Le Festin

A yummy song from the soundtracks of Ratatouille:


Artist: Camille (its all in French)

Lyrics from http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/ratatouille/lefestin.htm

French lyrics:

Les rêves des amoureux sont comm’(e) le bon vin
Ils donn(ent) de la joie ou bien du chagrin
Affaibli par la faim je suis malheureux
Volant en chemin tout ce que je peux
Car rien n’est gratuit dans la vie

L’espoir est un plat bien trop vite consommé
A sauter les repas je suis habitué
Un voleur solitaire est triste à nourrir
A un jeu si amer je n’peux réussir
Car rien n’est gratuit dans…

La vie… Jamais on ne me dira
Que la course aux étoiles; ça n’est pas pour moi
Laissez moi vous émerveiller et prendre mon en vol
Nous allons en fin nous régaler
La fêt(e) va enfin commencer
Sortez les bouteilles; finis les ennuis
Je dresse la table, de ma nouvell(e) vie
Je suis heureux à l’idée de ce nouveau destin
Une vie à me cacher et puis libre enfin
Le festin est sur mon chemin

Une vie à me cacher et puis libre enfin
Le festin est sur mon chemin

English lyrics:

Dreams are to lovers as wine is to friends
Carried through lifetimes, (and) spilled now and then
I am driven by hunger, so saddened to be
Thieving in darkness; I know you’re not pleased
But nothing worth eating is free
My hope is a banquet impatiently downed
Impossibly full, now I’ll probably drown
Many thieves’ lives are lonely with one mouth to feed
If giving means taking, I’ll never succeed
For nothing worth stealing is…

Free at last; won’t be undersold
Surviving isn’t living; won’t eat what I’m told
Let me free, I’ll astonish you; I’m planning to fly
I won’t let this party just pass me by

The banquet is now underway, so…
Bring out the bottles; a new tale has spun
In clearing this table, my new life’s begun
I am nervous, excited; (oh) just read the marquee!
A lifetime of hiding; I’m suddenly free!
My dinner is waiting for me
A lifetime of hiding; I’m suddenly free!

My dinner is waiting for me

Un Beso - Aventura

Am totally mesmerized by this bachata number(thanks to DJ Lee for introducing it at LH ):



Here's the lyrics(en espanol con ingles):

Ay una mujer, que domina mi sentido con solo tocar mi piel
Y como a mi tambien, a otro hombres esto le puede suceder

Que solo con un beso
Se puede enamorar
Sin necesidad de hablarse, solo los labios rosarse cupido los flechara
Y solo por un beso
Con ella soy Feliz
Tan solo con un besito, me llevo al infinito y ni si quiera la conosco bien
Un beso significa amistad, sexo, y amor
En cual quier parte del mundo no importa la religion
Por un beso de su boca
Voy al cielo y hablo con dios
Alcanzo las estrellas de emocion

Su boca es tan sensual
me cautiva y me exita
No me canso de besar
Su lengua es mi devilidad
ella sabe los truquitos, diganme si ay alguien mas

SOLO POR UN BESO...
se puede enamorar, sin necesidad de hablarse
Solo los labios rosarse, cupido los flechara
Y solo por un beso
Con ella soy feliz,
Tan solo con un besito, me llevo al infinito y ni si quiera la conosco bien
Un beso significa amistad, sexo, y amor
En cualquier parte del mundo no importa la religion
Por un beso de su boca
Voy al cielo y hablo con dios
Alcanzo las estrellas de emocion

Anthony Speaking:
Que lindo es el amor, escucha las palabras de Romeo

Pe Kamelo
En memoria de manzanita
Aventura

(Anthony):
Ay una mujer
que domina mi sentidos
Con solo tocar mi piel

Y Como a mi tambien a
Otros hombres le puede suceder
Y solo por un beso

hahaha
Lets do this, RUMBA (Flamingo Music)
yeah,yeah,yeah
hey,heyyy,hey uhohohohhh yeahhhh, yeahhh Un beso significa amistad, sexo, y amor En cualquier parte del mundo no importa la religion Por un beso de tu boca voy al cielo y hablo con dios Alcanzo las estrellas de emocion.....

(In English)

There is a woman
That dominates my senses in spite of only touching my skin
And since also this can to another man happen

[choir]
That only for a kiss
It is possible to win the love
Without need to speak to her
Only the lips to get rubbed
Cupid them will flower
And only for a kiss
With her I am happy
With a kiss only
I take to the infinite
And I do not even know her well

A kiss means friendship, sex and love
In any part of the world
The religion does not matter
For a kiss of her mouth
I go to the sky and speak with God
I reach the stars of emotion
Her mouth is so sensual
It captivates me and excites me

I do not get tired of kissing
Her language is my weakness
She knows me the truquitos
Say to me if there is someone more

Save the Last Dance for Me

Me favourite song+ me favourite dance =



A lovely number for a slow, sexy cha cha

Me favourite Groove-y Salsa song

I love to groove to this:

Unfortunately, this is the 1st time that I can't find the name of the song(by Joe Cuba Sextette) .

If you know the name, please please let me know. I really appreciate it. Gracias in advance.

Me found the name from a good samaritan. The title is A Las Seis (en ingles es 'At 6')

Zhui Shu Xi De Mo Sheng Ren

I found this A WELL KNOWN STRANGER(translated from the Mandarin title) video & decided to share the song with my fellow salsa addicts in LH last night.

Thanks to DJLee for accepting my request .

A salsafied romantic chinese pop song, sang by the Colombian-Chinese salsa band, Mandarina China Band.

Its a bit slow for a salsa-ble song, but I still love it any way.

If my well known salsa addicts like this number, I'll pick another song from the same band to be aired in LH next time(with approval from DJLee first of course) .

Yamulemau(again??)

I finally found Yamulemau at Youtube:


I know I know, the intro to Yamulemau was posted here earlier. But I wanna post the full song (Joe Arroyo live woh)

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White

One of my favourite cha cha music(courtesy of Youtube *_*):



Original Artist: Perez Prado

La Tortura (Shakira and Alejandro Sanz)

Simply love the song and the music video is superb too .

The video of La Tortura(with the lyrics).

Me still indecisive either to samba or salsa to it though.

** Translation of the lyrics to be up later. I promise.

La Cumbita

Thanks to DJLee who introduced La Cumbita(original artist: Ismael Rivera) at Little Havana a while ago. Me trying very hard not to be too hyper whenever this song is being played

As usual, we can find whatsoever video related to songs on YouTube, so here is one with the said title for your listening(& viewing) pleasure.

Viva La Salsa

Blue Danube Waltz

This beautiful music is still playing over and over in my head since day 1 of the Viennese Waltz lesson(long time ago).



It suddenly strike me((a few days prior to the main rehearsal of the Viennese Ball) that I have the classical CD containing this piece of music and quickly copied it into my MP3 player.

While at work

CHW: you singing along to Blue Danube ar ?

Me: No arhh... just humming along and trying to get the beat(we count as bum(not bubur) cha cha) only.

CHW: you don't hum to the beat lar, you hit your fingers or any stick against the table to the beat mar.

Me: (no care, I suka(like) lar!! )

And I found the (almost)perfect video from youtube for your listening(and viewing) pleasure.

Enjoy

La Negra Tiene Tumbao

Salsa ? or Samba ?

Or you wanna do both ?

It's your pick .

This song en ingles es The Black Lady Have Groove.

Enjoy..

Return To Sender

Was introduced to Elvis Presley's songs & movies at age of 12. Thanks to Pa who's a fan of the King of Rock & Roll.

Simply enjoy some of his classics, one of which is Return To Sender.

Hope you'll enjoy this slow Rock & Roll number like I do :

Return To Sender

I gave a letter to the postman,
He put it his sack.
Bright in early next morning,
He brought my letter back.

She wrote upon it:
Return to sender, address unknown.
No such number, no such zone.
We had a quarrel, a lovers spat
I write Im sorry but my letter keeps coming back.

So then I dropped it in the mailbox
And sent it specially.
Bright in early next morning
It came right back to me.

She wrote upon it:
Return to sender, address unknown.
No such person, no such soul.

This time Im gonna take it myself
And put it right in her hand.
And if it comes back the very next day
Then I'll understand - the writing on it

Return to sender, address unknown.
No such number, no such zone.

~

Ay Amor, Cuando Hablan Las Miradas

A lovely and meaningful song by Orquesta Guayacan

Tomare tu mano dulcemente
It will take your hand sweetly

y hablare de amor mientras bailamos
and it will speak of love while we dance

cosas del ayer nos decimos nada
things of we say nothing yesterday

por que ahora ha llegado la mirada
so that now the glance has arrived

tomame la mano suavemente
take the hand smoothly

dime que me amas mientras bailas
it tell me that you love me while we dance

besos y caricias solo espero
kisses and caresses single I hope

quiero sentir tu respiracion
I want to feel your breathing

toma mi mano suave y dulcemente
it takes my hand smoothly and sweetly

hazme sentir que nuestro amor existe
to feel that our love exists

en la realidad lo entregas todo
in the reality it delivers everything

y que estas de mi realmente enamorada
and of these I am really enamored

coro(chorus)

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

porque ahora las palabras no nos dicen nada
because now the words do not say anything to us

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

porque ahora solo hablan las miradas
because now the single glances speak

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

porque ahora las palabras nos reparan
because now the words repair to us

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

porque ahora nos encienden las miradas
because now they ignite the glances

ay ay ay amor
ay ay love

ay ay ay amor ya no me digas nada
ay ay ay love you no longer say anything to me

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

ven demuestrame que estas de mi realmente enamorada
they see that i'm really enamored

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

hazme sentir que nuestro amor existe
to feel that our love exists ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

que en realidad lo entregas todo
the fact that it delivers everything

como siempre lo hiciste
as you always did it

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

tomame de la mano dulcemente
of the hand sweetly

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

acercate a mi yo quiero hablarte de amor
it approaches me and I want to speak of love

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

dime aunque sea mentira que me amas por favor
although it is lie please tell me you love me

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

quiero apoyarte contra mi pecho aunque quiza no llegue a tu lecho
I need your support against my chest although it didn't arrive at your bed

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

amor amor amor amor amor amor amor

ay ay ay amor
ay ay ay love

Porque ahora es cuando hablan las miradas.
Because now is when glances speak

Hope you'll like Love, When glances speaks too.

Sway

Heard this song(artist: Michael Bublé) again on the way to BTS today.

Totally mesmerized by the lyrics and his voice when it was first aired like about 2 years ago.

Then, Sway(2 different versions) can be heard in both Dance With Me and Shall We Dance.

A slow and romantic cha cha cha feel I got from this song:

When marimba rhythms start to play
Dance with me, make me sway
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more

Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me

Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have the magic technique
When we sway I go weak

I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now

Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have the magic technique
When we sway I go weak

I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me nowf
You know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now

Would you like to Sway(along) with me ?

Merecumbé, Moliendo Cafe

These 2 songs were on air last night at HE's Anniversary Party.

Still remember Johann(the artist) using these songs for our salsa classes(yeah.. he gave us free salsa lessons back in 2004 )

Merecumbé, a moderate pace salsa song, sung by Johnny Colon. Quite upbeat and cool for some shines too.

Moliendo Cafe played by DJ Lee last night is the moderate pace version. I like his version .

The original version is veeeeeery slow. Jo used it for intro to the newbies during his last class. Then, we change the track to another faster(call it moderate lar) pace for practise.

One of the ladies chose Moliendo Cafe again and Jo and me end up looking at each other(what lar, so slow, how to dance?), but we bear with it cos they all new mar

(Aha...)Yamulemau

First fall in love wih YAMULEMAU (and still am in love with it) in SH like more than 1/2 year ago.

I had a feeling its not in español(me watched too much of español movies).

To my surprise, I found this similar song in one of the EGTS CDs(which I bought) while browsing through Borders.

Searched the internet and got this info on the song and the artist:

"Yamulemau" was originally recorded as "Diamoule" by Laba Sosseh, a singer from the West African country Gambia. An interesting example of cultural interaction between Africa and the Americas, Sosseh was first inspired by popular Cuban music and salsa. Arroyo sings "Yamulemau" in the original African language, imitating the phonetics much the same way African artists like Sosseh have done with Spanish.

Clickety click=> YAMULEMAU (or JAMBU LEMAU as DJ Lee says it) for your listening pleasure .

Songs by Emil Chau(周華健)

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Reminded me of his 1st concert in Malaysia in 1996. That is also the 1st concert that I went to and bought a seat which is just 3 rows from the stage

I actually fall in love with his vocal and his song, Hua Xin(Flowery Heart/花 心) which I heard in 1995. And I love his character too. Great sense of humour has he.

A few of his songs which I also love:

Ai Xiang Shui (Love Follows Us/愛相隨)
Peng You(Friends/朋友)
Rang Wo Huan Xi Rang Wo You (You Make Me Happy and Sad/讓我歡喜讓我憂)

And the best part is(I found out after the concert), I share the same birth date with him too .

Should I or should I not watch his concert again ? That is the question.

Tujhe Dekha To

The hindi chacha song triggered an old memory stored somewhere in my head a few days later.

I used to hear this song(sung by Malay colleague) a few years back when we're in KLP.

The first time he sings Tujhe Dekha To, my ex boss asked: Yin May, are you singing an Hindi song?

Me: No lar boss, I dunno how to sing the whole song. Jai is singing it.

Ex boss : Oh, is it? I thought you were the one singing.

From then onward, I'm totally hook on to the song.

I finally had a copy of it(with the translated lyrics too) that goes like this:

tujhe dekha to yeh jaana sanam
When I saw you, I understood this, sweetheart:

pyaar hota hai diivaana sanam
love is madness, sweetheart.

ab yahaa.n se kahaa.n jaae.n ham
Now where do we go from here?

terii baaho.n me.n mar jaae.n ham
May I die in this embrace!

aa.nkhe.n merii sapane tere
They’re my eyes, but the dreams in them are yours.

dil mera yaade.n terii
It’s my heart, but it houses your memories.

meraa hai kya, sab kuchh teraa
What’s left to me? Everything is yours.

jaan terii saa.nse.n terii
My life is yours, my very breath is yours.

merii aa.nkho.n me.n aa.nsuu tere aa ga'e
My eyes filled with your tears;

muskuraane lage saare gam
all my cares began to smile.

yeh dil kahii.n lagtaa nahii.n
This heart won't take anywhere else.

kya kahuu.n mai.n kya karuu.n
What shall I say, what shall I do?

haa.n tuu saamane baiTHii rahe
Yes, stay seated before me,

mai.n tujhe dekhaa karuu.n
so I might look at you always!

tuu ne aavaaz dii dekh mai.n aa ga’ii
You called, and look, I came.

pyaar se hai baDii kya kasam
What oath is greater than love? (i.e., What obligation takes precedence over love?)

A lovely soundtrack from the movie, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge(DDLJ for short). Guess I have to wait for the TV station to air it again.

Mana Janab Ne Pukara Nahin

This is the song and the sequence of event that inspired me to create this blog.

First heard the song in LH where DJ Lee played it. A hindi cha cha song. Cool not ?

Guru Sam asked Ash what is the meaning of the song? It sounded something like: If you don't call, I'll still come.

And Guru Sam said to DJ Lee: Assalamualaikum

Me being cheeky replied : Mualaikumsalam

The song aired in LH is a cover version of the original soundtrack sung by Kishore Kumar in the movie, Paying Guest.

I have yet to watch this movie. Hopefully Astro or the non-pay for TV station would air this film soon.

P Ramlee's

I practically grew up watching and listening to P. Ramlee's comedies(I try to avoid sad movies) and songs.

Was searching through some CDs in TR when I saw the promo for X-pax featuring these songs:

Artist: P. Ramlee Album Name: Xpax Legenda Tan Sri P. Ramlee Format: CD & MC Released: 30-Aug-2006

Tracklisting 01. Menceceh Bujang Lapuk 02. Gambus Jodoh 03. Pukul Tiga Pagi 04. Obat 05. Yang Mana Satu Idaman Kalbu 06. Aci Aci Buka Pintu 07. Bunyi Gitar 08. Sedangkan Lidah Lagi Tergigit 09. Tolonglah Kami 10. Taman Firdausi 11. Gelora 12. Do Re Mi 13. Ilham Tiba 14. Maafkan Kami 15. Senandung Kasih 16. Barang Yang Lepas Jangan Dikenang 17. Rantai Terlepas 18. Madu Tiga 19. Malam Bulan Di Pagar Bintang 20. Pok Pok Bujang Lapok

My lucky day. Without a doubt, I just bought the whole thing even though I'm not a Celcom user .

The lyrics to some of these songs are really funny especially the one from Maafkan Kami(Forgive Us) which goes like:

Kalau Cik Adik mukanya kelat(if dear miss' face is sour)
Kelubang jendela kami nak lompat(to the window, we'll jump)

and many more. Sorry guys, no samples for you to listen here. Guess you have to buy the CD yourself