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21 marzo 2022

Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones y Hells Angels

Siendo adolescente me compré un CD que formaba parte de un coleccionable de directos míticos del rock. La primera entrega constaba de un recopilatorio donde además de temas de Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin o The Doors, estaba Sympathy for the Devil del tristemente célebre concierto de Altamont que organizaron The Rolling Stones en el que tocaron junto a grupos americanos como Jefferson Airplane o Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young y en el que no se les ocurrió otra cosa que contratar a Los Ángeles del Infierno como personal de seguridad.

En el libreto interno, recuerdo que decía como Keith Richards tocaba un solo de guitarra muy inspirado (ácido decía el libreto) al retomar el concierto tras las palabras de Mick Jagger (Brothers and sisters! Brothers and sisters!) incitando a la calma después de unos altercados. Más tarde supe que uno de los Angelitos apuñaló a un tipo y se montó un cristo del copón.

Mucho tiempo después, leyendo una entrevista a uno de los Hells Angels que estuvo allí (no recuerdo si era el jefe o algo así) contaba que Los Rolling quisieron parar el concierto y que los moteros dijeron que de eso nada, que siguieran tocando. Ante la negativa del grupo a seguir tocando, uno de los tipos encañonó con su pistola a Keith Richards y amenazó con dispararle si paraban de tocar. 

Así que ya sabemos que el mítico guitarrista tocó un solo de guitarra único y muy motivado, porque no morir es una de las más altas motivaciones.

El vídeo pertenece al documental Gimme Shelter y por eso se puede ver a Mick Jagger visionando imágenes del propio concierto.

Espero que os guste 


Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith

I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Tzar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made

I shouted out,
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reach Bombay

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, hit it

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
Cause I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste

Um yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

Um mean it, get down

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down

Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name

Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Ooo, who
Ooo, who

Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name

Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

11 marzo 2022

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Tema mítico e influyente donde los haya incluido en el álbum debut del trío americano Crosby, Stills & Nash (Neil Young se unió más adelante), compuesto por Stephen Stills y que habla sobre la inminente ruptura con la que era su pareja por aquel entonces, Judy Collins.

Las preciosas armonías vocales y la guitarra acústica guían esta suite dividida en cuatro partes que desemboca en la famosa coda.

Los músicos ya tenían experiencia en otros grupos ya consagrados como The Byrds (Crosby), Buffalo Sprinfield (Stills) o The Hollies (Nash).

Todos los instrumentos con la excepción de la percusión están tocados por Stephen Stills. Un verdadero artista.

Espero que os guste 



 It's getting to the point where I'm no fun anymore

I am sorry
Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud
I am lonely

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
You make it hard

Remember what we've said and done and felt about each other
Oh, babe have mercy
Don't let the past remind us of what we are not now
I am not dreaming

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
You make it hard

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Tearing yourself away from me now you are free
And I am crying
This does not mean I don't love you I do that's forever
Yes and for always

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
You make it hard

Something inside is telling me that I've got your secret
Are you still listening?
Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart
And I love you

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
You make it hard
And you make it hard
And you make it hard
And you make it hard

Friday evening
Sunday in the afternoon
What have you got to lose?

Tuesday morning
Please be gone I'm tired of you
What have you got to lose?

Can I tell it like it is? (Help me I'm sufferin')
Listen to me baby
It's my heart that's a sufferin' it's a dyin' (Help me I'm dyin')
And that's what I have to lose (To lose)

I've got an answer
I'm going to fly away
What have I got to lose?

Will you come see me
Thursdays and Saturdays?
What have you got to lose?

Chestnut-brown canary
Ruby-throated sparrow
Sing a song, don't be long
Thrill me to the marrow

Voices of the angels
Ring around the moonlight
Asking me said she so free
How can you catch the sparrow?

Lacy-lilting lyric
Losing-love lamenting
Change my life, make it right
Be my lady

Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo

¡Que linda! Me recuerda a Cuba
La reina de la Mar Caribe
Quiero sólo visitarla allí
Y que triste que no puedo.
¡Vaya!
O Va! O Va!

Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo