"Menen nukkumaan ja toivon / etten enää koskaan herää / kevätpäivään raastavaan" * CMX: Vanha talvitie (music by CMX: Janne Halmkrona, Tuomas Peippo, Timo Rasio, A.W. Yrjänä, lyrics by Yrjänä) \ produced by Billy Gould \ released in Oct 1998

"I've asked myself, how much do you / commit yourself?" * Talk Talk: It's My Life (written by Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-Greene) \ produced by T. Friese-Greene \ released in early Jan 1984 \ directed by Tim Pope

"You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas / absolute elsewehere in the stones of your mind" * John Lennon: Mind Games (written and produced by J. Lennon) \ released on Oct 29th 1973

"The rich son waits for his father to die / the poor just drink and cry / and me - I just don't care at all" * Lou Reed: Men of Good Fortune \ produced by Bob Ezrin \ released in Oct 1973

Lou Reed 1942 - 2013

"L'Évangile, ou le kamasutra, on a la foi" * Catherine Deneuve & Bernadette Lafont: Zig-Rag (aka Zig Zig or Zig-Zig; written by Elisa Pons, Karl Heinz Schäfer, Maurice Vidalin) \ from the soundtrack to the film Zig Zig (released on Jan 1st 1975) by László Szabó, released in 1974

"In that August breeze of forgotten trees / your time was set for leaving / come a colder season" * 10,000 Maniacs: Noah's Dove (Natalie Merchant) \ released originally on Sep 29th 1992 \ live footage from MTV Unplugged (at Sony Music Studios, NYC on Apr 21st 1993), released on Oct 26th 1993

"I love that boy / I love that man in the street / I love wild child smiles on the faces that I meet" * Tom Tom Club: Don't Say No (written and produced by Tina Weymouth & Chris Frantz) \ released in Sep 1988

"Hit me (hit me) / hit me with those laser beams" * Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax (written by Peter Gill, Holly Johnson and Mark O'Toole) \ produced by Trevor Horn \ released on Oct 24th 1983 \ directed by Bernard Rose

"Deep in the heart of Texas / and 'round the Frisco Bay / all over St. Louis / way down in New Orleans" * Chuck Berry: Sweet Little Sixteen \ released originally in Jan 1958; footage from a live performance, assumingly on television

"Time like silent stares, with no apology" * Joe Esposito: Lady, Lady, Lady (aka Lady, Lady; written by Giorgio Moroder & Keith Forsey) \ released in the early 1983 \ footage from TopPop, broadcasted on Oct 22nd 1983

"And I don't really want your kiss / my thoughts don't make me cry / my heart's not filled with grey sadness / my ears can't hear you lie" * Julee Cruise: In My Other World (written by J. Cruise & Louis Tucci) \ produced by David Lynch & Angelo Badalamenti \ released on Oct 12th 1993

"I only ask / that what I feel / should not be denied me now" * George Harrison: Who Can See It \ released on May 30th 1973

"My body's so tired and I'm tired of thinking / digging for gold in a land of dreams" * Tanita Tikaram: Dust on My Shoes (T. Tikaram & Mark Richard Creswell) \ released on May 11th 2012, video directed by Natacha Horn

"I believe it's meant to be, darling" * Susanna Hoffs: Eternal Flame (written by S. Hoffs, Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg), released originally by The Bangles on Oct 18th 1988 \ footage from a live performance in Yokohama, 1996

"Pannaan ne pussauskoppiin" * Jonna: Minttu sekä Ville (music by Veikko Samuli, lyrics by Raul Reiman), released in Syksyn Sävel -kilpailu (clip) on Oct 17th 1983, on record in Oct or Nov in the same year

"Kun tulen kiinni sinuun / jumalatkin uskoo minuun / vaikka itse aina usko en" * Juice Leskinen: Syksyn sävel (released in the late 1975) \ footage from Estradilla: Senaattori ja Boheemi (released on Jan 15th 2005); live at the Tampere Hall on Nov 13th 2004

"Tämän jälkeen Vanhalla / ei mikään ole ollut niin kuin ennen" * Lapinlahden Linnut: Kuppilan tango (music by Pekka Hedkrok, lyrics by Tapio Liinoja), released (originally without orders and other speaks) in Apr 1988 \ video made for the 1st episode of Seitsemän kuolemansyntiä (a tv sketch show by Lapinlahden Linnut released on Oct 15th 1988), directed by Pertti Melasniemi

"Ivan's Appeal to the Boyars" [Engl. name] * composed by Sergei Prokofiev in 1942 - 1944; music to the film Ivan Grozniy / Иван Грозный (released in two parts: 1 on Dec 30th 1944, 2 in 1958) by Sergei Eisenstein \ arranged into an oratorio in 1961 by Alexander Stasevich; performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Muti, with the Ambrosian Chorus (chorus master John McCarthy), Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano), Anatoly Morenko (baritone) and Boris Morgunov (narrator), recorded in 1977

"Ah let the grass grow green over the brewery tonight / it'll never come between the darkness and the light / and there's nothing too sick that can't be eased / by the devil's holy water and the rosary beads" * Radiators: Song of the Faithful Departed (Philip Chevron), released on Aug 10th 1979 \ clip from a tv performance in 1980

"Heartache to heartache, we stand" * Pat Benatar: Love Is a Battlefield (written by Holly Knight & Mike Chapman) \ released on Oct 12th 1983, video directed by Bob Giraldi

"Hop!" * Édith Piaf: La java de Cézigue (music by Jean Eblinger, lyrics by Rene-Pierre Groffe) \ released in 1935 or 1936

Valzer Brillante (aka Valzer Verdi), written by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) for piano, published posthumously in the film Il Gattopardo (released on Mar 28th 1963) by Luchino Visconti, orchestrated by Nino Rota \ performed by Trio Addendum, arranged by Paolo Zannini; uploaded by aculiani on Jun 12th 2011

"Kun mennään ostamaan tavaraa / niin tullaan myyjinä pois" * Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki: E, E, E -liike (music by M.A. Numminen, lyrics by Arvo Salo), released in 1973

"There is no hell / there is no shame / there is no hell / like an old hell / there is no hell" * David Bowie: The Motel \ released on Sep 26th 1995

Valse triste, op. 44, no. 1 (composed by Jean Sibelius in 1903 for the play Kuolema, premiered on Dec 2nd 1903, then revised in 1904 to be known as Valse triste; premiered on Apr 25th 1904), performed by Maud Powell (violin), recorded on Jun 24th 1914

"I always have to comfort you every day / but that's what I need you to do, are you gay?" * Amy Winehouse: Stronger Than Me (A. Winehouse & Salaam Remi), released (at least in UK) on Oct 6th 2003

Theme tune from Bergerac (a tv serial released on Oct 18th 1981, by Yleisradio on Oct 1st 1983), written by George Fenton; intro from the series 1

"I was faced with a choice at a difficult age / would I write a book or should I take to the stage? / but in the back of my head I heard distant feet / Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat" * Pet Shop Boys: Left to My Own Devices (music by Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe, lyrics by N. Tennant), released on Oct 11th 1988, video directed by Eric Watson

"Strangers meet, strangers dream" * Mick Smiley: Magic, released on record (with a different mix) in May 1984, video directed by Greg Gold (first aired in Nov 1984)

"I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled, yeah yeah" * The Rolling Stones: Jumpin' Jack Flash (Mick Jagger & Keith Richards), released on May 24th 1968, promo film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in May 1968

Btw, 40 years since the entrance of Johnny Boy in Mean Streets

L'amore dei due fratelli (written by Nino Rota), music from the 1960 film Rocco e i suoi fratelli