Spoken word
J. R. R. Tolkien reciting Namárië
Music
The 5.6.7.8’s: Jane in the Jungle
Ella Fitzgerald: Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Jose Roberto Bertrami & His Modern Sound: Joanna
Spiritual South: Calypso Blues
Gorillaz: Dirty Harry
Jai Paul: Jasmine
Belleruche: Alice
Florence + The Machine: Patricia
Charlotte Gainsbourg: Anna
Franz Ferdinand: Katherine Kiss Me
Lana Del Rey: Carmen
Antonio de Lucerna: Carmen
Angelo Badalamenti: Annie and Cooper
James Newton Howard: Elise & Alexander
Narrative
Come on along – let me take you by the hand – Up to the man – who’s the leader of the band
[Ella Fitzgerald]
Sitting by the ocean – the ocean feel so sad
[Spiritual South]
In my backpack – I got my act right – In case you act quite difficult – With anger and discontent
And I’m filled with guilt – From things that I’ve seen – Your water’s from a bottle – Mine’s from a canteen
At night I hear the shots – Ring so I’m a light sleeper – The cost of life – It seems to get cheaper
Out in the desert – With my street sweeper – The war is over
Remember when I used to dance – Man, all I want to do is dance
[Gorillaz]
Are you with me, Jasmine? – Can you let me in? – Would you love me open? – Like a bottle of Gin
Please come back to me – Make my dream come true – Because when it comes to heartbreak
What’s a guy to do?
[Jai Paul]
Come again – I didn’t catch what you said – Come again – I didn’t clock what you meant
I think I’m earning a subtle aversion to you – Someone must be looking after me
Making it so very easy to forget about you – Walk right past look right through and not feel a thing
Well I suppose it’s got to happen when someone is too cool – And I know all the tricks are in the book
You aught to leave them there you don’t get a second look – Keep your cool now don’t you be warming up
Leave me messages short and sweet asking if I’d like to meet – Just like the first time
Well the first time that we met – Got the golden treatment – Couldn’t get you out of my head
But I remember so clear – There’s good reason that you’re not there
I’m over it
I see the glimmer, I see the hope, I see your pride – Let me introduce you to mine
[Belleruche]
Patricia, you’ve always been my North Star – And I have to tell you something I’m still afraid of the dark
You take my hand in your hand from you flowers grow – And you understand with every seed you sow you make this cold world beautiful
She told me all doors are open to the believer – I believe her
You’re a real man, and you do what you can – You only take as much as you can grab with two hands
With your big heart, you praise God above – But how’s it working out for you, honey? – Do you feel loved?
I drink too much coffee and I think of you often
In a city where reality has long been forgotten – Are you afraid? Because I’m terrified
But you remind me that it’s such a wonderful thing to love
[Florence + The Machine]
Anna, Take me back to the home – Anna, Once I knew it’s getting born I’ve been in the world – Now had to sing
Still I could hear – Your voice calling in – Takes too long – To forget you – If I’d known to stay – Too long – To forget you
I’m still waiting for a chance – Anna, All I see is your face – Anna, Same great heart still away
I want you to know – I was so young then – Don’t want to feel – On my own again
Takes too long – To forget you – If I’d known to stay – Too long – To forget you – I’m still waiting for a chance
[Charlotte Gainsbourg]
Sometimes I say the stupid things I think – I mean I – Sometimes I think the stupidest things
And do you ever wonder – How the boy feels
Katherine, kiss me – Flick your cigarette, then kiss me – Flick your eyes at mine so briefly
Your leather jacket lies – In sticky pools of Cider Blackberry – You glance and ricochet
From every alpha male behind me – Eyes – Like marbles on a washing machine
Tonight – I don’t mind – Because I never wonder – How the girl feels
[Franz Ferdinand]
Darling, doesn’t have a problem – Lying to herself because her liquor’s top shelf
It’s alarming, honestly how charming she can be – Fooling everyone, telling Hum she’s having fun
She says, “you don’t want to be like me – Don’t wanna see all the things I’ve seen”
I’m dying
She says, “you don’t want to get this way – Famous, and dumb, at an early age”
I’m lying
The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen – She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes
She laughs like God, her mind’s like a diamond – Buy her tonight, she’s still shining – Like lightning
Carmen, staying up until morning – Only seventeen, but she walks the streets so mean
It’s alarming, truly, how disarming you can be – Eating soft ice cream, Coney Island queen
She says, “you don’t want to be like me – Looking for fun, get me high for free – I’m dying”
She says, “you don’t want to get this way Street walk at night, and a star by day”
It’s tiring
Baby’s all dressed up with nowhere to go – That’s the little story of the girl you know
Relying on the kindness of strangers – Tying cherry knots, smiling, doing party favours
Put your red dress on, put your lipstick on – Sing your song, song, now, the camera’s on
And you’re alive again
[Lana Del Rey]
Every night at midnight and a new episode is aired every Friday midnight on Wirral Wave radio or AirTime. Later on SoundCloud for some time.
Suggestions, opinions and comments welcomed at veronika(at)wirralwave(dot)co(dot)uk.
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