miércoles, 31 de diciembre de 2008

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.

martes, 16 de diciembre de 2008

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).

sábado, 13 de diciembre de 2008

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.

jueves, 11 de diciembre de 2008

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.

lunes, 8 de diciembre de 2008

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.

viernes, 5 de diciembre de 2008

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.

miércoles, 3 de diciembre de 2008

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.