He began as the drummer of The Sounds and made his solo debut in 1963. His most popular songs include Hymyhuulet (Lucky Lips), Ihana aamu (Kicsit szomorkas) ja Rakastuin sinuun liian helposti (I Could Easily Fall (in Love with You).
2) Johnny is also a hip-hop artist who has released The Sign Me! EP. The song "Push (Remix)" from his EP features Enrique Iglesias and Lil' Wayne.
3) Johnny is a melodic hair metal band led by guitarist Danny De La Rosa who joined Babylon A.D. after the breakup of Johnny. Johnny started out as “The Jets” which was a reformation of the band “Bennie And The Jets”. Vocalist Benjamin LaBarge and bassist Keith Bellino were both from that original lineup. Drummer Rich Carlson who drummed for “Bennie And The Jets” at the very end.
Johnny quickly grabbed the attention of KISS bassist Gene Simmons who was recruiting the band to release their album on “Simmons Records”. Before the album was complete, the band broke up and Danny got the offer to join Babylon A.D.
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Johnny Lyrics
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S'envolant vers un ciel bleu
Me rappellent que le blues
Est né sous des jours heureux
Jours heureux
Cartes postales d'Alabama
Vos couleurs sont dépassées
Tes lèvres ne sont plus sucrées
J'ai vu tout ça dans des films
Aux couleurs qui font rêver
Scarlett O' Hara éprise
D'un Rhett Butler
Méprisée, mal aimée
Cartes postales d'Alabama
Vos couleurs sont dépassées
Bons baisers d'Alabama
Tes lèvres ne sont plus sucrées
Ku Klux Klan, tu m'étonnes
Tu ressurgis du passé
Cagoulé pour cacher l'homme
Blanc raciste, en Croisé
Preux chevalier
Oui, c'est vrai
Sueurs froides d'Alabama
Sous ton visage masqué
Sueurs froides d'Alabama
Pouvoir blanc et croix brûlées
Majorité silencieuse
Démocratie déguisée
Moralité religieuse
Cheeseburger et thé glacé
Terres brûlées
Cartes postales d'Alabama
Vos couleurs sont dépassées
Sueurs froides d'Alabama
Pouvoir blanc et croix brûlées
The lyrics of Johnny Hallyday's song "Cartes Postales D'Alabama" describe the conflicting impressions and memories that the state of Alabama evokes in the singer. The opening lines describe cotton flowers swaying in the breeze against a blue sky, reminding the singer that the blues genre of music was born out of more joyous times. However, as the song progresses, darker themes emerge, including references to the Ku Klux Klan and its history in Alabama, as well as the moral hypocrisy and racial tensions that still persist in the state. The chorus of the song repeats the title, as a way of juxtaposing the idyllic imagery of Alabama's past with the harsher realities of its present.
The lyrics also reference the iconic love story of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler from the movie "Gone with the Wind," which is set in the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. This reference adds another layer of conflicting emotions, as the movie romanticizes a bygone era of Southern gentility and chivalry but ignores the brutal realities of slavery and racial oppression. The lyrics also touch on themes of moral decay and the loss of innocence, as the singer reflects on how the once-sweet kisses of Alabama have turned sour.
Overall, "Cartes Postales D'Alabama" is a complex and nuanced work of music that explores the contradictions and complexities of Southern history, identity, and culture. The song is a testament to the power of music to speak truth to power and to provoke thought and reflection about difficult topics.
Line by Line Meaning
Des fleurs de coton qui bougent
Moving cotton flowers
S'envolant vers un ciel bleu
Fly up to a blue sky
Me rappellent que le blues
Remind me that the blues
Est né sous des jours heureux
Was born in happy days
Jours heureux
Happy days
Cartes postales d'Alabama
Postcards from Alabama
Vos couleurs sont dépassées
Your colors are outdated
Bons baisers d'Alabama
Goodbye kisses from Alabama
Tes lèvres ne sont plus sucrées
Your lips are no longer sweet
J'ai vu tout ça dans des films
I saw all that in films
Aux couleurs qui font rêver
In colors that make you dream
Scarlett O' Hara éprise
Scarlett O'Hara in love
D'un Rhett Butler
With a Rhett Butler
Méprisée, mal aimée
Despised, unloved
Ku Klux Klan, tu m'étonnes
Ku Klux Klan, you surprise me
Tu ressurgis du passé
You resurface from the past
Cagoulé pour cacher l'homme
Hooded to hide the man
Blanc raciste, en Croisé
White racist, crusader
Preux chevalier
Brave knight
Oui, c'est vrai
Yes, it's true
Sueurs froides d'Alabama
Cold sweats in Alabama
Sous ton visage masqué
Under your masked face
Pouvoir blanc et croix brûlées
White power and burning crosses
Majorité silencieuse
Silent majority
Démocratie déguisée
Disguised democracy
Moralité religieuse
Religious morality
Cheeseburger et thé glacé
Cheeseburger and iced tea
Terres brûlées
Burned land
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: EDWARD C. KING, CLAUDE LUCIEN MOINE, GARY ROBERT ROSSINGTON, RONNIE VAN ZANT
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Nikith :
Oh, baby, don't you want to go?
Oh, baby, don't you want to go
Back to the bright lights there
To my sweet home Chicago
Now one and one is two
Two and two is four
I'm heavy loaded, baby
I'm booked, I gotta go
Oh, baby, don't you want to go
To the bright lights there
To my sweet home Chicago
Two and two is four
Four and two is six
You keep fooling around baby
You gonna get in an eternal fix
Oh, baby, don't you want to go
Back to the bright lights there
To my sweet home Chicago
Four and two is six
Six and two is eight
Keep fooling around baby
Gonna make you be kinda late
Oh, baby, don't you want to go
To the bright lights there
To my sweet home Chicago
Now six and two is eight
Eight and two is ten
You tricked me one time
You sure gonna do it again
Oh, baby, don't you want to go
To the bright lights there
To my sweet home Chicago
Eight and two are ten
Ten and two are twelve
Somebody gonna wake up
In the bottom pits of hell
Oh baby, don't you want to go
Back to the land of California
To my sweet home Chicago
polydiatonic
I gotta tell you, I toured with Johnny towards the end of his life, in 1989. It was an incredible privilege and honor sit stand behind him on stage and play the bass with him and to sit with him in the hotels and at rehearsals; telling us stories about his days with Robert Johnson and all. I'll never forget it...
Michael Lawlor
Lovely memories.
Tony Mostrom
dammnnn
Jackie Wilburn
Johnny had the closest tone to Robert's that I've ever heard! The tone Robert had almost sounded like a piano instead of a guitar sometimes and Johnny nails it!
Rusty Walker
Jackie Wilburn Voice very close, too!
Adibarum
The living connection to the Blues of Robert Johnson..the man that played from town to town with him..what a great version
David Connors
Don’t forget Robert Lockwood his stepson the only person Robert Johnson ever taught to play guitar.
The KING is Coming
Yes, I am familiar with Shines history with Robert Johnson and couldn't help but think that reason he plays this song so much like Robert Johnson is that he probably learned it from the man himself!
Joseph Moosman
Johnny Shines was one of the very greatest. It's always amazed me that he got so little attention - while he was still alive and playing - compared to Robert Johnson, who was long gone. I've heard that people used to bug the crap out of Shines by constantly asking him if it was true that he had known Robert Johnson (he had) instead of just listening to and appreciating Shines' incredible guitar and voice.
Lena Riess
What a wonderful interpreter of RJ's and his own songs. His singing is indescribable, his playing more than excellent. He was and will be always in my musical heart. By the way: I would say, he's playing in standard tuning