lunes, febrero 20, 2006

L'invitation au voyage



Como algunos de vosotros ya sabéis, me marcho de la ciudad un par de meses. En mi nueva casa no tendré internet, pero para la frecuencia con que actualizo este blog no creo que eso se note demasiado. En cualquier caso, como siempre que inicio un nuevo viaje no puedo evitar la sensación de ir dejando cosas atrás, de poner un punto y a parte con mi vida habitual, de tener la posibilidad de hacerlo todo de un modo distinto, de un modo mejor (puto Kavafis). Por eso os dejo esta letra de canción que para mí supone una invitación al viaje moderna, un homenaje al optimismo de emprender un nuevo camino, dejar atrás el pasado y pisar el acelerador hasta nuestro destino.

Thunder Road

The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch. As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me
You can hide `neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
This two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, Heaven's waiting on down the tracks

Oh-oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road,
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road

Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely and there's words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
you hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone
On the wind, so Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win.

domingo, febrero 12, 2006

Canciones 2

Otra ristra de canciones. Esta vez he intentado que todas traten, más o menos, sobre un mismo tema. Como en la peli de Alta Fidelidad, estas cuatro canciones podrían ser mi hipotético Top 4 sobre la ruptura amorosa, al menos para esta tarde.




  • Frank Sinatra- In the wee small hours of the morning


  • Bruce Springsteen- The river


  • The Smiths- I know it's over


  • Bob Dylan- If you see her say hello
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