La Rade - Yann Tiersen

He podido hacer un hueco esta noche y he elegido a un gran compositor francés, os presento a Yann Tiersen. Aunque es más conocido por componer bandas sonoras, como es el caso de la de Amelie, tambien hace buenas canciones como es el caso de La Rade. La Rade aparece en "On Tour", disco grabado en directo en el 2006. He escogido esta canción porque me la ha recordado las manifestaciones que esta habiendo en Egipto, y creo que el resultado de todo eso, va a ser muy importante para el resto de países cercanos. Un saludo a todos y a aguantar que ya queda menos para el fin de los examenes!!


Se la dedico a mi amiga María que sé que le encanta tambien Yann Tiersen!

Je nous vois tous assis devant

Mais le front baissé les épaules en dedans

Avec dans les yeux toutes les larmes d'avant

Et ça crève et ça crève d'ennui, devant

Je nous vois tout transis dedans

Et le froid qui s'échappe et qu'on sent devant

Immobiles comme au lit, dormant

Et la vie qui s'éteint doucement

Je nous rêve tous debout devant

Descendant dans la ville, marchant

Tu le prends, tu le vois dedans

Dans le cœur, la colère des gens

Là debout et la rade devant

Là devant, le vent d'ouest entrant

Tu le prends, tu le vois maintenant

Dans le cœur, la colère des gens

Là debout et la mer devant

Là devant et la vague venant

Tu le prends, tu le cries dedans

Dans le corps, la révolte des gens

Là debout et la mer devant

Là devant et la vague venant

Tu le prends, tu le cries dedans

Dans le corps, la révolte des gens

Cerrado por examenes!

Sé que hace mas de una semana que no comparto ninguna canción pero ahora mismo no dispongo de mucho tiempo, debido a que estoy en época de exámenes, vuelvo para el 6 de febrero suerte a todos aquellos que al igual que yo tengan exámenes ahora!

She's a Lady - Tom Jones

Hoy os traigo todo un clásico, "She's a Lady". Fué escrita por  Paul Anka e interpretada por Tom Jones en el año 1971. Llegó a conseguir el puesto numero 2 en la Billboard hot 100 de Estados Unidos. Como curiosidad la guitarra de fondo pertenece a Jimmy Page, guitarrista de Led Zeppelin. Espero que la disfruteis!

Letra:

Well she's all you'd ever want

She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner

Well she always knows her place

She's got style, she's got grace, she's a winner.

She's a lady, she's a lady

Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.

Well she's never in the way

Something always nice to say, Oh what a blessing.

I can leave her on her own

Knowing she's okay alone, and there's no messing.

She's a lady, she's a lady

Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.

Well she never asks for very much and I don't refuse her

Always treat her with respect, I never would abuse her.

What she's got is hard to find, and I don't want to lose her.

Help me build a mansion from my little pile of clay. 

Well she knows what I'm about,

She can take what I dish out, and that's not easy.

Well she knows me through and through,

She knows just what to do, and how to please me.

She's a lady. Whoa whoa whoa, she's a lady

Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.

Yeah yeah yeah, she's a lady

Listen to me baby, she's a lady

Whoa whoa whoa, she's a Lady

And the lady is mine

Yeah yeah, she's a lady

And the lady is mine.

Mr Jones - Counting Crows

Buenas a todos! hace tiempo que no comparto ninguna canción con vosotros, la culpa es de la proximidad de los exámenes y la cantidad de trabajos que me quedan por hacer. Bueno hoy os traigo Mr Jones de Counting Crows, para animar este domingo y despejarnos del estudio. Esta canción aparece en el album August and Everything After de 1993. Bueno os deseo suerte a todos con los examenes!

Letra:

I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl

Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer

She dances while his father plays guitar

She's suddenly beautiful

We all want something beautiful

I wish I was beautiful

So come dance this silence down through the morning

Cut Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances

Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones

Believe in me

Help me believe in anything

I want to be someone who believes

Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales

Stare at the beautiful women

"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."

Smiling in the bright lights

Coming through in stereo

When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

I will paint my picture

Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray

All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful

Grey is my favorite color

I felt so symbolic yesterday

If I knew Picasso

I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

Mr. Jones and me look into the future

Stare at the beautiful women

"She's looking at you.

Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."

Standing in the spotlight

I bought myself a gray guitar

When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

I want to be a lion

Everybody wants to pass as cats

We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for thatBelieve in me because I don't believe in anything

and I want to be someone to believe

Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio

Yeah we stare at the beautiful women

"She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me."

I want to be Bob Dylan

Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky

When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be

Mr. Jones and me staring at the video

When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me

We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why and we don't know how

But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as can be

Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.. 

My Generation - The Who

Ayer, la revista "Q" elaboró una lista con los 10 mejores baterías de toda la historia, en el número 1 se encuentra  Keith Moon el exbatería de la mítica banda "The Who". Hoy os pongo una pequeña muestra de este gran grupo, la canción: My Generation perteneciente a al disco del mismo nombre, publicado en el año 1965. Además, esta canción tiene el puesto número 11 de las 500 mejores canciones de todos los tiempos según la revista Rolling Stone.

Letra:

People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 

This is my generation 
This is my generation, baby 

Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
And don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 

This is my generation 
This is my generation, baby 

Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
And don't try to d-dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
I'm not trying to cause a b-big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 

This is my generation 
This is my generation, baby 

People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
Just because we g-g-get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 
Yeah, I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation) 

This is my generation 
This is my generation, baby

No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley

La buena musica no entiende ni de razas, ni de géneros de música por eso hoy quiero compartir "No Woman No Cry " de Bob Marley. A mi no me gusta mucho el reggae pero esta canción es demasiado buena para resistirse a gustos. Creo que es de las pocas canciones que es mas conocida la versión en directo, del disco Live! de 1975 , que por la original, perteneciente a Natty Dread del año 1974. Esta canción esta basada en una experencia personal de Bob cuando él y sus amigos pasaban hambre, Vicent Ford (al que se le atribuye la letra de esta canción), dirigía una cocina de sopas gracias a la cual pudieron seguir adelante. Como anécdota cuando Bob se moría sobre la cama de Ford, le dijo a su mujer "No woman, no Cry", sabiendo que iba a un lugar mejor.

Letra:

NO WOMAN, NO CRY (X4)

´CAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO SIT

IN THE GOVERNMENT YARD IN TRENCHTOWN

OBA, OBSERVING THE HYPOCRITES

AS THEY WOULD MINGLE WITH THE GOOD PEOPLE WE MEET

GOOD FRIENDS WE HAVE HAD, OH GOOD FRIENDS WE´VE LOST ALONG THE WAY

IN THIS BRIGHT FUTURE YOU CAN´T FORGET YOUR PAST

SO DRY YOUR TEARS I SAY

NO WOMAN, NO CRY

NO WOMAN, NO CRY

LITTLE DARLIN´ DON´T SHED NO TEARS

NO WOMAN, NO CRY

SAID, SAID, SAID I REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO SIT

IN THE GOVERNMENT YARD IN TRENCHTOWN

AND THEN GEORGIE WOULD MAKE THE FIRE LIGHT

LOG WOOD BURNIN´ THROUGH THE NIGHT

THEN WE WOULD COOK CORN MEAL PORRIDGE

OF WHICH I´LL SHARE WITH YOU

MY FEET IS MY ONLY CARRIAGE

SO I´VE GOT TO PUSH ON THROUGH

BUT WHILE I´M GONE...

EV´RYTHING´S GONNA BE ALRIGHT (X8)

SO, NO WOMAN, NO CRY

NO, NO WOMAN, NO WOMAN, NO CRY

OH, LITTLE DARLING, DON´T SHED NO TEARS

NO WOMAN, NO CRY

NO WOMAN, NO WOMAN, NO WOMAN, NO CRY

NO WOMAN, NO CRY

OH, MY LITTLE DARLIN´ PLEASE DON´T SHED NO TEARS

NO WOMAN, NO CRY, YEAH.

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Hoy estaba pensando que canción poner, cuando esta tarde, escuchando una de mis listas ha saltado "Baker Street" de Gerry Rafferty. El caso es que me ha dado por buscar por internet y me ha salido un articulo el cual hablaba sobre que ayer falleció Gerry, así que me lo he tomado como una señal para darle un pequeño homenaje.  La canción es del año 78 perteneciente al disco "City to City". Lo cierto es que aunque no soy seguidor de este hombre, esta canción me encanta, sobre todo el sólo de saxofón, que si no mal recuerdo sale en los Simpsons. 

Windin' your way down on Baker Street,

Light in your head and dead on your feet.

Well, another crazy day,

You'll drink the night away,

And forget about everything.

This city desert makes you feel so cold,

It's got so many people but it's got no soul.

And it's taken you so long,

To find out you were wrong,

And you thought it held everything.

You used to think that it was so easy.

You used to say that it was so easy.

But you're tryin', you're tryin' now.

Another year and then you'd be happy.

Just one more year and then you'd be happy.

But you're cryin', you're cryin' now.

Way down the street there's a lad in his place,

He opens the door,

He's got that look on his face.

And he asks you where you've been,

You tell him who you've seen,

And you talk about anything.

He's got this dream,

About buyin' some land,

He's gonna give up the booze,

And the one night stands.

And then he'll settle down,

It's a quiet little town,

And forget about everything.

But you know he'll always keep movin'.

You know he's never gonna stop movin'.

'Cause he's rollin', he's the rollin' stone.

When you wake up it's a new mornin'.

The sun is shinin', it's a new mornin'.

You're goin', you're goin' home.

One - U2

Feliz de año a todos! Abro este 2011 con One de U2, que puede encontrarse en el álbum Achtung Baby del año 1991. Esta canción ha sido número "uno", válgame la redundancia, en muchos países y ostenta la posición número 36 de la lista "Las Mejores Canciones de Todos los Tiempos" según la revista Rolling Stone. Según Bono la letra trata la relación entre las personas y su humanidad, aunque puede interpretarse de diferentes formas.  

Letra:

IS IT GETTING BETTER

OR DO YOU FEEL THE SAME

WILL IT MAKE IT EASIER ON YOU

NOW YOU GOT SOMEONE TO BLAME

YOU SAY

ONE LOVE

ONE LIFE

WHEN IT´S ONE NEED

IN THE NIGHT

IT´S ONE LOVE

WE GET TO SHARE IT

IT LEAVES YOU BABY

IF YOU DON´T CARE FOR IT

DID I DISAPPOINT YOU?

OR LEAVE A BAD TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH?

YOU ACT LIKE YOU NEVER HAD LOVE

AND YOU WANT ME TO GO WITHOUT

WELL IT´S TOO LATE

TONIGHT

TO DRAG THA PAST OUT

INTO THE LIGHT

WE´RE ONE

BUT WE´RE NOT THE SAME

WE GET TO CARRY EACH OTHER

CARRY EACH OTHER

ONE

HAVE YOU COME HERE FOR FORGIVENESS

HAVE YOU COME TOR RAISE THE DEAD

HAVEW YOU COME HERE TO PLAY JESUS

TO THE LEPERS IN YOUR HEAD

DID I ASK TOO MUCH

MORE THAN A LOT

YOU GAVE ME NOTHING

NOW IT´S ALL I GOT

WE´RE ONE

BUT WE´RE NOT THE SAME

WE HURT EACH OTHER

THEN WE DO IT AGAIN

YOU SAY

LOVE IS A TEMPLE

LOVE A HIGHER LAW

LOVE IS A TEMPLE

LOVE THE HIGHER LAW

YOU ASK ME TO ENTER

BUT THEN YOU MAKE ME CRAWL

AND I CAN´T BE HOLDING ON

TO WHAT YOU GOT

WHEN ALL YOU GOT IS HURT

ONE LOVE

ONE BLOOD

ONE LIFE

YOU GOT TO DO WHAT YOU SHOULD

ONE LIFE

WITH EACH OTHER

SISTERS

BROTHERS

ONE LIFE

BUT WE´RE NOT THE SAME

WE GET TO CARRY EACH OTHER

CARRY EACH OTHER

ONE

ONE.