Mecano - Un Año Más

En la puerta del sol
como el año que fue
otra vez el champagne y las uvas
y el alquitran, de alfombra estan
los petardos que borran sonidos de ayer
y acaloran el animo
apara aceptar que ya paso uno mas.

Y en el reloj de antaño
como de año en año
cinco minutos mas para la cuenta atras
hacemos el balance de lo bueno y malo
cinco minutos antes
de la cuenta atras.

Marineros, soldados, solteros casados,
amantes, andantes y alguno que otro
cura despistao
Entre gritos y pitos los españolitos
enormes, bajitos hacemos por una vez,
algo a la vez

Y en el reloj de antaño
como de año en año
cinco minutos mas para la cuenta atras
hacemos el balance de lo bueno y malo
cinco minutos antes
de la cuenta atras.

Y aunque para las uvas hay algunos nuevos
a los que ya no estan echaremos de menos
y a ver si espabilamos los que estamos vivos
y en el año que viene nos reimos
1, 2, 3 y 4 y empieza otra vez
que la quinta es la una
y la sexta es la dos
y asi el siete es tres

Y decimos adios y pedimos a Dios
que en el año que viene
a ver si en vez de un millon
pueden ser dos.

En la puerta del sol
como el año que fue
otra vez el champagne y las uvas
y el alquitran, de alfombra estan.

Escrita por I. Cano (Nacho)

Del Descanso Dominical de 1988.

From 1988 Descanso Dominical.

Richard Ashcroft - A Song For The Lovers

I spend the night
Yeah looking for my insides in a hotel room
Waiting for you
We're gonna make it tonight
Yeah something in the air tells me the time is right so we better get on

Dj play a song for the lovers tonight
Please, play a song for the lovers tonight

Don't wanna wait
Lord I've been waiting all my life but I'm too late again
I know but I was scared
Can't you see
I'm moving like a train into some foreign land I aint
Got a ticket for this ride but I will

Oh, play a song for my lover tonight
Dj, play a song for my lover tonight
Dj, play a song for my lover tonight
Please play a song for the lovers tonight

Can't stop looking back no no
Play a song for my lover tonight
One more for the lovers
Please play a song for my lover tonight
One more for the night
Cant stop looking back no no

Oh brother wont you lend a hand I'm alone in a room
And I'm waiting for love
I don't know when this train's gonna stop
But I'm telling you friend I don't wanna get up

Oh brother wont you lend a hand I'm alone in a room
And I'm waiting for love
I don't know when this train's gonna stop
But I'm telling you friend I don't wanna get up

Written by Richard Ashcroft

Primer single en solitario del ex-cantante de The Verve, para su album Alone With Everybody del 2000.

First single by the former singer of The Verve, form his album Alone With Everybody (2000).

The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky

Don't think sorry's easily said
Don't try turning tables instead
You've taken lots of chances before
But I ain't gonna give any more
Don't ask me
That's how it goes
Cause part of me knows what you're thinkin'

Don't say words you're gonna regret
Don't let the fire rush to your head
I've heard the accusation before
And I ain't gonna take any more
Believe me
The sun in your eyes
Made some of the lies worth believing

I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don't need to see any more
To know that
I can read your mind, I can read your mind

Don't leave false illusions behind
Don't cry cause I ain't changing my mind
So find another fool like before
Cause I ain't gonna live anymore believing
Some of the lies
While all of the signs are deceiving

I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don't need to see any more
To know that
I can read your mind, I can read your mind

Written by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons


Canción de 1982, para el album homónimo, inspirada en la novela de George Orwell 1984. Sirius, la canción precedente en el disco, debe ser considerada como la introducción de Eye In The Sky. En 2003, Noa hizo una versión para su disco Gold.

Song inspired by George Orwell's novel 1984, for the Eye In The Sky album (1982). Sirius, the precedent song in the album, has to be considered the introduction to this one. In 2003, Noa covered the song for her album Gold.

Carly Simon - You're So Vain

You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and...

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
and that you would never leave

But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee and...

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you...

Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you're where you should be all of the time
And when you're not you're with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and...

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you...

Written by Carly Simon

Canción escrita en 1972, no se sabe con certeza sobre quién, y aunque no faltan candidatos, el único que ha sido tan vanidoso como para decir públicamente que la canción trata de él ha sido Warren Beatty. Mick Jagger, otro de los candidatos, hace los coros en la grabación original. Artistas como Liza Minelli o los Foo Fighters la han versionado, y Janet Jackson utilizo un sampler para su canción Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song is About You) de 2001. You're So Vain es el número 72 de la lista de las mejores canciones de todos los tiempos del Billboard.

Song written in 1972, we don't certainly know about whom, but the only one who has been so vain to publically say this song was about him was Warren Beatty. Mick Jagger, another of the candidates, sang backing vocals in the original recording. Artists such as Liza Minelli or the Foo Fighters covered the song, and Janet Jackson used a sampler for her 2001 Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song is About You). You're So Vain reached #72 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All-Time.

R.E.M. - Leaving New York

It's quiet now
And what it brings
Is everything

Comes calling back
A brilliant night
I'm still awake

I looked ahead
I'm sure I saw you there

You don't need me
To tell you now
That nothing can compare

You might have laughed if I told you
You might have hidden A frown
You might have succeeded in changing me
I might have been turned around

It's easier to leave than to be left behind
Leaving was never my proud
Leaving New York, never easy
I saw the light fading out

Now life is sweet
And what it brings
I tried to take
But loneliness
It wears me out
It lies in wait

And I've lost
Still in my eyes
The shadow of necklace
Across your thigh
I might've lived my life in a dream, but I swear
This is real
Memory fuses and shatters like glass
Mercurial future, forget the past
It's you, it's what I feel.

You might have laughed if I told you (it's pulling me apart)
You might have hidden a frown (change)
You might have succeeded in changing me (it's pulling me apart)
I might have been turned around (change)

It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart)
Leaving was never my proud (change)
Leaving New York, never easy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the light fading out
You find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart
You find it in your heart, change...

I told you, forever
I love you, forever
I told you, I love you
I love you, forever
I told you, forever
You never, you never
You told me forever

You might have laughed if I told you
You might have hidden the frown
You might have succeeded in changing me
I might have been turned around

It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart)
Leaving was never my proud (change)
Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the life fading out (change)
Leaving New York, never easy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the light fading out (change)
Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the life fading out (change)

Written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe.

Del Around The Sun de 2004, el primer disco después del recopilatorio de grandes éxitos de R.E.M. Es la canción que sonaba en mi cabeza mientras salía de Dublin, una vez más, el sábado por la tarde.

From the Around The Sun (2004) album, the first one after R.E.M.'s Greatest Hits was released. This is the song I could hear in my head last saturday as I left Dublin, once more.

The Cranberries - Zombie

Another head hangs lowly, child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken

But you see it's not me, it's not my family
In your head, in your head, they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head they are cryin'
In your head, in your head, Zombie, Zombie
In your head, what's in your head Zombie

Another mother's breaking heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken
It's the same old theme since 1916
In your head, in your head they're still fightin'
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head they are dyin'

In your head, in your head, Zombie, Zombie
In your head, what's in your head Zombie

Words & music by Dolores O'Riordan

El bombazo de The Cranberries, allá por el año 1994. Escrita después de un atentado en Warrington, durante la gira del grupo por Inglatera, en 1993. Primer single del No Need To Argue, que también incluiría I Can't Be With You, No Need To Argue y Ridiculous Thoughts.

Hoy desde Irlanda, en el noveno aniversario de la primera vez que les vi en directo, en la mejor hora y media que recuerdo.

The big boom by The Cranberries, many years ago, in 1994. Written after a terrorist attack in Warrington, during the band's English tour, in 1993. First single from the No Need To Arguealbum, which would also include the singles I Can't Be With You, No Need To Argue and Ridiculous Thoughts.

9 years ago, today, I saw The Cranberries live for the very first time, in the best gig I've ever been to.

Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet

A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
Finds a streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?

Juliet says hey it's Romeo, you nearly gimme me a heart attack
He's underneath the window she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it?

Juliet the dice were loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded in my heart
And I forget I forget the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?

Come up on different streets they both were streets of shame
Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?

When you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything you promised me thick and thin yeah
Now you just say oh Romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him

Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die
And there's a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?

I can't do the talk like they talk on tv
And I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you
I can't do anything except be in love with you

And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat, the bad company
And all I do is kiss you through the bars of Orion
Juliet I'd do the stars with you any time

Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above and I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?

A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?

You and me babe, how about it?


Written by Mark Knopfler
Del disco Making Movies de 1980, de los Dire Straits. Versionada por The Killers para su album de rarezas y caras-B Sawdust de 2007.
From the album Making Movies (1980), by Dire Straits. The Killers made a cover which appeared in their B-sides and rerities album Sawdust, in 2007.

Suzanne Vega - Luka

My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes I think you've seen me before

If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was

I think it's because I'm clumsy
I try not to talk too loud
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
I try not to act too proud

They only hit until you cry
And after that you don't ask why
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore

Yes I think I'm okay
I walked into the door again
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
And it's not your business anyway
I guess I'd like to be alone
With nothing broken, nothing thrown

Just don't ask me how I am

Written by Suzanne Vega

Canción de 1987, para el album Solitude Standing, sobre el maltrato a los niños. La propia Suzanne Vega grabó una versión en castellano.

Song from the album Solitude Standing (1987), about abuse to children. Suzanne Vega recorded also a Spanish version of the song.

Natalie Imbruglia - Big Mistake

Theres no sign on the gate
And theres mud on your face
Dont ya think its time we re-investigate this situation?
Put some fruit on your plate
Youve forgotten how it started.

Close your eyes
Think of all the bubbles of love we made,
And youre down on your knees
Its too late.
Oh dont come crawlin
And you lie by my feet.
What a big mistake.

I see you fallin
Got a buzz in my head
And my flowers are dead.
Cant figure out a way to rectify this situation.
I dont believe what you said
You forgotten how it started

Close your eyes
Think of all the bubbles of love we made
And youre down on your knees
Its too late.
Oh dont come crawlin
And you lie by my feet.
What a big mistake.

I see you fallin
I could sting like a bee.
Careful how you treat me
Baby I dont think Ill accept your sorry invitation.
Close the door as you leave
And you cry over me.
I cant wait.
I feel you stallin
And you try to reach me.
What a big mistake.
I hear you calling.

Written by Natalie Imbruglia & Mark Goldenberg.

En 1997, Torn llegó a todos los rincones del mundo, gracias a la versión que la hasta entonces desconocida Natalie Imbruglia, hizo de la canción original de Ednaswap, para su album debut Left Of The Middle. En marzo de 1998, se publicó Big Mistake como segundo single, llegando a vender 250 mil copias en Reino Unido. El vídeo se rodó en Barcelona, ciudad donde también se hicieron las fotos para el libreto del tercer cd de Natalie Imbruglia, Counting Down The Days (2005).

In 1997, Torn reached #1 in many countries, in the version Natalie Imbruglia made of the original song by Ednaswap, for her debut album Left Of The Middle. In march 1998, Big Mistake was released as the second single from this album, selling 250 thousand copies in the UK. This video was shot in Barcelona, the city where also were taken the pictures for the booklet of her 3rd cd Counting Down The Days (2005).

Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time

Lying in my bed, I hear the clock ticks, and think of you
Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new
Flash back, warm night, almost left behind
Suitcase of memories...
Time after

Sometimes you pictured me, I'm walking too far ahead
You're callin' to me, I can't hear what you've said
You said, "Go slow, I fall behind"
The second hand unwinds...

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time

I turn, my picture fades, and darkness has turned to grey
Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm okay
Secrets, stolen, from deep inside,
The drum beats out of time...

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting,
Time after time

Time after time...

Written by Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman.

Time After Time fue grabada por primera vez en 1984, pero en 2005, Cyndi Lauper regrabó algunos de sus grandes éxitos en acústico, para el disco The Body Acoustic. Para esta canción se acompañó de Sarah McLaclhan.

Time After Time was first recorded in 1984, but in 2005, Cyndi Lauper re-recorded acoustically many of her greatest hits, for the album The Body Acoustic. For this song she collaborated with Sarah McLaclhan.

The Killers - Bones

Come with me.

We took a back road.
We're gonna look at the stars.
We took a backroad in my car.
Down to the ocean,
it’s only water and sand
And in the ocean we'll hold hands.

But I don't really like you,
apologetically dressed in the best,
but on a heartbeat glide.

Without an answer,
the thunder speaks for the sky,
and on the cold, wet dirt I cry.
And on the cold, wet dirt I cry.

Don’t you wanna come with me?
Don’t you wanna feel my bones
on your bones?
It's only natural.

A cinematic vision ensued
like the holiest dream.
It's someone's calling?
An angel whispers my name,
but the message relayed is the same:
“Wait till tomorrow, you'll be fine."
But it's gone to the dogs in my mind.
I always hear them when the dead of night
comes calling to save me from this fight.
But they can never wrong this right.

Don't you wanna come with me?
Don't you wanna feel my bones
on your bones?
It's only natural.

Don’t you wanna swim with me?
Don’t you wanna feel my skin
on your skin?
It's only natural.

(Never had a lover) I never had a lover
(Never had soul) I never had soul
(Never had a good time) And I never had a good time
(Never got cold) I never got gold.

Don't you wanna come with me?
Don't you wanna feel my bones
on your bones?
It's only natural.

Don't you wanna swim with me?
Don't you wanna feel my skin
on your skin?
It's only natural.

Don't you wanna come with me?
Don't you wanna feel my bones
on your bones?
It’s only natural.

Come and take a swim with me.
Don't you wanna feel my skin
on your skin?
It’s only natural

Written by Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning & Mark Stoermer.

Segundo single del segundo cd de The Killers, Sam's Town (2006), y mejor aún, primer (y hasta ahora único) vídeo clip rodado por Tim Burton.

2nd single from the 2nd album by The Killers, Sam's Town (2006), and 1st (and only) video clip directed by Tim Burton.

No Doubt - It's My Life

It's funny how I find myself
In love with you
If I could buy my reasoning
I'd pay to lose
One half won't do

I've asked myself
How much do you
Commit yourself?

It's my life
Don't you forget
It's my life
It never ends

Funny how I blind myself
I never knew
If I was sometimes played upon
Afraid to lose

Oh, I'd tell myself
What good do you do
Convince myself

Oh, It's my life
Don't you forget
Oh, It's my life
It never ends

And I've asked myself
How much do you
Commit yourself?

It's my life
Don't you forget
Caught in the crowd
It never ends

It's my life
Don't you forget
Caught in the crowd
It never ends

Oh, It's my life...
Don't you forget...
Caught in the crowd...
It never ends

Written by Mark David Hollis & Tim Friese-Greene.

Esta canción, de 1984, es en realidad original del grupo británico ochentero Talk Talk, pero como no me ha gustado el vídeo he puesto esta versión que hicieron No Doubt en el 2003, que se incluyó en el recopilatorio The Singles 1993-2003, y que sirvió de despedida como grupo.

This 1984 song was originally recorded by Talk Talk, the 80s British group, but as I didn't like their video, I have chosen this version No Doubt did in 2003 for their compilation The Singles 1993-2003, that turned to be the last cd of the a group.

Dido - Thank You

My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why I,
Got out of bed at all,
The morning rain clouds up my window,
And I can't see at all,
And even if I could it'd all be grey,
But your picture on my wall,
It reminds me that it's not so bad,
It's not so bad.

I drank too much last night, got bills to pay,
My head just feels in pain
I missed the bus and there'll be hell today,
I'm late for work again,
And even if I'm there, they'll all imply,
That I might not last the day,
And then you call me and it's not so bad,
It's not so bad.

And I want to thank you,
For giving me the best day of my life,
And oh, just to be with you,
Is having the best day of my life.

Push the door, I'm home at last,
And I'm soaking through and through,
Then you handed me a towel,
And all I see is you,
And even if my house falls down now,
I wouldn't have a clue,
Because you're near me.

And I want to thank you,
For giving me the best day of my life,
And oh, just to be with you,
Is having the best day of my life.

And I want to thank you,
For giving me the best day of my life,
And oh, just to be with you,
Is having the best day of my life.

Written by Dido Armstrong, Paul Herman.

Esta canción apareció, en 1998, en una banda sonora, y un año más tarde en el disco debut de Dido, No Angel, que no empezó a venderse como churros hasta otro año más tarde (y ya nos plantamos en diciembre de 2000) cuando a un tal Eminem (el rapero blanco para más señas) le dio por utilizar un sample de esta canción para Stan, tema que sería número 1 en medio mundo y top 10 en el otro medio, y que se incluyó en The Marshall Mathers LP.

Bonita versión, una guitarra y una voz, ¿quién necesita más?

This song first appeared as part in a movie soundtrack, and a year later in Dido's debut album No Angel. But it didn't become a massive success until a year later when Eminem used a sample of this song in Stan from The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), a song that become number 1 or top 10 in many, many countries.

This is a beautiful version, with just a guitar and Dido's voice.

Erasure - A Little Respect

I try to discover
A little something to make me sweeter
Oh baby refrain from breaking my heart
I'm so in love with you
I'll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
Why you're making me work so hard
That you give me no
That you give me no
That you give me no
That you give me no
Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please give a little respect to me

And if I should falter
Would you open your arms out to me
We can make love not war
And live at peace with our hearts
I'm so in love with you
I'll be forever blue
What religion or reason
Could drive a man to forsake his lover
Don't you tell me no
Don't you tell me no
Don't you tell me no
Don't you tell me no
Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please give a little respect to me

I'm so in love with you
I'll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
Why you're making me work so hard
That you give me no
That you give me no
That you give me no
That you give me no
Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please give a little respect to me
Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please give a little respect to me

Written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell.

Del album The Innocents, de 1988. Aparece en la banda sonora de D.E.B.S., playbackeada por Jordana Brewster y Jimmy Simpson.

The Cardigans - Erase And Rewind

Hey, what did you hear me say
you know the difference it makes
what did you hear me say

Yes, I said it's fine before
But I don't think so no more
I said it's fine before

I've changed my mind
I take it back
Erase and rewind
'cause I've been changing my mind
Erase and rewind
'cause I've been changing my mind
I've changed my mind

So where did you see me go
it's not the right way, you know
where did you see me go
No, it's not that I don't know
I just don't want it to grow
It's not that I don't know

I've changed my mind
I take it back
Erase and rewind
'cause I've been changing my mind
Erase and rewind
'cause I've been changing my mind
Erase and rewind
'cause I've been changing my mind
Erase and rewind
'cause I've been changing my mind
Erase and rewind
Erase and rewind
I´ve changed my mind!

Written by: Nina Persson, Peter Anders Svensson.

Esta canción fue el segundo single del disco Gran Turismo (en homenaje al vídeo juego), de 1998, y además formó parte de la banda sonora de Nunca Me Han Besado, con Drew Barrymore y David Arquette (marido de Courtney Cox y hermano de Rosanna y Patricia), de 1999.

This song was the second single from Gran Turismo (the name of the cd was given after the video game), in 1998. It also appeared in 1999, in the movie Never Been Kissed, starring Drew Barrymore and David Arquette (Courtney Cox's husband, and Rosanna and Patricia's brother).

U2 - The Sweetest Thing

My love throws me like a rubber ball
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
She won't catch me or break my fall
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
But in this I'm a rain cloud
You know she likes a dry kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing

I'm losing you
I'm losing you  
Ain't love the sweetest thing

I wanted to run but she made me crawl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Eternal fire, she turned me to straw
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing

You know I got black eyes
But they burn so brightly for her
This is a blind kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing

I'm losing you
Oh oh oh, I'm losing you
Ain't love the sweetest thing

Blue-eyed boy meets a brown-eyed girl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
You can sew it up but you
Still see the tear
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
But in this I'm a rain cloud
Ours is a stormy kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing

Written by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.

Bonita manera de pedir perdón por olvidar el cumpleaños de tu mujer. Bono la escribió en 1987, pero fue single en 1998, cando la regrabaron para el grandes éxitos de los 80, The Best Of 1980-1990.

Morrissey - First Of The Gang To Die

You have never been in love,
Until you've seen the stars,
reflect in the resevoirs

And you have never been in love,
Until you've seen the dawn rise,
behind the home for the blind

We are the pretty petty thieves,
And you're standing on our streets...

...where Hector was the first of the gang
with a gun in his hand
and the first to do time
the first of the gang to die. Oh my.
Hector was the first of the gang
with a gun in his hand
and the first to do time
the first of the gang to die. Oh my.

You have never been in love,
Until you've seen the sunlight thrown
over smashed human bones

We are the pretty petty thieves,
And you're standing on our streets...

...where Hector was the first of the gang
with a gun in his hand
and the first to do time
the first of the gang to die. Such a silly boy.
Hector was the first of the gang
with a gun in his hand
and a bullet in his gullet
and the first lost lad to go under the sod.


And he stole from the rich and the poor
and the not-very-rich and the very poor
and he stole all hearts away
he stole all hearts away
he stole all hearts away
he stole all hearts away

Written by Morrissey & Alain Whyte


Música alegre para una letra triste. Del You Are The Quarry, de 2004.

Robyn - With Every Heartbeat

Maybe we could make it all right
We could make it better sometime

Maybe we could make it happen, baby
We could keep trying
But things will never change
So I don't look back
Still I'm dying with every step I take
But I don't look back

Just a little, little bit better
Good enough to waste some time
Tell me would it make you happy, baby

We could keep trying
But things will never change
So I don't look back
Still I'm dying with every step I take
But I don't look back 

We could keep trying
But things will never change
So I don't look back
Still I'm dying with every step I take
But I don't look back

And it hurts with every heartbeat
And it hurts with every heartbeat
And it hurts with every heartbeat

Written by Robyn & Andreas Kleerup


A principios de verano una tal Madonna decidió que en la rama europea de su gira le acompañase como telonera una tal Robyn. En 1997, esta tal Robyn grabó una canción que sonó bastante, Show Me Love, y desapareció tan rápido como había llegado. Diez años más tarde, en un acto de integridad, se compró a sí misma, de su compañía de discos, y se volvió a su Suecia natal a hacer la música que ella quería o a irse con la música a otra parte, el resultado es su primer número 1 en Reino Unido, una canción muy diferente a la que grabó una década antes, con un aire a Natalie Imbruglia, y que seguró que formó parte de la banda sonora de Sensación de Vivir o de Al Salir de Clase.

The Beatles - Yesterday

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, I yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm


Lennon / McCartney

Esta es la canción de la semana en mi clase de guitarra, así que no me hecurrado demasiado, pero como hace tiempo que no publico ninguna...

Como todas las canciones de The Beatles, esta también fue firmada por Lennon/McCartney, aunque en realidad, la escribió Sir Paul solito, que se despertó en medio de la noche, se acercó al piano y le salió esto, aunque al principio la tituló algo así como Huevos Revueltos.

Seal - Crazy

In a church,by the face,
He talks about the people going under.

Only child know...

A man decides after seventy years,
That what he goes there for, is to unlock the door.
While those around him criticize and sleep...
And through a fractal on a breaking wall,
I see you my friend, and touch your face again.
Miracles will happen as we trip.

But we're never gonna survive, unless...
We get a little crazy
No we're never gonna survive, unless...
We are a little...

Cray...cray...cray...

...Crazy yellow people walking through my head.
One of them's got a gun, to shoot the other one.
And yet together they were friends at school
Ohh, get it, get it, get it, get it no no!

If all were there when we first took the pill,
Then maybe, then maybe, then maybe, then maybe...
Miracles will happen as we speak.

But we're never gonna survive unless...
We get a little crazy.
No we're never gonna survive unless...
We are a little...
Crazy...
No no, never survive, unless we get a little... bit...

Oh, a little bit...
Oh, a little bit...

Oh...
Oh...

Amanda decides to go along after seventeen years...

Oh darlin...
In a sky full of people, only some want to fly,
Isn't that crazy?
In a world full of people, only some want to fly,
Isn't that crazy?
Crazy...
In a heaven of people there's only some want to fly,
Ain't that crazy?
Oh babe... Oh darlin...
In a world full of people there's only some want to fly,
Isn't that crazy?
Isn't that crazy... Isn't that crazy... Isn't that crazy...

Ohh...
But we're never gonna survive unless, we get a little crazy.. crazy..
No we're never gonna to survive unless we are a little... crazy..
But we're never gonna survive unless, we get a little crazy.. crazy..
No we're never gonna to survive unless, we are a little.. crazy..
No no, never survive unless, we get a little bit...

And then you see things
The size
Of which you've never known before

They'll break it

Someday...

Only child know....

Them things
The size
Of which you've never known before

Someday...
Someway...
Someday...
Someway...
Someday...
Someway...
Someday...


Written by Seal

Esta canción la escribió Seal en 1991 para su álbum debut. En el 2005 Alanis Morissette ( 1 "R", 2 "S") hizo una versión muy digna para un anuncio, y como le había quedado bien la metió en su grandes éxitos.

Después de ver este vídeo uno se da cuenta cuanto puede mejorar alguien con tres simples pasos:
1. Córtate las trenzas.
2. Deja de ir en cueros.
3. (Y sospecho que este es el motivo de los dos anteriores) casáte con Heidi Klum.

Joan Jett - I Love Rock'n'Roll

I saw him dancin' there by the record machine
I knew he must a been about seventeen
The beat was goin' strong
Playin' my favorite song
An I could tell it wouldn't be long
'Till he was with me, yeah me, singin'

I love rock'n'roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock'n'roll
So come an take your time an' dance with me

He smiled so I got up and asked for his name
That don't matter, he said,
'cause it's all the same

Said can I take you home where we can be alone

An next we were movin' on
He was with me, yeah me

Next we were movin' on
He was with me, yeah me, singin'

I love rock'n'roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock'n'roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

Said can I take you home where we can be alone

An well be movin' on
An singin' that same old song
Yeah with me, singin'

I love rock'n'roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock'n'roll
So come an' take your time an dance with me

written by: j. hooker/a. merrill

Aquí dejo hoy lo que suena en mi móvil cuando me llaman. La original es de The Arrows, pero yo me quedo con la versión que hizo Joan Jett, en 1983, con sus Blackhearts. Britney Spears lo intentó para la banda sonora de su película Crossroads, pero no es lo mismo.

Mecano - El 7 De Septiembre

Parece mentira
que después de tanto tiempo
rotos nuestros lazos
sigamos manteniendo la ilusión
en nuestro aniversario.

La misma mesita
que nos ha visto amarrar
las manos por debajo
cuida que el rincón de siempre
permanezca reservado.

Y aunque la historia se acabó
hay algo vivo en ese amor
que aunque empeñados en soplar
hay llamas que ni con el mar.

Las flores de Mayo
poco a poco cederán
a las patas de gallo
y nos buscaremos con los ojos
por si queda algo.

El siete de Septiembre
es nuestro aniversario
y no sabremos si besarnos
en la cara o en los labios.

Y aunque la historia se acabó
hay algo vivo en ese amor
que aunque empeñados en soplar
hay llamas que ni con el mar.

El siete de Septiembre
es nuestro aniversario

Escrita por Ignacio Cano (más conocido como Nacho)

Hoy estaba cantada, no me ha costado mucho elegir canción. Y como el Tubo no me da el enlace para el vídeo original cuelgo este donde la Torroja nos muestra sus dotes de bailarina.

Lenny Kravitz - Again

I've been searching for you
I heard a cry within my soul
I've never had a yearning quite like this before
Now that you are walking right through my door

All of my life
Where have you been?
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And if that day comes
I know we could win
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

A sacred gift of heaven
For better, worse, wherever
And I would never let somebody break you down
Nor take your crown, never

All of my life
Where have you been?
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And if that day comes
I know we could win
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And everytime I've always known
That you were there, upon your throne
A lonely queen without her king
I longed for you, my love forever

All of my life
Where have you been?
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And if that day comes
I know we could win
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

All of my life
Where have you been?
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And if that day comes
I know we could win
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

All of my life
Where have you been?
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
And if that day comes
I know we could win
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

I wonder if I'll ever see you again
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

I wonder if I'll ever see you again
I wonder if I'll ever see you again
I wonder if I'll ever see you again

written by Lenny Kravitz

The Killers - Read My Mind

On the corner of main street
Just tryin' to keep it in line
You say you wanna move on and
You say I'm falling behind

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

I never really gave up on
Breakin' out of this two-star town
I got the green light
I got a little fight
I'm gonna turn this thing around

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

The good old days, the honest man;
The restless heart, the Promised Land
A subtle kiss that no one sees;
A broken wrist and a big trapeze

Oh well I don't mind, if you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you go, can you read my mind?

It’s funny how you just break down
Waitin' on some sign
I pull up to the front of your driveway
With magic soakin' my spine

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

The teenage queen, the loaded gun;
The drop dead dream, the Chosen One
A southern drawl, a world unseen;
A city wall and a trampoline

Oh well I don't mind, if you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you jump
Tell me what you find when you read my mind

Slippin’ in my faith until I fall
You never returned that call
Woman, open the door, don't let it sting
I wanna breathe that fire again

She said I don't mind, if you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine

Put your back on me
Put your back on me
Put your back on me

The stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun
Can you read my mind

Written by: Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning & Mark Stoermer

Desde hace unos meses escucho Limerick Live, 95fm (con una musiquilla como aquella de los 40 criminales de hace años; son los 40 criminales en cadenaaaaaaaaa, vía satéliteeeeeeeee, paaaaraaaa tiiiii...) una radio irlandesa donde ponen canciones actuales y antiguas, tienen discjockeys graciosillos, piden a la gente que llame para hablar del tema que toca, las noticias... en fin, lo de siempre.

El caso es que un día pusieron el Somebody Told Me de The Killers, y como me gustó busque más cosas de ellos, y encontré este Read My Mind grabado por los chicos de Las Vegas para el disco Sam's Town de 2006.

Andrés Calamaro - Elvis Está Vivo

Elvis está vivo
me lo dijo un amigo
cuando el sol empezaba a caer
está en el cuarto forrado de leopardo dorado
se queda viendo su propio funeral.

En Memphis lo saben todo
pero es gente muy discreta y no dice nada:
será mejor así
será mejor así?

Elvis está vivo
eternamente dormido
en un inodoro de cristal
Elvis está vivo
se escribe cartas conmigo
cuando el sol empieza a caer.

Bob Dylan también lo sabe
pero Bob es muy discreto y no dice nada
será mejor así, será mejor así?

Elvis está vivo
está lavando la limo
cuando el sol empieza a caer
supongo que está en su casa en una bata de seda
mirando diez canales a la vez.

En Memphis lo saben todos
pero es gente muy discreta y no dice nada:
será mejor así, será mejor así? ("are you lonesome tonight?").

Elvis está vivo
Elvis es un buen tío
espero que me invite a comer.

Letra y música de Andrés Calamaro

El señor Andrés Calamaro escribió esta canción que metió en el discazo Alta Suciedad, del año 1997, lo primero que hizo tras separarse Los Rodríguez. Y hoy (31º) aniversario de la muerte de Elvis Presley, no puede dejar de sonar esta canción.

He encontrado un vídeo de un concierto en acústico, pero la calidad no es muy buena, así que os dejo este otro, y por lo menos algo te reirás.

Restless Heart - The Bluest Eyes In Texas

The lonesome Texas sun was setting low
And in the rearview mirror I watched it go
I can still see the wind in her golden hair
I close my eyes for a moment, I'm still there

The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill the midnite sky
Her memory fills my mind
Where did I go wrong (Did I wait too long)
Or can I make it right
The bluest eyes in Texas are haunting me tonight

Another town another hotel room
Another dream that ended way too soon
Left me lonely way before the dawn
Searching for the strength to carry on

The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill the midnite sky
Her memory fills my mind
Where did I go wrong (Did I wait too long)
Or can I make it right
The bluest eyes in Texas are haunting me tonight

For every heart you break you pay the price
But I can't forget the tears in her blue eyes

The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill the midnite sky
Her memory fills my mind
Where did I go wrong (Did I wait too long)
Or can I make it right
The bluest eyes in Texas are haunting me tonight

written by: DuBois/Robbins/Stephenson


Esta es la versión original de la canción, que en 1988 fue número uno en la lista americana de los 40 criminales country.

En 1999, Nathan Larson se encargó de la musica de Boys Don't Cry (primer Oscar de Hilary Swank), y como tema principal versionó esta canción. Viendo que Chloë Sevigny, para cantar no tiene vergüenza, pero voz tampoco, Larson pasó al plan B y le pidió a su mujer (por eso de que los beneficios se quedan en casa) que mejor lo hiciera ella. Así que de esa BSO sale una pedazo de versión cantada por Nina Persson, que demuestra que también se defiende en solitario (o con su marido) al margen de The Cardigans.

Urge Overkill - Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon

Girl, you'll be a woman... soon

I love you so much, can't count all the ways
I've died for you girl and all they can say is
"He's not your kind"
They never get tired of putting me down
And I'll never know when I come around
What I'm gonna find
Don't let them make up your mind.
Don't you know...

Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Please, come take my hand
Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Soon, you'll need a man

I've been misunderstood for all of my life
But what they're saying girl it cuts like a knife
"The boy's no good"
Well I've finally found what I'm a looking for
But if they get their chance they'll end it for sure
Surely would
Baby I've done all I could
Now it's up to you...

Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Please, come take my hand
Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Soon, you'll need a man

Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Please, come take my hand
Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Soon but soon, you'll need a man

Written by Neil Diamond


La canción fue originalmente escrita por Neil Diamond, y apareció en su album Just For You allá por 1967.

Sin que sirva de precedente, yo me quedo con una versión. La que hizo el grupo Urge Overkill para la banda sonora de Pulp Fiction de Quentin Tarantino, en 1994.