Kemiaa (Neon 2 cover) - Maggie

Cover-versio Neon 2 -yhtyeen hitistä, albumeilta "Polku" (1992) ja Hattu Täynnä Tähtiä (2004). Säveltänyt ja sanoittanut Rami Alanko, sovittanut Rami Alanko, Jussi Rainio, Timo Heinonen & Jari Varjo.
Levytetty uudelleen albumilla "Klassikot" (2010) nimellä "Kemiaa 16", esittäjinä Jussi Rainio & Ressu Redford.
Copyright of the original: Sony ATV Publishing

Sanat sivulla http://www.neon2.fi/julk_kemiaa.htm

(Inaccurate English lyrics translation below)

Chemistry ("Kemiaa")

We sat that night in the park
Talking late to the night
We kissed in the dark of park
And we were sipping wine
You told how nice it would be
To wear a ring as well
To build a small home near forest
And making a flower bench

Chorus:

But hey, just that all is nice is not enough
It must be much better than it
It must have love in it
It must have dreams in it
Ice cream and strawberry
Just the right kind of chemistry

Street lights begun to dim
And we were getting cold
You asked me to sleep with you
Yes I was ready for it
In the morning at six o'clock
I still heard you were dreaming
Behind the wall I heard your father snoring
Well I think just I sighed

Chorus

You cannot plan your life too much
Just let it go and flow
If we still meet someday - that's okay
If not, cap on head and goodbye.

Chorus

Category:

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Tags:

• pop
• cover
• iskelmä
• Neon
• mannapuuroa
• ja
• mansikkaa
• oikeanlaista
• kemiaa
• laulu
• akustinen
• kitara
• sanat
• vocals
• acoustic
• guitar
• fingerstyle
• lyrics

[navim49]

Nice fade at the end guys. I like the whimpiscal nature of this song.The message is great. I try to go with the flow and float gently down stream. There's no point swimming against the tide. I'd have to say no to semolina though!! Stunningly performed as ever. Well done!!

[maggiesband]

@navim49 Thanks for listening, Nav! We felt this haunting melody was not easy to quit, so we just faded it out. You got it right, phrases like "right kind of chemistry" and "go and flow" contain often more seeds of truth than lyrics full of melancholy - which is perhaps the area of expertise of most local songs.

[SW94929]

don't know which I enjoyed more, the lovely song or the discussion about the translation. LOL

[maggiesband]

@SW94929 Thanks, Stan! This is a lovely and popular tune here. I suppose you were just figuring out when it was the last time when your hot date was peppered with father’s snoring in the next room? IMHO, I don't remember ;-)

[avmus86]

erikoista :D

[maggiesband]

@raffaport Thanks! This is neither of our homes, but the castle of Eltz (great spot, perhaps visiting it again this spring). Luckily - as you know - love can inflate a small cottage to a huge castle in no time!

[raffaport]

Thanks for that, Vesa. I meant to say the photographs are as lovely as ever, too. I hope that isn't where you and Maggie live (30 seconds) or I'll be jealous as hell. Regards to you both.

[maggiesband]

@raffaport Hi Graham! Thanks for listening and comments - the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Thanks to your corrections, I spent another 10 minutes to try to fix it. I assumed that the pudding here is an intentional contrast word to strawberry. "No snoring fathers in the same bed, please - we are Finnish" is a local proverb, and so I added words "behind the wall" to depict this scene in the hope we can relive this song's hot date without extra hassles...

[maggiesband]

@TheBeestoncowboy Thanks, Les. Nice if you liked it.

[raffaport]

Hi Maggie and Vesa. I enjoyed this very much - particularly the ending 'If not, cap on head and goodbye'. Just the way it goes. The guitar and vocals are of the usual high quality.

I had to laugh a couple of times, though. Your translation software has given you "semolina pudding and strawberries" instead of "strawberries and cream". Semolina is almost a joke pudding here, rarely touched except by old people (and me perhaps). Also, what was your father doing in bed with the two of you? Hee hee