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Wednesday 8 February 2012

Blues Guitarist Erja Lyytinen and Lyrics as a Learning Source


Erja Lyytinen is a Finnish singer-songwriter from Kuopio, a blues guitarist that has been touring all over Europe and was a support band for Santana in Helsinki last summer. She also performed her song Bed of Roses with Marco Hietala of the Finnish metal bands Tarot and Nightwish.



Erja Lyytinen releases her first live concert on dvd titled Songs From The Road. The dvd will be released in Finland on February 8th 2012,
it says on Erja's web page.



Lyrics to songs can serve as a learning source for new words, where music helps memorizing them. Many times lyrics sound better when sung than how they work as a text, or what do you say about  these lyrics?
Sometimes I feel like you don’t love me no more
I know it from the way you look at me
You don’t care like you used to before
I know it from the way you touch me
I sit around and wait for you
To come to me and cure my blue
Bed of roses in a frozen land
Nights turn bitter
The leaves will wither
Bloom has faded and you understand
You’re looking at a stranger
You thought you’d love forever
Everyday life no longer makes a difference
Weary silence has become our daily guest
Dissappointments leading to indifference
remnants of love have been put to the test
I sit around and wait for you
To come to me and cure my blue
Bed of roses in a frozen land
Nights turn bitter
The leaves will wither
Bloom has faded and you understand
Youґre looking at a stranger
You thought youґd love forever
Will you remember the good we had
We were always together
We only saw each other
When love is gone it will hurt you bad
But you canґt pretend
When youґve reached the end
You don’t love me anymore
And the same with music – much better, right?



 In this promo clip Marco and Erja tell about their duet.


Quite a lady, uh?



Previously published on my Finnish blog.

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