The Guitar Man - Bread

Un recuerdo intenso de una niñez bastante feliz. La canción, en un casette TDK 60 blanco y gris (los viejos viejos). El tema, El Hombre de la guitarra, gran tema de una banda llamada Bread (que aunque quiero no me termina de enganchar)... añísimos más tarde la banda Cake haría un cover bastante fiel. La canción me transporta en segundos a un Taunus ochentoso viajando con mi familia rumbo a un club que íbamos que tenía pileta. Sin duda, una de las canciones que formarían parte del soundtrack de mi vida, cuando escuchaba lo que me ponían. Mis padres no eran fanáticos ni de los Beatles, ni de los Rolling, ni de Pink Floyd, ni de Spinetta. Ni siquiera de Charly García. Pero bueno, tampoco este tema está tan mal. De hecho es un temazo.



THE GUITAR MAN
Who draws the crowd and plays so loud, baby it's the guitar man
Who's gonna steal the show, you know baby it's the guitar man
He can make you love, he can make you cry
He will bring you down then he'll get you high
Somethin' keeps him goin' miles and miles a day
To find another place to play.
Night after night who treats you right, baby it's the guitar man
Who's on the radio, you go listen to the guitar man
Then he comes to town and you see his face
And you think you might like to take his place
Somethin' keeps him driftin' miles and miles away
Searchin' for the songs to play.

Then you listen to the music and you like to stay along
You want to get the meaning out of each and every song
Then you find yourself a message and some words
To call your own and take them home.

He can make you love, he can get you high
He will bring you down then he'll make you cry
Somethin' keeps him movin' but no one seems to know
What it is that makes him go.

Then the lights begin to flicker and the sound is getting dim
The voice begins to falter and the crowds are getting thin
But he never seems to notice he's just got to find
Another place to play, Anyway Got to play, anyway Got to play.