miércoles, 30 de septiembre de 2015

Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix

1969 #mismp3 

"Star Spangled Banner" 

Jimi Hendrix 

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El festival de Woodstock de 1969 fue seguramente uno de los eventos más representativos por el ingenio colectivo acarreado a la música de los años 1960 y al movimiento flower power. En éste contexto, la actuación de Jimi Hendrix se convirtió en un verdadero y propio símbolo del festival, además del pensamiento pacifista de aquellos años. La exhibición del guitarrista estaba programada para el cierre del evento, la noche del 18 de agosto de 1969, tercero y último de aquellos "tres días de paz, amor y música". A causa de problemas técnicos y logísticos que se verificaron, por no contar con la violenta lluvia que se abatió sobre la zona en mitad del segundo día (durante la actuación de los pioneros en improvisar en el rock, Grateful Dead), su presentación debió ser re-programada para la mañana siguiente. La inmensa cantidad de fans de los tres días anteriores (más de 500.000 espectadores) se había reducido considerablemente y Hendrix terminó cerrando el recital delante de una audiencia (respetable pero decididamente inferior a las expectativas) de aproximadamente 180.000 espectadores, exhaustos y en muchos casos incluso distraídos y desganados.

El guitarrista se presentó sobre el palco con una formación inédita, anunciada por el presentador como Jimi Hendrix Experience, pero rápidamente vuelta a presentar por el mismo Hendrix como Gipsy Sun and Rainbows: prosiguió una exhibición de dos horas (en absoluto entre las más largas de su carrera). El hecho que más sobresalió en aquella histórica exhibición, fue la celebérrima transfiguración guitarrística operada sobre el tema "The Star-Spangled Banner", himno de los Estados Unidos; Hendrix interpretó el tema en una manera salvaje mezclándolo con feroces simulaciones sonoras de bombardeos y ametrallamientos sobre los barrios de Vietnam, sirenas anti-aéreas y otros ruidos de batalla, todo únicamente usando su guitarra.43

La realidad de los hechos, queda aún en una extrema controversia sobre el significado que Hendrix quiso dar a aquel modo de proponer el himno nacional estadounidense. Si bien su razón sea más bien clara, hay que decir que desde hacía un año aquella versión de «The Star-Spangled Banner» era propuesta en vivo y el mismo Hendrix se mostró siempre misterioso sobre el tema: en una entrevista sobre el festival de Woodstock el guitarrista se declaró desinteresado a las cuestiones políticas, y a una pregunta más precisa —formulada durante el Dick Cavett's Show— sobre el porqué de su versión tan poco ortodoxa del himno norteamericano Jimi respondió muy tranquilamente "¿Poco ortodoxo? No lo sé, a mí me pareció hermoso".44

Algunas teorías de que Hendrix fuese de hecho favorable a la intervención bélica en Vietnam quedan totalmente de lado no solo al tomar en cuenta la transfiguración del himno efectuado en Woodstock, sino más bien al escuchar el tema "Machine Gun", contenido en su último LP Band of Gypsys, una explícita canción de protesta en contra de la guerra.38

Hendrix también actuaría, el 26 de agosto del año siguiente, en la edición de Woodstock celebrada en la Isla de Wight.

lunes, 28 de septiembre de 2015

Time in a bottle - Jim Croce (mp3 + Lyrics)

1973 #mismp3 

"Time in a bottle" 

Jim Croce 

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lyrics
If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
'Til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you

[Chorus]
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you

[Chorus]

sábado, 26 de septiembre de 2015

Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits ( mp3+ video + lyrics)

1978 #mismp3 

"Romeo and Juliet" 

Dire Straits 

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LYRICS
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?

Juliet says hey it's Romeo you nearly gimme me a heart attack
He's underneath the window she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it?

Juliet the dice were loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded in my heart
And I forget I forget the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

Come up on different streets they both were streets of shame
Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?

Well you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything you promised me thick and thin, yeah
Now you just say oh Romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him

Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?

I can't do the talk like they talk on TV
And I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you
I can't do anything except be in love with you

And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat and bad company
All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Julie I'd do the stars with you any time

Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?

A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?

jueves, 24 de septiembre de 2015

Dreamer´s Ball - Queen

1978 #mismp3 

"Dreamer´s Ball" 

Queen 

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Snowblind - Styx

1981 #mismp3 

"Snowblind" 

Styx 

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When I was a boy - Electric Light Orchestra


Adelanto de ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

2015 #mismp3 

"When I was a boy" 

Electric Light Orchestra 

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Con una nota protocolar aburridísima del presidente de Columbia Records, se anunció oficialmente el lanzamiento del nuevo disco de laELO para el 13 de Noviembre de este año. Me imagino a Ashley Newton (y otros magnates de la industria discográfica) con formularios preescritos con líneas de puntos para llenar con el nombre del artista, disco y fecha...



No estará tan Solo en el Universo Jeff Lynne, aunque le agregó nombre propio a la ELO para blanquear su apropiación absoluta de la marca, hecho evidente incluso antes del último disco 'Zoom' hace mas de 14 años. When I Was a Boy es una hermosa balada que estaría en un nuevo album de John Lennon, si éste viviera.



jueves, 17 de septiembre de 2015

El Condor Pasa (If I Could) - Simon and Garfunkel

1970 #mismp3 

"El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" 

Simon and Garfunkel 

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Breakfast In America - Supertramp (Lyrics + mp3)

1979 #mismp3 

"Breakfast In America" 

Supertramp 

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Lyrics:
Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
I've never seem to get a lot
Take a jumbo across the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hopin', it's going to come true
But there's not a lot, I can do
Could we have kippers for breakfast
Mummy dear, Mummy dear
They got to have 'em in Texas
'Cos everyone's a millionaire
I'm a winner, I'm a sinner
Do you want my autograph?
I'm a loser, what a joker
I'm playing my jokes upon you
While there's nothin' better to do
Hey
Papararam pano daram no no no
Papararam pano daram no no no
Na na na nana na na na
Don't you look at my girlfriend
(Girlfriend)
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
(Girlfriend)
I've never seem to get a lot
(What she got in another land?)
Take a jumbo cross the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hoping it's going to come true
But there's not a lot I can do
Hey
Papararam pano daram no no no
Papararam pano daram no no no
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Na na na nana na na na

miércoles, 16 de septiembre de 2015

39 - Queen (mp3 + Lyrics)

1975 #mismp3 

"39" 

Queen 

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Lyrics

In the year of thirty-nine

Assembled here the volunteers

In the days when lands were few

Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn

The sweetest sight ever seen

And the night followed day

And the story tellers say

That the score brave souls inside

For many a lonely day

Sailed across the milky seas

Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried


Don't you hear my call

Though you're many years away

Don't you hear me calling you

Write your letters in the sand

For the day I take your hand

In the land that our grandchildren knew


In the year of thirty-nine

Came a ship in from the blue

The volunteers came home that day

And they bring good news

Of a world so newly born

Though their hearts so heavily weigh

For the earth is old and grey

Little darlin', we'll away

But my love this cannot be

Oh so many years have gone

Though I'm older but a year

Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me


Don't you hear my call

Though you're many years away

Don't you hear me calling you

Write your letters in the sand

For the day I'll take your hand

In the land that our grandchildren knew


Don't you hear my call

Though you're many years away

Don't you hear me calling you

All your letters in the sand

Cannot heal me like your hand

For my life, still ahead, pity me

My Only Fascination - Demis Roussos

1974 #mismp3 

"My Only Fascination" 

Demis Roussos 

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Lyrics
My sweet inspiration
Everything I hoped to be
You're the dawn that rises for me
My summer wind from the sea
Some lucky day
You came my way
And shared my joy and sorrow
With words so true
You colored blue
The clear skies of tomorrow
I touch your hand
And once again
You gently say you need me
You're more than spring
The love you bring
Is laughter for every day
You're my only fascination
My sweet inspiration
Everything I hoped would be
You're the dawn that rises for me
My summer wind from the sea
You're my only fascination
My sweet inspiration
You're my tender harmony
If it rains, it's music I hear
Only because you are near
The words you say
In your own way
Can fill my heart with sunshine
Somehow I know
This love will grow
And that you'll always be mine
The morning dew
Can talk to you
When you awake each morning
The friendly wind
Will stop and sing
The moment you say hello
You're my only fascination
My sweet inspiration
Everything I hoped would be
You're the dawn that rises for me
My summer wind from the sea
You're my only fascination
My sweet inspiration
You're my tender harmony
If it rains, it's music I hear
Only because you are near
You're my only fascination
My sweet inspiration
Everything I hoped would be
You're the dawn that rises for me
My summer wind from the sea
You're my only fascination
My sweet inspiration
You're my tender harmony
If it rains, it's music I hear
Only because you are near...near

Open Arms - Journey (mp3 + Lyrics)

1981 #mismp3 

"Open Arms" 

Journey 

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Lyrics
Lying beside you here in the dark
Feeling your heart beat with mine
Softly you whisper, you're so sincere
How could our love be so blind?

We sailed on together
We drifted apart
And here you are by my side

So now I come to you with open arms
Nothing to hide, believe what I say
So here I am with open arms
Hoping you'll see what your love means to me, open arms

Living without you, living alone
This empty house seems so cold
Wanting to hold you, wanting you near
How much I wanted you home

But now that you've come back
Turned night into day
I need you to stay

So now I come to you with open arms
Nothing to hide, believe what I say
So here I am with open arms
Hoping you'll see what your love means to me, open arms

Into the Lens - Yes

1980 #mismp3 

"Into the Lens" 

Yes 

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99 Red Balloons - Nena

1983 #mismp3 

"99 Red Balloons" 

Nena

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Radio Gaga Live Version - Queen

1985 #mismp3 

"Radio Gaga Live Version" 

Queen

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martes, 15 de septiembre de 2015

Sultans of the Swing - DIRE STRAITS (mp3 + Lyrics)

1978 #mismp3 

"Sultans of the Swing" 

DIRE STRAITS 

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Lyrics
You get a shiver in the dark, 
It's a raining in the park but meantime-
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie, double four time
You feel alright when you hear the music ring
Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Uh but the horns they blowin' that sound
Way on downsouth
Way on downsouth
London town
Check out guitar george, he knows-all the chords
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make them cry or sing
They said an old guitar is all, he can afford

When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

And Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't, make the scene
He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright
He can play the honky tonk like anything
Savin' it up, for Friday night
With the Sultans
We're the Sultans of Swing
Then a crowd a young boys they're a foolin' around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
They don't give a damn about any trumpet playin' band
It ain't what they call rock and roll
Then the Sultans
Yeah the Sultans they play creole, creole

And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
And says at last just as the time bell rings
Goodnight, now it's time to go home
And he makes it fast with one more thing

We are the Sultans
We are the Sultans of Swing

If Ever You’re In My Arms Again - Peabo Bryson


1984 #mismp3 

"If Ever You’re In My Arms Again"

 Peabo Bryson 

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Here I am - Air Supply

1981 #mismp3 

"Here I am" Air Supply 

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Show The Monkey - Peter Gabriel

1982 #mismp3 

"Show The Monkey" 

Peter Gabriel 

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 (extended Remix)


domingo, 13 de septiembre de 2015

Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin (mp3 + Lyrics)

1971 #mismp3 

"Stairway to heaven" Led Zeppelin 

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Lyrics
[Verse 1]

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying the stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying the stairway to heaven
There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven

[Chorus]

Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it makes me wonder

[Verse 2]
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter

[Verse 4]
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
And it makes me wonder
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind
[Bridge]
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
[Outro]
And she's buying the stairway to heaven