It’s been a year of beautiful songs.

I hope they gave you as much joy as I got listening to them.

Here they are, all 367 of them, waiting for you to listen again.

Fericire – Valeriu Sterian

Amintiri, amintiri, discoteca Ring, Costinesti, 1986. O alta lume, un alt timp. Mai frumos? Poate, dar muzica e la fel de frumoasa si azi.

Lyrics:

Te regasesc in orice umbra
Ce se asterne pe pamant,
Intr-un cuvant rostit in soapta,
Spre nicaieri adus de vant.

Te regasesc in orice clipa
Care se scurge efemer
De-a lungul timpului aripa,
Intre dorinta si mister.

Ma gandesc mereu la tine,
Fericirea mea de-a fi,
Fericire care vine,
Si se duce-n orice zi.

Te regasesc in orice zambet
Intr-un suras nevinovat,
Ramas pe buze ca un fosnet,
Ca un cuvant neterminat.

Te regasesc intr-o privire
In care ziua nu s-a stins
Infiorata de uimire
Si visatoare dinadins

Ma gandesc mereu la tine,
Fericirea mea de-a fi,
Fericire care vine,
Si se duce-n orice zii.

Red Red Wine – UB40

It’s the season for red wine and white snow. Take it the 80’s style and be merry, just don’t let it go to your head, enjoy it slowly.

Lyrics:

Red, red wine
Go to my head
Make me forget that I
Still need her so

Red, red wine
It`s up to you
All I can do I`ve done
memories won`t go
memories won`t go

I just thought that with time
Thoughts of you would leave my head
I was wrong, now I find
Just one thing makes me forget

Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don`t let me be in love
It`s tearin` apart
My blue, blue heart

I just thought that with time
Thoughts of you would leave my head
I was wrong now I find
Just one thing makes me forget

Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don’t let me be in love
It’s tearin’ apart
My blue, blue heart

Red red wine you make me feel so fine
You keep me rocking all of the time

Red red wine you make me feel so grand
I feel a million dollars when your just in my hand

Red red wine you make me feel so sad
Any time I see you go it makes me feel bad

Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line

Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing

Red red wine you know of love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above

Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart

Red red wine in a 80`s style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah

(Chorus)

Give me little time, help me clear up me mind
Give me little time, help me clear up me mind

Give me Red wine because it make me feel fine
Make me feel fine all of the time

Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla on the sweet dep line

The line broke, the monkey get choke
Burn bad ganja pon him little rowing boat

Red red wine I`m gonna hold to you
Hold on to you cause I know you love true

Red red wine I`m gonna love you till I die
Love you till I die and that`s no lie

Red red wine can`t get you out of mind
Where ever you maybe I`ll surely find
I`ll surely find make no fuss jus` stick with us.

(Chorus)

Give me little time, help me clear up me mind
Give me little time, help me clear up me mind

Give me Red wine because it make me feel fine
Make me feel fine all of the time

Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla on the sweet dep line,

The line broke, the monkey get choke
Burn bad ganja pon him little rowing boat

Red red wine you really know of love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above

Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart

Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing

Red red wine in a 80`s style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah.

Iarba Prin Par / Daca Vrei / Scrisori Iubite – Celelalte Cuvinte

Eram la Costinesti, vara lui ’87 sau ’88, si beam bere cu prietenii pe o terasa, chiar la marginea marii. Eram foarte veseli – tocmai ne intorceam de la un concert Celelate Cuvinte, la teatrul de vara, care se prelungise mult peste limita obisnuita. Si cum stam noi asa si vorbeam despre Calin Pop si Radu Manafu (daca nu ati auzit de ei: o scurta biografie a grupului ), cind de nicaieri apare o fata si zice, “Vad ca va distrati bine. Pot sa stau si eu cu voi?”. Acuma nu era sa o lasam singura in noapte, singura problema era ca aveam toti prietenele cu noi, cu exceptia unui singur coleg, care insa era si cel mai timid. Eu, normal, am asteptat sa zica el ceva, si el nimic. Fata insa n-avea nici un chef sa plece, asa ca i-am dat o bere si i-am testat cunostintele de Celelalte Cuvinte, pe care le-am gasit satisfacatoare si am lasat-o sa stea. Am mai petrecut citeva ceasuri bune, cu bere si povesti (ce frumoase erau noptile fara televizor si fara smart phone) iar la plecare fata astepta sa o luam cu noi, dar de data asta chiar n-am avut cum sa o scot din incurcatura, iar prietenul meu timid nu s-a ales cu nimic. Fata a plecat asa cum venise, de nicaieri.

Iarba prin par – Versuri:

Nopti de vis
Ce s-au stins
In van
Cugetari
Rugaminti
In zadar

Iarba prin par, pe obrajii ei
Si pe ochii caprui
Ce plangeau la zei

Intr-un loc
Ea mergea
Mereu
Nimeni nu
Va afla
Taina ei

Daca vrei – Versuri:

Daca vrei privirea sa-mi las in podea
Calca peste ea, calca peste ea.
Daca vrei de tine sa simt ca-s robit,
Lasa-ma uimit, lasa-ma uimit.

Daca vrei cu tine lumina s-o impart,
Lasa-ma sa ard, lasa-ma sa ard.
Daca tot ce-i dus vrei din urma s-ajung,
Lasa-ma sa curg, lasa-ma sa curg.

Daca vrei sa stii ce-am in suflet si-n gand,
Lasa-ma sa cant, lasa-ma sa cant,
Lasa-ma sa cant, lasa-ma sa cant,
Lasa-ma sa cant, lasa-ma sa cant…

Scrisori iubite – Versuri:

Aa…, scrisori pastrate, de demult
In linistita zi cu soare
A, cu fruntea-n maini ma plec s-ascult
Tacerea vorbii tale.

Ce fericit eram odata
Si cat sunt de ostenit de drum…
A, dar ea pe unde-o fi acum?