Imagine

No rescaldo da passagem de ano, descubri que alguém decidiu , em New York, pôr Cee-lo Green a fazer uma cover da canção "Imagine" originalmente interpretada por John Lennon. Não sei se por decisão dos produtores ou do cantor, mas o que seria um tributo a John lennon revelou-se um acto de arrogância quando a frase integrante da música "and no religions too" foi alterada para "all religions true".  Sem querer comentar sobre as conotoções religiosas da decisão, fica em evidência a arrogância de algumas pessoas. Em baixo uma ligação para um vídeo em que Cee-lo interpreta a sua versão de "imagine" e também a letra da versão original da música. 

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace

You, you may say 
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world

You, you may say 
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join usAnd the world will live as one  

Léo Ferré

Não sei sobre o que nos fala esta canção. Ou não saberia caso não tivesse visto a tradução. Não falo françês nem faço intençoes de apreender. Sei que gostava desta canção bem antes de ter perguntado por uma tradução. Não sabia o que cantava, mas parecia fazê-lo muito apaixonadamente. No seu rosto, na sua voz transparecia uma melancolia que entrada discreta nos mues ouvidos e ainda não acabara a música já me sentia mergulhado numa amargura que parecia tirar a cor á minha volta. As boas músicas são assim, transparentes ainda que em línguas incompreensíveis.

De resto fica a nota para este grande artista que Léo Ferré foi, na política um anarquista. Poeta, músico e anarquista, poderiamos encontrar francês mais digno?

Echoes

One of those songs that doesn't need comments.

"All that noise and all that sound"

The very first song. I remember coming home after finding out that coldplay was one of your favorite bands. I asked my uncle if he had any coldplay's album. He did. This was the very first song I heard from the band, and the one I always relate to you. Back then, I kept singing it, "how long before I get in? Before it starts, before it begin? How long before you decide?"
 "Look up, look up at the night". This song reminds me of every moment, every detail. Every star and every kiss. All the nights, all the afternoons. I guess pizza comes next? Maybe looking up at the sky trying to find a falling star? Maybe cuddling on the couch and watching a movie?  

One of the best unplugged I've heard

"So when the sun goes down, and the nights grow colder i will be there(..) the stronger the love the deeper the emotion"... Ainda é para sempre?

The bard's Songs

When you've got an almost perfect ballad you don't really need to sing it right? The crowd does it for you. Blind Guardian is a metal band whose songs are about mythological themes (among others).
 
This is my favorite song of theirs.


 Now you all know
The bards and their songs
When hours have gone by
I'll close my eyes
In a world far away
We may meet again
But now hear my song
About the dawn of the night
Let's sing the bards' song

[Refrain]

Tomorrow will take us away

Far from home

No one will ever know our names

But the bards' songs will remain

                                                                                    Tomorrow will take it away

                                                                                    The fear of today

                                                                                    It will be gone

                                                                                    Due to our magic songs

There's only one song
Left in my mind
Tales of a brave man
Who lived far from here
Now the bard songs are over
And it's time to leave
No one should ask you for the name of the one
Who tells the story


 [Refrain]
Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home
No one will ever know our names
But the bards' songs will remain
Tomorrow all will be known
And you're not alone
So don't be afraid
In the dark and cold
'Cause the bards' songs will remain
They all will remain

In my thoughts and in my dreams
They're always in my mind
These songs of hobbits, dwarves and men
And elves
Come close your eyes
You can see them, too

Hipsters go hate somewhere else

Have you ever had a hipster friend? One of those hipsters that goes against everything that's mainstream? They are specially critical when it comes to music. So, this friend of mine  asks "Rolling stones, why do you like them? They're so mainstream, every kid who wants to look well in the eyes of others say he likes stones or led zeppelin"
Bethooven is mainstream too, so is Chopin. Does that mean it's not good?  Bod dylan is mainstream and he's still probably the best song writer ever.
I'll give you fifteen good reasons for liking the rolling stones:

Gimme Shelter                                  
No expectations
Street fighting man
Can't your hear me knocking
Honly tonk woman
Start me up
Beast of burden
Don't stop
Brown Sugar
You got the silver
Just my Imagination
Wild Horses
I got the blues
Sympathy for the devil
Stray Cat Blues

                                                                                                                            

A good song for a bad night

Bang Bang

The woman. Do you know her? That woman that changes everyone she meets, that one girl that seems to have some sort of sensual, dangerous aura around her. The femme fatal as it's called. 
Mysterious, duplicitous, gorgeous, unreliable, manipulative, thus is described the film noir's femme fatal.
There was only one way to end the story of a male character that got involved with this type of woman, the bad way. Death, tears, sorrow. Like a spider, the woman attracts the male into a web, attacks and then condemns the victim to a slow death. 
The other day, someone, a young, and indeed attractive woman, showed me a song that reminds me of the femmes fatals. 
Maybe she meant to prophesy my fate?






I leave you with a version of the song, played by the raconteurs, although the original version was sung by Nancy Sinatra. The music was written by Sonny Bono. 

Sharing Music

I don't like the mainstream music nowadays. I could be fatalistic and say that music today will never be as good as it once was, but I would be lying. Most good music has been pushed into the "underground" bands as people call it. I don't search for this bands as I don't have the patience for it, but today I'm going to share some good music from unknown bands.

A small metallic treat for all of you who might be reading this.
I love classical music as much as anything that has a good guitar tune, and as such I leave you with two of my favorite musical compositions, each representing a different musical genre.