A boot is a type of footwear and a specific type of shoe. Most boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle and extend up the leg, sometimes as far as the knee or even the hip. Most boots have a heel that is clearly distinguishable from the rest of the sole, even if the two are made of one piece. Traditionally made of leather or rubber, modern boots are made from a variety of materials. Boots are worn both for their functionality – protecting the foot and leg from water, snow, mud or hazards or providing additional ankle support for strenuous activities – and for reasons of style and fashion. High-top athletic shoes are generally not considered boots, even though they do cover the ankle, primarily due to the absence of a distinct heel.
Early boots consisted of separate leggings, soles, and uppers worn together to provide greater ankle protection than shoes or sandals. Around 1000 B.C. these components were more permanently joined to form a single unit that covered the feet and lower leg, often up to the knee. A type of soft leather ankle boots were worn by nomads in eastern Asia, and carried to China to India and Russia around 1200 to 1500 A.D by Mongol invaders. The Inuit and Aleut natives of Alaska developed traditional winter boots of caribou skin or sealskin featuring decorative touches of seal intestine, dog hair and wolverine fur. 17th century European boots were influenced by military styles, featuring thick soles and turnover tops that were originally designed to protect horse mounted soldiers. In the 1700s, distinctive, knee-high boots worn by Hessian soldiers fighting in the American Revolutionary War influenced the development of the iconic heeled cowboy boots worn by cattlemen in the American west.
Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of singer/actor Frank Sinatra, and remains best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'".
Other defining recordings include "Sugar Town", the 1967 number one "Somethin' Stupid" (a duet with her father), the title song from the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, several collaborations with Lee Hazlewood such as "Jackson", and her cover of Cher's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", which features during the opening sequence of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.
Sinatra began her career as a singer and actress in the early 1960s, but initially achieved success only in Europe and Japan. In early 1966 she had a transatlantic number-one hit with "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", which showed her provocative but good-natured style, and which popularized and made her synonymous with go-go boots. The promo clip featured a big-haired Sinatra and six young women in tight tops, go-go boots and mini-skirts. The song was written by Lee Hazlewood, who wrote and produced most of her hits and sang with her on several duets, including the critical and cult favorite "Some Velvet Morning". In 1966 and 1967, Sinatra charted with 13 titles, all of which featured Billy Strange as arranger and conductor.
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro,OIH, (born 5 February 1985), commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo became the most expensive footballer in history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer worth £80 million (€93.9 million/$131.6 million). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is paid €12 million per year, makes him one of the highest-paid footballers in the world, and his buyout clause is valued at €1 billion as per his contract.
Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, before moving to C.D. Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who signed him for £12.24 million (€15 million) in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup. He also played at Euro 2004 with Portugal and scored his first international goal in the opening game of the tournament against Greece, in addition to helping Portugal reach the final. He was featured in the UEFA Euro All-Star Team of this competition.
Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American recording artist, actress, television personality and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies and commercials, launched a line of hair and beauty products and designed fragrances, shoes and handbags for women. She has devoted time to philanthropic efforts including Operation Smile and a USO-hosted tour for troops stationed overseas. She started the Jessica Simpson Collection in 2005.
She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, three gold and two multi-platinum Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified studio albums, four of which have reached the top 10 on the US Billboard 200. She has sold 30 million albums worldwide. Simpson starred with her then-husband Nick Lachey in the MTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. She ventured into the country music market in 2008 and released Do You Know.
During the first part of 2010, Simpson released her second reality show on VH1 "The Price of Beauty." In October 2010 she released her first compilation album and last album under the label of Epic Records , with the name Playlist: The Very Best of Jessica Simpson. A month later she released her second Christmas album Happy Christmas under the label Primary Wave Records, owned by EMI.
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor and arranger, whose “retro” style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads. In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, Kravitz often plays all the guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and percussion himself when recording. He is known for his elaborate stage performances and music videos.
He won the Grammy Award for "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most wins in that category and most consecutive wins in one category for a male. He has been nominated for and won other awards, including American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Radio Music Awards, BRIT Awards and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. On December 1, 2011, Kravitz was made an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He played the role of Cinna in the film The Hunger Games.
Boots are made for walkin'
That's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna
Walk over you
Walk all over you
Walk all over you
Walk away!
No more trouble
In this town
Silent night
For a change
Brand new year
Coming up ahead
You know it's been so long
Since I rang one in
I close my eyes
Think about the path I took
Just when I think these times
Have gotten the best of me
I can see my mother in the kitchen
My father on the floor
Watching television
It's a wonderful life
Cinnamon candles burning
Snowball fights outside
Smile below each nose
And above each chin
Stomp my boots before I go back in
I wasted my wishes
On Saturday nights
Boy, what I would give
For just one more
I'd soften my heart
Shock the world
Do you hear my voice?
Do you know my name?
Light my way
Lift my head, light my way
I can see my mother in the kitchen
My father on the floor
Watching television
It's a wonderful life
Cinnamon candles burning
Snowball fights outside
Smile below each nose
And above each chin
Family all together
Presents piled high
Frost on all the windows
What a wonderful night
Cinnamon candles burning
Snowball fights outside
Smile below each nose
And above each chin
So happy they found me
Love was all around me
I go to the corner where it all goes down
And i do things i'll regret but not right now
They say "angel, you been here before"
Yeah, i had my boots to carry me
Just like pandora with her box
I let everything out and spin around
And when they come to me, it's like a river to cross
But i have my boots to ferry me
And i remember how it feels
I always stop and remember but i do it again
And i jump up and slap my heels
Cause i have my boots on
I'd like to see my eyes in someone else's face
I'd like to see my face on a magazine
The things i want, the life i need
My boots keep me between
I passed out on a subway train
And a woman she came and took my hand
But i'm alright i'm okay i can fall like rain
Long as i have my boots to help me stand
And the streets they empty hour by hour
Til they were finally drained and i was all alone
And just like pandora, i was sorry now
But i had my boots to carry me home
The sky is wild and full of holes
The wind is wild and it's full of coughs
Sometimes i think i'd float away
If i took my boots off
I'd like to see my eyes in someone else's face
I'd like to see my face on a magazine
The things i want, the life i need
B-O-O-T-S boots!
B-O-O-T-S black boots
In my black boots, in my black boots
I stomp around in my black boots
In my boots (stomp stomp)
In my boots (stomp stomp)
I stomp around in my boots
B-O-O-T-S boots!
B-O-O-T-S brown boots
In my brown boots, in my brown boots
I stomp around in my brown boots
In my boots (stomp stomp)
In my boots (stomp stomp)
I stomp around in my boots
B-O-O-T-S boots!
B-O-O-T-S frog boots
In my frog boots, in my frog boots
I jump around in my frog boots
In my boots (ribbit ribbit)
In my boots (ribbit ribbit)
I jump around in my boots
B-O-O-T-S boots!
B-O-O-T-S dancing boots
In my dancing boots, in my dancing boots
I dance around in my dancing boots
In my boots (doo doo doo)
In my boots (bah bah bah)
I dance around in my boots
B-O-O-T-S boots!
B-O-O-T-S rain boots
In my rain boots, in my rain boots
I splash around in my rain boots
In my boots (splish splash)
In my boots (splish splash)
A soul with no body, a shine with no boota shrine with a copy, a girl in the loot
The program, the plug in, the soap for the stud
A reason to give him some boots for the mud
Raspberry coat horse kept his mouth shut
Too smart to cash in before the flood
I hope he found some guy to shine his boots
Now stay with the benders of twine selling maids
The architect renders the fluffy estates
Some days I wonder who will shine my boots
Come shine my boots
Come shine my boots
Come shine my boots
And maybe I'll shine yours
Synergy polishing, energy demolishing
The biggest, the cruelest, the drunk with a notebook
And an x-ray of his liver till the grass on his estate
Is to rourky proportions and they should endorse you
Or pick your crop, off course you, you cannot mention sources
Whilde denying all the forces that upgrade their morals
And sing in fine corals that they are the pupils, the full grown tulips
That smell like black roses say thank you for the doses
And offer to shine your boots
Cowboys with cancer, please saddle up
Come soothe my leather and silver my top
I only wonder who will shine my boots
Come shine my boots
Come shine my boots
Come shine my boots
And maybe I'll shine yours
Come shine my boots
Come shine my boots
Come shine my boots
Started out just nails and leather
Built to last and made for weather
Can't think of nothin' better, than what I'm wearin' on
my feet
They make me taller than I really am
Ain't nothing they can't withstand
a symbol o the workin' man and old cowgirls like me
Chorus:
Boots are made for sawdust floors
Stirrups on a quarterhorse
To kick yourself when ya been a fool
Climbin' up on barstools
Two-steppin' under neon lights
Ain't too bad in a barroom fight
And kickin' open swingin' doors
That's what boots are for
Been resoled a dozen times
Crushed some cans and soaked some wine
Aww but thats what makes them shine, theyre a part of me
Theyve seen lovers come and go til we met the right pair
at the rodeo oh thats just the way love goes some things
meant to be
Repeat Chorus
Kickin' off when you're tired and sore
She was wearing boots
And I knew use two was in kahoots
Who knows where I will roam
As long as I go
With my guitar, in my arms
You say ya' like it dirty
How about all of this
Honey you'll never ever know
As long as I go,
with my guitar, in my arms
Once I thought I got told
My boots were gettin old
It'll always be a show
Wherever I go,