Shangri-La is an urbanization zone of villas in Menorca. The name Shangri-La comes from the legendary land (Atlantis), impossible to reach. Nudism on beaches is allowed in the island: it's not difficult to find some beautiful nude girls around :). Shangri-La. In the front beach, fresh water of the lake meets salt water in the sea.
Are the lyrics of this song referred to a woman or the island itself ?
IDLER'S (ISLAND) DREAM by OASIS (2002)
(words and music by Noel Gallagher) (instrument used in the original version: piano)
(Intro): F F4 F F7m (Verse 1): F F4 F F7m My Heart, it skips a beat when I behold
(Same as intro)F F4 F F7m the light that’s shining through Your Eyes of gold Dm C C4 C From heavenly blood You seem to spring, Dm C C4 C
From heavenly waters You can drink (Verse 2): I’ll meet You on a day that never ends, I’ll greet You in a way that Heaven meant.
You lay me down gently on the leaves, You cover me over in my sleep… (Pre-Chorus): F C I never did say I wish I could, F C I never could pray ‘cause it’s just no good,
F C
I hope You don’t break My Heart of stone, Em F C G (quickly) I don’t wanna scream out loud and wake up on my own…mmm…
(Chorus): Am Em And as I close My Eyes and the sky turns red F C G (quickly) I realise just what You are, Am E F D/F# You’re an idler’s/My Island Dream and You’re singing Shangri-La F D/F# Shangri-La F D/F# Shangri-La F C Shangri-La...
Now that you've found your paradise This is your Kingdom to command You can go outside and polish your car Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-La Here is your reward for working so hard Gone are the lavatories in the back yard Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car You just want to sit in your Shangri-La
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher You're in your place and you know where you are In your Shangri-La Sit back in your old rockin' chair You need not worry, you need not care You can't go anywhere Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La
The little man who gets the train Got a mortgage hanging over his head But he's too scared to complain 'Cos he's conditioned that way Time goes by and he pays off his debts Got a TV set and a radio For 7 shillings a week Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La
And all the houses in the street have got a name 'Cos all the houses in the street they look the same Same chimney pots, same little cars, same window panes The neighbors call to tell you things that you should know They say their lines, they drink their tea, and then they go They tell your business in another Shangri-La The gas bills and the water rates, and payments on the car Too scared to think about how insecure you are Life ain't so happy in your little Shangri-la Shangri-La, Shangri-La la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire [...] Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La
It's the end of a perfect day for all the surfer boys and girls the sun's dropping down in the bay and falling off the world there's a diamond in the sky, our evening stone in our Shangri-La
get that fire burning strong right here and right now It's here and then it's gone, there's no secret anyhow. We may never love again to the music of guitars in our Shangri-La
Tonight your beauty burns into my memory the wheel of heaven turns above us endlessly this is all the heaven we've got, right here where we are in our Shangri-La.
Tonight your beauty burns into my memory the wheel of heaven turns above us endlessly this is all the heaven we've got, right here where we are in our Shangri-La, in our Shangri-La in our Shangri-La
click play for a live version of "The rain song" by Led Zeppelin, my favourite song ever (the best version inside "No Quarter" dvd, with orchestra: in music, the best conceivable)
Oglądam film o karnawale weneckim...
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...dziewczyna w czarnych pończochach wabi słonia dwa lwy niebieskie z malinowym jęzorem i łapie w locie obrączkę ślubną. Ciała nasze krnąbrne i nieskore do żałoby nasze podniebienia smakują leguminę popraw papierowe wstęgi i wieńce pochyl się tak: biodro niech dotyka biodra twoje uda są żywe uciekajmy uciekajmy.
(Tadeusz Różewicz, 1946)
Assisto a un film sul carnevale veneziano... [...]
...la ragazza dalle calze nere alletta l'elefante i due leoni azzurri dalla lingua color lampone e afferra al volo la fede nuziale. I nostri corpi sono indocili e restii al lutto, ghiotti sono i nostri palati di leccornie, aggiùstati i nastri e le ghirlande di cartavelina, chìnati così che l’anca sfiori l’anca, le tue cosce sono vive, fuggiamo, fuggiamo via.
Here comes the Sun, here comes the Sun, and I say it's all right Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here Here comes the Sun, here comes the Sun and I say it's all right Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the Sun, here comes the Sun and I say it's all right Sun, Sun, Sun, here it comes... Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the Sun, here comes the Sun, and I say it's all right It's all right...
Say it's true, black and blue, I can share your situation
Been holding our emotions back, will only make us cry
If you go, I know, but you know, it ain't so serious anyway
When the clouds arise
we'll live on.. Ocean Drive
Don't know why you're so blue
The Sun's gonna shine on everything you do
and the sky is so blue
The Sun's gonna shine on everything you do
He left you black and blue, without a word of explanation
And he took your love for granted and he left you high and dry
But you know someday, when you'll wonder what you see in him anyway
When that day arrives
we'll live on.. Ocean Drive
Don't know why you're so blue
The Sun's gonna shine on everything you do
and the sky is so blue
The Sun's gonna shine on everything you do...
The bicycle chain fell down... Still a few kilometres to reach Cavalleria's lighthouse... Eran estos los mares azules donde están las 7 rocas tan queridas donde el monte Toro que en Menorca se levanta domina cual su rey los 7 faros. Lograra yo al menos avisarte, isla de mis recuerdos! La alegría que en el alma sintiera, acaso entonces el prodigio feliz obrar podría de destruir la abrasadora fiebre que lenta me consume y aniquila...
No matter where I roam I will return to my English rose For no bonds can ever tempt me from she. I’ve sailed the 7 seas, Flown the whole blue sky. But I’ve returned with haste, to where my Love does lie. No matter where I go I will come back to my English rose For nothing can ever tempt me from she. I’ve searched the secret mists - I’ve climbed the highest peaks And caught the wild wind home To hear her soft voice speak No matter where I roam I will return to my English rose For no bonds can ever keep me from she. I’ve been to ancient worlds I’ve scoured the whole universe And caught the first train home To be at her side. No matter where I roam I will return to my English rose For no bonds, nothing, no one, can ever keep me from she...
The English defeated the French at the "7-years-war" (1756-1763), and had back Minorca. From the English, houses, style, towers, elements in the language, and gin :) still remain in the island.
The most beautiful disco in Europe, inside a cave. If you're looking for fun and crazy discos, then go to Ibiza. In Minorca you can just have the best.
"Blue eyes blue" Eric Clapton's got a house in Minorca (Noel Gallagher in Ibiza), and also Elton John's mum :)
If I could reach the stars, I'd pull one down for you Shine it on my heart, so you could see the truth That this love I have inside is everything it seems But for now I find, it's only in my dreams (chorus): That I can change the world I would be the sunlight in your universe You will think my love was really something good Baby if I could change the world... If I could be King, even for a day I'd take you as my Queen, I'd have it no other way And our love will rule, in this kingdom we have made Till then I'd be a fool, wishin' for the day (chorus) ...Baby if I could change the world... (guitar solo+chorus) Baby if I could change the world...
Es Pla, restaurant in Fornells, owned by the King of Spain, Juan Carlos.
MAYONNAISE IS NOT FRENCH One of the main typical products in Minorca is the mayonnaise: it was not invented by the French, but by a cook in Minorca, who served it to plaintive French soldiers (in 18th century), who wanted quickly something to eat. The cook put some things together and so mayonnaise was born (the name comes from the capital of Minorca: Mahon->mahonesa, in Spanish language). The French then brought mayonnaise to France. Discover its interesting history...
I'll keep on diving til I reach the ends, dredging up the past to drive me round the bends... What is it in me that I can't forget I keep finding so much that I now regret... But no, on I go down into the depths turning things over that are better left... Dredging up the past that has gone for good trying to polish up what is rotting wood... Oh diving, I'm diving...oh diving, I'm diving....diving... Something inside takes me down again diving not for goblets but tin cans... Dredging up the past for reasons so rife passing bits of wrecks that once passed for life... But I'll keep on diving till I drown the sea, of things not worth, even mentioning... Perhaps I'll come to the surface and come to my senses but it's a very deep sea around my own devizes... Oh diving, I'm diving...oh diving, I'm diving...diving... Perhaps I'll come to the surface and come to my senses... ...diving...
Style Council DVD Minorca's also called the "green island": not only because of its luxuriant vegetation, but also for a green tone of water, sometimes given by the sunlight. On the right: that's the aloe-cactus plant where I fell on, a night I had drunk a bit of sangrìa, which had its proper effect :). I was too happy to feel the pain :) An old cactus :). A butterfly and a lot of raspberries, as if the island was with no people around.
"Sunshine" (Keane, 2004)
I hold you in my hands, a little animal And only some dumb idiot Would let you go But if I'm one thing, then that's the one thing I should know... Can anybody find their home? Out of everyone Can anybody find their home? ... I hold you in cupped hands And shield you from a storm Where only some dumb idiot Would let you go But if I'm one thing, then that's the one thing I should know... Can anybody find their home? ...Lost in the Sun Come on, come on, come on Oh oh-oh-oh Oooooh... Can anybody find their home...
Come now - the tea is on the table Nothing seems to matter anymore And if you're good we'll go out on Sunday Spend the whole day thinking of you Take you sailing across the water To a faraway place Remember when life was lovely Forever was captured in your smile When we were young and life was hopeful No one threatened our existence We were laughing And they couldn't stop us No one in the world... Remember when life was lovely Forever was captured in your smile When we were young and life was hopeful No one threatened our existence We were laughing And they couldn't stop us No one in the world...
("No one in the world": ghost track of "To be someone" in "Fire & Skill" album)
"Science of silence" (Richard Ashcroft, 2002) And a very sea-island atmosphere song: click here a cover video of "Galapogos" (The Smashing Pumpkins, 1995) "Paradise" (Richard Ashcroft, 2002) You're..just like I was So full of love, so full of love I feel you're taking me back To all those feelings of yesterday Dark and dusty tracks How long can I stay here? How long can I pray here? You know we meet in another space You turn around and I see your face Oh what a fruit, what a tree you shall be You'll be fed by the mountains,fed by the streams (Set a sail) Set a sail for paradise (We'll leave in the morning) (Set a sail) Set a sail to paradise (We'll leave in the morning) I know when I'm losing control I play I am the cosmos And let the feelings roll [...] You'll be fed by the mountains,the crystal streams Then we go for a walk We hold hands and start to talk Oh what a fruit, what a tree this love will be You'll be fed by the mountains, fed by me... Set a sail for paradise (Leave in the morning) We can leave in the morning...
"On a beach" (Richard Ashcroft, 2000)
I have swum those raging seas Washed up by an ocean who had tired of me How I survive, I will never know This wreck's got a home and a whole lot of hope I'm out on a beach, sat on a rock, Thinking of you and the love I've got I saw the devil's servant. I sent her home I said, "Bring me your master. I don't want his dog" I'm on fire... I'm full of love and new desire... I lit my fire; blew my conch. Nobody comes I built my boat from bamboo, but it sunk I looked at the sky for vapour trails. Nobody comes I wrote your name on a tree along with the days this has taken you away from me I'm out on a beach, eating my heart, Thinking of you and the love I got... I need somebody like you, a warm body I ain't afraid to die There you go, ain't afraid to die I'm out on a beach, eating my heart, Thinking of you and the love I got I saw the devil's serpent. I sent him home... I need somebody like you... Since Minorca's also called "the wind island", (wind)surfing is one of the main free-time activities.
Little surfer little one Made my heart come all undone Do you love me, do you surfer girl Surfer girl my little surfer girl I have watched you on the shore Standing by the ocean's roar Do you love me do you surfer girl Surfer girl surfer girl We could ride the surf together While our love would grow In my Woody I would take you everywhere I go So I say from me to you I will make your dreams come true Do you love me do you surfer girl Surfer girl my little surfer girl Well - Girl surfer girl my little surfer girl...
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