I NEED YOU - Jon Batiste

He conocido recientemente a este fulano y me ha sorprendido gratamente. Me parece una excelente actualización del mejor Soul y un artista como la copa de un pino. De hecho, ha arrasado en la última edición de los premios Grammy.

Os dejo con este showman y pedazo de artista.

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 We done a lot of living

We working overtime

Don't need another million

You got that gold mine

I love the way you're livin'

'Cause you so genuine

You got that something special

Didn't you know?

I just need you, you, you

Met you when I was a lil' nappy head boy

And I never put down my alto saxophone, yeah

Buckjumpin' down on the boulevard

I couldn't wait to blow my own horn (Woo)

It ain't wrong for you to play along

Playing this song 'til you die, come on

In this world with a lot of problems

All we need is a little loving

Thank you, thank you, oh, you make me

Thank you, thank you for your love

We done a lot of living

We working overtime

Don't need another million

You got that gold mine

I love the way you're livin' (Hey)

'Cause you're so genuine (Genuine)

You got that something special

Didn't you know?

I just need you, you, you (Come on, now)

Met you when I was a lil' country boy

And I never put down that pork chop and salt

Then we fell in love on the boulevard

If you was Jenny, I guess I was Forrest (Run)

Nah, it ain't wrong for you to sing along

Singing this song 'til you die

In this world with a lot of problems

All we need is a little loving

Thank you, thank you, oh, you make me

Thank you, thank you for your love

We done a lot of living (Whole lotta)

We working overtime (Overtime)

Don't need another million

You got that gold mine (Gold mine)

I love the way you're livin'

'Cause you're so genuine (Genuine)

You got that something special

Didn't you know?

I just need you, you, you

You, you, you, you

Farther Along - Spirit

Spirit fue una banda californiana asociada al rock y la psicodelia (como muchas bandas californianas de finales de los 60) aunque su sonido tenía muchas otras influencias. La banda la formaron inicialmente Randy California guitarra y voz, Mark Andes al bajo, Jay Ferguson percusión y voces, Ed Cassidy a la batería y John Locke a los teclados. 

Hace unos años volvieron a tener mucha notoriedad en la prensa especializada por el presunto plagio de la canción Taurus por parte de Led Zeppelin en su canción Stairway to Heaven, que finalmente y tras largos litigios no se consideró plagio por parte de la banda británica.

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 Farther along for all it's worth

You live your life for all it's worth

And then you go farther along

Farther along

Farther along for all you know

You live your life till it's time to go

And then you go farther along

Farther along

Farther along you'll be praying

Just about what i'm saying

You'll see the light you got the sight

Farther along you'll be knowing

Just as your mind keeps growing

You'll see the light

You'll see the light

You'll see the light

You'll see the light

Farther along for all it's worth

You live your life for all it's worth

And then you go farther along

Farther along

Farther along

Farther along you'll be praying

Just about what i'm saying

You'll see the light you got the sight

Farther along you'll be knowing

Just as your mind keeps growing

You'll see the light

You'll see the light

You'll see the light

You'll see the light

Farther along farther along

Farther along

Wonderful Life - Varios

Este hit atemporal fue compuesto por Colin Vearncombe, más conocido como Black, que en los 80 fue increíblemente popular y aún hoy sigue escuchándose en anuncios y emisoras de radio. O en series de éxito, como Peaky Blinders, versionada por el grupo Smith & Burrows que también se muestra a continuación. 

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Here I go out to sea again

The sunshine fills my hair

And dreams hang in the air

Gulls in the sky and in my blue eyes

You know it feels unfair

There's magic everywhere

Look at me standing

Here on my own again

Up straight in the sunshine

No need to run and hide

It's a wonderful, wonderful life

No need to laugh and cry

It's a wonderful, wonderful life

Sun in your eyes

The heat is in your hair

They seem to hate you

Because you're there

And I need a friend

Oh, I need a friend

To make me happy

Not stand here on my own

Look at me standing

Here on my own again

Up straight in the sunshine

No need to run and hide

It's a wonderful, wonderful life

No need to laugh and cry

It's a wonderful, wonderful life

I need a friend

Oh, I need a friend

To make me happy

Not so alone

Look at me here

Here on my own again

Up straight in the sunshine

No need to run and hide

It's a wonderful, wonderful life

No need to laugh and cry

It's a wonderful, wonderful life

No need to run and hide

It's a wonderful, wonderful life

No need to run and hide

It's a wonderful, wonderful life

Wonderful life

It's a wonderful life

Living for the City - Stevie Wonder

Esta maravilla que entre otras muchas virtudes tiene una intro con una cadencia imposible donde alterna el mismo acorde en modo mayor y menor, es un reivindicativo tema (como muchos del maravilloso Stevie) que formó parte de uno de los míticos discos, Innervisions, que en los 70 forjaron la leyenda del genial músico.

En la versión de estudio, como ya hiciera en muchas ocasiones, tocaba todos los instrumentos: voz principal, voces de acompañamiento, el teclado Fender Rhodes, batería, Moog bass, sintetizador T.O.N.T.O. y palmas.

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A boy is born in hard time Mississippi

Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty

His parents give him love and affection

To keep him strong moving in the right direction

Living just enough, just enough for the city...ee ha!

His father works some days for fourteen hours

And you can bet he barely makes a dollar

His mother goes to scrub the floor for many

And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny

Living just enough, just enough for the city...yeah

His sister's black but she is sho 'nuff pretty

Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy

To walk to school she's got to get up early

Her clothes are old but never are they dirty

Living just enough, just enough for the city...um hum

Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many

His patience's long but soon he won't have any

To find a job is like a haystack needle

Cause where he lives they don't use colored people

Living just enough, just enough for the city...

Living just enough...

For the city...ooh,ooh

[repeat several times]

His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty

He spends his life walking the streets of New York City

He's almost dead from breathing in air pollution

He tried to vote but to him there's no solution

Living just enough, just enough for the city...yeah, yeah, yeah!

I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow

And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow

This place is cruel no where could be much colder

If we don't change the world will soon be over

Living just enough, just enough for the city!!!!

La, la, la, la, la, la,

Da Ba Da Da Da Da Da Da

Da Da Da Da Da Da

Da Ba Da Da Da Da Da Da Da

[Repeat to end]

Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Desde luego, es un loco mundo el de Arthur Brown: menudas representaciones y letras las del grupo londinense. Su estética y extravagantes actuaciones lo hicieron bastante popular en la época: llegó a actuar con un casco en llamas (imagina a los de prevención de riesgos laborales del garito) y todos los miembros del grupo iban siempre pintados o disfrazados. Parecía que formaban parte de una secta.  

Esta es una de sus canciones más conocidas que llegó a los puestos más altos en las listas de Reino Unido y los Estados Unidos en 1968 y forma parte de su primer disco.

De marcado carácter psicodélico y un sonido indisociable a la década de los 60, el grupo sufrió continuos cambios en su formación para terminar disolviéndose en 1969. Según parece, en el año 2000 Arthur Brown reunió el grupo con nuevos miembros y lanzaron un nuevo álbum al que siguió otro en el año 2013. 

Adjunto dos vídeos: el tema de estudio y una representación en vivo.

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I am the God of Hell fire and I bring you

Fire, I'll take you to burn

Fire, I'll take you to learn

I'll see you burn

You fought hard and you saved and earned

But all of it's going to burn

And your mind, your tiny mind

You know you've really been so blind

Now 's your time burn your mind

You're falling far too far behind

Oh no

Oh no

Oh no

You're gonna burn

Fire, to destroy all you've done

Fire, to end all you've become

I'll feel you burn

You've been living like a little girl

In the middle of your little world

And your mind, your tiny mind

You know you've really been so blind

Now's your time to burn your mind

You're falling far too far behind

Fire, I'll take you to burn

Fire, I'll take you to learn

I'll see you burn

You're gonna burn

You're gonna burn

You're gonna burn

Burn

Burn

Burn

Burn

Burn

Burn

Fire, I'll take you to burn

Fire, I'll take you to learn

Fire, I'll take you to burn

Fire, I'll take you to learn

Grease Theme - Frankie Valli

Frankie Valli fue uno de los miembros y cantante principal del grupo americano The Four Seasons, muy popular en los años 60 (Sherry o Big Girls Don´t Cry), y también tiene una larga carrera en solitario con un verdadero hit que trasciende las épocas y estilos como Can´t Take my Eyes off You.

Este tema compuesto por Barry Gibb pertenece a la intro de la película Grease que es sin duda uno de los musicales más famosos de Hollywood, con John Travolta y Olivia Newton-John como protagonistas.

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I solve my problems and I see the light

We gotta plug and think, we gotta feed it right

There ain't no danger we can go too far

We start believing now that we can be who we are

Grease is the word

They think our love is just a growing pain

Why don't they understand? It's just a crying shame.

Their lips are lying, only real is real

We start to find right now we got to be what we feel

Grease is the word

It's got groove, it's got meaning

Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion

Grease is the way we are feeling

We take the pressure and we throw away

Conventionality belongs to yesterday

There is a chance that we can make it so far

We start believing now that we can be who we are

Grease is the word

It's got groove it's got meaning

Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion

Grease is the way we are feeling

This is a life of illusion

Wrapped up in trouble laced with confusion

What are we doing here?

We take the pressure and we throw away

Conventionality belongs to yesterday

There is a chance that we can make it so far

We start believing now that we can be who we are

Grease is the word (the word that you heard)

It's got groove, it's got meaning

Grease is the time, is the place is the motion

Grease is the way we are feeling

Grease is the word (is the word that you heard)

It's got groove it's got meaning

Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion

Grease is the way we are feeling

Grease is the word

Is the word

Crucify Your Mind - Rodriguez

Si no conocéis la increíble historia de Rodriguez os va a sorprender mucho hacerlo. Tenéis que ver el documental Searching for Sugar Man. No cuento más para no hacer spoilers. 

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Was it a huntsman or a player

That made you pay the cost

That now assumes relaxed positions

And prostitutes your loss?

Were you tortured by your own thirst

In those pleasures that you seek

That made you Tom the curious

That makes you James the weak?

And you claim you got something going

Something you call unique

But I've seen your self-pity showing

As the tears rolled down your cheeks

Soon you know I'll leave you

And I'll never look behind

'Cos I was born for the purpose

That crucifies your mind

So con, convince your mirror

As you've always done before

Giving substance to shadows

Giving substance ever more

And you assume you got something to offer

Secrets shiny and new

But how much of you is repetition

That you didn't whisper to him too