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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 rock

Coldplay – Violet Hill

ColdplayLeyendo a Unai (da gusto tener espías por Irlanda) me entero de que Coldplay estrenó ayer a las 12:30 (hora inglesa), su nuevo single: Violet Hill. Está enmarcado dentro de su próximo disco Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friend (como se nota el toque spanish de la Gwyneth ;-)). Y lo mejor es que te permiten descargarlo desde su página web.

Mis felicitaciones a Coldplay por usar Internet como plataforma de difusión. Espero que muchos tomen nota. Eso sí, daros prisa, porque el martes 6 de mayo vuelven a cerrar el chiringuito.

Para poder disfrutar de su cuarto álbum de forma completa, tendremos que esperar un poquito más (hasta junio).

Letra:

Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
There was snow
White snow

Clearly I remember
From the windows they were watching
While we froze
down below

When the future’s architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You’d better lie low

If you love me
Won’t you let me know?

Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
And the fog
became God

Priests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
And the cross was held aloft

Bury me in honor
When i’m dead and hit the ground
A love back home unfolds

If you love me
Won’t you let me know?

I don’t want to be a soldier
With the captain of some sinking ship
With snow, far below

So if you love me
Why’d you let me go?

I took my love down to violet hill
There we sat in snow
All that time she was silent still

So if you love me
Won’t you let me know?

If you love me,
Won’t you let me know?

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recomendación rock

Scorpions – Send Me An Angel [Recomendación]

Scorpions - Send Me A AngelVolvemos a acabar una semana más y de nuevo tenemos recomendación externa. Esta vez de la mano de Julen:

La balada de Queen, Too much love will kill you, me gustó mucho. No la conocía y ya se ha colado en mi iTunes/iPod. Así, y como creo que este tipo de Power Ballads suele gustar mucho, ahí va otra que me encanta: Send Me An Angel de los Scorpions (Crazy World, 1990).

Letra:

The wise man said just walk this way
To the dawn of the light
The wind will blow into your face
As the years pass you by
Hear this voice from deep inside
It’s the call of your heart
Close your eyes and your will find
The passage out of the dark

Here I am
Will you send me an angel
Here I am
In the land of the morning star

The wise man said just find your place
In the eye of the storm
Seek the roses along the way
Just beware of the thorns

Here I am
Will you send me an angel
Here I am
In the land of the morning star

The wise man said just raise your hand
And reach out for the spell
Find the door to the promised land
Just believe in yourself
Hear this voice from deep inside
It’s the call of your heart
Close your eyes and your will find
The way out of the dark

Here I am
Will you send me an angel
Here I am
In the land of the morning star
Here I am
Will you send me an angel
Here I am
In the land of the morning star.

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recomendación rock

The Doors – Riders On The Storm [Recomendación]

The Doors - Riders On The StormApurando ya la semana, os dejo con la recomendación que nos hace josemanuel (ya no te puedo poner enlace :'( ):

The Doors fue una banda que se formó en 1965 y se disolvió en 1973 a causa de la muerte de su carismático líder, Jim Morrison. Aún con estos pocos años de actividad, el talento creador y la filosofía vital, así como las circunstancias de la desaparición del grupo, hicieron que The Doors cruzaran las puertas de la inmortalidad, trascendiendo el infinito. Una de sus canciones: Riders in the storm (L.A. Woman, 1971), entre otras muchas. Si quieres saber más, la Wikipedia alberga una completísima página en castellano sobre el grupo y su líder.

Escucha «The Doors Ridersonthestorm»

Letra:

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house were born
Into this world were thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan

Riders on the storm
There’s a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If ya give this man a ride
Sweet memory will die
Killer on the road, yeah

Girl ya gotta love your man
Girl ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house were born
Into this world were thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

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britpop indie rock

Coldplay – Warning Sign

Coldplay - Warning SignHoy por fin presento a una de mis bandas imprescindibles: Coldplay. Y aunque me quedo embelesada con todas sus melodías, hay una canción que me llega en especial. No está entre las más conocidas del grupo, como puedan ser Clocks, The Scientist, In My Place, etc… Warning Sign es un toque de atención a nuestra conducta. Porque hay que hacer caso a las señales de peligro 😉

Ya estoy impaciente por poder disfrutar del cuarto disco del grupo, que saldrá en junio de este mismo año. Hasta entonces, os dejo con Warning Sign (A rush of blood to the head, 2002):

Letra:

A warning sign,
I missed the good part then I realized,
I started looking and the bubble burst.
I started looking for excuses.

Come on in,
I’ve gotta tell you what a state I’m in,
I’ve gotta tell you in my loudest tones,
That I started looking for a warning sign.

When the truth is,
I miss you.
Yeah the truth is,
That I miss you so.

A warning sign,
You came back to haunt me and I realized,
That you were an island and I passed you by,
You were an island to discover.

Come on in,
I’ve gotta tell you what state I’m in,
I’ve gotta tell you in my loudest tones,
That I started looking for a warning sign.

When the truth is,
I miss you.
Yeah the truth is,
That I miss you so.

And I’m tired,
I should not have let you go.

So I crawl back into your open arms.
Yes, I crawl back into your open arms.
And I crawl back into your open arms.
Yes, I crawl back into your open arms…