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Gotye & Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know

Hace unos días Miguel Morera me recomendaba un silencio: el «Settle Down» de Kimbra (pegadizo como él solo), lo que me recordó que tenía guardado en el congelador de este blog una colaboración muy interesante de esta artista con Gotye.

Australiano vs. neozelandesa. Dos voces potentes que sacan lo mejor que tienen en ese estribillo que gira de tono. Una pequeña joya dentro del álbum de Gotye Making Mirrors (2011) y que ya ha aparecido en numerosas series de televisión: 90210, Gossip Girl, Glee, …

No os perdáis tampoco el vídeo ;-):

Letra:

Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
I told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it’s an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kinda sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I’ll admit that I was glad that it was over

[estribillo]
But you didn’t have to cut me off
Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing
I don’t even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
No, you didn’t have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records And then change your number
Guess that I don’t need that though
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believin it was always something that I’d done

But I don’t wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn’t catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know-oh-oh

[estribillo]

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folk indie

Sharon Van Etten – Serpents

Este año parece ser el de las divas del indie. Aspecto frágil pero con voces llenas de fuerza como es el caso de Lana del Rey, Birdy, o nuestra protagonista de hoy. Y es que 2012 ha visto la consagración de esta neoyorkina con su tercer trabajo: Tramp. Un disco avalado con muchas colaboraciones de peso como son las de Zach Condon (Beirut), Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak), Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) y el inestimable apoyo de Aaron Dessner (The National).

Letra:

It was a close call,
Sitting in the back of the room with the boy… get on
But they didn’t know,
Closing on my back, I feel safe at times
Certain emblems tell me it’s time

Serpents in my mind, looking for your cries
Everything changes
I don’t want life to this time

You enjoy sucking on dreams,
so I will fall asleep
with someone other than you,
I had a thought, you would take me
Seriously and listen up

Serpents in my mind,
I am searching for your cries
Everything changes, in time you’ll stay, frozen in time
Collaging girls, controlling minds
You hold the mirror, to everybody else

Serpents in my mind, trying to forgive
Your cries
Everyone changes, in time
I hope he changes, this time.

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electrónica indie pop

Ladyhawke – Black White & Blue

Si la semana pasada tenía en el reproductor una y otra vez a Lana Del Rey, esta vez se me ha colado Lady Halcón ;-). Con un único disco homónimo en el mercado, en 2008 sorprendió a propios y extraños. De hecho, tenía en mi lista de silencios pendientes un éxito de esa época: My Delirium.

Pero hoy he escuchado el avance de lo que será su nuevo trabajo, y llevo todo el día tarareando el estribillo de «Black White & Blue», que se ha adelantado para estrenar la ficha de Ladyhawke aquí.

El 19 de marzo podremos disfrutar de su segundo álbum completo: Anxiety y pinta todo muy bonito.

Letra:

Time is never easy when you’re alone
Your mother, she always told you to hold your own
Cause this is real life, oh no
You can’t fight it, oh no
Cause this is real life

[estribillo]
On and on through the night and the milky way
It’s black and white & blue for you
Now and then when you cry It will always be black and white & blue for you

Life inside your head has come undone
Your soul descent to madness has just begun
But this is real life, oh no
You can’t fight it, oh no
Cause this is real life

[estribillo]

Waking from a strange dream
Spinning cause you had too much last night
No communication,
Wondering if you’ll ever feel alright
But this is real life, oh no
You can’t fight it, oh no
Cause this is real life

[estribillo]

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Lana Del Rey – Video Games

Hablando en modo twitter, se podría decir que Lana Del Rey (también conocida por sus padres como Lizzy Grant) lleva siendo una buena temporada trending topic ;-). Y es que con su álbum Born to Die recién salido del horno (es una de las novedades del 2012) ya ha conseguido que el primer single sea una de las canciones más versionadas: Video Games (por Kasabian, Jamie Cullum, Bombay Bicycle Club, …). Muchos pensaréis: ¿cómo es posible si acaba de salir el disco al mercado? Pues con esta moda de pre-estrenar canciones, lanzó este sencillo el 10 de octubre de 2011 y desde entonces todo han sido éxitos y buenas críticas. Ahora ya tenemos el paquete completo (me encanta eso de nacida para morir… cuánta razón…).

Os dejo a la chica desempeñándose en directo en BBC Radio 1:

Letra:

Swinging in the backyard
Pull up in your fast car
Whistling my name

Open up a beer
And you say get over here
And play a video game

I’m in his favorite sun dress
Watching me get undressed
Take that body downtown

I say you the bestest
Lean in for a big kiss
Put his favorite perfume on

Go play a video game

It’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It’s better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do

Singing in the old bars
Swinging with the old stars
Living for the fame

Kissing in the blue dark
Playing pool and wild darts
Video games

He holds me in his big arms
Drunk and I am seeing stars
This is all I think of

Watching all our friends fall
In and out of Old Paul’s
This is my idea of fun
Playing video games

It’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It’s better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do

(Now you do)

It’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It’s better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do

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Birdy – Shelter

Tengo un listado de grupos de los que espero con impaciencia trabajos nuevos. Uno de ellos es The XX, que con su único álbum homónimo nos conquistó a todos. Como por ahora no tienen intenciones de deleitarnos con más delicatessen, calmaré mis ansias con esta preciosa versión de Birdy de uno de sus éxitos: Shelter.

Birdy le aporta un toque de fragilidad extra a la canción. Esta chiquilla de apenas 15 años ganó el concurso de talentos Open Mic UK cuando tan sólo tenía 12. De hecho, lo hizo con otra versión: Skinny Love del grupo Bon Iver.

Letra:

I find shelter in this way
Under cover, hide away
Can you hear when I say
I have never felt this way

[estribillo]
Maybe I had said something that was wrong
Can I make it better with the lights turned on
Maybe I had said something that was wrong
Can I make it better with the lights turned on

Could I be, was I there
It felt so crystal in the air
I still want to drown whenever you leave
Please teach me gently how to breathe

And I’ll cross oceans like never before
So you can feel the way I feel it too

And I’ll send images back at you
So you can see the way I feel it too

[estribillo]

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