Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado est née au Canada en 1980, de parents émigrés portugais. Baignée dans la culture américaine dès son plus jeune âge, elle est influencée par des groupes comme TLC, Salt'n'Pepa, Lionel Richie, PM Dawn. A l'adolescence, ses racines européennes la renouent avec la pop: The Verve, U2, Oasis et Garbage et le fado. Elle pratique le yukulélé, un instrument peu commun en soi, et le trombone, puis enfin sa voix. Lors d'un concours de chant à Toronto, auquel elle participe, elle est remarquée par un directeur artistique de chez Universal. Très vite signée, elle enregistre son premier single I'm Like a Bird, qui sort en 2001, suivi de son premier album Whoa Nelly. Son talent ainsi confirmé, elle continue sur sa lancée en 2003 avec l'album Folklore, avant d'aborder un virage R&B en 2006 avec Loose.

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# Posté le dimanche 05 août 2007 06:54

Modifié le dimanche 05 août 2007 07:46

I'm Like A Bird

I'm Like A Bird est le premier single de Nelly extrait de l'album Whoa Nelly! sorti en 2001. Grace a ce single elle est directement passé au rang de superstar.

You're beautiful, that's for sure
You'll never ever fade
You're lovely but it's not for sure
That I won't ever change
And though my love is rare
Though my love is true

Chorus:
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is, I don't know where my home is
(and baby all I need for you to know is)
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is , I don't know where my home is
All I need for you to know is

Your faith in me brings me to tears
Even after all these years
And it pains me so much to tell
That you don't know me that well
And though my love is rare
Though my love is true

Chorus

It's not that I wanna say goodbye
It's just that every time you try to tell me that you love me
Each and every single day I know
I'm going to have to eventually give you away
And though my love is rare
And though my love is true
Hey I'm just scared
That we may fall through

Chorus x 3
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# Posté le dimanche 05 août 2007 07:51

Modifié le dimanche 05 août 2007 08:38

Turn Off The Light

It's getting so lonely inside this bed
Don't know if I should lick my wounds or say woe is me instead
And there's an aching inside my head
It's telling me I'm better off alone
But after midnight morning will come
And the day will see if you will get some

Chorus:
They say that girl ya know she act too tough tough tough
Well it's till' I turn off the light, turn off the light
They say that girl you know she act so rough rough rough
Well it's till' I turn off the light, turn off the light
And I say follow me follow me follow me down down down down
till' you see all my dreams
Not everything in this magical world is quite what it seems

I looked above the other day
Cuz I think I'm good and ready for a change
I live my life by the moon
If it's high play it low, if it's harvest go slow and if it's full, then go
But after midnight morning will come
And the day will see if you're gonna get some

Chorus

I'm searching for things that I just cannot see
Why don't you don't you don't you come and be with me
I pretend to be cool with me, want to believe
That I can do it on my own without my heart on my sleeve
I'm running, I'm running, catch up with me life
Where is the love that I'm looking to find
It's all in me, can't you see, I can see, why can't you see it's all in me

Chorus

Where is your logic
Who do you need
Where can you turn in your delicate time of need
Follow me down, follow me down down down,
I do not need I do not need nobody
Where is your logic
Who do you need
Where can you turn in your delicate time of need
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# Posté le dimanche 05 août 2007 07:56

Shit! ... On A radio



You liked me 'til you heard my shit on the radio
Well I hate to say but pop ain't going solo
You liked me 'til you heard my shit on the radio
But now I'm just too mainstream for you, oh no

You liked me 'til you seen me on your TV.
Well, if you're so low below then why you watching
You say good things come to those who wait
Well, I've been waiting a long time for it

{Chorus:}
I remember the days when I was so eager to satisfy you
and be less then I was just to prove I could walk beside you
Now that I've flown away I see you've chosen to stay behind me
And still you curse the day I decided to stay true to myself

You say your quest is to bring it higher
Well, I've never seen change without a fire
But from your mouth I have seen a lot of burning
But underneath I think it's a lot of yearning

Your face, the colors change from green to yellow
To the point where you can't even say hello
You tell me you'd kill me if I ever snob you out
Like that's what you'd expect from me, like that's what I'm about

{Chorus}

{Bridge:}
It's so much easier to stay down there guaranteeing you're cool
Than to sit up here exposing myself trying to break through
Than to burn in the spotlight, turn in the spitfire
Scream without making a sound, be up here and not look down
because we're all afraid of heights

{Chorus}

Why ya hurt me hurt me hurt me hurt me hurt me hurt me so so,
leave me down down down down low leave me down da down down da down da down down down
shit on the radio..shit on the radio....shit on the radio....shit on the radio
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# Posté le dimanche 05 août 2007 08:00

Hey, Man!

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=rhjyuIXltsU

Hey, man, don't look so scared.
You know I'm only testing you out.
Hey man, don't look so angry,
you're real close to figuring me out.

We are a part of a circle.
It's like a mobius strip,
and it goes round and round until it loses a link.
And there's a shadow in the sky and it looks like rain,
and shit is gonna fly once again.

Hey, man, we look at each other with ample eyes,
so why not some time to discover what's behind your eyes?
I've got so many questions that I want to ask you.
I am so tired of mirrors- pour me a glass of your wine!

And there's a shadow in the sky and it looks like rain,
and shit is gonna fly once again!
I've got a bunch of government cheques at my door.
Each morning I try to send them back but they only send me more.
I look at myself in the mirror; am I vital today?
Hey, man, I let my conscience get in the way!

And there's a shadow in the sky , and it looks like rain,
and shit is gonna fly once again,
and I don't mean to rain on your parade,
but pathos has got me once again...
and I don't want ambivalence no more,
I don't want ambivalence no more,
I don't want ambivalence no more,
no I don't want ambivalence no more!
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# Posté le dimanche 05 août 2007 08:34