JANE MORGAN . FASCINATION

Tudo o que é sublime é simples, embora algo não seja necessariamente sublime, só por ser simples! 

É o caso da melodia e letra desta canção, servidas pela voz perfeita de Jane Morgan, no tema musical do filme de 1957, «Love in the Afternoon», com Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper e Maurice Chevalier. 

As imagens do filme também são magníficas! 

 Da banda sonora de "Love in the Afternoon ''

Fascination

It was fascination, I know
And it might have ended right there at the start
Just a passing glance, just a brief romance
And I might have gone on my way empty-hearted

It was fascination, I know
Seeing you alone with the moonlight above
Then I touched your hand and next moment I kissed you
Fascination turned to love

                 PROTAGONISTA DO FILME, AUDREY HEPBURN

WILD IS THE WIND - NINA SIMONE (Nova Iorque, 1964)

 

Letra

Love me, love me, love me, love me
Say you do
Let me fly away
With you
For my love is like
The wind
And wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

Give me more
Than one caress
Satisfy this
Hungriness
Let the wind
Blow through your heart
For wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

You
Touch me
I hear the sound
Of mandolins
You
Kiss me
With your kiss
My life begins
You're spring to me
All things
To me

Don't you know you're
Life itself

Like a leaf clings
To the tree
Oh my darling,
Cling to me
For we're like creatures
Of the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

You
Touch me
I hear the sound
Of mandolins
You
Kiss me
With your kiss
My life begins
You're spring to me
All things
To me

Don't you know you're
Life itself

Like a leaf clings
To the tree
Oh my darling,
Cling to me
For we're like creatures
In the wind
And wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

(Autores:  Dimitri Tiomkin e Ned Washington)

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Esta composição foi realizada para o filme com o mesmo nome, de 1957. Anna Magnani e Anthony Quinn eram os principais atores. Johnny Mathis é o primeiro interprete desta canção, que fez um duradouro sucesso (célebres intérpretes foram Nina Simone, David Bowie, etc.). A interpretação de Mathis mereceu-lhe um Óscar em 1958 pela melhor intervenção musical num filme.