Stardust
Das
Weihnachtslied (welches nicht direkt eines ist) lasse ich lieber den
unvergesslichen Nat King Cole
singen. Hoagy Carmichael komponierte
es 1927; mit über 1800 Versionen ist es eines der am meisten produzierten Stücke
überhaupt. Den (für mich tangotypischen) Text schrieb Mitchell Parish:
And now the purple dusk of twilight
time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart
You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
Now my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song
Beside a garden wall
When stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
A paradise where roses bloom
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart
You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
Now my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song
Beside a garden wall
When stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
A paradise where roses bloom
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain
Wie ich gerade mitbekommen habe, hat auch die Popsängerin Lena Meyer Landrut einen Song namens „Stardust“ veröffentlicht. (Wie sie das mit dem Urheberrecht geschafft hat, weiß ich nicht.)
AntwortenLöschenHier nun Ausschnitte ihres Textes und somit ein Einblick in die Entwicklung von fast 100 Jahren Popkultur:
„We've been waiting for the sun
We've been waiting for the sun
to come out and play
all these rainy days
are getting on.
We've been waiting for the stars
we've been waiting for the stars
just to light the way
and take a night away
and hang us odd
(…)
oho oho oho oho oho oh hey! (3x)
oho oho oh hey!
oho oho oho oho oh hey! (3x)
oho oho ohhh
yeah yeah“
(…)