Tag: outnow

New Song: Be What You Are

‘Be What You Are’ is alweer de zesde song van het nieuwe Tak&Band album onder de verzamelnaam ‘Jewel’.

Nieuwe song van de Tak&Band EP ‘Jewel’: Be What You Are.

New song of Tak&Band’s EP ‘Jewel’: Be What You Are .

Uiteindelijk draait het allemaal om te leren om samen te leven…

Eventually it’s all about learning to live together…

Songtekst Be What You Are – Pieter Tak

Sally the Jelly thrills
in the ballroom corner 
she blinks with her eyes 
and curls tomato lips

While Freddy Avenue puts his new name 
on top of the bill
collecting the money 
for sugar and trips

There’s a free fight going on
in the crowded doorway
and Joey’s head 
is punched in rage

Well, Abel the single handed night porter 
is moving very slowly these days
and the Jelly 
the Jelly called on stage

I sat down and overlooked the scene
while changing guitars
The title of the tune got lost in the noise
Be What You Are

Well, Sally the Jelly as a stripper 
appears to be sexy
and the spectators 
all burst into applause

In a riddle of the fiddle 
her twins fell to her knees
everybody, everybody 
was looking of course

The lights scattered in reds and blues 
on the band and stage
and the barman 
slightly loses control

The Jelly is caught by 
an over aged redneck with the blues
and he carries her 
out of the house just for a little stroll

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New Song: Silence In The City

Stilte in de stad. Een stilte op plekken waar je het niet meer zou verwachten, waar altijd de drukte overheerst en het geluid je gedachten bijna blokkeert.

De sfeervolle saxofoonklanken in deze song zijn van Peter den Otter.

“Silence In The City” is najaar 2020 opgenomen door Pieter Tak met Tak&Band en verschenen op de diverse streamingdiensten.

Songtekst Silence In The City – Pieter Tak

You hope for silence in the city
 silence in the street
 Oh girl, you’re so pretty
 from the café where we should meet
 Seven coins lost in the pocket
 and only a bit of rain
 No jobs in the columns
 every effort in vain
 
Where the buzz
 of the saxophone drone
 Meets the heart of the neon fist
 Where the booze
 first fitted like old shoes
 then fills your brain
 with blurry mist
 
And the morning shift is passing
 and the papers are dropped by
 See the colors of busses are flashing
 bringing up the load of the day
 You can’t deny
 
The hope for silence in the city
 disappears through the night
 The girl which seemed so pretty
 vanished by the traffic light
 Where the saxophone player
 is long gone and you have to admit
 That the weight of the waitress
 is telling
 you have to pay and quit
 
And the morning shift is passing
 and the papers are dropped by
 See the colors
 of busses are flashing
 Bringing up the load of the day
 bringing up the load of the day
 You can’t deny
 You can’t deny

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New Song: Wanna Hold You

De nieuwste song van Tak&Band: Wanna Hold You! En alweer is accordeonist Kees Schoone van de -heerlijk swingende- partij!

“Wanna Hold You” is in 2020 opgenomen door Pieter Tak met Tak&Band en verschenen op de diverse streamingdiensten.

Songtekst Wanna Hold You – Pieter Tak

I was always
 running scared of her
 dazzled by her eyes
 Now I’m holding
 all of my nerves from her
 just passing her by
 
Wanna talk with you
 Wanna walk with you
 Wanna show you my charms
 Wanna play for you
 Wanna sing to you
 Wanna hold you in my arms
 
There’s a strength in her
 That always glows ‘round her
 A given beauty from above
 A helping hand in need
 A friendly heart that beats
 Will she answer to my love
 
Wanna talk with you
 Wanna walk with you
 Wanna show you my charms
 Wanna play for you
 Wanna sing to you
 Wanna hold you in my arms
 
Someone is all around her
 Dark clouds come in my way
 Will she be gone tomorrow
 Will she be willing to stay
 There’s a song within me
 It’s gonna burst inside me
 When I see you around
 And when you smile at me
 It gives me hope, you see
 loose my feet from the ground
 
Wanna talk with you
 Wanna walk with you
 Wanna show you my charms
 Wanna play for you
 Wanna sing to you
 Wanna hold you in my arms

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New Song: Today

Een brand new song gebaseerd op een oud gedicht van Nixon Waterman (1906). Ook al is de tekst dan al ruim een eeuw oud, de boodschap is tijdloos. Centrale vraag: “What have we done today?

Accordeon: Kees Schoone.

“Today” is in 2020 opgenomen door Pieter Tak met Tak&Band en verschenen op de diverse streamingdiensten.

Songtekst Today – N. Waterman

We shall do so much in the years to come,
 but what have we done today?
 We shall give our gold in a princely sum
 but what did we give today?
 
We shall lift the heart and dry the tear,
 We shall plant a hope in the place of fear,
 We shall speak the words of love and cheer
 but what did we speak today?
 What have we done today
 
We shall be so kind in the afterwhile,
 but what have we been today?
 We shall bring each lonely life a smile,
 but what have we brought today?
 We shall give to truth a grander birth,
 And to steadfast faith a deeper worth,
 We shall feed the hungering souls of earth,
 but whom have we fed today?
 What have we done today
 
We shall reap such joys in the by and by,
 but what have we sown today?
 We shall build a mansion in the sky,
 but what have we built today?
 What have we done today
 
We shall do so much in the years to come,
 but what have we done today?
 We shall give our gold in a princely sum
 but what did we give today?
 ‘Tis sweet in idle dreams to bask,
 but here and now do we do our task?
 Yes, this is the thing our souls must ask,
 “What have we done today?”
 
What have we done today

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“I like the softness of the song and the clarity of its delivery.”

– Tomas de Faoite

“Weer een mooi nummer! Ierse invloeden? Tijdloze en inspirerende tekst.”

– Sjef Joosen