The Stranglers "North Winds"

"I saw an orange role burning
I saw youth on fire
I saw metal machine that were turning
On a generation that hadn't yet tired

I heard of two generations being murdered
In a Europe that was shrouded in black
I witnessed the birth pains of new nations
When the chosen people finally went back

North winds blowing
I wish it would blow all away
North winds blowing
I wish they would blow all away
I wish they would blow all away

I saw freedom in the shape of disease
And mainly men had to quench their desire
And while a few could do just as they pleased
I saw kids whose bellies were all on fire

When all is dead and war is over
When hollow victory has been won
Who will joing in the celebration
Of the evil that just can't be undone

North winds blowing
I wish it would blow all away
North winds blowing
I wish they would blow all away
I wish they would blow all away

I used to dream about destruction
But now that I feel it getting near
I spend my time watching the ocean
And waves are all I want to hear

I wish I was a believer
I'd spend less time in being sad
So many laws against disbelieving
I don't know who's good or who's bad

North winds blowing
Blow all away"



The Stranglers "North Winds"
Album Aural Sculpture - 1984

Ann CLARK "Our Darkness"

"Through these city nightmares you'd walk with me
And we'd talk of it with idealistic assurance
That it wouldn't tear us apart

We'd keep our heads above the blackened water
But there's no room for ideals in this mechanical place
And you're gone now


Through a grimy window that I can't keep clean
Through billowing smoke that's swallowed the sun
You're nowhere to be seen


Do you think our desires still burn
I guess it was desires that tore us apart
There has to be passion
A passion for living
Surviving
And that means detachment

Every-body has a weapon to fight you with
To beat you with when you are down
There were too many defences between us


Doubting all the time
Fearing all the time
Doubting all the time
Fearing all the time
That like these urban nightmares
We'd blacken each other skies

When we passed the subways we tried to ignore our fate there
Of written threats on endless walls
Unjustified crimes carried on stifled calls

Would you walk with me now through this pouring rain
It used to mingle with our tears
Then dry with the hopes that we left behind
It rains even harder now"


Ann CLARK "Our Darkness"
Album Joined Up Writing - 1984

The Knife "Bird"

"If I was a bird
I would fly high over the world
Come home at night to your garden
Build a nest among the branches
And I'll comb your hair with my beak

If I was a bird
I would count my time in pearls
Under my wings you'll find shelter
You'll breed bugs and keep me well fed
And I proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly

But you wanted me to be a girl
Without feathers without urge
Then my wings quick dissappeared
And left was only fear
And I proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly

Proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly
I'll have to fly
I'll have to fly

But you wanted me to be a girl
Without feathers without urge
Then my wings quick dissappeared
And left was only fear
And I proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly

Proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly
I'll have to fly
I'll have to fly"

The Knife "Bird"
Album The Knife - 2001

Salade De Fruits "Relevée" Au Gingembre & À La Menthe

Quand je prépare une salade de fruits, j'y ajoute souvent un ingrédient qui va la "relever" avec une nette préférence pour le gingembre sous forme de racine ou en sirop.
Alors quand une collègue de travail m'a donné quelques brins de menthe de son jardin cette semaine,  j'ai eu envie d'en ajouter un peu dans la salade de fruits que j'avais prévue de faire.

C'est une herbe aromatique que j'utilise très peu en cuisine j'avais un peu peur du résultat mais je trouve son association avec le gingembre réussie, à eux deux ils relèvent parfaitement la douceur de la mangue et de la fraise.


Salade de fruits au gingembre et à la menthe ;


* 1 mangue
* 1 dizaine de fraises
* 1 morceau de racine de gingembre (environ 1 cm.)
* 2 feuilles de menthe
* 1 verre de jus de fruit de la passion (environ 20 cl.)
* Extrait liquide de vanille
* 1 CS de sirop de canne brun


Couper les fraises en deux et la mangue en cubes
Détailler le gingembre en petits dés et ciseler la menthe
Mettre le tout dans un saladier et verser par dessus le jus de fruit de la passion, le sirop de canne et quelques gouttes d'extrait de vanille.

Remuer doucement et réserver au frais plusieurs heures avant de servir afin que les tous parfums se mélangent.