B i o g r a p h y (by Jason Ankeny)
Though based in London, the trip-hop trio Smoke City created music with a distinctively Brazilian, bossa nova-influenced sound � no surprise given that vocalist Nina Miranda's childhood was divided between the UK and South America. Miranda formed Smoke City with former schoolmate Mark Brown, with whom she shared an affection not only for the music of Santana and Gilberto Gil but also classic '70s funk; rounding out the line-up with guitarist Chris Franck, formerly of the Brighton-based Brazilian percussion group Batu, the group issued a handful of indie-label singles before signing to Jive Records in the fall of 1995. Their debut LP Flying Away followed two years later, and was highlighted by the single "Underwater Love," which became a European hit thanks to its use in a commercial campaign for Levi's jeans.
Flying Away - 1997-06-24 -
Underwater love Devil Mood With you Numbers & Interlude N°1 Mister Gorgeous Aguas de Marco (Joga Bossa Mix) Dark walk Jamie Pan Giulietta & Interlude N°2 Flying Away
Intro (Instrumental) Can You Feel That What It Was (Acoustic) They Can't Take That Away From Me London Mister Jug (Instrumental) Remember This It's Amazing Interlude (Little Elina) (Instrumental) Life Can Be Sweet This Song What It Was (Part 2) After the splash (Bonus Track) Imagine (Bonus Track) Só Danço Samba/Jazz N' Samba (Bonus Track)
Flying Away
Thanx a lot to Martini who helped me a lot !!
Underwater Love This must be underwater love The way I feel it slipping all over me This must be underwater love The way I feel it O que que é esse amor, d'água Deve sentir muito parecido a esse amor This is it Underwater love It is so deep So beautifully liquid Esse amor com paixão, ai Esse amor com paixão, ai que coisa After the rain comes sun After the sun comes rain again After the rain comes sun After the sun comes rain again This must be underwater love The way I feel it slipping all over me This must be underwater love The way I feel it O que que é esse amor, d'água Eu sei que eu não quero mais nada Follow me now To a place you only dreamt of Before I came along When I first saw you I was deep in clear blue water The sun was shining Calling me to come and see you I touched your soft skin And you jumped in with your eyes closed And a smile upon your face Você vem, você vai Você vem e cai E vem aqui pra cá Porque eu quero te beijar na sua boca Que coisa louca Vem aqui pra cá Porque eu quero te beijar na sua boca Ai que boca gostosa After the rain comes sun After the sun comes rain again After the rain comes sun After the sun comes rain again Cai cai e tudo tudo cai Tudo cai pra lá e pra cá Pra lá e pra cá E vamos nadar E vamos nadar e tudo tudo dá This must be underwater love The way I feel it slipping all over me This must be underwater love The way I feel it Oh oh d'água we are full Underwater Oh underwater love This underwater love This underwater love Underwater love
*** Thanx a lot to Nuno who corrected a mistake ***
Devil Mood
Je suis totalement obsédée Doucement s'il te plait Pourquoi que tu es si méchant Mon terribly plus bel enfant Méchant toi tu es quand je te vois Je te veux plus que hier Yeah it's true I want you You're a bad one through and through Nunca ninguém me tentou assim Tão lindo e tão ruim Belo anjo, de um lando E do outro, o diabo Malandro e anjo está me derretendo Your kiss is my wish Take me to your hell I feel in a devil of a mood Been instilled by the devil Wicked heart brings me so much pain And pleasure I can't keep away Je suis totalement obsédée Doucement s'il te plait Pourquoi que tu es si méchant Mon terribly plus bel enfant Méchant toi tu es quand je te vois Je te veux plus que hier Yes true I want you You're bad one through and through You're the devil but you're also an angel I feel in a devil of a mood Be installed by the devil We get hot Mon diable je t'adore Je t'adore, je t'adore, je t'adore Oh aie aie aie aie oh oh oh You're the devil but you're also an angel Je t'a, je t'a, je t'a, je t'adore Aie aie aie aie aie oh You put me in a devil mood
*** Thanx a lot to Sofia who corrected some mistakes ***
With you
With you I felt love With you I felt the pain With you I was me And a bit of you too Inhaling and being inhaled In an all or nothing situation If I tried to say no My heart said yes If I tried to disguise it in my voice My eyes gave me away And so we became one In a mad love of so no limits Had to let My love go To let it go Had to let My love go To let it go The fear of separation Became an obsession Jealousy and jealous scenes Until the castle tumbled down And now our love has turned into smoke That I can smell but not touch A fire that became a flame That will never go out Had to let My love go To let it go Had to let My love go To let it go Had to let My love go To let it go Had to let My love go To let it go With you I felt love With you I felt pain With you I was me And a bit of you too Inhaling and being inhaled In an all or nothing situation Yes I began to dream of you in my arms From this dream I awoke calm Knowing you today We no longer live on No Tudo tudo tudo o nada Nada nada nada nada Tudo tudo tudo o nada Quase nada nada nada All or nothing tudo All or nothing tudo All or nothing Nothing nothing Butchupara Tudupara Tudo o nada? Tudo para Tudo Tudo para
*** Thanx a lot to Jorge & Sam & Sofia who corrected some mistakes ***
Numbers & Interlude N°1
Un Un Four Five Fifteen Quinze Seventeen Seven Nine Eight Sete cinco seis Sete cinco seis Trezentos e um That's three hundred, three hundred and one Three, three, three hundred and one Seis e vinte tres Seis e vinte tres Six, six and thirty two Trinta e oito Thirty eight Trinta e oito nao me lembro Twenty seven e' vinte sete, e' vinte sete Hmm Four and fourty four Hum ha, hum ha ... Neuf dix onze douze treize quatorze Que vem agora? Quinze Quinze, ma Quinze, pa Nao e' quinze? (quatorze) Tres Fourty nine Isn't it beautiful out here? Isn't it beautiful out here? Isn't it beautiful out here?
Mister Gorgeous
Cool and calm, Mr Gorgeous Walks up to the bar and orders and As he passes by, they all sigh - ah... When he moves just like a panther, He feels your gaze, but won't look at ya He won't dare a smile 'Cause it's really not his style at all Oh Aie, aie, aie, aie, aie Aie, aie, aie, aie, aie .... She's so slick and so curvaceous The way she walks is quite contagious Eager eyes follow her thighs and go, hmmm The way she moves strikes a chord Hits the groove But she ignores the Hopeful advances No, she won't give no chances at all Aie, aie, aie, aie, aie Aie, aie, aie, aie, aie .... All alone our Miss Curvaceous Back at her place finds her bed too spacious And as she passes her own reflection, sighs Ooh.. Mr Gorgeous is feeling lonely He wishes that if he could only Smile, once in a while So lonely, poor thing Aie, aie, aie, aie, aie Aie, aie, aie, aie, aie .... So while you are shaking your hips, keep your lips turned up
*** Thanx a lot to Nathan & Sofia who corrected some mistakes ***
Aguas de Marco (Joga Bossa Mix)
(ó o biscoito globo aí madame, vai levar, vai levar?) Joga bossa nova samba DJ please play bossa nova for me Radio, radio Colours in life Everyday things like a stick or a fly A pear, a peach A girl on the beach Talking let's speak Brazil Portuguese Abacaxi is pineapple Banana is banana Hot in the sun Hot on the skin Pele zico pele Na tv on tv Hat trick, lick trich The kings of the day Ease away the pain of the day today Cantar is to sing Doer is to hurt Camisa dez, number ten shirt Surfer surfista, samba dancer sambista Me conquista, ta ta ta ta ta ta Play Cantar is to sing Doer is to hurt Camisa dez, number ten shirt Surfer surfista, samba dancer sambista Ta ta ta ta ta ta ... (Sentir the heat) Nada is to swim and nothing too, Viajar is to travel you can come too To smoke is fumar To escape escapar Joga bossa nova samba Joga bossa nova samba Joga bossa nova samba Joga bossa nova samba Joga bossa
*** Thanx a lot to Elaine & Odilon & Sofia who corrected some mistakes ***
Dark walk
I hope you don't mind but I see you as my sanctuary I like the way that you are my sanctuary I hope you don't mind but I see you as my sanctuary I like the way that you sleep on your shoes It's the dark walk
Jamie Pan
My friend Jamie pan Peter pan of the park With flute he pipes his way On tree branches he plays Until it's dark Jamie Pan When he gets restless He jumps above the tree With a hop skip on the jump He feels free Jamie's mat He's filled with glee When you move so haphazardly And our playground so free Jamie plays, Jamie play, play, play And he gets faceless He jumps above up the tree With a hop skip on the jump He feels free Shall we let the state believe From your book let us take a look Absurd is (?) a players release Closer to sky And he gets restless He jumps above up the tree With a hop skip on the jump He feels free Free from che guevara And all the different minds of ?? (?) Tormented by the walls How it's so fucked up And no one gives a damn No one gives a damn
*** Thanx a lot to Dawn who corrected some mistakes ***
Giulietta
Something happened yesterday I feel lost I'm afraid that my love Loves another Giulietta Do you know To be happy we must wake up And a place to confront with passion as the body The body Yes the body and the shoulders And the space between the breast The green birds The flamingos The doves the sparrows Some that can be used according to the occasion There are different types of byte Dog bytes, wouf! Playful bytes, miaou! Dialectical bites Byte of a wolf, ohhh Giulietta love this The religion And your lover is your god Ever stimulator of the cold Your spirit Like the incense it must stay Smoke on the outer of your loving body Giulietta Now you know The kamasutra
Flying away
Goodbye sweet romance I am flying away now Goodbye sweet romance I am flying away now To num aviao saindo fora embora Estou num aviao saindo fora pra cima Estou num aviao saindo fora Agora vou embora Esta na hora Bye bye bye Je ne sais pas qu'est ce que c'est Il faut que je parte mon avion va partir Goodbye sweet romance I am flying away now Goodbye sweet romance I am flying away now Agora eu vou embora Esta na hora Depois de esse tempo todos juntos Vamos mudar de assunto Minha outra vida esta me chamando A eu estou querendo tanto Por enquanto Vamos nos separar E parar e parar De olhar para tras Nao importa o que a gente sente Nos temos que olhara para frente Nao e'? Nao e'? Nao eeee? e' e' Goodbye sweet romance I am flying away now Goodbye sweet romance I am flying away now I woke up calling your name Goodbye sweet love Do you feel the same Tears drop from my eyes As I fly through the sky
Heroes of Nature
Thanx a lot to Fernando who helped me a lot !
Can you feel that
It's a dark night that passes the earth with It's a grasses and deep blue seas And in the smoke city she is sitting thoughtfully While they are all up and swaying their dances ways Derududedudedu Derududa dancing away Can you feel that ? Can you feel that ? Can you feel that ? It's a carousel turning an animal walking And nobody knows what will happen To anybody anyway Derududedudedu Derududa dancing away And the more she will know when She's let it all go once again go Can you feel that ? Can you feel that ? Can you feel that ? Can you feel that ? Derududedudedu Derududa dancing away Can you feel that ? She is on a peak looking over the valleys Derududedudedu X3 Derududa dancing away Papa-pa Cuddle Papa another world turns Can you feel that ? Can you feel that ? Can you feel that ? Can you feel that ?
What it was (acoustic) What it was or what it is You took me off where I left it Guessing and wandering what I did All through the night and we drift a little I knew you before I think you're with me, i'm not sure Didn’t know what it was Don’t you know who I am 'Cause I don’t know myself anymore 'Cause I didn’t know what it was before I didn’t know what it was ( repeat ) What it is or what it was You took me in when I got off Forever keeping me just a bit Back in a way that still tilts a little I know you before, a feeling, a motion a wave I look at you now and question the future Don’t you know who I am 'Cause I don’t know myself anymore 'Cause I didn’t know what it was before I didn’t know what it was ( repeat )
*** Thanx a lot to Clary for correcting a mistake ***
They cant take that away from me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your tea The memory of all that. No no ! they cant take that away from me The way your smile just beams The way you sing off key The way you haunt my dreams No no ! they cant take that away from me We may never, never meet again on the bumpy road to love Still I'll always, always keep the memory of The way you hold your knife The way we danced till three The way you've changed my life No no ! they cant take that away from me
*** Thanx a lot to Trey for this one ***
London Fell like I'm invisible And I walk in the middle of the drizzle Landed in a place which is folded up London please holds me up Where are the caresses promised? How the street are paved With cold souls, cold souls Feel like im invisible As I walk in the midlle What a pity, what a pity, what a pity Fallen out of like, with the city Hard to get a smile in a mile down Frowns, there's not enough love in this big town. Where is the love, where is the love? Cold souls where is the love, where is the love? Cold souls ( mini cab driver break ) a love in this big town Cold souls where id the love, where is the love? You promised me love Feel like i'm invisible Feel like i'm invisible Feel like i'm invisible Feel like i'm invisible Exorcised the demons inside my head As I walk I like what it was
Mister Mister Don’t hide your heart away Keeping emotional ways at bay Show the glow let it overflow, Overflow your cup hiding away in your tough disguise Your beauty and your emotional sides Inside is all the love Talented fool Foolish of you To keep it for yourself Talented fool Foolish of you To keep it for yourself Mr your tears are the sweetest things Liquid from your soul escape You said the best things when you were taking a fall You felt like you were going to die And then you said it all And then you said it all Hiding away in your tough disguise Your beauty and your emotional sides Inside is all the love.
Remember This Beija-me assim, dentro de mim Não me esquece de apagar o que era antes Beija-me assim, não esqueça Memória é uma coisa que sabe o que gosta (Que gosta) o que o doce rapaz lembra O velho que sabe tudo o que vê Que não esquece que o que foi, foi Remember me once again Com você Remember this outra vez Com você Vez... Mais... Beija-me assim, dentro de mim Não esquece de apagar o que era antes Beija-me assim, não me esqueça Memory is something that knows what it likes What it likes, it likes to do some more O velho que sabe tudo o que vê Que não esquece que o que foi, foi Essa parede não mente O que viu foi, o que deu dá, dá, dá, dá... ainda mais Essa mistura louca Que dá água na boca Que dá um medo foda Que pega essa roda Aqui no vento Medo, o escuro, cinzento Perto de ti
*** Thanx a lot to Joana & Kkboop for this one ***
It's amazing Mesmerized by your eyes The window to your soul In the match am I your goal? Because I feel you so You follow me to my dreams And to my pillow seams In the night I heard each and every word It's amazing the way myself responds To the slightest touch you give me It's so hard for you always And the place where I want to be is inside you I dream I dream I dream I dream I dream I dream I dream I dream I dream Mesmerized by your eyes What secrets do you keep? The language that you speak Torments me in my sleep It's amazing the way myself responds To the slightest touch you give me It's so hard for you always And the place where I want to be is inside you Your beau-ti-ful eyes I see you-and-your beauty inside The touch of your voice, I take it all, hear you Talking in your language Falling with the touch of you Fully find my heart now To wander by your big old Tree-because It's amazing the way myself responds To the slightest touch you give me It's so hard for you always And the place where I want to be is inside you It's amazing the way myself responds To the slightest touch you give me It's so hard for you always And the place where I want to be is inside you
Life can be sweet I walk alone you are in my song We make our way up on a warm breeze Down mimosa street across the avenue I hear a voice that’s calling me to sing as one - aaaah Brave the waters and see when it happens Life can be sweet, life can be hmmm If you just So la ti do for joy and sorrow Wouldn’t it be nice to have you We fall in love in tears and laughter Yes it would be nice to have you Way beyond and way Before tomorrow Now its early march and you’re still here with me Warm in my heart and we are free to be as one Wont you sing it with me? Brave the waters and see when it happens Life can be sweet life can be hmmm If you just So la ti do for joy and sorrow Wouldn’t it be nice to have you We fall in love in tears and laughter Yes it would be nice to have you Way beyond and way before We dream of love Reminisces and kisses Wouldn’t it be nice to have you Oh to have my love Loving and giving Yes it would be nice to have you Way beyond and way Before tomorrow
This song This song is in the sky with my dreams And spirits high Im singing, with your smile on my mouth In the air you float above my house You're everywhere I have no choice but to climb you with my voice You make me breathless with your tenderness I fly You are in the air You are on my skin You are everything So pleased that you exists With this song you bring a tender kiss Can’t come down for a while Your warmth is a very nice glow Heart's thumping like a bell in a church Makes me climb on the furniture I fly You are in the air You are on my skin You are everything Falling under the spell of loving you And as the solar star in me Has fixed my constant star on thee The once fierce we will find Leopards, tigers become kinder Falling in the air of loving you Falling in the air of loving you
Imagine
( John Lennon cover / Heroes Of Nature LP Bonus Track ) Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine all the people Living life in peace Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one
Só Danço Samba/Jazz N' Samba (Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes / Bonus Track / Heroes Of Nature LP) Notes: Cha cha cha is a Latin-American style of dance music. Calypso is a style of Afro-Carribean dance music. Só danço samba, só danço samba Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai Só danço samba, só danço samba Vai Só danço samba, só danço samba Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai Só danço samba, só danço samba Vai Já dancei o twist até demais Mas não sei, me cansei Do calipso ao chá-chá-chá Só danço samba, só danço samba Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai Só danço samba, só danço samba Vai Straight from Rio, nonstop to your heart This sweet sound came one day And it's clear that it's here to stay I feel the samba, it feel so nice Hear it feel the hum That lovely samba jazz and samba, umm! So feel the samba, the jazz and samba I hear it all around That lovely samba, jazz and samba sound I love the samba, it feels so right Makes me dance all night Swinging samba, jazz and samba nice Só danço samba, só danço samba Vai (vai) So lovely samba, só danço samba Vai