Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg immigrated with her family to the United States when she was 8 years of age, relocating to Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and later with Dorothy DeLay at the Julliard School of Music. In 1981 she became the youngest ever prize winner in the Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition. She has been honoured with an Avery Fisher Career Grant (1983) and in 1999 she received the Avery Fisher prize for 'outstanding achievement and excellence in music'.
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg was a frequent guest on NBC's The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and has also been featured on the CBS News 60 Minutes news programme. She has also appeared on the sitcom Dharma & Greg.
She has released many recordings on the Angel/EMI Classics, Nonesuch and NSS Music labels. She has performed with orchestras around the world and played at the White House. She has also performed with such popular artists as Mandy Patinkin, Joe Jackson and Mark O'Connor. She has frequently collaborated with the pianist Anne-Marie McDermott.
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg is the subject of Paola di Florio's documentary, Speaking in Strings, released by Docurama.
She has recently been named the music director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra starting in the Autumn of 2008.
You do something to me
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Lyrics
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Something that simply mystifies me
Tell me, why should it be
You have the power to hypnotize me?
Let me live 'neath your spell
Do do that voodoo that you do so well
Cause you do something to me
You do something to me
Something that simply mystifies me
Tell me, why should it be
You got the power to hypnotize me?
Let me live 'neath your spell
Do do that voodoo that you do so well
Cause you do something to me
That nobody else can do
That no one else in the world can do
The song "You do something to me" by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg speaks about the unmatched charm and influence that a person has over another. The singer admits to being mystified by the power that their beloved holds over them. The repeated phrase "something that simply mystifies me" emphasizes the singer's bewilderment and confusion towards the hold their lover has over them.
The paradox in the lyric, "Tell me, why should it be, you have the power to hypnotize me?" suggests the singer’s unease with their lack of control in the relationship. The request to "let me live 'neath your spell" emphasizes the singer's willingness to remain under their lover's influence. The subsequent lyrics, "Do that voodoo that you do so well" is used metaphorically to imply that the lover has supernatural powers over the singer.
In conclusion, the song "You do something to me" explores the intense infatuation and confusion that can arise in a relationship. The singer is overwhelmed by the unexplainable power that their lover holds over them, and they willingly submit to it.
Line by Line Meaning
You do something to me
Your mere presence and influence have an inexplicable effect on me
Something that simply mystifies me
I am completely perplexed by the effect you have on me
Tell me, why should it be
I am curious as to why you possess such power over me
You have the power to hypnotize me?
Your influence on me is so strong, it's as if you have the ability to hypnotize me
Let me live 'neath your spell
I am so enamored with you that I wish to remain under your influence
Do do that voodoo that you do so well
Continue to exert your mysterious influence over me, so powerful it seems like magic
Cause you do something to me
Your effect on me is undeniable
That nobody else could do
No one else in my life has ever had such a profound impact on me
Lyrics © Kanjian Music
Written by: Cole Porter
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