Koman was born in Bielsko-Biała, Poland and came to Australia in 1982 with his brother Tomek. They landed in Perth, before heading over to Melbourne, where he began acting again.
Tango Roxanne
Jacek Koman Lyrics
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Mad
Roxanne
You don't have to put on that red light
Walk the streets for money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it is right
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Roxanne
You don't have to sell your body to the night
His eyes upon your face
His hand upon your hand
His lips caress your skin
It's more than I can stand
(Roxanne) Why does my heart cry?
(Roxanne) Feelings I can't fight
You're free to leave me, but just don't deceive me
And please, believe me when I say I love you
Yo que te quiero tanto, qué voy ha hacer
Me dejaste, me dejaste en un tango
En el alma se me fue
Se me fue el corazon
Ya no tengo ganas de vivir
Porque no te puedo convencer
Que no te vendas Roxanne
Roxanne (Why does my heart cry?)
You don't have to put on that red light
Feelings I can't fight (You don't have to wear that dress tonight)
(Roxanne)
You don't have to put on that red light
Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Roxanne
Roxanne
The song "El Tango De Roxanne" is a powerful and emotional piece that explores the themes of love, jealousy, and the pain of unrequited affection. It begins with a tango dancer’s voice, driving the listener mad in a frenzied passion. Then, Ewan McGregor’s character, Christian, sings to Roxanne, a woman who sells her body for money. He longs for her love but is overwhelmed by the physical attention she gives to other men. The lyrics show Christian's desperation and his desire to convince Roxanne that he loves her, and she can find happiness and love with him.
As the song progresses, the tango dancer keeps singing the chorus in the background, and Christian's lyrics become more aggressive, culminating in the line "It's more than I can stand" as he struggles with the idea of Roxanne's involvement with other men. The final verse is in Spanish, where we hear the lament of a man who loves Roxanne and how she left him, breaking his heart. The tango dancer sings "Roxanne" repeatedly, and Christian joins in until the song ends on a cacophony of their voices.
Overall, "El Tango De Roxanne" is a song that captures the intensity of unrequited love, jealousy, and desperation. The lyrics express Christian's feelings towards Roxanne, and the tango dancer's wild voice adds to the turmoil and passion of the song, delivering a message of love and heartbreak.
Line by Line Meaning
Will drive you!
The passionate dance moves of Jacek Koman will take control of your senses.
Mad!
You will become wild with desire after witnessing the hypnotic power of Jacek Koman's tango.
Roxanne
You don't have to put on that red light
Walk the streets for money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it is right
Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Roxanne
You don't have to sell your body to the night
The song speaks to Roxanne, who is being forced to live a life of prostitution but is told that she has the choice not to engage in these activities and can live a different life if she so chooses.
His eyes upon your face
His hand upon your hand
His lips caress your skin
It's more than I can stand!
Christian is envious of the intimacy between Roxanne and another man, as he loves her deeply and cannot bear the thought of losing her to someone else.
Why does my heart cry?
Feelings I can't fight!
You're free to leave me but
Just don't deceive me!
...and please believe me when I say
I love you!
Christian is expressing his heartache and vulnerability to Roxanne, telling her that he loves her so much that he would rather have her leave him than deceive him.
Why yo que te quiero tanto que voy hacer
Me dejaste, me dejaste por un montón de monedas
El alma se me fue
Se me fue el corazón
Ya no tengo ganas de vivir
Porque no te puedo convencer
Que no te vendas corazón
This verse is in Spanish and speaks of heartbreak and loss, with the singer saying that he cannot continue to live after Roxanne has left him for money and that he cannot convince her not to sell herself.
Roxanne!
You don't have to put on that red light!
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Roxanne!
You don't have to put on that red light
Roxanne!
You don't have to wear that dress tonight!
Roxanne!
Roxanne!
Roxanne!
Roxanne!
The tango dancer reprises the earlier chorus, telling Roxanne that she does not need to be a prostitute and can live a different life if she chooses.
Roxanne!
Roxanne!
I love you!
I love you!
I love you!
I love you!
Christian reprises the earlier refrain, telling Roxanne that he loves her no matter what choices she makes in life.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Baz Luhrmann, Mariano Alberto Martinez, Marianito Mores, Craig Pearce, Gordon Matthew Sumner
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@oliyuprimizhu1326
Moulin rouge is actually based off a french novel “La dame aux camélias”, written by Alexandre Dumas jr. (The bastard son of the guy who wrote The Three Musketeers). The novel itself is based on a true story, on the relationship between Alexandre Dumas jr. and a courtesan named Marie Duplessis, who died at age 23 of a chest disease.
The novel tells the story of Armand Duval, a young man who falls in love with a courtesan, Marguerite. They begin a liaison, with Marguerite being a very famous and sought-after courtesan, and Armand being a young man of modest means. As he can not alone sustain his lover’s lavish expenses, she continues to take clients. It almost drives Armand mad with jealousy, and Marguerite, out of love for him, decides to quit her expensive lifestyle and retire with him to a countryside estate, while he plans to repay her debts with his dead mother’s inheritance. They live peacefully until Armand’s father appears. He writes a letter, asking for Armand to leave Marguerite, but he refuses. Armand’s father then secretly goes to see Marguerite and asks her to leave his son, and explains that if the two of them were to continue their relationship it would ruin Armand, he would be ridiculed and scorned by all, along with their family name and that Armand’s younger sister would never be able to marry the man she loves if her family’s name was tarnished as it would be.
Marguerite then leaves Armand, making him believe she has grown bored and had taken a new lover. Mad with jealousy and devoured by grief, he takes a lover himself as a revenge, behaving coldly and cruelly towards her at every social gatherings where they see each other.
Armand then asks her to come see him, and they end up falling into bed, after Armand mocks, taunts and finally begs her to come back to him, promising he would love and take care of her, no matter what. It’s a very sweet and passionate night. She leaves in the morning, and when he goes to see her in her home, he is informed that she is with one of his clients. In a fit of despairing agony and hate, he sends her some money with a note saying “here is last night’s fee”. After which she leaves for England.
Eventually, he receives a letter from her, where she explains that she has loved him and no other and that she had never betrayed him. It shows her immense devotion and love (one of my favorite lines roughly translated: “Everyday brought a new insult from you, which I received almost as a joy, for it was proof that you loved me still.”) However, the letter also explains that she has an incurable illness, and that she will soon be dead.
Armand rushes back as fast as he can, only to find her already dead, and all of her possession already being auctioned off. He finds letters she wrote him as she was slowly dying, where she shows her love for him, her final days, with bailiffs already emptying her house because of her debts and empty halls as no one would visit a dying courtesan. Her last letters were desperate pleas for him to come see her (“Oh! Come, come, Armand, I’m suffering unbearably, I am going to die, my God.”)
Armand sits through Marguerite’s belongings’ auction where he meets the narrator who bought a book Armand gave to Marguerite, and that Armand would like to buy back. Which results in Armand telling him the whole story.
[Thanks for reading this novel of a comment, I really recommend the book, “la dame aux camélias”:)]
@castielanne2544
My god Ewan McGregor's voice is an eargasm.
@katyexley8190
I adore him and his voice 😍😍😍😍
@castielanne2544
Yesss me too
@lucreziamilano8350
omg yes...it's a drug
@lucreziamilano8350
+Dena-Alba Alba-Dena he is the one who sing haha search the video where he sings with Robbie williams
@dena-albaalba-dena8923
Lucrezia Milano as long as I remember on the extras of the movie, it says that nicole sings for real but ewan doesn't
@jennafyt1335
Whoever was playing the violin deserves a grammy
@dikaia8949
Sure, total agreement 👍
@Nitekom
Sounds almost like a voice
@littlezimgirl
I wonder who played it, Feliciano?? Or someone who wished to be anonymous... One may never know 😉