Merry blues
Manu Chao Lyrics
So many nights
With your shadow in my bed.
So many nights
Baby you whisper in my head.
So many nights
Sing along the Merry Blues.
So many nights
I told you once.
I told you twice.
The Merry blues
I can not sleep
Haunted by your pretty body
I can not sleep
I want the world set on fire
So many nights
Can't keep from going down loose
I told you once
I told you twice.
The Merry blues
The Merry blues
Hello nadina do you do do do do do
I feel so happy when I see see see see you
You make me sing a like a douba doubadé
I know you like it like a zoumbou zoumboué
Hello nadina do you do do do do do
I feel the moody like to picky picky you
I know you like it like a rub a dub style
I know you like a marijuana smokey
So many nights
Sing along the Merry Blues.
So many nights
Can't keep from goin' down loose.
The Merry Blues
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: JOSE-MANUEL THO CHAO
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Manu Chao (⋆ 21 June 1961 in Paris, France) is a French/Spanish rock, reggae, punk and ska artist; well-known in the Paris alternative music scene before his international success with the band Mano Negra (active 1988-95). Well-known songs are 'Me Gustas Tu', 'Bongo Bong', 'Clandestino', 'Mr Bobby', and 'Je Ne'taime Plus'. Manu is one of the world's largest selling artists, but is less known in the English-speaking world. Much of his lyrics are about global political and social issues, but also about love, world's lifestyles, and music. Read Full BioManu Chao (⋆ 21 June 1961 in Paris, France) is a French/Spanish rock, reggae, punk and ska artist; well-known in the Paris alternative music scene before his international success with the band Mano Negra (active 1988-95). Well-known songs are 'Me Gustas Tu', 'Bongo Bong', 'Clandestino', 'Mr Bobby', and 'Je Ne'taime Plus'. Manu is one of the world's largest selling artists, but is less known in the English-speaking world. Much of his lyrics are about global political and social issues, but also about love, world's lifestyles, and music.
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Manu Chao (born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961 in Paris, France) is a singer of French and Spanish (Basque, Galician) origin.
Heavily influenced by the UK rock scene, particularly The Clash, The Jam and Dr. Feelgood, Chao and other musicians formed the Spanish/English rockabilly group Hot Pants in the mid-1980s. The group released a demo entitled "Mala Vida" in 1984, which received plenty of local critical praise but otherwise gained them little attention. By the time the group released their first album in 1986 the Parisian alternative music scene had taken flight, and Manu, his brother Antoine Chao, and friends such as Alain from Les Wampas formed Los Carayos to incorporate this sound with the rockabilly and punk styles of Hot Pants. Los Carayos remained a side project of the artists for eight years, releasing three albums in the first two years followed by a final album in 1994.
Manu Chao had been a well-known member of the Parisian alternative music scene, in bands such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos. In 1987, Chao, his brother Antoine Chao and their cousin Santiago Casariego founded the band Mano Negra, which met with success in France first with the hit single Mala Vida and then Mexico, Central and South America, where the band toured. The band split in 1995.
Chao sings in French, Spanish, Arabic, Galician, Portuguese, English, Italian, and Wolof, sometimes mixing them in the same song. He is one of the world's largest selling artists, but is less known in the English-speaking world.
Chao's music has many influences: rock, French chanson, Spanish-American Salsa, Reggae, Ska and Algerian rai. These influences were obtained from immigrants in France, his Iberian roots and his travels in Latin America following the disbanding of Mano Negra. Many of Chao's lyrics are about political issues (e.g., immigration, global social justice, conflict, and a strongly leftist critique of exploitative economic globalization) but they are also about love, lifestyles in different parts of the world, and music itself, which is hopeful for the future and at the same time dramatic. Chao is openly critical of the Bush administration in the US. He has many followers among the European left and the anti-globalization movement.
The influence of Manu Chao in Latin Rock or "Rock en Español" was crucial not only for the development and rise of new Latin bands that tried to emulate his eclectic style, but also for the self-knowledge of Latin America as a united culture. After the Latin America tour and travels, Manu Chao lyrics were more often written in Spanish than were the Mano Negra lyrics. His songs also took the lyrics or chords of some popular tunes like "El preso" from "Fruko y Sus Tesos" (in "Desaparecido") or "La Verdolaga" a traditional Colombian cumbia (in "Por el Suelo").
Manu Chao's music does not follow a logical textual narrative, but in its eclectic construction it invokes a deeper understanding of its subject than any literal form could. He sings songs about the people of the streets, the outer provinces, and the marginalised; he sings with the forgotten and uncounted billions, the underclass, and in so doing, he speaks about the fragility of human kind. His music is a bridge, exploring the common ground and means of mutual understanding that are available to us, exponating the idea that beyond superfluous differences in cultural identity, we are all the same.
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Manu Chao (born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961 in Paris, France) is a singer of French and Spanish (Basque, Galician) origin.
Heavily influenced by the UK rock scene, particularly The Clash, The Jam and Dr. Feelgood, Chao and other musicians formed the Spanish/English rockabilly group Hot Pants in the mid-1980s. The group released a demo entitled "Mala Vida" in 1984, which received plenty of local critical praise but otherwise gained them little attention. By the time the group released their first album in 1986 the Parisian alternative music scene had taken flight, and Manu, his brother Antoine Chao, and friends such as Alain from Les Wampas formed Los Carayos to incorporate this sound with the rockabilly and punk styles of Hot Pants. Los Carayos remained a side project of the artists for eight years, releasing three albums in the first two years followed by a final album in 1994.
Manu Chao had been a well-known member of the Parisian alternative music scene, in bands such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos. In 1987, Chao, his brother Antoine Chao and their cousin Santiago Casariego founded the band Mano Negra, which met with success in France first with the hit single Mala Vida and then Mexico, Central and South America, where the band toured. The band split in 1995.
Chao sings in French, Spanish, Arabic, Galician, Portuguese, English, Italian, and Wolof, sometimes mixing them in the same song. He is one of the world's largest selling artists, but is less known in the English-speaking world.
Chao's music has many influences: rock, French chanson, Spanish-American Salsa, Reggae, Ska and Algerian rai. These influences were obtained from immigrants in France, his Iberian roots and his travels in Latin America following the disbanding of Mano Negra. Many of Chao's lyrics are about political issues (e.g., immigration, global social justice, conflict, and a strongly leftist critique of exploitative economic globalization) but they are also about love, lifestyles in different parts of the world, and music itself, which is hopeful for the future and at the same time dramatic. Chao is openly critical of the Bush administration in the US. He has many followers among the European left and the anti-globalization movement.
The influence of Manu Chao in Latin Rock or "Rock en Español" was crucial not only for the development and rise of new Latin bands that tried to emulate his eclectic style, but also for the self-knowledge of Latin America as a united culture. After the Latin America tour and travels, Manu Chao lyrics were more often written in Spanish than were the Mano Negra lyrics. His songs also took the lyrics or chords of some popular tunes like "El preso" from "Fruko y Sus Tesos" (in "Desaparecido") or "La Verdolaga" a traditional Colombian cumbia (in "Por el Suelo").
Manu Chao's music does not follow a logical textual narrative, but in its eclectic construction it invokes a deeper understanding of its subject than any literal form could. He sings songs about the people of the streets, the outer provinces, and the marginalised; he sings with the forgotten and uncounted billions, the underclass, and in so doing, he speaks about the fragility of human kind. His music is a bridge, exploring the common ground and means of mutual understanding that are available to us, exponating the idea that beyond superfluous differences in cultural identity, we are all the same.
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Grixs
So many nights
with your shadow in my bed
so many nights
baby, you whisper in my head
so many nights
sing along the merry blues
so many nights...
I told you once
I told you twice
the merry blues...
I told you once
I told you twice
the merry blues...
The merry blues
I cannot sleep
haunted by your pretty body
I cannot sleep
I want the world set on fire
so many nights
can't keep from going down lose..
I told you once
I told you twice
the merry blues...
I told you once
I told you twice
the merry blues...
The merry blues, the merry blues...
hello nadina do you do do do do do
i feel so happy when i see see see see you
you make me sing like a doubadoubad...
i know you like it like a zoumbouzoumbou...
hello nadina do you do do do do do
i feel the moody like to picky picky you
I told you once
I told you twice
the merry blues...
i know you like it like a rubadub stylee
i know you like the marjiuana smoking
so many nights
I sing along the merry blues
so many nights.
can't keep from going down lose...
the merry blues...
Joinha Belesma
Tantas noites
Com sua sombra na minha cama
Tantas noites
Querida, sua respiração na minha cabeça
Tantas noites
Cantando sozinho o blues alegre
Tantas noites
Te falei uma vez
Te falei duas vezes
O blues alegre
Não consigo dormir
assombrado por seu lindo corpo
Não consigo dormir
Eu quero que o mundo pegue fogo
Tantas noites
Não posso continuar fracassando
Te falei uma vez
Te falei duas vezes
O blues alegre
Olá nadina você faz faz faz faz faz faz
Me sinto tão feliz quando eu vejo vejo vejo vejo você
Você me faz cantar como um doubadoubadé
Eu sei que você gosta disso como um zoumbouzoumboué
Olá nadina do you do do do do do
Eu sinto o Moody como picky picky em você
Eu sei que você gosta desse estilo como um a rubadub
Eu sei que você gosta da fumaça da marijuana
Grixs
So many nights
with your shadow in my bed
so many nights
baby, you whisper in my head
so many nights
sing along the merry blues
so many nights...
I told you once
I told you twice
the merry blues...
I told you once
I told you twice
the merry blues...
The merry blues
I cannot sleep
haunted by your pretty body
I cannot sleep
I want the world set on fire
so many nights
can't keep from going down lose..
I told you once
I told you twice
the merry blues...
I told you once
I told you twice
the merry blues...
The merry blues, the merry blues...
hello nadina do you do do do do do
i feel so happy when i see see see see you
you make me sing like a doubadoubad...
i know you like it like a zoumbouzoumbou...
hello nadina do you do do do do do
i feel the moody like to picky picky you
I told you once
I told you twice
the merry blues...
i know you like it like a rubadub stylee
i know you like the marjiuana smoking
so many nights
I sing along the merry blues
so many nights.
can't keep from going down lose...
the merry blues...
MasterOfDrops
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Oscar Aldrete
🖤🖤💚
Zanderpain
Gracias... solia escucharla muchas noches con mi novia..... buenos tiempos
Lau Di Geway
Pensar que fue mi regalo de 11 cumpleaños este disco...20 años después sigue siendo insuperable!!! gracias Manuu
Leonardo Herrera
Sentado en mi parque, mirando al campo, tomando mates.....y Manu de fondo!!!!!
Gabriela Torres M.
El que escucha a Manu no envejece
Marya Egito
sí! es toda verdad
Pikachu Pi
la que no envejece es la musica
Mr Mee Seeks
@Gabriela Torres M. okay gracias a vailar pues! 🤗