The War and Treaty. All I Wanna Do

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

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. 

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

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…

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

Van Halen. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

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

Van Halen. Runnin with the devil