Mais vieillir… ! – 20 – ‘Yesterday’

Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Oh, I believe in yesterday  

Paul McCartney

« Yesterday »

Madame Shirley Horn

Why he had to go I don’t know he wouldn’t say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly
I’m not half the girl I used to be
There’s a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Why he had to go I don’t know he wouldn’t say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Why he had to go I don’t know he wouldn’t say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Too many musicians rush through everything with too many notes. A ballad should be a ballad. It’s important to understand what the song is saying, and learn how to tell the story. It takes time. I can’t rush it. I really can’t rush it.

Shirley Horn

Trop de musiciens se précipitent à travers tout avec trop de notes. Une ballade doit être une ballade. Il est important de comprendre ce que dit la chanson et d'apprendre à raconter l'histoire. Ça prend du temps. Je ne peux pas me précipiter. Je ne peux vraiment pas me précipiter.

Yesterday

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.

William Shakespeare – Macbeth (Acte V – Scène 5)

Demain, et puis demain, et puis demain,
Glissent à petits pas d’un jour à l’autre
Jusqu’à la dernière syllabe du registre des temps ;
Et tous nos hiers n’ont fait qu’éclairer pour des fous
La route de la mort poussiéreuse.

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Stefanie Jones – Guitare : Yesterday

The Beatles / Arrangement Toru Takemitsu