Pixies - Where is my mind?

20 dAmerica/Chicago Febrero dAmerica/Chicago 2008 Posteado en Banda sonora, Para escuchar | Sin comentarios »

Esta canción es absolutamente brillante, magnífica, me encanta. La canción se llama Where is my mind y es del grupo Pixies, una banda muy importante en el panorama alternativo ya que ha influenciado a grupos tan famosos como Nirvana (Kurt Cobain se declaró en su día fan de Pixies, de hecho eligió como su álbum preferido de los 80 al “Surfer Rosa” de Pixies, lanzado en 1988).

Pixies

Este tema fue incluido en la banda sonora de la famosa película “El Club de Lucha”.

Oh - stop With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there’s nothing in it
And you’ll ask yourself
Where is my mind [3x]Way out in the water
See it swimmin’
I was swimmin’ in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rocks
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin’ to talk to me, coy koi.
Where is my mind [3x]Way out in the water
See it swimmin’ ?
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there’s nothing in it
And you’ll ask yourself
Where is my mind [3x]Oh
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Oh
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Oh
Oh “

La Casa Azul - El sol no brillará nunca más

19 dAmerica/Chicago Febrero dAmerica/Chicago 2008 Posteado en Para bailar, Para trabajar | Sin comentarios »

Vamos con una canción menos conocida, es del grupo La Casa Azul (os acordais de la canción del anuncio “Amo a Laura”? pues estos tienen la culpa), un grupo español que toca pop, rollo los 60’s y 70’s, ahora están de moda ya que se han presentado a la candidatura para representar a España en Eurovisión 2008, y por lo que veo van segundos con su single “Revolución sexual“. El tema que os dejo aquí se llama “El sol no brillará nunca más”, es una canción de ritmo alegre pero de letra un poco tristona:

Ya no puedo más, estoy cansado
de sobreactuar cuando estoy a tu lado
resulta difícil no llorar
tonto corazón descuartizado
palpita de emoción
y sin embargo resulta tan triste su dolor

En primavera aún me querías
hace un año o poco más
sigues teniendo la misma pinta
pero no me miras al pasar

El sol no brillará ya nunca más
te echo de menos
¿cómo pudiera hacerte ver que eres mi mar?
mi corazón es diferente a los demás

Y hoy bailas y sonríes sin parar
¿cómo te atreves?
después de todo lo que me has hecho pasar
deberías irte para no volver jamás…

¿Qué es lo que pasó?
mejor no hablarlo
para ti es mejor que yo
y tiene ese punto malo
… tan irresistible y resultón.

Palabras cultas de esencia insulsa
tres martinis y arte pop
fueron suficientes para tirarme a la basura
y entregarle tu amor.

El sol no brillará ya nunca más
te echo de menos
¿cómo pudiera hacerte ver que eres mi mar?
mi corazón es diferente a los demás

Y hoy bailas y sonríes sin parar
¿cómo te atreves?
después de todo lo que me has hecho pasar
deberías irte para no volver jamás…

El sol no brillará ya nunca más
te necesito

Mi lírica se agota
si tú no estás no puedo soñar
no te vayas, noooooooooooooooooo

R.E.M. - What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?

18 dAmerica/Chicago Febrero dAmerica/Chicago 2008 Posteado en Para ambientar, Para trabajar | Sin comentarios »

R.E.M.

Vamos con el grupo R.E.M. (el nombre viene de una fase del sueño, Rapid Eye Movement), es un grupo muy influyente en su estilo, muchos grupos los han tenido como influencia en sus canciones, tienen un gran repertorio, y una buena muestra de ello es la canción What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? sacada de su álbum Monster de 1994, la cual es una crítica a los medios de comunicación:

What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
I thought I’d pegged you an idiot’s dream
Tunnel vision from the outsider’s screen
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh

I’d studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines
Richard said, “Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy”
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

“What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
Butterfly decal, rear-view mirror, dogging the scene
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
I couldn’t understand
You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh
I couldn’t understand
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I couldn’t understand
I never understood, don’t fuck with me, uh-huh

Michael Jackson - Billy Jean

17 dAmerica/Chicago Febrero dAmerica/Chicago 2008 Posteado en Para bailar | Sin comentarios »

Hace unos días fue el 25 aniversario del disco más vendido de la historia, el gran “Thriller” de Michael Jackson, un auténtico discazo:

  1. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
  2. “Baby Be Mine”
  3. “The Girl Is Mine (con Paul McCartney)”
  4. “Thriller
  5. “Beat It”
  6. “Billie Jean”
  7. “Human Nature”
  8. “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)”
  9. “The Lady in My Life”

Ahí va una de las que más me gusta del disco, Billy Jean. Este tema recibió dos Grammys en 1984 y está considerado uno de los grandes hits de Jackson. Destaca sobretodo la coreografía, que es espectacular.

Michael Jackson - Billy Jean

También os dejo un video con una coreografía en directo, la puesta en escena es impresionante, esa entrada de batería, te dan ganas de bailar:

La letra le canta a Billy Jean que el hijo no es suyo:

She was more like a beauty queen
From a movie scene
I said, ‘don’t mind
But what do you mean
I am the one
Who will dance on the floor, in the round’
She said, ‘I am the one who will dance
On the floor in the round’

She told me her name was Billie Jean
As she caused a scene
Then every head turned with eyes
That dreamed of being the one
Who will dance on the floor, in the round

People always told me,
‘Be careful of what you do
And don’t go around
Breaking young girls’ hearts’
And mother always told me,
‘Be careful of who you love
And be careful what you do
‘Cause the lie becomes the truth’

The Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that
I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one
But the kid is not my son

For forty days and forty nights
Law was on her side
But who can stand
When she’s in demand
Her schemes and plans
‘Cause we danced on the floor, in the round
So take my strong advice
Just remember to always think twice
(Do think twice)
Do think twice

She told my baby
We danced till three
And she looked at me
Then showed a photo
My baby cried
His eyes were like mine
Can we dance on the floor, in the round, babe

People always told me,
‘Be careful of what you do
And don’t go around
[ Billy Jean lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]
Breaking young girls’ hearts’
(Don’t break no hearts)

But you came and stood right by me
Just a smell of sweet perfume
This happened much too soon
She called me to her room

The Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that
I am the one
But the kid is not my son
No, no, no, no, no

The Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that
I am the one
But the kid is not my son
No, no
She says I am the one
(Oh, babe)
But the kid is not my son

She says I am the one
But the kid is not my son
No, no, no
The Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that
I am the one
(You know what you did to me, babe)
But the kid is not my son
No, no, no, no

She says I am the one
But the kid is not my son

She says I am the one
You know what you did
She says he is my son
Breaking my heart, babe
She says I am the one

The Billie Jean is not my lover
The Billie Jean is not my lover
The Billie Jean is not my lover
The Billie Jean is not my lover

Dixie Chiks - Not Ready to Make Nice

15 dAmerica/Chicago Febrero dAmerica/Chicago 2008 Posteado en Para romanticismo | 1 Comentario »

Vamos con el country, no se si lo conocereis, el grupo se llama Dixie Chicks, un grupo nacido en Dallas (Texas) integrado por tres pedazo de mujeres y pedazo de artistas. La canción se llama “Not Ready to Make Nice” y está incluida en su último disco “Taking the Long Way”, el cual también os recomiendo:

Dixie Chicks

Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I’m not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I’m still waiting

I’m through, with doubt,
There’s nothing left for me to figure out,
I’ve paid a price, and i’ll keep paying

I’m not ready to make nice,
I’m not ready to back down,
I’m still mad as hell
And I don’t have time
To go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is
You think I should

I know you said
Why can’t you just get over it,
It turned my whole world around
and i kind of like it

I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,
With no regrets and I don’t mind saying,
It’s a sad sad story
That a mother will teach her daughter
that she ought to hate a perfect stranger.
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they’d write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

I’m not ready to make nice,
I’m not ready to back down,
I’m still mad as hell
And I don’t have time
To go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is
You think I should

I’m not ready to make nice,
I’m not ready to back down,
I’m still mad as hell
And I don’t have time
To go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is
You think I should

Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I’m not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I’m still waiting

Otis Redding - Shake

14 dAmerica/Chicago Febrero dAmerica/Chicago 2008 Posteado en Para bailar, Para estallar | Sin comentarios »

Hoy estoy contento, por esos pongo una canción animada, que tiene mucho ‘feeling’, como es Shake del gran monstruo del soul: Otis Redding. Este hombre era buenísimo, tiene un repertorio amplísimo, y seguramente volveré a postear con otra canción suya, de momento os dejo aquí la letra de una de sus canciones más guays, Shake:

Otis Redding

Shake!
[Everybody say it!] Shake!
[Early in the morning] Shake!
[Late in the evening] Shake!
[In the midnight hour] Shake!
[When the time's going bad, now] Shake!
Shake with the FEELING!
Shake with the FEELING!

Listen while I’m talkin’ to you now
Tell you what I’m gonna do now
There’s a new thing going around now
I’ll tell what to put down now

You move your body all around
And just shake
Thats the way you do it Shake, Shake, Shake it baby
Shake it like a bowl of soup
Let your body loop de loop
Put your hands on your hip
Come on and let your backbone slip
Move your body like your hip
And just shake!

Shake early in the morning
Shake early in the evening

A Ring-A-Ling-a-Ling
Honey, Shakin’ is the greatest thing
But if you really roll Gotta do the thing with SOUL!

Shake shake with all your might now
If you do it, do it right now
Put your hands on your hip,yeah
Come on and let your backbone slip
Move your body like your hip
And just shake

[God have mercy now!]
Early in the morning
Early in the evening All night long, y’all!

If you really want to roll
Gotta do the thing with SOUL!
Shake shake with all your might
If you do it, do it right
Let your body loop de lite
Shake!
Everybody say it, Shake!
One more time, Shake!
Everybody louder, Shake!
One more time, now, say Shake!
Everybody a bit louder, Shake!

Nada Surf - Always Love

12 dAmerica/Chicago Febrero dAmerica/Chicago 2008 Posteado en Para estallar | Sin comentarios »

Empiezo el blog con “Always Love“, una canción de Nada Surf, grupo neoyorquino compuesto por tres músicos: Matthew Caws (guitarra y voz), Daniel Lorca (bajo y voz) e Ira Elliot (batería y voz).

Nada Surf

To make a mountain of your life
Is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me
Always love? Hate will get you every time
Always love? Don’t wait til the finish line

Slow demands come ’round
Squeeze the air and keep the rest out
It helps to write it down
Even when you then cross it out

But Always Love? Hate will get you every time
Always Love?Even when you wanna fight

Self-directed lives
I want to know what it?d be like to
Aim so high above
Any card that you’ve been dealt, you…

Always Love? Hate will get you every time
Always Love? Hate will get you?

I’ve been held back by something
Yeah. You said to me quietly on the stairs,
I’ve been held back by something
Yeah. You said to me quietly on the stairs.
You said?
Hey, you good ones.
Hey, you good ones.

To make a mountain of your life
Is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me…
Always love?hate will get you every time
Always love?hate will get you?

I’ve been held back by something
Yeah, You said to me quietly on the stairs,
I’ve been held back by something
Yeah, You said to me quietly on the stairs
You said..
Hey, you good ones
Hey, you good ones
Hey, you good ones

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