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16 septiembre 2022

He Ain't Heavy, He's my brother - The Hollies

Esta canción compuesta por Bobby Scott y Bob Russell fue grabada por The Hollies en 1969 y fue todo un éxito en buena parte del mundo. Neil Diamond hizo una versión en el año 1970 que también gozó de una buena acogida. 

Según leí hace tiempo la letra estaba inspirada en una foto de un niño que portaba a su hermano ya fallecido de vuelta a casa.

Según he vuelto a investigar no queda muy claro si es así o no, pero en cualquier caso el sentido metafórico de la canción es aplicable a otras muchas situaciones.

Esa voz y esa armónica.

Espero que os guste

(joder, es que es un temazo)

The road is long, 
with many of winding turns
That lead us to (who knows) 
where, who knows where?

But I'm strong, 
strong enough to carry him - yeah
He ain't heavy - he's my brother

So long we go, 
his welfare is my concern
No burden is he to bear, we'll get there

But I know 
he would not encumber me
He ain't heavy - he's my brother

If I'm leaving at all, 
if I'm leaving with sadness

That everyone's heart 
isn't filled with the gladness
Of love for one another

It's a long, long road, 
from which there is no return
While we're on the way 
to there, why not share?

And the load 
doesn't way me down at all
He ain't heavy - he's my brother

He's my brother
he ain't heavy
he's my brother


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