sábado, 25 de agosto de 2018

Cracker. Gentleman´s Blues. 20 aniversario

Tal día como hoy hace veinte años se publicó Gentleman´s Blues el cuarto disco de Cracker y el que puso fin a su relación con Virgin Records. Un álbum con todos los ingredientes para triunfar pero que vendió menos de lo esperado. Tal vez por eso la multi les dio puerta. Pero os aseguro que en esta rodaja no hay desperdicio. El mejor disco de Cracker y eso es mucho, el que contiene toda la esencia de la banda, todas sus facetas. Un placer ponerlo a menudo. Llevarlo siempre en el mp4. Me gustaría escribir que se va a reeditar, que van a hacer algo tan chulo como con el Dust de Screaming Trees pero de momento no hay planes al respecto. Ojalá me equivoqué. Si así fuese escribo una tercera entrada sobre esta maravilla encantando. Hoy unos cuantos afortunados podrán deleitarse con la interpretación de esta joya en el Crecent Ballroom de Phoenix, Arizona. Suertudos!!!! Por último recomiendo recomiendo la lectura de este artículo, obra de Krista Norstog Leonard, apasionante escrito sobre Gentleman´s Blues. A gozar!!


This holy circus camp
Aladdin and his lamp
A feverish daydreams and sway de loca
My face in magazines
The lesbian James Dean
I got all I ever wanted
So I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me
Well I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me
Down miles of empty road
With acolytes in tow
You could be Persephone
A pigeon through the glass
A drunken trapeze act
Well you got all you ever wanted
So I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me
Well I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me

martes, 21 de agosto de 2018

Solomon Burke & Aretha Franklin. A Change is Gonna Come

Uno de los artículos más interesantes que he leído tras la muerte de Aretha Franklin es el escrito por Warren Zanes para la Rolling Stone. Zanes, autor de la jugosa biografía sobre Tom Petty, tiene una indudable habilidad para juntar letras. Lo comprobé en el volumen sobre el rubio de Florida y me deleito ahora con esta bonita historia de cuando Aretha Franklin se unió a Solomon Burke para interpretar el inmortal clásico A Change Is Gonna Come en un concierto tributo al indiscutible rey del Soul, Sam Cooke. Dos de mis intérpretes favoritos de la historia llevando ese pedazo temas a cotas inalcanzables. 


jueves, 16 de agosto de 2018

Aretha, sing one for me

George Jackson uno de esos compositores e interpretes infravalorados de los años dorados del soul hizo suya una canción firmada por Eugene Williams y John Harris titulada Aretha, sing one for me. Una delicada pieza, emotiva dedicada a la mejor cantante de la historia según una encuesta publicada en la Rolling Stone americana en 2008. En mi casa, la más grande, eso seguro. Ni sé las veces que me he calzado aquel 100 Hits que me pillé por nueve miserables euros lo flipado que estuve hace dos años cuando por fin adquirí Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign of The Queen of Soul. Las noches que me he acostado tan ricamente paladeando Souls Sister: The Classic Aretha Franklin, una colección de su época en Columbia.

Aretha se ha ido. Estaba gravemente enferma desde hace mucho tiempo. Parecía indestructible la tipa. Su música es una de esas cosas que merecen la pena en este confuso mundo. Cualquier día es mejor si oyes su voz. Su legado en Atlantic es inmenso. Espero que las publicaciones rockeras que suelo comprar le dediquen la portada y artículos con enjundia. Ya lo deberían haber hecho en vida no sé por qué esperar al fatal desenlace. Lo contrario sería un ultraje. Y que todos los días suene su música en todos los rincones del planeta.





Van Halen. Feel Your Love Tonight


All right
We're gettin' funny in the back of my car

I'm sorry honey if I took it just a little too far, yes
Ah too, too far
So I, I told the fellas out behind the bar

Told them to tell you honey just how fine you are, yes
Uh yes, you are
You see I'm beggin' you please

(Beggin' you baby, beggin' on my bended knees)
On my knees
Sayin', "I can't wait to feel your love tonight", ooo
See you drivin' up and down my road

I tell you honey you're the prettiest girl I know, yes
Uh, that's for sure
But uh, better use it up before it gets old, no

I tell you honey now you've let your life grow cold, no
Uh no, no, no
I'm a beggin' you

(Beggin' you baby, beggin' on my bended knees)
I'm on my knees
I can't wait to feel your love tonight

(I can't wait to feel your love tonight)
I can't wait to feel your love tonight
(I can't wait, I can't wait)
Well, I been workin' since a ten of nine

I tell you sugar by midnight I'll be flyin'
Flyin' high
Woo! We'll hit the town, we'll have a hell of a time

I'll tell you honey by morning you'll be mine, yes
All mine
You know I'm beggin' you baby

(Beggin' you baby, beggin' on my bended knees)
I'm on my knees
I can't wait to feel your love tonight

(I can't wait to feel your love tonight)
I can't wait, to be your lover tonight
(I can't wait, I can't wait)
I can't wait to feel your love tonight

(I can't wait to feel your love tonight)
I can't wait to feel your lovin' tonight
(I can't wait to feel your love tonight)
I can't wait to be your lover tonight

(I can't wait to feel your love tonight)
I can't wait to feel your love, love, love, love tonight, awh mah
(I can't wait, I can't wait)
I can't wait to feel your love tonight

miércoles, 15 de agosto de 2018

Van Halen. Atomic Punk


I am a victim of the science age, uh
A child of the storm, whoa yes
I can't remember when I was your age
For me, it says no more, no more
Nobody rules these streets at night like me, the atomic punk
Whoa yeah, wow
I am the ruler of these nether worlds
The underground, whoa yes
On every wall and place my fearsome name is heard
Just look around, whoa yes
Nobody rules these streets at night like me, the atomic punk
Ooo, ahhh
I am the ruler of these nether worlds
The underground, oh, oh
On every wall and place my fearsome name is heard
Look around, whoa yeah
Nobody rules these streets at night like me, nobody, ah
The atomic punk
Feel your love tonight
Right
We're gettin' funny in the back of my car
I'm sorry honey if I took you just a little too far, yes
Uh too

martes, 14 de agosto de 2018

Van Halen. Jamie's Cryin


She saw the look in his eyes
And she knew better
He wanted her tonight
And it was now or never
He made her feel so sad
Oh, oh, oh, Jamie's cryin'
Oh, oh, oh, Jamie's cryin'
Now Jamie wouldn't say, "All right"
She knew he'd forget her
And so they said goodnight
And now he's gone forever
She wants to send him a letter
Just to try to make herself feel better
It said, "Give me"
("Give me a call sometime")
But she knows what that'll get her
Oh, oh, oh, Jamie's cryin'
Oh, oh, oh, Jamie's cryin'
Now Jamie's been in love before
And she knows what love is for
It should mean, a little, a little more
Than one-night stands
She wants

Van Halen. I'm The One


We came here to entertain you
Leaving here we aggravate you
Don't you know it means the same to me
Honey I'm the one, the one you love
Come on baby, show your love
Hey, give it to me
I see a glow that fills this room
I see it rolling off of you
And now your message from above
I'm tellin' you
Show, come on and show your love
Show your love, show
Show, show, show your love babe
Ah, yeah, show your, show it
Look at all these little kids
Takin' care of the music biz
Do their business take good care of me
Honey I'm the one, the one you love
Come on baby show your love
Hey, give it to me
I see a glow that fills this room
I see it rolling off of you
And now your message from above
I'm tellin' you
Show show your love babe
Show your love
Show, show, show your love babe
Ah, yeah, show your, show me
Alright
Show your love
Oh, come on and show me
Show your love
Better show, better show your love now
Show me your love
Show your love, yeah

domingo, 12 de agosto de 2018

Van Halen. Eruption / You Really Got Me


Girl, you really got me now 
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin' 
Girl, you really got me now 
You got me so I can't sleep at night 
Girl, you really got me now 
You got me so I don't know where I'm goin', yeah 
Oh Girl, you really got me now 
You got me so I can't sleep at night 
You really got me 
You really got me 
You really got me 
Please, don't ever let me be 
I only wanna be by your side 
Please, don't ever let me be 
I only wanna be by your side 
Girl, you really got me now 
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', yeah 
Oh yeah, you really got me now 
Got me so I can't sleep at night 
You really got me 
You really got me 
You really got me 
Oh no, no, ah 
Girl, you really got me now 
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin' 
Ah girl, you really got me now 
You got me so I can't sleep at night 
Girl, you really got me now 
You got me so I don't know where I'm goin', yeah 
Oh yeah, you really got me now 
Got me so I can't sleep at night 
You really got me 
You really got me 
You really got me 
Oh Oh Oh