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I can't get started - by Bunny Berigan (1937)

Rowland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan (1908 - 1942) was an American jazz trumpeter who rose to fame during the Swing Era, but whose virtuosity and influence were shortened by a losing battle with alcoholism that ended in his early death.

 The lyrics:
I've flown around the world in a plane
I've settled revolutions in Spain
And the North Pole I have charted
Still I can't get started with you

On the golf course, I'm under par
Metro Goldwyn have asked me to star
I've got a house, a showplace
Still I can't get no place with you

'Cause you're so supreme
Lyrics I write of you, I dream
Dream day and night of you
And I scheme just for the sight of you
Baby, what good does it do?

I've been consulted by Franklin D
Greta Garbo has had me to tea
Still I'm broken-hearted

'Cause I can't get started with you

Greta Garbo hat mich im Traum geküsst – by Rudolf Nelson (ca. late 1920s)

No infos can be found apart from that it was written in the late 1920s  by Rudolf Nelson. Nelson was a German composer who had much success in the 1920s in Berlin.

Der Vamp – by  Grethe Weiser (ca. 1930s)

Not a song but a couplet (a poem) wrote writer and composer Günter Neumann for the German actress Grethe Weiser. It was called Der Vamp (The Vamp). The couplet was quite successful when Weiser performed it in her cabaret shows.

Expert fom the poem:
Ich bin sowas Mondänes. Heidi, heidi, heida!
Mondän sein ist was schönes.  Heidi, heidi, heida!
Noch verrückter geht's nicht, noch kanditelter kann ich nicht!
Ich verein in einer Person: bisschen Garbo,
bisschen Dietrich, bisschen Sandrock – von wegen dem Ton.

Thanks to Patrick

Greta Garbo – by Ask The Slave (mid 2000s)

The Islandic rockband, Ask The Slave, recorded a song called Greta Garbo, it was taken from  the album Kiss Your Chora.

Lyrics:
A One is on the screen, one is never seen
A love so right in silent black and white

A love that feels as if it was real
I´m sure that it was real
The silver screen and the space between

An aura of northern delight
Double life inside
Just take her home, just leave her alone

More Info   HERE!

A song by a Russian heavy metal group. recorded in 1996 and taken from their album It has nothing really to do with GG except the name of the song and the last  line "Oh, Greta Garbo".

More Info  HERE!

Leave The Lights On  - by  John Prine (1995)

John Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s. In his song Leave the lights on, he refers to Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car
It's like kissing Greta Garbo with a mouth full of marbles
Like trying to cash a paycheck in the middle of a train wreck
Leave the lights on Leave the lights on

Thanks to SnowWhite

Strange Notes - by  The Germs (1979)

The Germs are a punk rock band from Los Angeles formed in the late 1970s. Their 1977 single, "Forming/Sexboy (live)", is generally regarded as the first punk record from Los Angeles.

Their song Strange Notes refers to Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
Billy Druids face is marble
He keeps every thought in it's place
He lets the days turn tomorrow
Someone's always walking on his grave
He wears the linens just like Garbo
And talks at a saturnine pace
Listening to the strange notes marvel
Only giving what it takes

Thanks to SnowWhite

Greta Garbo – by Biônica (2004)

This is a song by a Brazil brazilian garage punk band. A video from the song Greta Garbo with Garbo images appeared on various video channels.

Visit Biônica at MySpace  HERE!

Greta Garbo – by  Burden (early 2000)

A song by a heavy metal artist called Burden. No info can be found.

Greta Garbo – by Jen Larson (early 2000)

A song by an American folk/country singer. No info can be found.

Greta - by Henri Tachan (1979)

Henri Tachan is a French chanson singer. The song Greta was recorded in 1979.

The lyrics:
Toi, on t'appelait Marilyn
Toi, la femme-enfant, la frangine
La petite soeur populaire
Qu'on aurait bien voulu se faire
Toi, on t'appelait Marilyn
Dans nos r veries enfantines
Et quand venait l'heure du dodo
On s'endormait sur tes lolos

Qui regretta Greta?
Qui regretta Garbo
Qui avait le corps p le
Qui avait le coeur gros?
Qui regretta Greta?
Qui regretta Garbo
Que j'ai connue trop tard
Qui est partie trop t t?

Toi, on te murmurait Marl ne
Toi, l'ange bleu de nos nuits bl mes
Jarretelles noires et bas nylon
Tes cuisses nous filaient le frisson
Toi, on te murmurait Marl ne
Toi, la femme-femme, la Gretchen
Toi, l' quivoque Walkyrie
Qu'on chevauchait toutes les nuits

Qui regretta Greta?
Qui regretta Garbo
Qui avait le corps p le
Qui avait le coeur gros?
Qui regretta Greta?
Qui regretta Garbo
Que j'ai connue trop tard
Qui est partie trop t t?

On vous appelait la Divine
Quand vous jouiez la reine Christine
Mata Hari ou Ninotchka
M me quand vous ne jouiez pas
On vous appelait la Divine
Et je sens au fond d'ma poitrine
Ce mal si lourd, ce mal si beau
Je crois que je t'aimais Garbo

Halloween Parade - by Lou Reed (1989)

Lou Reed, born March 2, 1942, is an influential American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. The song Hollywood Parade refers to Garbo and appeared on his 1989 released album New York.

Expert from the lyrics:
…This Halloween is something to be sure
especially to be here without you
There's a Greta Garbo and an Alfred Hitchcock
and some black Jamaican stud
There's five Cinderellas and some leather drags
I almost fell into my mug
There's a Crawford, Davis and a tacky Cary Grant
and some Homeboys lookin' for trouble
down here from the Bronx ...

Vacanze romane - by Matia Bazar (2004)

Matia Bazar is an Italian pop group. The song Vacanze romane refers to Garbo and appeared on their 2004 released album Made in Italy.

Expert from the lyrics:
... Ma Greta Garbo di vanità
Tu con il cuore nel fango
L'oro e l'argento, le sale da te
Paese che non ha più campanelli
Poi, dolce vita che te ne vai
Sulle terrazze del Corso
"Vedova allegra", máìtresse dei caffè
Profumo tuo di vacanze romane...

These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) – by Ella Fitzgerald (1936)

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (1917 – 1996), also known as Lady Ella and the First Lady of Song, is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century.

Her song, These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You), refers to Garbo and was recorded in 1936. The song was writte n for a revue called Spread it around. Ella turned it into a hit.

Expert from the lyrics:
These foolish things,
Remind me of you
The smile of Garbo
And the scent of roses
The waiters whistling
As the last bar closes
The song that Crosby sings
These foolish things
Remind me of you
How strange
How sweet
To find you still
These things are dear to me

Notte Dai Grandi Incontri - by Gianni Togni (1984)

Gianni Togni is an Italian singer/songwriter. On his 1984 released album Stile Libero, he has a song called Notte Dai Grandi Incontri (English: Night From The Great Encounter) which refers to Garbo.

The lyrics:
Due di notte senza amore
ed io appoggiato ad un lampione
solo
Due di notte a spasso
ed io che seguo i passi di quel passo
come si fa
a dire divertirsi in questa città
come si fa
a dire qualche novità

Esco da un locale
trovo davanti la mia vecchia scuola
solo
Qui le due di notte
si fanno tre ma sono poche ancora
come si fa
a spendere così la mia età
dove si va
per un po' di felicità

Qui ci vorrebbe un miracolo
una notte dai mille grandi incontri
un dolce amore là all'angolo
occhi di quelli che uccidono
le scarpe basse di un angelo
due vecchi amici che tornano
Vorrei qualcosa di fantastico
darei la vita per trovare
Greta Garbo al semaforo
ali di quelle che volano
verso un destino romantico
incontro a un nuovo pericolo

Tre di notte a piedi
a regalare cicche ai marciapiedi
solo
Tre di notte vanno
ed io che non ho soldi e non ho sonno
come si fa
a dormire in questa città

dove si va
stare fermi è un'assurdità

Via Nazionale
qui non si può che camminare
solo

Tre di notte e quattro
ed io che sono triste e insoddisfatto
come si fa
a spendere così la mia età
dove si va
per un po' di felicità

Qui ci vorrebbe un miracolo
una notte dai mille incontri
un dolce amore nel traffico
la piazza piena di fragole
due orchestre in gamba che suonano
un vecchio tempo ballabile
Vorrei qualcosa di impossibile
darei la vita per trovare
Greta Garbo al mio tavolo
e bere in due fino all'ultimo
tutto il futuro in un attimo
e poi mi porti via il diavolo

Tre di notte e quattro
Ed io che sono triste e insoddisfatto

Solo
Due di notte senza amore
ed io appoggiato ad un lampione

Solo

Due di notte a spasso
Ed io che seguo i passi di quel passo

Solo

Tre di notte a piedi
a regalare cicche ai marciapiedi

Solo

Tre di notte vanno
ed io che non ho soldi non ho sonno

Solo

Your Pretty Smile - by Damien Dempsey (2007)

Damien Dempsey is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk stylism with contemporary lyrics to making social comment on the positive and negative aspects arising from Ireland's Celtic Tiger society.

His 2007 released single Your pretty smile refers to Garbo and is taken from his album To Hell Or Barbados.

Expert from the lyrics:
And when I frown I feel unsound I drag you down to ground level
I interrupt your flyin' high and summer sky in your mind
But then you grab me by the scruff and we're up up and over
Over the dirty men, the streets where I retreat from living

Your pretty smile it could light up any room,
I've seen it many times banish any gloom
Darlin', don't you ever stop with that smilin', yeah yeah
Your pretty smile it could light up any room,
I've seen it many times banish any gloom
Darlin', don't you ever stop with that smilin', yeah yeah

One time, I seen, the low lands green, I was sixteen and spell bound,
I think of you when I glance over these old reels
Greta Garbo, Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe such photo's
The smog descends around my silhouette of dreams

Il Morbo di Beautiful - by Marco Masini (1995)

Marco Masini is an Italian singer-songwriter. In his song Il Morbo di Beautiful he refers to Garbo.The song appeared on his album Il cielo della vergine.

Expert from the lyrics:
Gli psicanalisti sono tutti tristi
lasciano i congressi sempre più depressi
anche Nostradamus ha previsto un virus
che non si guarisce più uh uh è il morbo di Beautiful
Biancaneve e Greta Garbo tutti i sogni di Fellini

La corsa delle bighe di Ben Hur
La Ciociara e Casa Blanca e Miracolo a Milano
Tutto questo adesso non c'è più...
e tu guardi Beautiful

Lovers Are Crazy -  by Steve Vai (1984)

Vai is a Grammy Award winning guitarist, composer, vocalist, and record producer. In his 1984 released song Lovers Are Crazy he refers to Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
He looks a lot like Blondie Bumstead
When he lies in bed
He cries a lot like Shirley Temple
When he's lost his head
He sings a lot like Greta Garbo
When he's drunk instead
He died a lot like Marilyn Monroe
When he ate those reds

The Ballad Of Michael Valentine - by The Killers (2004)

The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas. In their song The Ballad Of Michael Valentine, they refer to Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
Straight faced with misery tonight
And I will not lie when I say I ain't cold no more
But I've got the buzz
Like Greta Garbo
Walking forwards in the sun
And I've got a coat tail left to ride

Everything Old Is New Again - from the musical The Boy from Oz (1998)

The Boy From Oz is a jukebox musical based on the life of singer/songwriter Peter Allen and featuring songs written by him. the song refers Everything Old Is New Again refers to Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
Get out your white suit, your tap shoes and tails
Put it in backward when forward fails
But leave Greta Garbo alone
Be a movie star on your own

And don't throw the past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When ev'ry thing old is new again

I might fall in love with you again

I Can't Get Started - by Barry Manilow (1994)

Barry Manilow  is an American singer and songwriter best known for such recordings as Mandy and Copacabana. The song I can't get started refers to Garbo and appeared on his 1994 released album Singin' with the Big Bands.

Expert from the lyrics:
I've been consulted by Franklin D
and Greta Garbo gave me her key
still I'm broken hearted
cause I can't get started with you

in 1929 I sold short
in England I'm presented at court
but you've got me down hearted
cause I can't get started with you

Caruso - by Gavin Friday (1995)

Gavin Friday is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer and painter. His 1995 released song Caruso refers to Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
i'm not me.... i'm not me.... i'm not me.... not me....
non sono io!
heave ho.... heave ho....

leonardo! marlon brando! machiavelli!
and bertolt's belly!
a millionaire with curly hair, i'm your burning empire.

greta garbo! andy warhol! and his jam-roll!
nero plays his violin, seezer his accordian

i'm sitting in the bathtub watching the dirty water
swirl down the plughole.... and on my stereo....
....is caruso.

The Sound of North America - by The Beautiful South (1996)

The Beautiful South were an English pop group. In their 1996 released song The Sound of North America, they refer to Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
A homeless Greta Garbo
moves across the street
The moonlight shining clearly
through her skirt
A real life living legend
that no-one wants to meet
And that's when being Garbo
really hurts

Vem Kan Man Lita På - by Nationalteatern (1972)

Nationalteatern is a Swedish progg rock group from the 1970s with leftist political texts. In their song, Vem Kan Man Lita På, they refer to Garbo. 

Expert from the lyrics:
Då kommer halta Lotta hem till mig med rösten fylld av gråt och säger
Vem i hela världen kan man lita på?

Och när John och Yoko Lennon har gått på psykoanalys
och Robert Zimmerman flytt till landet med miljonerna
och Marlin Monroe tappat taget och Greta Garbo har blivit ful
och man försöker muta oss med bilder av visionerna
och när prinsar och presidenter ljuger medvetet ikapp
och när doktorn skulle säga sanningen, börjar ta tillbaka vad de redan sagt

King Of The Silver Screen - by Alice Cooper (1977)

Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans five decades. In his song King Of The Silver Screen he refers to Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
But Hollywood movies keep flashin' before my eyes.
I could've been Greta Garbo
if I was born in another time.
I wake the very next day
go on back to work.
I'm just a face in a crowd;
another average jerk.
And all the guys on the building site look at me flirt.
Because I'm the Queen of the Silver.
Recitation...
Peter Allen - Everything Old Is New Again

Get out your white suit, your tap shoes and tails
Put it on backwards when forward fails
Better leave Greta Garbo alone
Be a movie star on your own

And do-on't throw the past away
You might need it some other rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When everything old is new again
When everything old i-is new-ew a-again

I might fa-all in love wi-ith you again

Si volvieran los dragones - by Joaquín Sabina (1998)

Joaquín Sabina is a Spanish singer-songwriter and poet, well-known in several Spanish-speaking countries. The song Si volvieran los dragones, refers to Garbo and appeared on his album Enemigos íntimos.

Expert from the lyrics:
Si volvieran los dragones...
Si volvieran los dragones, Robin Hood,
las amazonas, Marco Polo, Nosferatu, Garcilaso,
Casanova, Buster Keaton, Mata Hari, Don Quijote,
Macedonio, Moby Dick, Los Bucaneros,
Nostradamus, Celedonio, Sargent Pepper,
Goyeneche, Sitting Bull, La violetera,
Janis Joplin, Doctor Jekyll, D'Artagnan,
la primavera, el Cantar de los Cantares, Greta Garbo,

Garbo -  by Falco (1988)

Johann Hölzel (1957 – 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian classical music prodigy turned hip hop, pop and rock star. His albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.

He is one of the first white rappers with commercial success. The song Garbo appeared on his 1988 released album Wiener Blut. Wiener Blut is the 1988 fifth album by Falco.

The lyrics:
She had exquisite style
She was upper class
She had supernatural grace
A mélange of Aphrodite and Venus
Combined with an angel's face

She didn't talk to the press
She couldn't care less
She didn't even answer the phone
She said on one occasion, without persuasion:
I want to be left alone
From this moment on, from dusk till dawn
Till the end of time, I'll be with you
You'll be with me, forever in my mind

It's you I see before me, oh oh, Garbo
C'est toi que je t'adore, oh oh, Garbo
A lovers' greatest story, oh oh, Garbo
They say well that's amore! oh oh, Garbo

People say on the day of victory, no fatigue is felt
Garbo, it's you that has the power
That makes ev'ry man's heart melt
They say that, when the heart is a fire
Sparks fly out of the cage but beauty is like a good wine,

The taste is sweeter with age
No man can guess in cold blood
What he might do in passion
But the things that he deplores today
Are tomorrow's latest fashion
Serving one's own passion
Is the greatest slavery
But if in wanting you
I become your slave
I intend no bravery

From this moment on, from dusk till dawn
Till the end of time, I'll be with you
You'll be with me, forever in my mind
It's you I see before me....... Garbo

I Dreamed That I Was Kissed by Greta Garbo - by ? (1930)

This is the English version of Du bist meine Greta Garbo. The song was written by Walter Reisch and Robert Stolz in 1930. we still haven't found out who performed and recorded it in 1930.

Farväl, farväl, lilla Greta - by Zarah Leander (1934)

Swedish entertainer Zarah performed this Farväl, farväl, lilla Greta song in her Swedish "Karl Gerhard" Revue Show - Mitt vänliga fönster, Stockholm/Sweden 1934. Zarah even appeared on stage in "Garbo-like" make up and costume.

Zarah Leander (1907 – 1981) was a Swedish actress and singer. She was born Zarah Stina Hedberg in Karlstad, and died in Stockholm. While Zarah Leander's career in the Third Reich has been criticized, rumors also falsely implied that Zarah was of Jewish heritage. According to her son Göran, his mother's parents, and going back through generations, were from the Swedish provinces of Dalarna and Värmland.

Madame Garbo - by Mouloudji (??)

Marcel Mouloudji (1922 - 1994) was a French singer and actor who was born and died in Paris.

The song is available on his album New Coctail Collection.

Greta – by Mylene Farmer (1986)

Mylène Farmer is a Canadian-born French singer and songwriter. She is the most successful French recording female artist of all time, having sold more than 25 million albums. The song Greta was released in 1986 and is available on the CD album Cendres De Lune.

The lyrics:
Divine
Exquise et chagrine
De la vie est orpheline

Enfantine
Reine et ruine
Maudit soient ceux qui t'on prise

Greta rit, et moi je rougis
Greta tremble, la mort lui ressemble
Greta meurt, j'entends dieu qui pleure
Greta aime, divine infidèle
Baisers froids comme elle
Je l'aime

Divine
Fuir n'est pas facile
Quand la nuit vous a conquise

Tout est vide
Tu n'es plus
C'est ma vie, tu l'as perdue

Greta rit, et moi je rougis
Greta tremble, la mort lui ressemble
Greta meurt, j'entends dieu qui pleure
Greta aime, divine infidèle
Baisers froids comme elle
Je l'aime...

Greta Garbo - by Jameson and Hills (?)

Writing Songs and Music in colaboration since 1975 (ish), Jameson and Hills have written over five hundred thousand songs many of which they have "home" recorded intially with two-track reel to reel recorder through to four track cassette tape recorders. We have not yet found out when the song Greta Garbo was written and released.

The lyrics:
Greta, Greta Garbo, Garbo..........

Magnifico, Magnificat
She comes she goes, A cunning Cat
The girl I see in the picture
Reminds me of you
Bridgitte Bardo ?
I leave my love to Greta Garbo

Greta, Greta Garbo, Garbo.........

Magnifico, Magnific oh oh
A leading lady lover, A Cameo
Someone was bound to love you
A lifetime away
Your Romeo
I leave my love to Greta Garbo,

Sometimes when I'm lonely
Alone in the dark
She is my Candle
She is my Spark

With only a word or two
And soft as a sigh
She could be real to me
She could be mine

(Magnifico, Magnificat
She comes she goes, A cunning Cat)
The girl I see in the picture
Reminds me of you
Bridgitte Bardo ?
I leave my love to Greta Garbo

Greta, Greta Garbo, Garbo.........

You can listen to the song  HERE!

Du bist meine Greta Garbo – by ?? (1930)

This is the German version of I Dreamed That I Was Kissed by Greta Garbo. The song was written by Walter Reisch and Robert Stolz in 1930. we still haven't found out who performed and recorded it in 1930.

The German artist Max Raabe did a great recording of the song in late 1999. Raabe is a German singer and band leader of the Palast Orchester. He and his orchestra specialise in recreating the sound of German dance and film music of the 1920s and 1930s, especially by performing songs of the Comedian Harmonists.

The song is available on the CD album Ein Freund, Ein Guter Freund.

The lyrics:
Du bist meine Greta Garbo
bist die schönste Frau der Welt.
Blond bist du wie Greta Garbo
nur hast du nicht so viel Geld.

Trotzdem kannst du mit den Wimpern klimpern
wie's die Garbo tut
Grad so schön wie sie
so mondän wie sie
Greta Garbo aus Hollywood.

Trotzdem kannst du mit den Wimpern klimpern
wie's die Garbo tut
Grad so schön wie sie
so mondän wie sie
Greta Garbo aus Hollywood.

Lyrics: Walter Reisch
Music: Robert Stolz
Arrangement: Nico Dostal 1930
Published by : Alrobi Musikverlag

Greta Garbo – by André Heller (1972)

André Heller is an Austrian artist, author, singer and actor. The song Greta Garbo was written in 1971 and appered in his album Das war Andre Heller in 1972.

The lyrics:
Aus dem Hängematten-Himmel über Brooklyn
Springt der Schnee wie Fallschirmjäger
einer Dame auf die Haut.

Sie heißt Greta
und ihr Schweigen ist ein körperloses Tier
das im Chromnest eines Studebakers friert.
Greta Garbo, Greta Garbo
mit dem Hut im 1000-Dollar-Grau
keine Göttin, nur verwundbar
Greta Garbo ist ein Zittern namens Frau.

Karg wird sie einmal wiederkehr'n
wie die Spur eines Raben
in der Mähne des Winters.
Karg wird sie einmal wiederkehr'n
wie ein Teller voll Wasser. Karg.

Und wenn man euch erzählt,
das sie gestorben sei.
Glaubt es nicht, glaubt es ihnen nicht.
Liebt sie bloß ein wenig mehr.
Greta Garbo, Greta Garbo
mit dem Hut im 1000-Dollar-Grau
keine Göttin, nur verwundbar
Greta Garbo ist ein Zittern namens Frau.

Garbo – by Stevie Nicks (1983)

Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and a long solo career, which collectively have produced over twenty Top 50 hits. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, she was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

The song Garbo was the bside to her 1983 released single Stand back. The song by Stevie Nicks from her 1983 album The Wild Heart. It was released as a single on May 19, 1983, and went to number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and to number two on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

It was a major success, and still receives reasonable airplay to this day. The song has also been a staple in her live shows, and she also performs the song with Fleetwood Mac. The beginning of the song features an Oberheim OBX synthesizer.

The lyrics:
I love to waltz with a man in a dark linen suit
All alone-at a party with someone I knew
From a time gone by turned into stone

You could be Garbo or even Marlene
You could be Marilyn...
Or you could forget

I play the part but then all of us do
And I do it so well as I do it to you
In this town full of strangers
In this town full of fools

Venus doesn't glitter when she stands next to you
When you're waltzing through stardom
You miss what you lose

Lose yourself in a silvery dress
For you think you must do what you feel you do best
And you mustn't give it up for you're still but a guest

You could be Garbo or even Marlene
Or you could forget

Greta hilf mir! – by Rosenstolz (1994)

Rosenstolz is a German music band from Berlin. Their music combines several styles including rock, pop and ballads. The song Greta hilf mir! was released on their 1994 album Nur einmal noch.

Rosenstolz also performed this song in a 1994 German TV Quiz (DIVA, MDR 1994) show build around Garbo.

The lyrics:
Hätt ich nur dein Wesen blass und androgyn
wär ich eine Diva und so wunderschön
braucht mich nicht mehr plagen um die Männerwelt
sie lägen mir zu Füssen mit und ohne Geld
Färbe mir die Haare blond steck sie hoch wie
Greta – Greta

denn alle Männer dieser Welt
lieben nur die Greta – Greta
geh' nur noch verschleiert aus
will mystisch sein wie du
denn mein liebes Verlangen
gibt mir keine Ruh'

Geh' nie in die Sonne mehr
blass zu sein wie Greta – Greta
doch mein Spiegel sagt zu mir du
wirst nie die Greta – Greta
schnüre mich in Leibchen ein
die göttliche Figur

doch packt mich ein Mann dann aus
flieht er auf den Flur
hätt ich nur dein Wesen …
Ich bin die Reinkarnation der göttlichen Greta

doch niemand kann es seh'n
das ist ein Problem – Greta hilf mir
hätt ich nur dein Wesen …
Wäre ich die göttliche Gre-he-he-he-he-he-ta
wär mein Leben halb so schwer
Greta hilf mir

More info  HERE!

Garbo Forever – by Kjell Höglund (1992)

Kjell Höglund  is a Swedish musician who sings and writes his own songs. In 1992 he was nominated for a Grammis award for best male pop.

The song Garbo Forever was written and released in 1992 and appeared on his album Höglund Forever.

The lyrics:
Greta Garbo
du är gudomlig
du är kvinnan i mitt liv
ingen annan
kan ta din plats
här i minnenas arkiv

Greta Garbo
vi är alla
aktriser här på livets scen
ingen annan
kan ta vår plats
vi är unika fenomen
Hollywood är byggt av kulisser
i minnets kvartersbiograf
solen slocknar i Venedig
ridån går ner

Greta Garbo
du är gudomlig
du är kvinnan i mitt liv
evigt gåtfull
oåtkomlig
här i minnenas arkiv
Vi har alla
huvudrollen
i filmen om vårt eget liv
ingen annan
kan ta vår plats
och vårt eget perspektiv
Ljuset tänds i biograflokalen
din hand är varm och fuktig i min
vi går och äter var sin pizza
och dricker var sitt glas vitt vin

Greta Garbo
du är gudomlig
du är kvinnan i mitt liv
ingen annan
kan ta din plats
här i minnenas arkiv

Greta Garbo
vi är alla
aktriser här på livets scen
ingen annan
kan ta vår plats
vi är unika fenomen

Greta Garbo
du är gudomlig
du är kvinnan i mitt liv

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Garbo Goodbye – by De Phazz (2005)

De Phazz is a downtempo jazz ensemble integrating modern turntablism and elements of soul, Latin, trip hop and drum and bass into a lounge music sound.

The song Garbo goodbye appeared on their 2005 released album Natural Fake.

My Greatest Greta - by 3 Cold Men (2005)

Formed in late 1999 by Franck Lopez from the french group Opera Multi Steel, Alex Twin from Individual Industry and Maurizio Bonito from Volv Uncion, this band takes its roots among the three members' common musical tastes.

Their major influences are running from the britannic Cold-Wave down to the french and german Electro-Gothic styles from the 80's and 90's. Their musical style is known nowadays as Retro Wave.

The song My Greatest Greta appeared on their 2005 released album Urban Rmxs.

They performed the song several times live and the audience loved it.

In November 2007 the A merican band DATA-BANK-A, did a special remix for My Greatest Greta (Garbot Radio Days Edit). This remix is exclusive track for download only  and will be released in January 2008 on their new album Photogram.

You can hear the song  HERE!

Just like Greta Garbo (I want to be alone) – by Van Morrison (2005)

Van Morrison is a Grammy Award-winning Irish singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s.

The song Just like Greta Garbo (I want to be alone), was released in 2005 and appeared on his album Magic Time.

One Greta Garbo Love - by Plastic Parachute (2007)

The band Plastic Parachute has been likened to the vintage Hollywood stylings of Garbo meshed with the stage antics & unrelenting energy of The Stones.

For the Garbo fans who didn't know, on their 2007 album Swell, which was re-released in February, they have a song called One Greta Garbo Love.

Psychopharmacology - by Firewater (2001)

Firewater is an indie rock group founded by Tod A. in 1995. In 2007, Firewater has released five albums, and has seen some success, especially in Europe and on United States college radio stations. In their song Psychopharmacology  they refer to Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
“It's depressing for me to say I been dressing like Greta Garbo/Oh psychopharmacology works wonders, wonder will it work on me?”

Thanks to Kata

A Song For Sasquatch (For The Love Of Greta Garbo) – by Daniel Ouellette (2007)

Daniel Ouellette is an American singer and songwriter. In 2007 he released a song called A Song For Sasquatch (For The Love Of Greta Garbo). This mystic song appeared on Daniel's 2007 released album Daikaiju - Songs to sing whilst you evacuate the city.

The lyrics:
Leaving Tracks all over the Pacific Northwest
But you can't see, you can't see
Coming out when everyone has gone
But, you can't see, you can't see
He just says
I want to be left alone
all alone leave me alone!
could be real? Could be false?
Could be real?
He just says
I want to be left alone
All alone, leave me alone!
He just says
I want to be left alone
All alone, All alone, leave me alone!

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Lydia the tattooed lady – by Groucho Marx (1939)

Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (1890 –1977), was an American comedian and film star. He is famed as a master of wit. He made 15 feature films with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and also had a successful solo career. He had a distinctive image, which included a heavy greasepaint moustache and eyebrows and glasses.

Lydia the Tattooed Lady was Groucho's signature song. The song was featured in the Marx Brothers film At the circus and in one line he refers Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
My life was wrapped around the circus.
Her name was Lydia.
I met her at the world's fair in 1900, marked down from 1940.
Ah, Lydia.
She was the most glorious creature under the su-un.

Guiess. DuBarry. Garbo...
Rolled into one.

Oooooooh
Lydia oh Lydia, say have you met Lydia,
Lydia , the Tattooed Lady……etc.

More Info  HERE!

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Souvenirs, Souvenirs – by Bill Ramsey (1959)

The song was written by German/American singer and entertainer Bill Ramsey. It was a Number one hit in Germany.

Expert from the lyrics:
Souvenirs, Souvenirs
kauft ihr Leute kauft sie ein.
Charly Chaplins Schuh,
und Picassos Kamm,
von der Garbo eine Brille,
und von der Monroe einen Schwamm.

Vogue – by Madonna (1990)

Vogue is a 1990 number-one hit single by Madonna from her album I'm Breathless. The song was originally slated to be released as a B-side to Keep It Together before becoming one of Madonna's biggest hits of the 1990s and of pop music history on its own. the song is quite famous for its rap. The rap reference the names of several 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s stars.

Expert from the lyrics:
Greta Garbo, and Monroe,
Dietrich and DiMaggio,
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine
Grace Kelly, Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire,
Ginger Rogers, dance on air
They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katharine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
Ladies with an attitude
Fellows that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it

My Name Is Jack – by Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1968)

Manfred Mann's Earth Band are a rock group formed by Manfred Mann, in 1971, following the demise of Mann's former group Manfred Mann.

The lyrics:
My name is Jack and I live in the back of the Greta Garbo home
with friends I will remember wherever I may roam

And my name is Jack and I live in the back
of the Greta Garbo home for wayward boys and girls
we all love Jack, we live in the back

of the Greta Garbo home for wayward boys and girls
There goes Fred with his hands on his head cause he thinks he's heard the bomb
and here comes Superman who really puts it on
there's lots of fun and I love to run up and down the stairs
I make as much noise as I want and no one ever cares

And my name is Jack and I live in the back
of the Greta Garbo home for wayward boys and girls
we all love Jack, we live in the back

of the Greta Garbo home for wayward boys and girls
There's Carl over there with his funny old hair and he's never sad at all
and when he I grow up I want to run as fast as my friend Paul
there's the prettiest girl in the whole wide world and her name is Melody Mend
and here comes ma with brother Tom who's probably my best friend
well ,Tom is my best friend ,my best friend, well, Tom is my best friend

And my name is Jack and I live in the back
of the Greta Garbo home for wayward boys and girls
we all love Jack, we live in the back
of the Greta Garbo home for wayward boys and girls

My name is Jack and I live in the back of the grand'a Garbo home
(we all love Jack) and I live in the back (we live in the back)
in the back of the Greta Garbo home for wayward boys and girls

and my name is Jack (we all love Jack) and I live in the back (we live in the back)
in the back of the Greta Garbo home for wayward boys and girls
My name is Jack and I live in the back
my name is Jack and I live in the back .......

Late Night Grande Hotel – by Nanci Griffith (1991)

Nanci Caroline Griffith, (born July 6, 1953 in Seguin, Texas) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas. The song Late night Grande Hotel, appeared on her 1991 released album Late night Grande Hotel.

The lyrics:
I'm working on a morning flight to anywhere but here
I'm watching this evening fire burn away my tears
All my life I've left my troubles by the door
'Cos leaving is all I've ever known before

It's not the way you hold me when the sun goes down
It's not the way you call my name that left me stranded on the ground
It's not the way you'll say you'll hear my heart when the music ends
No... I am just learning how to fly away again

It's not the way you say you'll hear my heart when the music ends
I am just learning how to fly away again

And maybe you were thinking that you thought you knew me well
But no-one ever knows the heart of anyone else
I feel like Garbo in this Late Night Grande Hotel
'Cos living alone is all I've ever done well

It's not the way you hold me when the sun goes down
It's not the way you call my name that left me stranded on the ground
It's not the way you'll say you'll hear my heart when the music ends
No... I am just learning how to fly away again

It's not the way you hold me when the sun goes down
It's not the way you call my name that left me stranded on the ground
It's not the way you'll say you'll hear my heart when the music ends
No... I am just learning how to fly away again

It's not the way you'll say you'll hear my heart when the music ends
No... I am just learning how to fly away again

You're the top – by Cole Porter (1934)

You're The Top is a Cole Porter song from the 1934 musical Anything Goes. It is about a man and a woman who take turns complimenting each other. It was the most popular song from Anything Goes at the start with hundreds of parodies.

The lyrics are particularly significant because they offer a snapshot as to what was highly prized in the mid-1930s, and demonstrate Porter's rhyming ability. The song refers to Garbo's salary.

Expert from the lyrics:
You're the top!
You're Mahatma Gandhi.
You're the top!
You're Napoleon Brandy.
You're the purple light
Of a summer night in Spain,
You're the National Gallery
You're Garbo's salary,
You're cellophane.
You're sublime,
You're turkey dinner,
You're the time, the time of a Derby winner
I'm a toy balloon that's fated soon to pop
But if, baby, I'm the bottom,
You're the top!

Bette Davis Eyes – by Kim Carnes (1981)

Bette Davis Eyes is the name of a popular song, best known for being performed by Kim Carnes. The song was written in 1974. In 1981, Carnes recorded the song and it became a success. It spent nine non-consecutive weeks on top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and over eight million copies of the album on which the song appeared, Mistaken Identity, were sold.

The single went on to become the highest seller of the year and won the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. The single refers Greta Garbo's standoff sighs...

Expert from the lyrics:
Her hair is Harlow gold, her lips sweet surprise
Her hands are never cold, she's got Better Davis eyes
She'll turn the music on you, you won't have to think twice
She's pure as New York snow, she got Bette Davis eyes

And she'll tease you, she'll unease you
All the better just to please you
She's precocious, and she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
She got Greta Garbo's standoff sighs, she's got Bette Davis eyes

Ballade De Mr. Browning – by Edith Piaf (1935-1943)

Édith Piaf (1915– 1963) was one of France's most beloved singers and became a national icon. Her singing reflected her tragic life, with her specialty being the poignant ballad performed in a heartbreaking voice.

The song Ballade De Mr. Browning refers to Garbo and is ta ken from the album: Edith Piaf - Her Greatest Recordings 1935-1943

The lyrics:
Parc' qu'il avait de l'élégance
Et des costum's de cinéma,
Il nous r'gardait de haut en bas
Avec mépris et insolence
Et tout's nos femm's, ell's l'admiraient
"Ah ! comment c'est qu'il a d'allure
Et ce typ' là, quelle envergure.

Mais nous, les homm's, il nous courait.
C'était toujours la mêm' histoire:
Son premier crim' et puis la gloire,
Browning, Browning.
On l'voyait sur les grands journaux,
Juste à côté d'Greta Garbo,
Browning, Browning.
A l'écouter, on d'venait bête.
On n'avait plus qu'ça dans la tête,
Browning, Browning
Et nous pensions

Marre à la fin!
Il nous ennuie, l'Américain
Et son Browning.

Celluloid Heroes – by The Kinks (1972)

Celluloid Heroes is a song performed by The Kinks and featured on their 1972 album Everybody's in Show-Biz . Written by their lead vocalist, Ray Davies, the song mentions many famous actors of 20th century film by name and also mentions Los Angeles's Hollywood Boulevard.

Actors mentioned in the song include Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Bela Lugosi, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, George Sanders, and Mickey Rooney. The central theme of the song the inhumane manner in which the Hollywood industry drains and exploits its stars, while their film images endure.

The lyrics:
Their names are written in concrete!

Don't step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the boulevard,
She looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard
But they turned her into a princess
And they sat her on a throne,
But she turned her back on stardom,
Because she wanted to be alone.

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of,
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.
Rudolph Valentino, looks very much alive,
And he looks up ladies' dresses as they sadly pass him by.
Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi
'cos he's liable to turn and bite,

But stand close by Bette Davis
Because hers was such a lonely life.
If you covered him with garbage,
George Sanders would still have style,
And if you stamped on mickey rooney
He would still turn round and smile,
But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn
'cos she's not very tough,
She should have been made of iron or steel,
But she was only made of flesh and blood.

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of.
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
And everybody's in show biz, it doesn't matter who you are.

And those who are successful,
Be always on your guard,
Success walks hand in hand with failure
Along Hollywood Boulevard.

I wish my life was a non-stop hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die.

You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of,
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.

Oh celluloid heroes never feel any pain
Oh celluloid heroes never really die.

I wish my life was a non-stop hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die.

The Lyrics are by Ray Davis of the Kinks

Unknown Title – by Eiffel 65 (2003/04)

Eiffel 65 was an Italian electronic/eurodance/italodance three-piece group, formed in the late 1990s and best known for their international hit Blue (Da Ba Dee). On their 2003/04 released album they have a song which refers to Garbo. We are not sure if this is true.

Idaho – by Sunscreem

Sunscreem is a techno/house band from Essex, England, who scored a number of big hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart throughout the nineties and into the 21st century.

Sunscreem also has the rare reputation as a techno-based band that successfully performs live concerts. On their 1993 released album O3 , they have a song which refers to Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
Still live, skin tight, make-up in the hall
A photograph of Garbo passing time on the wall
Every little thing but the truth

She keeps on coming – by Bee Gees (2001)

The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time. The song She keeps on coming appeared on their album This Is Where I Came In.

Expert from the lyrics:
She ain't no Cleopatra
I ain't no Julius Caesar
I ain't no Casanova
She ain't no Mona Lisa
She charm a nation
She send you out to die
And we were flying when she ran that red light
I ain't no Valentino
She ain't no Greta Garbo
No Aphrodite
I'll never be Apollo
But when we come together
There's no one else can follow
There's no tomorrow when we run that red light

Quicksand – by David Bowie

Quicksand is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. Lyrically the song, like much of Bowie's work at this time, was influenced by Buddhism, occultism, and Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of the Overman.

It refers to the magical society Golden Dawn and name-checks one of its most famous members, Aleister Crowley, as well as Heinrich Himmler, Winston Churchill and Greta Garbo.

Expert from the lyric:
I'm the twisted name
on Garbo's eyes
Living proof of
Churchill's lies
I'm destiny
I'm torn between the light and dark
Where others see their targets
Divine symmetry
Should I kiss the viper's fang
Or herald loud
the death of Man
I'm sinking in the quicksand
of my thought
And I ain't got the power anymore

Lets go the Movies – from the musical Annie ( 1982)

Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The musical ran for nearly six years on Broadway, spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won the Tony Award for Best Musical.

The popular songs Tomorrow and It's the Hard Knock Life are from this musical. In the song Lets go to the movies , they refer to Garbo.

Expert from the lyrics:
Cowboy heroes,
cops and robbers,
glamour and strife,
bigger than life!
Sitting in the darkness,
what a world to see!
Let's go to the movies,
Annie, wait and see.

Betty Davis is probably lying,
and Greta Garbo is probably crying,
while Robert Taylor
is locked in her dying embrace.
Chico and Groucho
and Chaplin and Lloyd
are all super.
Sweet Mickey Mouse,
Shirley Temple,
and dear Jackie Cooper.

You are my Lucky Star –  from the film Broadway Melody of 1936  (USA 1935)

Broadway Melody of 1936 is a musical film released by MGM in 1935, despite the title. It was a follow up of sorts to the successful The Broadway Melody, which had been released in 1929, although beyond the title and some music there is no story connection with the earlier film. The song You are my lucky star refers to Garbo.

Expert from the lyric:
You are my lucky Star
I saw you from afar
Two lovely eyes, at me they were gleaming
Beaming….. i was star-struck
You're all my lucky charmes,
I'm Lucky in your arms
You've opened heaven's portaö.
Here on earth for this poor Mortal
You are my lucky Star!
Though you are Never seen
Up on a movie Screen
You are my Shearer, Crawford,
Hepburn, Harlow and my Garbo
You are my lucky Star!

Lyric by Arthur Freed
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
A Mickey McBride Arrangement