13 janvier 2009
She acts like a woman should
Vidéo (montage) et paroles
de la chanson She acts like a woman should
(auteurs: Ed. Scott)
interprétée par Marilyn Monroe en 1954
If I know just what to say
when some trouble heads his way
and can make him feel
that everything is good,
then I act like a woman
and he likes a woman
to act like a woman should.
If he's late and I'm alone
and he doesn't telephone
and the kiss that greets him
says "I understood",
then I act like a woman
and he likes a woman
to act like a woman should.
And if I keep that lovelight
shining in my eyes
though I'm hurt by something
he may say,
it doesn't take him very long
to realize
that it's more than just devotion
that makes me act that way.
And as years go passing by,
if I still can catch his eye
and his love runs deeper
than he thought it could,
then I act like a woman
and he's got a woman
who acts like a woman
like a woman should.
13 juillet 2008
Do it again
Vidéo (montage photos) et paroles
de la chanson Do it again
(auteurs: Gershwin / De Silva)
interprétée par Marilyn Monroe en 1953
Ooh, do it again
I may say no, no, no, no,
but do it again
My lips just ache
to have you take
the kiss that's waiting for you
You know if you do
You won't regret it
Come and get it !
Oh, no one is near
I may cry, oh oh,
bu noone will hear
Mamma may scold me
'cause she's told me
it is naughty... but then,
oh do it again, please, do it again !
>> Bonus Infos
Enregistré en 1953, cette chanson fut censurée à l'époque à cause du texte jugé choquant (en français: "Fais-le encore").
Durant son voyage de noces en Corée où elle se produisit sur scène devant les GI's en février 1954, "Do it again" faisait parti du répertoire des titres chantés par Marilyn.
16 mai 2008
A Fine Romance
Vidéo (montage photos) et paroles
de la chanson A Fine Romance
(auteurs: Jerome Kern et paroles de Dorothy Fields)
interprétée par Marilyn Monroe en 1954
A fine romance, my good fellow
You take romance, and I'll take jello
You're calmer than the seals
In the Arctic Ocean
At least they flap their fins
To express emotion
A fine romance with no quarrels
With no insults and all morals
I've never mussed the crease
In your blue serge pants
I never get the chance
This is a fine romance
A fine romance, with no kisses
A fine romance, my friend this is
True love should have the thrills that a healthy crime has
We don't have the thrills that the march of time has
A fine romance, with no glitches
A fine romance, with no bitches
You're just as hard to land as the 'Isle de France'
I haven't got a chance
My heart's not made in plastic
You're the reason I'm sarcastic
Cause this is a fine
Fine romance!
>> Bonus Infos
La chanson fut écrite en 1936 pour le film musical Swing Time avec Fred Astaire et Ginger Rogers qui interprétent la chanson en duo.
En 1949, Ella Fitzgerald et Louis Armstrong enregistrèrent une version en duo (écoutez un extrait sur le site Version Karaoke ). La chanson fut aussi interprétée par Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday et de nombreux jazzman (tel que Michael Feinstein)...
La chanson fut interprétée par Judi Dench pour le générique de la série britannique portant le même nom, A Fine Romance, de 1981 à 1984.
03 mars 2008
Happy Birthday Mr President
Vidéo et paroles de la chanson Happy Birthday Mr. President
interprétée par Marilyn Monroe
lors du Gala d'Anniversaire des 45 ans de JFK
le 19 mai 1962 au Madison Square Garden à New York
(>> sur le blog: en savoir plus sur l'événement ici )
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday Mr President
Happy birthday to you
Thanks, Mr President
For all the things you've done
The battles that you've won
The way you deal with U.S. Steel
And our problems by the ton
We thank you so much
Everybody, happy birthday !
05 janvier 2008
What a forward young man you are -vidéo
Extrait du film A Ticket to Tomahawk tourné en 1949
quand Marilyn Monroe chante parmi les choristes
le titre Oh, what a forward young man you are
24 novembre 2007
Anyone Can See I Love You
Vidéo et paroles de la chanson Anyone can See I Love You
(auteurs: Allan ROBERTS/Lester LEE )
interprétée par Marilyn Monroe
dans le film Ladies of the Chorus en 1948
>> les photos du passage du film ici
Anyone can see I love you
Anyone can see I care
The way I hold your hand
And smile in your direction
Tells the world my heart
Is filled with nothing but affection
Knock me in your arms forever
That's the place I want to be
So anyone can see that I belong to you
And you belong to me
Knock me in your arms forever
That's the place I want to be
So anyone can see that I belong to you
And you belong to me
Every Baby Needs a Da-da-daddy
Vidéo et paroles de la chanson Every Baby Needs a Da-da-daddy
(auteurs: Allan ROBERTS/Lester LEE )
interprétée par Marilyn Monroe
dans le film Ladies of the Chorus en 1948
>> les photos du passage du film ici
It was cold outside of Tiffany
I was shivering in the storm
I walk in and at the gentlemen
Could I please keep warm
He asked me oh come oh baby doll
Has no coffee slates to go
So I told that kindly gentleman
My care for more.....
Every baby needs a da-da-daddy
To keep her worry free
Every baby needs a da-da-daddy
But where's the one for me
For rich or poor I don't care who
IF he hasn't got a millions and a half
of good
Every baby needs a da-da-daddy
Could my da-daddy be you
Every baby needs a da-da-daddy
With silver in his hand
Every baby needs a da-da-daddy
Who has some good to say
Dance we saw she who enjoy
Bringing all this baby little diamond
toy oh ho!
Every baby needs a da-da-daddy
Could my dad daddy be you
Every baby needs a da-da-daddy
In case she runs a ground
Every baby needs a da-da-daddy
You keep her place and sound
Yes we feel just like a riding hood
Cause, Honduras mo Hungry in the neighborhood
Oh every baby needs a da-da-daddy
Tonight da daddy be you
Tonight da daddy be you
Ladies of the Chorus -paroles
Paroles de la chanson Ladies of the Chorus
(auteur/ compositeur: Irving Berlin)
interprété en choeur par les actrices du film
dont Marilyn Monroe et Adele Jergens
dans le film Ladies of the Chorus en 1948
>> les photos du passage du film ici
[Ladies:]
Ladies of the chorus
That's what we are, it appears
We were inducted and we took a vow
We joined the Army but look at us now
We're ladies of the chorus
Don't we look lovely, my dears
In corsets and dresses
And cute golden tresses
To hide the dirt behind our ears
[Lady 1:]
I was a plumber
I quit work last summer
My number come up at the start
[Lady 2:]
I was a printer
I quit work last winter
They okayed my lungs and my heart
[Lady 3:]
I was a farmer
Potato embalmer
They took me away from the plow
[Lady 4:]
I was a packer
I chewed plug "terbaccer"
I wish I had some of it now
[Ladies:]
Oh, now we're in the chorus
Dressed up in girdles that squeeze
We're here to romance with
To sing and to dance with
A bunch of nerdy guys like these
[Guys:] Pardon me, but aren't you the country maiden?
[Gals:] Pardon me, but aren't you the city chap?
[Guys:] Cuddle closer won't you please
I'm about to take a squeeze
[Gals:] If you do then I will give your face a slap
[Guys:] I would love to take you home to meet my mother
[Gals:] I would like to meet your mother but I can't
[Guys:] She will treat you like a queen
[Gals:] But I'm only seventeen
[Guys:] If you are seventeen, then so's my aunt
[Gals:] Hi ho! I want you to behave
[Guys:] Hi ho! I think you need a shave
[Gals:] Do you think that you can get me into pictures?
[Guys:] If you're nice to me I'll get you on the screen
[Gals:] How about a movie test?
[Guys:] Not with hair upon your chest
[Gals:] And now it's time to dance but keep it clean