Patrick Swayze: She's Like The Wind
Around the time I had been listening to the sexy ladies (haha) I went to the movies every week without a flaw, sometimes several times week. My life at home was not going so great and I guess it was an escape for me - I could sit in the dark, absorb a ficticious story and forget the problems and confusion of my own life.
Then came one night... I had decided to go and see an action/adventure movie but as the first beats of the theme song hit the speakers and the movie started, I realized I had made an error and come to see a totally different movie. I contemplated if I'd stay or go. I figured they would not give me the money back anymore, and the alternative was to go home, so I decided to sit it through. It turned out this particular movie combined the two things I loved and still love very much: music and dancing. One time I had a dream of becoming a professional dancer - that was before I was in a car crash and everything changed for me.
I love the rhythms of mambo, cha-cha and the likes, and the joy of moving to the music was heaven. Singing did the same for me. I have to admit I don't dance that much these days - I think I may have gotten a bit rusty, haha!
Anyways, this movie I went to see by a mistake was Dirty Dancing. I loved the music, the passionate dancing, those were the best parts of it. The movie starred Jennifer Grey and - tadaa! - Patrick Swayze. Okay, so this guy was like ten times hotter than all the chicks I had digged before! So he replaced the Sams and Sabs in a blink of an eye... For a while I had a bit of a crush for Patrick. So, I bought both soundtracks right away and I remember dancing to them around the house a lot! This older type of music represented something different, interesting, soulful to me - it was something completely opposite when compared to the songs on the charts at the time. I loved all the songs on the soundtrack cos they were fun, energetic, and sometimes sad. I felt moved by both, the music and the movie.
The first video on this post is Patrick Swayze's "She's Like The Wind", which is a beautiful ballad and has an interesting line "just a fool to believe, I have anything she needs" - at the time, I was trying to convince myself that I could still love a girl in a romantic way. The other two songs are here to present the beats and the dance which I adored - as well as reflect the feel of the movie as I remember it: honest, daring, passionate, brave, tragic, happy, sad. I think this movie included all my contradictions and ideals - and the though of life being fragile. The song lyrics hold in what I felt (and still feel) in my soul in many respects. I hope you like them, even if you don't go nuts over them!
Then came one night... I had decided to go and see an action/adventure movie but as the first beats of the theme song hit the speakers and the movie started, I realized I had made an error and come to see a totally different movie. I contemplated if I'd stay or go. I figured they would not give me the money back anymore, and the alternative was to go home, so I decided to sit it through. It turned out this particular movie combined the two things I loved and still love very much: music and dancing. One time I had a dream of becoming a professional dancer - that was before I was in a car crash and everything changed for me.
I love the rhythms of mambo, cha-cha and the likes, and the joy of moving to the music was heaven. Singing did the same for me. I have to admit I don't dance that much these days - I think I may have gotten a bit rusty, haha!
Anyways, this movie I went to see by a mistake was Dirty Dancing. I loved the music, the passionate dancing, those were the best parts of it. The movie starred Jennifer Grey and - tadaa! - Patrick Swayze. Okay, so this guy was like ten times hotter than all the chicks I had digged before! So he replaced the Sams and Sabs in a blink of an eye... For a while I had a bit of a crush for Patrick. So, I bought both soundtracks right away and I remember dancing to them around the house a lot! This older type of music represented something different, interesting, soulful to me - it was something completely opposite when compared to the songs on the charts at the time. I loved all the songs on the soundtrack cos they were fun, energetic, and sometimes sad. I felt moved by both, the music and the movie.
The first video on this post is Patrick Swayze's "She's Like The Wind", which is a beautiful ballad and has an interesting line "just a fool to believe, I have anything she needs" - at the time, I was trying to convince myself that I could still love a girl in a romantic way. The other two songs are here to present the beats and the dance which I adored - as well as reflect the feel of the movie as I remember it: honest, daring, passionate, brave, tragic, happy, sad. I think this movie included all my contradictions and ideals - and the though of life being fragile. The song lyrics hold in what I felt (and still feel) in my soul in many respects. I hope you like them, even if you don't go nuts over them!
Solomon Burke: Cry To Me
The Contours: Do You Love Me
Lyrics to "She's Like The Wind":
She's like the wind through my tree/ She rides the night next to me
She leads me through moonlight/ Only to burn me with the sun
She's taken my heart/ But she doesn't know what she's done
Feel her breath on my face/ Her body close to me Can't look in her eyes/ She's out of my league/ Just a fool to believe/ I have anything she needs/ She's like the wind
I look in the mirror and all I see/ Is a young old man with only a dream
Am I just fooling myself/ That she'll stop the pain/ Living without her/ I'd go insane
Feel her breath on my face/ Her body close to me/ Can't look in her eyes/ She's out of my league/ Just a fool to believe/ I have anything she needs/ She's like the wind
Feel your breath on my face/ Your body close to me/ Can't look in your eyes
You're out of my league/ Just a fool to believe (Just a fool to believe)
She's like the wind (Just a fool to believe)
Just a fool to believe (She's like the wind)
Just a fool to believe (Just a fool to believe)
She's like the wind (Just a fool to believe)
Just a fool to believe/ She's like the wind
(Just a fool...)/(She's like the wind)/(She's like the wind)
(Just a fool...)/(She's like the wind)/(Just a fool...)
Lyrics to "Cry To Me":
When your baby leaves you all alone/ And nobody calls you on the phone
Ah, don't you feel like crying?/ Don't you feel like crying?
Well here I am my honey/ Oh, come on you cry to me.
When you're all alone in your lonely room/ And there's nothing but the smell of her perfume/ Ah don't you feel like crying/ Don't you feel like crying?
Ah don't you feel like crying?/ Come on, come on cry to me.
Well nothing could be sadder/ Than a glass of wine, all alone
Loneliness, loneliness, it's such a waste of time/ Oh-oh yeah
You don't ever have to walk alone, oh you see/ Oh come on, take my hand and baby won't you walk with me?/ Oh ya
When you're waiting for a voice to come/ In the night and there is no one
Ah don't you feel like crying? (cry to me)
Don't you feel like crying? (cry to me)
Ah don't you feel like a-ca-ca-cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra, (cry to me)
Cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra crying? (cry to me)
Ah don't you feel like a-cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra, Cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra crying?...
Lyrics to "Do You Love Me":
You broke my heart 'cause I couldn't dance/ You didn't even want me around
And now I'm back, to let you know/ I can really shake 'em down
Do you love me? (I can really move)/ Do you love me? (I'm in the groove)
Ah do you love? (Do you love me)/ Now that I can dance (dance)
Watch me now, oh (work, work)/ Ah, work it all baby (work, work)
Well, you're drivin' me crazy (work, work)/ With a little bit of soul now (work)
I can mash-potatoe (I can mash-potatoe)/And I can do the twist (I can do the twist)
Now tell me baby (tell me baby)/Mmm, do you like it like this (do you like it like this) Tell me (tell me)/ Tell me
Do you love me? (Do you love me)/ Now, do you love me? (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me? (Do you love me)/ Now that I can dance (dance)
Watch me now, oh (work, work)/ Ah, shake it up, shake it (work, work)
Ah, shake 'em, shake 'em down (work, work)/ Ah, little bit of soul now (work)
(work, work)
Ah, shake it, shake it baby (work, work)/Ah, you're driving me crazy (work, work)
Ah, don't get lazy (work)
I can mash-potatoe (I can mash-potatoe)/ And I can do the twist (I can do the twist)
Well now tell me baby (tell me baby)/ Mmm, do you like it like this (do you like it like this)Tell me (tell me)/ Tell me
Do you love me? (Do you love me?)/ Now, do you love me? (Do you love me?)
Now, do you love me? (Do you love me?)/(Now, now, now)/(work, work)
Ah, I'm working hard baby (work, work)/ Well, you're driving me crazy (work, work)
And don't you get lazy (work)/(work, work)
Ah, hey hey baby (work, work)/ Well, you're driving me crazy (work, work)
And don't you get lazy (work)
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