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Je T'aime
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Love in a funk.
world music power pop percussive solo acoustic guitar overtone
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World music songwriting that transcends the single band.
World music songwriting that transcends the single band. Music made round the world from 1990-2002. These songs are my legacy material. My life is an experiential journey of my own design and some of the end result has been recorded and/or live music and spoken word. I play a variety of instruments and sing/talk. Most of the songs on this page date from my recordings between 1995's "4" (under the Moniker Mr. Chaos, in Detroit Michigan U.S.A.) through to 2002's "In Stereo" (with Add Lib Lounge, in Helsinki, Finland). There are also some glimpses here of 1997-9s "Mr. Chaos Trio" from Mid-Finland; 2000's Bahasa Mix, from Malaysia; and 2001's Jazz sessions from Helsinki (with the Black Tuesday Quartet); and 2004 activist bluegrass recordings against GW Bush's "No Child Left Behind" schooling initiative. I hope you enjoy it.
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Charts
Peak #36
Peak in subgenre #4
Author
Danny Oliveras, John Hammink
Rights
Danny Oliveras, John Hammink
Uploaded
June 10, 2006
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MP3 3.8 MB 128 kbps 4:09
Story behind the song
This is one of the oldest songs in my catalog. an original incarnation was penned by Danny Oliveras sometime in the early 1980s and revised by the two of us around 1986 or so. Later changes crept in as my memory of the original song changed. It has that distinct "Painesville" vibe. Can you dig? This particular version was recorded in Finland featuring the phenomenal rhythm section of Pete Christiansson and Jarkko Lepistoe. The bassline here is nearly impossible to imitate. John Hammink - Guitar and Vocals Taneli Mansikkamaki - Saxophone Pete Christiansson - Bass Jarkko Lepistoe - Drums
Lyrics
Sitting in a park by the river, Penny tossing stones into the glass, sunny ripples fade like, Ancient memories. In the mist of the glaze, I see your reflection, and it makes me want to think of you. All I just wanna do, is be your friend... Je T'aime je t'aime means that I need you Je t'aime je t'aime means that I want you so je t'aime je t'aime means that I love you - Je t'aime, adieu! So I go on back to my room of gloom, Better turn the T.V. on for company Keep your picture by - by the telephone. And I'll never forget the things you've done for me, All that happiness and love would be, Just a eulogy and an end. ... Painesville, Ohio 1986?
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