Con su disco debut For Lovers, Dreamers & Me consiguió que muchas miradas se fijaran en ella en el 2007. Ya hablaban de la futura Norah Jones o Alicia Keys, sin embargo no ha sacado nada nuevo desde aquel álbum. Eso no quiere decir que se haya bajado de los escenarios, porque es una todo-terreno del directo. Yo la descubrí gracias a la serie Entourage (benditas bandas sonoras que te traen estas perlas).

Dream es una canción que crece con el paso de los segundos hasta llegar a un final apoteósico. Una carga de drama que va in-crecento. A partir del minuto 4 se te ponen los pelos de punta.

Letra:

When I wake up in the morning time
I like to see you sleeping by my side
I think about the nights we had before
Wanna give you this and more
Let you know I truly adore you

Being with you, loving you this way is so sweet
The way you kiss me, you’re making my knees go weak
We could be forever happy, through rain or whatever
Never gonna take the fantasy away from you

[estribillo]
I need to be everything you see in your dreams
It seems to me you’ll never find another lover good as I, to give you all that you need
And I’ll be there to love you each and every night and all through the day

There was a time that I didn’t have you around
Back in them days my heart never made a sound
Now it’s beating like my head’s in the clouds
Never doubt that I’m always be down to hang around you

You’re making me feel so good inside
The way I feel when you love me makes me wanna cry
All these truffle of the things you do, make my love dream come true
Moving me to tell you that I love you

[estribillo]

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Canciones relacionadas:

1. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
2. Yael Naim – New Soul
3. The Source & Candi Staton – You Got The Love

Un poquito de soul para finalizar la semana.

Letra:

This land is your land,
This land is my land,
From California to the New York Island,
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters,
I tell you, this land was made for you and me.

As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway,
I saw below me that golden valley,
And I’m saying, this land was made for you and me.

As I was walking they that tried to stop me,
They put on that sign that said, it said “Private Property,”
Well, looking on the back side, it didn’t say nothing,
So it must be that side was made for you and me.

One bright sunny morning, in the shadow of the steeple,
Down by the relief office I saw my people,
You know, now they still hungry, I still wondering,
I was wondering if this land was made for you and me.

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the Staten Island
Down to Georgia to Philadelphia
To Mississippi to Houston, Texas, and L.A.

You know this land is your land,
This land is my land,
This land is your land,
Oh, is my land,
This land was made for you and me.

Canciones relacionadas:

1. Lou Reed – Walk On the Wild Side
2. Vetusta Morla y Christina Rosenvinge – Chicago
3. Alice Smith – Dream

La cantante, Shingai Shoniwa, me recuerda físicamente a Skin y vocalmente a Amy Winehouse.

Como siempre, además del vídeo comercial, no hay que perderse las actuaciones en directo. En ésta tenemos hasta un cajón flamenquito… Atención a los calcetines del que lo toca .

Letra:

Watcha drinking?
Rum or whiskey?
Now won’tcha have a
Double with me?

I’m sorry I’m a little late
I got your message by the way
I’m calling in sick today
So let’s go out for old time’s sake

[estribillo]
I’ll never forget you
They said we’d never make it
My sweet joy
Always remember me

We were mysterious
And you were always wearing black
I was so serious
You know my boyfriend’s mother
Nearly had a heart attack

I’m sorry I’m a little late
You know the stripes on a tiger
Are hard to change

I know this world feels
Like an empty stage
I wouldn’t change a thing
So glad you’re back again

[estribillo]

I’ll never forget you
At times we couldn’t shake it
You’re my joy
Always remember me

We just got swallowed up
You know I didn’t forget you
We just got swallowed up

Well, we just got swallowed up
But you love that I didn’t forget you
We just got swallowed up
By the whole damn world

Watcha thinking?
Did you miss me?
I borrowed your silver boots
Now if you’d just let me
Give them back to you

[estribillo]

I’ll never forget you
Although at times we couldn’t shake it
You’re my joy
Always remember me

Don’t you know that you’re my joy
Always remember me
Don’t you know that you’re my joy
Always remember me

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Canciones relacionadas:

1. Fanfarlo – I’m A Pilot
2. Florence + The Machine – Between Two Lungs
3. Skunk Anansie – Hedonism

Pero yo me sigo quedando con el remix que hizo The Source junto a la voz de Candi Staton, una cantante soul que brilló con fuerza en la época de los 70 y que volvió a la escena en 1991 con esta canción. La versión original fue escrita en 1986 por Anthony B. Stephens, Arnecia Michelle Harris y John Bellamy. Un poco de ritmo para terminar la semana.

Letra:

Sometimes I feel like
Throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying
Lord I just don’t care
But you’ve got the love I need
To see me through

Sometimes it seems that
The going is just too rough
And things go wrong
No matter what I do
Now and then I feel
That life is just too much
But you’ve got the love
I need to see me through

Sometimes I feel like
Throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying
Lord I just don’t care
But you’ve got the love I need
To see me through

Time after time
I say oh Lord whats the use
Time after time
I say this just won’t do, but
Sooner or later in life the things you love you loose,
Just like before I know i’ll call on you

Occasionally
my thoughts are brave and friends are few
Occasionally
I cry out Lord what must I do
Occasionally
I call up Master make me new
You’ve got the love
I need to see me through

Sometimes I feel like
Throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying
Lord I just don’t care
But you’ve got the love I need
To see me through

You got the love
You got the love
You got the love
…

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Canciones relacionadas:

1. The Cure – Friday I’m In Love
2. Alice Smith – Dream
3. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Esta melodía que combina todo tipo de instrumentos con un estilo elegante y exquisito, está dentro de su disco de debut: Lungs (2009). Me hizo mucha gracia cuando leí una entrevista a Florence en la que comentaba que “compone sus mejores temas cuando está borracha o resacosa; es entonces cuando la música libre y asilvestrada aparece“. Habrá que probar hoy domingo a componer algo

Letra:

Between two lungs it was released
The breath that captured me
The sigh that blew me forward

Cause it was trapped
Trapped between two lungs
It was trapped between two lungs
It was trapped between two lungs

And my running feet could fly
Each breath screaming
“We are all too young to die”

Between two lungs it was released
The breath that passed from you to me
That flew between us as we slept
That slipped from your mouth into mine
It crept between two lungs
It was released
The breath that passed from you to me
That flew between us as we slept
That slipped from your mouth into mine
It crept

Cause it was trapped
Tapped between two lungs
It was trapped between two lungs

Now all the days of begging
The days of theft
No more gasping for a breath
The air has filled me head-to-toe
And I can see the ground far below
I have this breath
And I hold it tight
And I keep it in my chest
With all my might
I pray to God this breath will last
As it pushes past my lips
As I…

Between two lungs it was released
The breath that passed from you to me

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Canciones relacionadas:

1. The Source & Candi Staton – You Got The Love
2. TV On The Radio – Staring At The Sun
3. Vetusta Morla y Christina Rosenvinge – Chicago

Con su toque soul, agrega alma a canciones que ya de por sí tienen mucha vida. Una voz negra que supo preparar un auténtico Pot of Gold en 2008.

Mañana abro una nueva puerta (y nunca mejor dicho). Espero no haberme vuelto loca. Posiblemente sí

Letra:

I remember when,
I remember, I remember when I lost my mind.

there was something so pleasant about that place,
Even your emotions have an echo, in so much space.

And when you`re out there, Without care, Yeah, I was out of touch, but it wasn`t because I didn`t know enough,
I just knew too much.

Does that make me crazy
Does that make me crazy
Does that make me crazy
Possibly

And I hope that you are having the time of your life,
But think twice
That`s my only advice.

Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are,
Ha ha ha bless your soul
You really think you`re in control.

Maybe you’re crazy,
Well, I think you’re crazy,
I think you’re crazy
Just like me

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb,
and all I remember,
is thinking, I want to be like them.

Ever since I was little, ever since I was little
Oh it looked like fun, and it`s no coincidence I`ve come,
And I can die when I`m done.

Maybe you`re crazy,
Maybe you`re crazy,
Maybe we`re crazy,
Probably

Maybe we`re crazy,
Maybe we`re crazy,
Probably

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Canciones relacionadas:

1. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
2. Alice Smith – Dream
3. The Source & Candi Staton – You Got The Love

• Duczen: no sólo se limita al mundo musical, del que tiene un conocimiento que siempre me maravilla. También podréis encontrar pinceladas de fotografía, momentos de cine, reflexiones, relatos, …
• MaY: el compañero del calvo de Telecinco que comenta ahora en laSexta. Es decir: un experto en F1. Pero también sabe mucho de aberraciones musicales y siempre disfrutamos no coincidiendo en gustos musicales .
• Mi canción de hoy: si casi cada día quieres escuchar una melodía que te sorprenda, con músicos no muy conocidos pero de una calidad extraordinaria, éste es tu blog.
• Y si eres de los que andas cada día con un cantar, tampoco te puedes perder el blog de Milhaud.
• Aunque lo haya dejado para el final, me repito una y otra vez: not to forget todos esos sonidos que emana el mundo subterráneo.

Para todos vosotros, esta canción. Por muy alta que sea la montaña, por muy hondo el valle… nunca dejéis de bloguear

Letra:

Listen, baby
Ain’t no mountain high
Ain’t no vally low
Ain’t no river wide enough, baby

If you need me, call me
No matter where you are
No matter how far
Just call my name
I’ll be there in a hurry
You don’t have to worry

[estribillo]
‘Cause baby,
There ain’t no mountain high enough
Ain’t no valley low enough
Ain’t no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

Remember the day
I set you free
I told you
You could always count on me
From that day on I made a vow
I’ll be there when you want me
Some way,some how

[estribillo]

No wind, no rain

My love is alive
Way down in my heart
Although we are miles apart
If you ever need a helping hand
I’ll be there on the double
As fast as I can

Don’t you know that
There ain’t no mountain high enough
Ain’t no valley low enough
Ain’t no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

Don’t you know that
There ain’t no mountain high enough
Ain’t no valley low enough
Ain’t no river wide enough

Canciones relacionadas:

1. Alice Smith – Dream
2. Jakob Dylan – Something Good This Way Comes
3. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind

Con su disco debut Rockferry (2008) ha batido auténticos records. Y aunque su canción más escuchada sea Mercy, yo me quedo con este Rain on your parade. Tanto el ritmo como el videoclip es muy 007 (me encanta el arranque). Por cierto, también pasó por la versión galesa de Pop Idol.

Letra:

I wish you well
I hope you survive
I hope you live, oh baby, so I can watch you cry.

‘Cause I know in time you’ll see what you did to me
And you’ll come running back.

[estribillo]
I’m gonna rain on your parade
No, I won’t take it again
And I’ll keep raining, raining, raining over you.

[estribillo]

I pity the fools who believe in you
‘Cause I know someday now, they’ll see your colours too.
And if you see a smile, besides my face, know I’m doing good now.
Since you’ve been erased.

‘Cause I know in time you’ll see what you did to me
And you’ll come running back.

[estribillo]

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Canciones relacionadas:

1. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Fue escrita por Eddy Arnold y Cindy Walker en 1955 pero yo me voy a quedar con la versión hecha por este dueto de genios del jazz de diferentes épocas: Ray Charles y Diana Krall. Está en el disco Genius Love Company (2004), el último que grabó con vida el padre del soul.

Os propongo un juego: ir recogiendo en este post todas las versiones que encontréis de esta melodía. No habrá premios, sólo la satisfacción de escuchar esta canción una y otra vez

Letra:

You give your hand to me
And then you say hello
I can hardly speak
My heart is beating so
And anyone can tell
You think you know me well
But you don’t know me

Oh you don’t know the one
That thinks of you at night
Who longs to kiss your lips
And yearns to squeeze you tight
No I’m just a friend
That’s all I’ve ever been
You just don’t know me

[estribillo]
I never knew the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by
The chance that you might love me too

You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away
Beside the lucky guy
You’ll never, never know
The one who loves you so
You just don’t know me

[estribillo]

You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away
Beside the lucky guy
Who’ll never, never know
The one who loves you so
You just don’t know me

You’ll never, ever know
The one who loves you so
you just don’t know me

Canciones relacionadas:

1. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
2. The Source & Candi Staton – You Got The Love

Se ha cargado a los intermediarios que tanto dinero chupan y vende su primer álbum Songs of Want and Loss a través de MySpace. De hecho, desde aquí se pueden escuchar todas sus canciones y comprar el disco por unos 8 euros. Veremos qué tal le va usando Internet como medio de promoción.

En estos días de frío, conseguid que lo besos congelen vuestros sentidos.

Letra:

Your eyes have more power than vampires
You bit my mouth and then left me
On the floor shivering and aching for more

Your smile is more dangerous than reptiles
You shot your poison in my skin
And now I can’t get you out of my mind

[estribillo]
Help me babe, I got a hole in my heart
My head is spinning I feel so high
Release me darling from this pain in my side
And please, freeze my senses with your kiss

Your lips more addictive than sugar sticks
Make me dizzy and so light I could fly
I think my brain has melted down

[estribillo]

So there, now that you know me
That I care for you, yeah
Be fair cos I’m a fool in despair
And you got your hands round my neck

[estribillo]

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Canciones relacionadas:

1. Noisettes – Never Forget You