Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones

Homenajeando a los Rolling que el día de hoy tocan en Madrid. 

Este tema quizás no sea muy representativo del sonido de la banda, pero es uno de los que más me gustan. 

Tema melódico y muy sesentero fue un éxito en el año 1967 aunque fuera cara b del single Let's Spend the Night Together.

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She would never say where she came from

Yesterday don't matter if it's gone

While the sun is bright

Or in the darkest night

No one knows, she comes and goes

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you?

When you change with every new day

Still I'm gonna miss you

Don't question why she needs to be so free

She'll tell you it's the only way to be

She just can't be chained

To a life where nothings gained

And nothings lost, at such a cost

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you?

When you change with every new day

Still I'm gonna miss you

"There's no time to lose", I heard her say

Catch your dreams before they slip away

Dying all the time

Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind

Ain't life unkind?

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you?

When you change with every new day

Still I'm gonna miss you

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you?

When you change with every new day

Still I'm gonna miss you

Caravan - Bill Halley & His Comets

Este pionero del Rock´n roll y una de sus figuras más importantes tiene en su haber el que quizás sea el repertorio más popular del citado estilo: Rock Around the Clock; See You Later, Alligator; Shake, Rattle And Roll y un largo etc.; quizás solo igualado por el legado que dejó Chuck Berry. 

El tema original es un clásico compuesto por Juan Tizol y Duke Ellington (Sir Duke que diría Stevie Wonder) y que popularizó y convirtió en un standard de jazz la banda del propio Ellington y muchos otros artistas: Art Tatum, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Wes Montgomery y cualquiera que te puedas imaginar; que por cierto tiene letra pero rara vez se usa.

Por cierto, me acabo de acordar que la virtuosa Hiromi Uehara tiene una versión (ver aquí) hipervitaminada que quita el hipo. Atención a la guitarra sin trastes.

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Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel

El que una vez fuera el dúo Tom & Jerry y una de las parejas más influyentes de la música popular reinó en los 60 con temas como este Hazy Shade of Winter, que cuenta con algunas versiones de renombre como la realizada por The Bangles (un cañonazo).

Normalmente, Paul Simon se encargaba de las composiciones, las guitarras y las voces de acompañamiento (más graves) y Art Garfunkel interpretaba la voz principal y melódica.

En su corta carrera de 6 años tuvieron tiempo para realizar hasta bandas sonoras, como la de El graduado que fue todo un éxito (atentos a las guitarras en Mrs. Robinson) y disfrutaron de un reconocimiento masivo gracias a temas como The Sounds of Silence, The Boxer, I am a Rock, Cecilia, If I Could, Bridge Over Troubled Water, America y algunos otros.

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Time, time, time

See what's become of me

While I looked around for my possibilities

I was so hard to please

Look around

Leaves are brown

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Hear the Salvation Army band

Down by the riverside

It's bound to be a better ride than what you've got planned

Carry a cup in your hand

Look around

Leaves are brown

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Hang onto your hopes, my friend

That's an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass away

Simply pretend

That you can build them again

Look around

Grass is high

Fields are ripe

It's the springtime of my life

Seasons change with the scenery

Weaving time in a tapestry

Won't you stop and remember me?

Look around

Leaves are brown

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Look around

Leaves are brown

There's a patch of snow on the ground

Look around

Leaves are brown

There's a patch of snow on the ground

Look around

Leaves are brown

There's a patch of snow on the ground

Vangelis

Fallecíó Vangelis, pionero de la música electrónica y músico versátil y visionario donde los haya.

Entre los músicos especializados en sintetizadores y sonidos vanguardistas goza de un status divino. Un mesías. 

Aunque sus primeras andaduras musicales estuvieran más cerca del rock progresivo con el prestigioso grupo Aphrodite´s Child del que también formaba parte Demis Roussos (hablamos de finales de los 60) rápidamente se posicionó como autor de prestigio de bandas sonoras, entre otras cosas gracias a la solemnidad de muchas de sus obras, y se le asoció a un sonido espacial y futurista gracias a sus trabajos en Blade Runner o la saga Cosmos que dirigía y presentaba Carl Sagan.

Recibió un Oscar por la música de Carros de Fuego.

D.E.P.

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