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Athlete – Wires

AthletePor finos alambres caminan los funámbulos. Algunos lo hacen con una red debajo y otros sin nada. Dura puede ser la caída pero más duro es no intentar cruzar.

Después de esta divagación os dejo ya con los alambres de Athlete (Tourist, 2005).

Letra:

You got wires, going in
You got wires, coming out of your skin
You got tears, making tracks
I got tears, that are scared of the facts

Running, down corridors through, automatic doors
Got to get to you, got to see this through
I see hope is here, in a plastic box
I’ve seen christmas lights, reflect in your eyes

You got wires, going in
You got wires, coming out of your skin
There’s dry blood, on your wrist
Your dry blood on my fingertip

Running, down corridoors through, automatic doors
Got to get to you, got to see this through
First night of your life, curled up on your own
Looking at you now, you would never know

I see it in your eyes, I see it in your eyes
You’ll be alright
I see it in your eyes, I see it in your eyes
You’ll be alright

Alright

Running, down corridors through, automatic doors
Got to get to you, got to see this through
I see hope is here, in a plastic box
I’ve seen christmas lights, reflect in your eyes
down corridors, through automatic doors
Got to get to you, got to see this through
First night of your life, curled up on your own
Looking at you now, you would never know.

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indie rock

Pixies – Hey

Pixies - HeyYa he vuelto de mis vacaciones tinerfeñas con las pilas cargadas (vale… la intención de esta línea es daros envidia 😛 ). Y para empezar la semana con marcha, qué mejor que esta canción de Pixies. La encontré gracias a un gracioso vídeo en youtube que subieron dos hermanas sin ningún complejo. A raíz de esto, descubrí a este grupo de Boston. Ya tiene sus añitos (¡es del 89!) pero tiene algo que no puedo explicar y que me cautiva…

Letra:

hey
been trying to meet you
hey
must be a devil between us
or whores in my head
whores at my door
whore in my bed
but hey
where
have you
been if you go I will surely die
we’re chained
we’re chained
we’re chained
we’re chained
we’re chained (chained)
bis

uh said the man to the lady
uh said the lady to the man she adored
and the whores like a choir
go uh all night
and mary ain’t you tired of this
uh
is
the
sound
that the mother makes when her baby breaks
we’re chained
we’re chained
we’re chained
we’re chained
we’re chained (chained)
bis

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rock

The Wallflowers – One Headlight

The WallflowersEl hijísimo de Bob Dylan, Jakob, decidió seguir los pasos de su padre y formar una banda allá por 1992. Con One Headlight alcanzaron el éxito en 1996 (Bringing Down the Horse), gracias a este faro que les guió en su camino. Desde entonces no volví a saber de ellos y eso que su último disco es de 2005. Me tendré que poner las pilas con su música para valorar si esta canción fue una de las denominadas killer-songs. Mañana espero que un faro también me guíe hacia Icities.

Letra:

So long ago, I don’t remember when
That’s when they say I lost my only friend
Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease
As I listened through the cementery trees

I seen the sun comin’ up at the funeral at dawn
The long broken arm of human law
Now it always seemed such a waste
She always had a pretty face
So I wondered how she hung around this place

[estribillo]
Hey, come on try a little
Nothing is forever
There’s got to be something better than
In the middle
But me & Cinderella,
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight

She said it’s cold
It feels like Independence Day
And I can’t break away from this parade
But there’s got to be an opening
Somewhere here in front of me
Through this maze of ugliness and greed
And I seen the sun up ahead
At the county line bridge
Sayin’ all there’s good and nothingness is dead
We’ll run until she’s out of breath
She ran until there’s nothin’ left
She hit the end-it’s just her window ledge

[estribillo]

Well this place is old
It feels just like a beat up truck
I turn the engine, but the engine doesn’t turn
Well it smells of cheap wine & cigarettes
This place is always such a mess
Sometimes I think I’d like to watch it burn
I’m so alone, and I feel just like somebody else
Man, I ain’t changed, but I know I ain’t the same
But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin’ dreams
I think her death it must be killin’ me

[estribillo]

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britpop indie

Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out

Franz Ferdinand - Take me outYa estamos en la mitad de la semana, y no sé a vosotros, pero a mí los miércoles se me hacen eternos. Es cuando empieza mi declive de cansancio (de hecho, hoy espero irme prontito a dormir… ;-)). Así que necesito una inyección de marcha y por eso he seleccionado a Franz Ferdinand, una banda que se formó en 2001 y que comparte estilo con The Killers. Podéis encontrar Take me out en el disco homónimo a la banda que vio la luz en 2004. Es curioso cómo decidieron ponerse su nombre: en honor al Archiduque Francisco Fernando de Austria (también en el mundo de la música hay mucho friki suelto…).

Escucha «Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand»

Letra:

So if you’re lonely
You know I’m here waiting for you
I’m just a cross-hair
I’m just a shot away from you
And if you leave here
You leave me broken
shattered alive
I’m just a cross-hair
I’m just a shotten we can die
I know I won’t be leaving here
With you

I say don’t you know
You say you don’t know
I say… take me out

I say you don’t show
Don’t move time is slow
I say… take me out

I say you don’t know
You say you don’t go
I say… take me out

If I move, this could die
If eyes move this can die
I want you… to take me out

I know I won’t be leaving here
(With you)
I know I won’t be leaving here
(With you)
I know I won’t be leaving here
(With you)
I know I won’t be leaving here
With you

I say, don’t you know
You say you don’t know
I say… take me out

If I wait this could die
If I wane this could die
I want you to take me out

If I move, this could die
If eyes move this can die
Come on… Take me out

I know I won’t be leaving here
(With you)
I know I won’t be leaving here
(With you)
I know I won’t be leaving here
(With you)
I know I won’t be leaving here
With you

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soft rock

Sheryl Crow – If It Makes You Happy

Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You HappyHace ya unos cuantos años descubría a Sheryl Crow con su disco homónimo (1996) y con canciones tan pegadizas como este «If it makes you happy» o «All I Wanna Do». Una voz con mucha personalidad acompañada por una música mitad country, mitad rock. Y es que a veces me pregunto lo mismo que Sheryl: Si te hace feliz algo, ¿por qué diablos estás tan triste?. La respuesta está en lo enrevesado del ser humano.

Letra:

I’ve been long, a long way from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos,
And drank til I was thirsty again
We went searching through thrift store jungles
Found Geronimo’s rifle, Marilyn’s shampoo
And Benny Goodman’s corset and pen

Well, o.k. I made this up
I promised you I’d never give up

[estribillo]
If it makes you happy
It can’t be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad

You get down, real low down
You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train
Well who hasn’t been there before?
I come round, around the hard way
Bring you comics in bed, scrape the mold off the bread
And serve you french toast again

Well, o.k. I still get stoned
I’m not the kind of girl you’d take home

[estribillo]

We’ve been far, far away from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos
And everywhere in between
Well, o.k. we get along
So what if right now everything’s wrong?

[estribillo]

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