Ordinary World - Duran Duran

Escuchar esta canción me lleva directamente a la época de su lanzamiento, unos lejanos años 90, en concreto al 92, que en España se vivieron intensamente con las Olimpiadas de Barcelona, la Expo de Sevilla y algún que otro sarao...

Aunque no fuera seguidor del grupo si que conocía muchos de sus temas, pues Duran Duran eran una banda muy famosa por aquel entonces. 

En cualquier caso, yo no asociaba esta canción al sonido habitual de la banda, que era bastante novedoso dentro de los cánones del pop con mucho teclado, algo de funky y otras cosas. Eran los abanderados junto a Spandau Ballet de aquello que se llamó New Romantics, que por cierto, tan cuidada estética se gestó, entre otros lugares, en un club llamado The Blitz que frecuentaban los que formaban o luego formarían grupos como Visage, Spandau Ballet, Ultravox, The Human League o Culture Club y cuyo líder espiritual era nada menos que David Bowie.

Espero que os guste

Came in from a rainy Thursday

On the avenue

Thought I heard you talking softly

I turned on the lights, the TV

And the radio

Still I can't escape the ghost of you

What has happened to it all?

Crazy, some'd say

Where is the life that I recognize?

Gone away

But I won't cry for yesterday

There's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way

To the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

Passion or coincidence

Once prompted you to say

Pride will tear us both apart

Well now pride's gone out the window

Cross the rooftops

Run away

Left me in the vacuum of my heart

What is happening to me?

Crazy, some'd say

Where is my friend when I need you most?

Gone away

But I won't cry for yesterday

There's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way

To the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

Papers in the roadside

Tell of suffering and greed

Fear today, forgot tomorrow

Ooh, here beside the news

Of holy war and holy need

Ours is just a little sorrowed talk

(Just blown away)

And I don't cry for yesterday

There's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way

To the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

Every world

Is my world

(I will learn to survive)

Any world

Is my world

(I will learn to survive)

Any world

Is my world

Every world

Is my world

Every world

Ordinary World - Duran Duran

Came in from a rainy thursday on the avenue,
thought i heard you talking softly.
i turned on the lights, the tv and the radio
still i can't escape the ghost of you.
What is happening to it all?
crazy some say-
where is the life that i recognise?
gone away.
But i won't cry for yesterday.
there's an ordinary world somehow i have to find.
and as i try to make my way to the ordinary world
i will learn to survive.
Passion or coincidence once prompted you to say-
pride will tear us both apart.
well now pride's gone out the window, cross the rooftops, runaway.
left me in the vacuum of my heart.
What is happening to me?
crazy some say.
where is my friend when i need you most?
gone away.
But i won't cry for yesterday.
there's an ordinary world somehow i have to find.
and as i try to make my way to the ordinary world
i will learn to survive.
Papers in the roadside tell of suffering and greed,
feared today; forgot tomorrow.
here beside the news of holy war and holy need,
ours is just a little sorrowed talk-
blown away.
Just blowing away.
And i don't cry for yesterday.
there's an ordinary world somehow i have to find.
and as i try to make my way to the ordinary world
i will learn to survive.
Every world is my world
(i will learn to survive)
any world is my world
(i will learn to survive)
any world is my world
every world is my world