miércoles 10 de febrero de 2010

Nightswimming - R,E,M

¿Por que los doctores no recomiendan de vez en cuando una dosis de Nightswimming, una escucha antes de dormir?



NIGHTSWIMMING
(Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows
Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse
Still, it's so much clearer
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge
The moon is low tonight

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
I'm not sure all these people understand
It's not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,
Of recklessness and water
They cannot see me naked
These things, they go away,
Replaced by everyday

Nightswimming, remembering that night
September's coming soon
I'm pining for the moon
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun?
That bright, tight forever drum
Could not describe nightswimming

You, I thought I knew you
You, I cannot judge
You, I thought you knew me,
This one laughing quietly underneath my breath
Nightswimming

The photograph reflects,
Every streetlight a reminder
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night

lunes 8 de febrero de 2010

Out of the blue - Julian Casablancas

Viste cuando vas a un evento o una fiesta o un recital importante y te hacen esperar, pero en esa espera te dan buena comida y mejor chupi y vienen unos magos y te hacen un show de puta madre y justo te encontrás con una chica o chico que te gusta y te colgás hablando y en definitiva te olvidás de que estabas esperando para que empiece la fiesta, evento o recital?
Asi se siente lo nuevo de Julian Casablancas. Mientras esperamos lo nuevo de los Strokes, el cantante y compositor de la banda editó en noviembre pasado Phrazes For The Young, un gran disco de solo 8 canciones que valen la pena. Rock y algunos lentos enlatados bajo el efecto tan caracteristicos de los strokes, y esa voz de portero eléctrico tan de Casablancas. Este es el tema que abre el disco, cualquier parecido con un tema de los strokes NO ES PURA COINCIDENCIA.



OUT OF THE BLUE

Somewhere along the way my hopefulness turned to sadness
Somewhere along the way my sadness turned to bitterness
Somewhere along the way my bitterness turned to anger
Somewhere along the way my anger turned to vengeance

And the ones that I make pay
Are never the ones who deserve it
And the ones who deserve it they'll never understand it
Yes, I know I am going to hell in a purple basket
At least I will be in another world, while you're pissing on my casket

How could you be Oh
So perfect for me? Oh
Why can't you ignore Oh
The things I did before? Oh

Somewhere along the way exacting vengeance gave excitement
Somewhere along the way that excitement turned to pleasure
Somewhere along the way that pleasure turned to madness
Sooner or later that kind of madness turns into pain

And the ones that I made pay were never ones who deserved it
Those who helped me along the way, I smacked them as I thanked them
Yes, I know I am going to hell in a leather jacket
At least I will be in another world, while you're pissing on my casket

All that I can do now is sing a song of faded glory
And all you got to do is sit there up great and make them horny
Together we will sing songs and tell exaggerated stories
About the way we feel today, and tonight and in the morning

How could you be Oh
So perfect for me? Oh
Why can't you ignore Oh
The things I did before? Oh

And take all your fears
And pretend there all true
And take all your plans
And pretend they fell through
And that's what it's like Oh
That's what it's like for people in this world

What you did before Oh
Knock down your dreams Oh
Our roles are reversed Oh
... are due Oh
No, No, No

viernes 5 de febrero de 2010

El ente - Manuel Moretti y Andrés Minimal

Ayer fui al ultra al primero de una serie de recitales que se vienen en febrero. Todos los jueves Manuel Moretti, cantante de Estelares se junta con Ariel Minimal, cantante de Pez y durante 3 horas aprox le dan la vida a sus canciones. Y no se arrepienten.
Un lindo show para disfrutar con las canciones de Moretti que nunca canta con Estelares y un mix variado de temas de Minimal. Y como bonus track los dos en escena haciendo dos temas. Ayer emocionaron al público sorprendiendo con esta versión del Ente de Palo Pandolfo. Por suerte le pedi a mi hermana justo a tiempo que lo filme y esto es lo que quedó. Que no es poco.



EL ENTE
Inocencia encerrada
en una espiral ardiente
clemencia le piden
al Dios del hogar
le piden piedad
hasta el mismo sol
da vueltas impaciente
la rutina, caracol
lo destruye lentamente
amuchadas sin tocarse
cual moneda de alcancía
van soñando con matarse
en un burdel de almas vacías
almas vacías

Vagando en una soledad cobarde
luchando por la verdad que sea rentable
van vagando por la soledad cobarde, mi bien
luchando por la verdad, pero que sea rentable

de Minimal,

miércoles 3 de febrero de 2010

So what - Miles Davis and John Coltrane

Días de fiaca y mucha pereza me entraron en Febrero, será porque huelo a mucho trabajo. Tanta fiaca que elijo un tema de jazz, un poco por el día y un poco mucho para no buscar la letra de la canción. Porque no doy más de pereza. Chau.

jueves 28 de enero de 2010

How I got over - The Roots

La mejor banda rapera americana actual. Por lejos. Tan buenos son que hasta se dan el lujo de hacer este tipo de temas del último disco, donde mezclan magistralmente el soul del Motown con el rap. Levanta como pocas.



HOW I GOT OVER
Black Thought: uh, ha-huh. uh, ha-huh) Out on the streets (Yeah)
Where I grew up (ah-hah)
First thing they teach us: (uh)
Not to give a fuck (Yeah, C'mon baby)
That type of thinking can’t get you nowhere (Oh ??)
Someone has to care.

Verse 2:
How I got over
Where the people come apart
Don’t nobody care about cha
Only thing you got is God.
Out here in these streets
If you get down on your luck
You can stand up
With a hand down
But nobody give a fuck.
Out here in these streets
Every man is for himself
They Ain’t helpin’ noone else
It’s a hazard to your health.
Livin’ life in these cold streets.
(Hey) Whose worryin’ ‘bout cha babe
When you wiln’(?) out?
Runnin’ around in these streets.

Chorus:
Out on the streets
Where I grew up (How I got over)
First thing they teach us:
Not to give a fuck. (How I got over)
That type of thinking can’t get you nowhere (How I got over)
Someone has to care. (Ya)

Verse 2:
When you on the corners too much drama
Livin’ with the police right behind ja’
It's always more than a slight reminda
We livin’ in a war zone like Rwanda.
Before I go back to the heavenly fatha
Pray for me if it ain’t too much botha.
Whatever don’t break me or make me stronga
I feel like I can’t take too much longa.
It’s too much lyin’
And too much fryin’
I’m all cried out cause I grew up cryin’
They all got a sales pitch I ain’t buyin’
They tryin’ to convince me that I ain’t tryin’.
We uninspired
We unadmired
And tired and sick of being sick and tired.
A living in the hood where the shots are fired
We dyin’ to live, so to live we dyin’.
You just like I am.

[How I Got Over Lyrics On http://www.elyricsworld.com/ ]


Chorus:
Out on the streets (Uh)
Where I grew up (How I got over)
First thing they teach us:
Not to give a fuck. (How I got over)
That type of thinking can’t get you nowhere (Ya, somebody, somewhere)
Someone has to care. (Somebody’s gotta care)

Verse 3:
And I swear it isn't fair
In suspended animation
We ain't tryin' to go nowhere.
Out here in these streets
We're so young and all alone
We ain't even old enough to realize we're on our own.
Livin' life in these hard streets
Where it's like they lost their mind
Is there anyway to find?
are we runnin' out of time out here?
Listen, hey
Who's worryin' about cha babe
When you wiln'(?) out?
Runnin' 'round in these streets.

Chorus: x3
Out on the streets (Uh)
Where I grew up (How I got over)
First thing they teach us:
Not to give a fuck. (How I got over)
That type of thinking can’t get you nowhere (Ya, somebody, somewhere)
Someone has to...

Out on the streets
Where I grew up
First thing they teach us:
Not to give a fuck
That type of thinking can’t get you nowhere
Someone has to care.