Uno de los tipos que más admiro en el mundo del rock´n roll es Steve Van Zant. Alias Little Steven. El Silvio de Los Soprano. El Pepito Grillo de Bruce Springsteen. El alma de la E Street Band. Un sujeto apasionado del rock´n roll y aledaños, metido en mil y un proyectos y siempre inquieto. Productor de uno de mis discos favoritos de la historia (Demolition 23), compositor de algunas impresionantes canciones, guitarrista solvente y ocasional arreglista de la sección de viento en algún tema de su colega Springsteen.
En el documental del 25 aniversario de Born To Run hay unas cuantas divertidas anécdotas que tienen como protagonista a Little Steven. Mi favorita es cuando se explica como acudió al rescate de la sección de viento del tema Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out. Steven sin formación musical reglada les explicó a los hermanos Brecker cómo tenían que tocar sus partes correspondientes en el mencionado tema (esta parte se localiza a partir del minuto 55). Les dijo, ¡Lo tengo! Es así. Pin Pan. Eso es tener clase.
Aquí va una de las canciones que figuraron en su primer trabajo en solitario. Un muy buen álbum con temas tan potentes como este Inside of Me incluido en la banda sonora de Los Soprano.
Even if it's all over, don't ever say it was all in vain
And don't tell me everything we believe in has been washed away
Because something still remains
I known it still remains, because I'm still the same
And there ain't nothing gonna change my mind
Because I've spent my whole life just trying to find
Something I know I need but can't define
Everything I ever wanted is here baby
It's still alive inside of me
It never died inside of me
Everybody tells me, open up your eyes, it can never be like it used to be
I say to them, open up your heart, you see just what you want to see
Is it too much for you to see the truth
Every time you look in my face
Ain't it a little late in the game to throw your hand in
And ain't it a little late in the game to forget everything we've been
Trapped by the locked doors you never could get in
It's still alive inside of me
It never died inside of me
There was a moment in time, we ould almost taste the adventure every day
Now I know that we're a little bit older
but that don't mean there's nothing new left to say
Now we spend the days walking away instead of trying to do something about it
You oughta be right by my side
Instead of trying to find a place to hide
Fighting to keep everything that we had baby
It's still alive inside of me
It never died inside of me