![]() Islands (1997) [ larger cover art ] |
It won't be easy, you'll think it's strange
When I try to explain how I feel
I still need your love after all that I've done
You won't believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days, my mad existence
I've kept my promise, don't keep your distance
I had to let it happen, I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom
Running around, trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days, my mad existence
I've kept my promise, don't keep your distance
Have I said too much?
There's nothing more that I can think of to say to you
All you got to do is look at me
To know that every word is true
Oh, don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days, my mad existence
I've kept my promise, don't keep your distance
I've kept my promise, don't keep your distance
When I try to explain how I feel
I still need your love after all that I've done
You won't believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days, my mad existence
I've kept my promise, don't keep your distance
I had to let it happen, I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom
Running around, trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to
Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days, my mad existence
I've kept my promise, don't keep your distance
Have I said too much?
There's nothing more that I can think of to say to you
All you got to do is look at me
To know that every word is true
Oh, don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days, my mad existence
I've kept my promise, don't keep your distance
I've kept my promise, don't keep your distance
| bluecshells | Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 11:35 ![]() |
| dragonlady (Pasadena, CA) | Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 14:45 Dancing in my chair... ![]() |
| cenesizo (Montreal) | Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 14:43 rtrudeau wrote: Dear RP, please continue to do exactly what you're doing right now. ditto. this song makes me dance in my office. |
| bluecshells | Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 14:42 ![]() |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: May 25, 2012 - 18:05 Turned on RP, the sun is shining, the shorts are out and Kali is playing. Simply perfect. |
| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: May 25, 2012 - 18:04 rtrudeau wrote: Dear RP, please continue to do exactly what you're doing right now. Ditto! |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 10:34 lelkoun wrote: Dear RP, please do not play non-english songs unless they are really good. Dear RP, please continue to do exactly what you're doing right now. |
| lelkoun (Prague, Czech Republic) | Posted: Feb 20, 2012 - 14:14 Dear RP, please do not play non-english songs unless they are really good. |
| BillG (Paradise, California) | Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 08:48 chuckster wrote: I'd like to know more about this song but the links are all bogus The artist website link now works correctly. |
| chuckster | Posted: Nov 01, 2011 - 13:58 I'd like to know more about this song but the links are all bogus |
| cinaree (Virginia Beach, VA) | Posted: Nov 01, 2011 - 13:57 Really like this....makes me want to go back to Mexico! |
| jeanniebell | Posted: Oct 16, 2011 - 20:09 Why can't I buy this on ITunes :( link doesn't work |
| jeanniebell | Posted: Oct 16, 2011 - 19:45 Love this! Makes me feel like I'm not in the crowded, gray, dirty city I currently live in. Nice! |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 10:49 Sounds like the backing singers are singing something about an impotent man. |
| bluecshells (EARTH) | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 15:32 LOVE |
| ralphf (Osaka, Japan) | Posted: May 28, 2011 - 00:00 Bought this CD a long time ago and didn't think much of it. In recent times I've grown to like it very much. Great background music for, "relaxed concentration", i.e. — drawing and other art work. |
| Andy_B | Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 10:37 After living the past 15 years in the Caribbean and programming our music, I find the entire album quite refreshing. And this cut with Kali is tropical with an interesting lilt. The Putumayo cd's are well known to our hotel and restaurant's world-traveled guests. Not bad, really. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 10:32 Hey, if it's sung by furiners then ahm prolly gonna like it! Great album cover too! |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 12:43 http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=5621500&song=Me+Ki+Sa+Oule |
| beachmom (Georgia) | Posted: Dec 06, 2009 - 09:35 rklein wrote: Just click on the album cover above. Just an FYI that Putumayo only sells CDs, not downloads. I am not sure why, but it is probably related to their selling CDs in unusual places like gift shops and Whole Foods. On the plus side, they are known for being timely and fair in paying the artists royalties, something that is unfortunately not the case for many record labels. I love the "Islands" CD among many other well compiled and edited Putumayo CDs. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 06:19 lmic wrote: Is it Portuguese? Kali (Jean-Luc Monnerville) is from Martinique and sings in French and Creole. There's enough French in this to make me think it's a Creole-influenced local patois if not pure Creole. Here's a link to a review of the CD: http://www.gonomad.com/features/0101/creditor_cdreviews.html# |
| ygagarine (Paris) | Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 06:15 lmic wrote: Is it Portuguese? No, it is french creole from the french caribbean. |
| lmic (Limpid Drivel of the Best Kind) | Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 10:52 Gatlinburger wrote: BTW, I don't think that's French, but I haven't researched it. 5 years of French in school didn't help here. Looks like something else, DK, but it doesn't look like French. Is it Portuguese? |
| Gatlinburger | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 22:54 BTW, I don't think that's French, but I haven't researched it. 5 years of French in school didn't help here. Looks like something else, DK, but it doesn't look like French. |
| Gatlinburger | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 22:51 FeydBaron wrote: Inoffensive, but quite bland at the same time. I'm a strictly neutral 6 on this one. I agree w/ your initial comment, but I think that would imply something like a "3" - "5".... |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 22:49 lerxst wrote: every french song sounds exactly the same to me...same beat, same soppy romantic sound. Aren't there any french-speaking punk bands? Or metal? Or country? I hope that a French listener will respond. First of all, this is island music. It is sung in French, but does not reflect pop/rock music in France today, in my opinion. A generation ago I thought French music was embarassingly insipid. Now there is a lot going on musically - a lot of good stuff being produced. (And I am really sorry that 'Les Tambours du Bronx' don't exist anymore. Not for RP listeners, perhaps, but very exciting.) |
| countyman (09 Stanley Cup Champs and Sixburgh) | Posted: Aug 02, 2009 - 10:03 What's next, Kirsty McColl and Los Lobos?!?!?!?! |
| lerxst (A Planet in the Solar Federation) | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 13:52 every french song sounds exactly the same to me...same beat, same soppy romantic sound. Aren't there any french-speaking punk bands? Or metal? Or country? |
| jhorton | Posted: Mar 12, 2009 - 21:01 A good solid 3 from me. Elevator music for the tropics. |
| ScopArch (Berlin, Baby) | Posted: Feb 09, 2009 - 07:18 Good! Very Good! |
| revt (Fredericksburg, TX) | Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 13:21 liser wrote: Too late to change your location - we already know you're from the intolerant area of Texas. Seems to color every comment you make... Hey, now. Not everyone from Texas is intolerant. Unless you're intolerable. This track isn't intolerable, but milquetoast comes to mind. 6 it is. |
| DeeCee1109 (People's Republic of A2) | Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 12:17 I own this CD as well as a number of others from Putumayo World Music and find them quite enjoyable. |
| oscar_driver (Planet Earth) | Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 12:16 Me like this ... Oscar |
| rklein (East Bay) | Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 10:32 dvalfre wrote: Nice easy going tune, a 6 from me.
It is strangely difficult to find music from Kali available for sale on the Internet. Just click on the album cover above. |
| drtjdel | Posted: Feb 12, 2008 - 13:00 Most of these collections work. |
| Candela (Trondheim, Norway) | Posted: Jan 27, 2008 - 17:53 Cool cover! :) |
| dvalfre (Córdoba, Argentina) | Posted: Dec 27, 2007 - 07:40 Nice easy going tune, a 6 from me. It is strangely difficult to find music from Kali available for sale on the Internet. |
| mutepoint | Posted: Dec 11, 2007 - 15:56 Me likey. This vocalist and backup singers sound like another group I've heard here. Hmmmm. |
| jesspra (Brooklyn Yeah, New York) | Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 16:52 Nice beat, inoffensive lyrics..I'm swayin' - what's not to like? |
| liser (on the green turtle) | Posted: May 21, 2007 - 10:26 Glockman45 wrote: sucks
Too late to change your location - we already know you're from the intolerant area of Texas. Seems to color every comment you make... |
| xkolibuul (Pacific Rim, salmon, big trees) | Posted: Mar 03, 2007 - 22:21 Zippin'. Fun. Keep it. |
| oldsinger (Wexford, PA) | Posted: Feb 16, 2007 - 06:28 Agree with bland. |
| squidish (under the sea) | Posted: Feb 01, 2007 - 09:27 Jah love it, mon.
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| Glockman45 (undisclosed) | Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 18:31 sucks |
| bokey | Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 18:28 uke music edit- nope,it's zouk music |
| wally42 (Steamboat Springs, Colorado) | Posted: Nov 20, 2006 - 12:11 Are we adding a lot of new music today?, So far so good. |
| FeydBaron (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: Nov 20, 2006 - 12:10 Inoffensive, but quite bland at the same time. I'm a strictly neutral 6 on this one. |
| greg6494 (St. Louis) | Posted: Nov 20, 2006 - 12:10 Lobster or Cracked Crab sir? Can't we have both? |



