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funky soul

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – This Land Is Your Land

A unas horas de la ceremonia más seguida del mundo del celuloide, hoy era de obligada publicación una canción perteneciente a una banda sonora. Es el caso de esta «This Land Is Your Land«, que podemos encontrar en la película Up In the Air (con una actuación tremenda de George Clooney). La potente voz de Sharon Jones (cultivada todos los domingos en un coro de gospel de Nueva York), se hace cargo de una versión neo-funk de todo un clásico en Estados Unidos escrito por Woody Guthrie en 1940 (¿quién no ha visto la típica escena de niños cantando esto el día de acción de gracias?). Eso sí, es espectacular el cambio hecho por Sharon Jones y The Dap Kings… porque sólo la identificas por la letra. Ni que decir tiene que muchos otros artistas han creado sus covers: Counting Crows, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, …

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.

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indie soul

Noisettes – Never Forget You

Never Forget YouHoy, en vez de silencio, la cosa va de ruido… bueno o así empezó esta banda británica indie soul: con mucho noise. Y aunque llevan poco tiempo sobre los escenarios, ya tienen algunos hits. Empezaron con Don’t upset the rhythm y luego esta perlita que podemos encontrar en su segundo disco de estudio: Wild Young Hearts (2009).

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 :-D.

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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electrónica soul

The Source & Candi Staton – You Got The Love

You Got The LoveEl otro día, escuchando el disco debut de Florence + The Machine, una canción me sonaba especialmente. Y era esta versión de You Got The Love. Si os gustaba el programa de televisión Planeta Finito (famosos recorriendo ciudades del mundo), conoceréis de sobra esta melodía, pues era la cabecera del mismo.

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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indie soul

Florence + The Machine – Between Two Lungs

florence-and-the-machines-lungFlorence + The Machine es un proyecto de la joven cantante londinense Florence Welch, un animal de escenario con una voz negra poderosa y una energía desbordante.

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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r&b soul

Alice Russell – Crazy

aliceHoy toca versionaca (que diría Enjuto Mojamuto) del hit de Gnarls Barkley, Crazy. La voz seleccionada es la de la cantante inglesa Alice Russell, que también tiene en su haber una gran versión del éxito de The White Stripes, Seven Nation Army.

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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