit lite frost
Jag är varken hjälten eller boven
Jag är bara lite lost

Från fönstret ser jag tidens tand
Kedjor komma och gå
Ingen är del av den här trenden
Alla bara hälsar på

*Jag har väntat på ett regn... *

Jag har köpt så kalla saker
Jag har gått den kalla gatan ner
Nu har jag frusit allt för länge
Jag ska inte vara kall nåt mer

Har du sett nån i ögonen
Jag hittar inte dit
Jag kan inte reglerna i spelet
Men du får gärna komma hit

Nu smakar jag försiktigt
Skiljer varmt ifrån kallt
Jag måste lära mig från grunden
Jag måste omvärdera allt

Du är svår att leva utan
Jag är svår att leva med
Imorse hängde man Saddam i ett rep
Jag har ingen skuld i det

*Jag har väntat på ett regn... *

I HAVE WAITED FOR THE RAIN

This morning they hung Saddam

I'm not the one to blame

I may have seemd oppressive or something

But that's just the way I am

I had an overdosis of Eken

I climed over every limit

I wanted to be a hero or a gangster

I wanted to be something that feels

It's more narrow here on the streets

Though we are more far away from each other

There is a tower besidde the open sea

Inside there they do what they can

Perhaps a change will come

One day when chain will break

Maybe they got some plan inside that house there

Though they don't want us to notice it

*I have waited for the rain for to loose myself in it

I hear a heart that beats

Tonight I have beggd for a moment the mist draw away

For a welcome to spring *

We went far here you and me

Maybe so far we could go

Maybe there is no honest chance for us

But that's not the way I see it

It's like I have carried a course

Sometimes holding my head high

Sometimes with both hope and belief

But it is still the same thing

I've spread warmth a little

I've spread coldness a little

I'm not a hero or a gangster

I'm just a little "lost"

From the window I see the tooth of the time

Chains come and go

Nothing is part of this trend

Everybody just says hello

*I have waited for the rain...*

I have bought so cold things

I have walked down the cold street

Now I have been cold foor too long

Ain't gonna be cold anymore

Have you seen something in the eyes

I don't find ther

I can't the rules of this play

But you can come here gladly

Now I taste carefully

Warmth differs from coldness

I have to relearn starting from basics

I have to revalue everything

You are hard to live without

You are hard to live with

This morning thay hung Sanddam with a rope

I'm not the one to blame

*I have wated for the rain...*

Mari Boine

photo is from here

Now before new latin artists we head to the North. More closely to the North of Norway. Mari Boine Persen is Sámi singer whose music is somewhere between folk, jazz, rock and world music. Sámi singing is called joik which is the Northern native way to sing. In her music you can also find traces of African traditions. Along with solo career she has composed music inter alia for a German fairytale film adaptation of "Hans and Greta".

In her music Mari Boine has influences of Laestadian movement for her first musical experiments she had inside that group of believers.

The latest album Sterna Paradisea was released in 2009. She has also English tracks but most of the tracks Mari Boine sings in her native language because her lyrics have deep meanings. She also has thought "maybe too much" about her lyrics which are normally about the nature or the struggle between the nature, traditions and the western world. Mari Boine has performed in Europe and USA.

Check also: It šat duolmma mu ("You don't step on me no more"), Idjagiedas ("In the Hand of the night"), Gula Gula ("Hear the voice of the tribe's mothers"), Mu Ustit Engeliid Soglas ("My friend of angel tribe"), Songs & Lyrics & Videos,

LENE MÁJJÁ
text: Rawdna Carita Eira/Mari Boine
melody: Mari Boine/ Svein Schultz/ Ole Jørn Myklebust

Lene Májjá jorada
Johkagierragis riegádan
Lene Májjá diehtá sus ii leat go jođašit 

Guoikkaniski geasuha
Stuora geavgŋá hástala 

Go gullá amas jiena doppe huradeame

Lene Májjá jorada
Buđđosajis besada 

Lene Májjá oaidná movt dál earát jorbbodit
Ii leat mihkkege všalaš 

Son gal dovdá gamus dan
Su čuorvu amas jietna, ii leat ovdal gullan dan

Gii su spihčče 

Gii su vuojet
Álo mannat olgolii
Gii su spihčče
Gii su vuojet
Álo mannat iige bissánit

Lene Májjá jorada
Mággárušša, niegada 

Lene Májjá diehtá áigi hurgá johtlilit
Erát sihtet orustit
Lene Májjá jaskkodit!
Go gullá amas jiena, son bidjala fas

Lene Májjá jorada
Jeagonheapmi, juonalaš
Diktá, atn`al earát jodofierpmis gišvvardit
Joga njálmmi meattilda
Gullá mearra máraida
Son juksá amas jiena, ja suinna juoiggasta

Gii su spihčče 

Gii su vuojet
àlo mannat mannat fal
Gii su spihčče 

Gii su vuojet
Álo mannat iige bissánit



LENE MAJJA

Lene Majja keeps on swirling,
She was spawned at the river's source.
Lene Majja knows she was born to move.
The great waterfall challenges her.
The rapids summon her
As she hears a new humming.

Lene Majja keeps on twirling,
Gets past the weir in the river.
Lene Majja sees others confused.
There is no danger:
She knows deep inside
She has never heard the voice that calls her now.

What is that drives her?
Who is that keeps her moving?
What is that always compels her
To go further and further right to the limits?
Who inspires her to continue and never to settle for less?

Lene Majja keeps on whirling,
Not giving up but dreaming.
Lene Majja knows that passes swftly.
The others try to stop her
And keep her silent!
She hears that enchanting voice and moves on.

Lene Majja keeps swirling.
Disobedient and cunning,
She leaves others to wriggle into the weir net.
She passes the mout of the river,
Hears the roaring of the sea.
She reaches that magical sound
And their voices become one

What is that drives her?
Who is that keeps her moving?
What is that always compels her
To go further and further right to the limits?
Who inspires her to continue and never to settle for less? 

(The lyrics and the translation are from "Sterna Paradisea" album of Mari Boine.)