A song called "Touch My Knees" from a Serbian pop-rock group "Zana", recorded in 1982. An interesting fact is that they have named their group after their first singer, Zana Nimani, who is an Albanian born in Belgrade. This is certainly one of the all time favorite pop-rock songs in Serbia. It was allegedly sampled from ABBA's "Lay All Your Love on Me" (1981). Although the main melody seems copied, refrains are completely different. Incidentally, they have recorded all of the songs from that album in Sweden. I have heard, when the idea for the song was presented to the singer, she asked: "Why are you giving me this sirtaki, this will never succeed?" But during the recording, she liked it, and the song became one of the greatest hits. I have also heard that her father disowned her because of this song, but she bought him a house after. The group Zana still exists today with their fourth singer, but their best period was in the beginning.

http://www.whosampled.com/sample/35742/Zana-Dodirni-Mi-Kolena-ABBA-Lay-All-Your-Love-on-Me/

This song still touches me when I listen to it, and I am posting it just to see what other people think and feel of it, do we have the same sentiments or very different. I will try to offer a translation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYn9Nme-EQc

Hey, my little honey, get rid of the little bugs in your lovely crazy blond little head.
Don't be a child.
Put the slippers on, lend me a cushion, give me a gentle hug and behave naturally.
Brew me a coffe, make me a sandwich, host me nicely, and please me.

Hey, my little honey, get rid of the little dolls who are chasing you and bothering you all the time.
Don't be a child.
Buy me some dresses, silver necklaces, red raspberries and a ticket to America.
We know each other for almost ten days already, give me your car and the apartment key.

Hey, the day has a scent of a fresh milk.
The birds are singing loudly.
The wind is swinging the morning.
Touch my knees - I would just love it.

Hey, the blue sky is rushing into the apartment.
Yellow butterfly is cuddling my neck.
The wind is swinging the morning.
Touch my knees - I would just love it.

English language songs only, please. For further information contact CPF owner Solar.

Quote from: quiller on January 27, 2016, 05:42:36 AM
English language songs only, please. For further information contact CPF owner Solar.

Oh, I wasn't aware this topic was for English language songs only, I apologize. But I have put an effort to provide a translation.

Quote from: milos on January 27, 2016, 09:52:57 AM
Oh, I wasn't aware this topic was for English language songs only, I apologize. But I have put an effort to provide a translation.

Most Americans speak only English and perhaps a second language (from their homeland or parents' homeland). It is particularly suspect during political years for anyone to post anything not in English, for that reason. What the image says and the lyrics say may not always be the same thing. This can harm the web site's reputation if a second-language attack is launched and management here can't catch it.

I hope this one's not suspicious, especially when it's elections year. It's message is surely better than the song or the video. The truth is that a civilization is spoiled and weakened by it's luxuries. That is a proven historical pattern. If you want to spoil and weaken a society - provide them with lots of luxuries. Please do notice - not spoiled by the wealth, as commies would claim - but spoiled by the luxuries. It is great to be wealthy, but not to invest in luxuries which will destroy you, but to invest in more liberty for you and your children. To make more children, to invest in their proper education, in weapons and ammo, to donate to the Church, to the poor, to the culture. To invest in things which will make the society stronger. That is what I would do if I was wealthy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwvlbJ0h35A

Josh White (Senior) was among the earliest popular black folk singers, and from his glorious long career, here's a very loose "St. James Infirmary" done up four-star-fine, in The Free and Equal Blues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc0aCqxuKqs

It's twenty-sixteeeen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGzWVPporLY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U9wGcQYfVw

Do you know where your candidate is?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1ntJzX6Zcg

Great song... but youtube may've flubbed the display-cover...   "The Caney Quartet; Roads Of Yesterday" ?

I'll check into it...

Quote from: kit saginaw on February 19, 2016, 03:25:06 PM
Great song... but youtube may've flubbed the display-cover...   "The Caney Quartet; Roads Of Yesterday" ?

I'll check into it...

Ya know, I never even noticed that cover, monitoring the song. (*sheesh!*) 

Quote from: milos on January 27, 2016, 09:52:57 AM
Oh, I wasn't aware this topic was for English language songs only, I apologize. But I have put an effort to provide a translation.

Though I trust you implicitly Milos, Q is correct, only songs in English, as you find in posts, where all discussion is held in English.

Quote from: quiller on February 20, 2016, 01:58:47 AM
Ya know, I never even noticed that cover, monitoring the song. (*sheesh!*) 

Cuz my author's voice is always on the lookout for obscure themes...

found 'em...  a perfect score for a mid-50's Jack Palance south of the border detective-noir, lost forever on celluloid...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UGU6w6h-To

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKk_kPmAk4

Bobby Short, at the Carlyle...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5juK-UrgJG0

Charlyyy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdRj-ikALMM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEHvXjt2qRU
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poN9Fa0Xd-U