The song was a popular traditional pop in 1960s written by Bart Howard in 1954. It was originally titled as "In Other Words" and became known popularly as "Fly Me to the Moon" from the first line.
Personally, I love the song sung by Frank Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) and Julie London (September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) with her smoky-voiced torch.
This was originally an Elizabethan Era riddle song about a young man and his former lover, wishing for the impossible, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she completes these tasks he will take her back. Often the song is sung as a duet, with the woman then giving her lover a series of equally impossible tasks, promising to give him his seamless shirt once he has finished.
However, Simon and Garfunkel's version include a second lyrics behind the originals. These are lyrics against the Vietnam War (in The Wonder Years TV series from 1988 through 1993), placed there in a magnificent manner through sublime notes. The meaning of this song varies individually, it can be about war or love or remembrance. Nevertheless, it is a very sad and beautiful song.
SCARBOROUGH FAIR
Simon and Garfnkel
Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Tell her to make me a cambric shirt (On the side of a hill in the deep forest green) Parsely, sage, rosemary and thyme (Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground) Without no seams nor needlework (Blankets and bedclothes a child of the mountains) Then she'll be a true love of mine (Sleeps unaware of the clarion call) Tell her to find me an acre of land (On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves) Parsely, sage, rosemary, and thyme (Washed is the ground with so many tears) Between the salt water and the sea strand (A soldier cleans and polishes a gun) Then she'll be a true love of mine Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather (War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions) Parsely, sage, rosemary and thyme (Generals order their soldiers to kill) And to gather it all in a bunch of heather (And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten) Then she'll be a true love of mine Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine
Been hearing this songs in many films as soundtrack for awhile and finally knowing that the original singer is Frankie Valli which released in year 1967.
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU - Frankie Valli
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off of you
You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off of you
Pardon the way that I stare
There's nothing else to compare
The sight of you leaves me weak
There are no words left to speak
So if you feel like I feel
Please let me know that it's real
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off of you
I love you baby and if it's quite all right
I need you baby to warm the lonely nights
I love you baby, trust in me when I say
Oh pretty baby, don't bring me down I pray
Oh pretty baby, now that I've found you stay
And let me love you baby, let me love you
True love does not come by finding the perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly! Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
Hearts are broken for words not spoken, so always said what you feel ... ... What we do today is important because we are exchanging a whole day of our life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; and in its place will be something that we had left behind... ... let it be something good.
Happy Valentines Day and God blessed us everyone!
ONLY LOVE - Nana Mouskouri
Only love can make a memory
Only love can make a moment last
You were there
And all the world was young
And all its songs unsung
And I remember you then
When love was all
All you were living for
And how you gave that love to me
Only then I felt my heart was free
I was part of you and you were all of me
Warm were the days and the nights of those years
Painted in colors to outshine the sun
All of the words and the dreams and the tears
Live in my remembrance
Only love can make a memory
Only love can make that moment last
Life was new
There was a rage to live
Each day a page to live
And I remember you then
When love was all
All you were living for
And how you gave that love to me
Only then I knew my heart was free
I was part of you and you were all of me
"If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, there must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, there must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, there must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, there must be peace in the heart." ~ Lao Tse, 6th Century B.C.
The world around us is ever-changing, we are in a culture right now in the world that is fostering, festering, stirring up, strife, bitterness and unforgiveness. Instability and insecurity are everywhere, at every age and social level and in almost every walk of life. There are unhappy people as seen in their preoccupation with sex, drugs and drink to maintain some semblance of security by escaping from the realities of life into a world of fantasy created by themselves. Sadly to see these people who ruin their health as well as their lives by taking the poison of bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness. Love is the exact opposite of unforgiveness, envy, jealousy, hate, pride and bitterness. We can have peace in the heart only if we learn to truly forgive and love one another.
"Every act of love is a work of peace, no matter how small." ~ Mother Theresa
Have heard that to forgive and to forget while personally, learn to forgive but not to forget; to learn from the past and not repeating it and dont dwell in the past. By embracing forgiveness, we embrace peace, hope, gratitude and joy. Here's the Nine Steps to Forgiveness.
To love others is to love yourself first. What will draw to you is exactly what you have created in life, and what you believe you are worthy of. So loving yourself can create love in your life. Here's the Tips For How To Love Yourself.
Found this song, Love by John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) as one of the founding members of The Beatles. He is ranked the second most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history after McCartney.
Love this soft and smoothing song for its simple lyrics.
LOVE - John Lennon
Love is real, real is love
Love is feeling, feeling is love
Love is wanting to be loved
Love is touch, touch is love
Love is reaching, reaching love
Love is asking to be loved
Love is you, you and me
Love is knowing we can be
Love is free, free is love
Love is living, living love
Love is needing to be loved
