Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler es una cantante galesa, nacida con el nombre de Gaynor Hopkins el 8 de junio de 1953 en Skewen, Neath. Llegó al mundo en medio de una gran familia trabajadora de seis hijos; su padre trabajaba como minero mientras que su madre, una fan de la ópera, compartió su amor por la música con sus hijos. Cuando era adolescente, cantó con un grupo llamado Bobby Wayne And The Dixies, después del cual formó su propia banda, llamada Imagination. Adoptando diferentes nombres escénicos hasta establecerse definitivamente como Bonnie Tyler, durante casi una década ella y su banda actuaron en pubs y nightclubs a lo largo de todo el sur de Gales.

Su álbum, "Faster Than the Speed of Night", fue un número uno en ventas internacionales y el sencillo "Total Eclipse of the Heart", escrito por Jim Steinman, alcanzó el primer puesto en las listas de todo el mundo, permaneciendo en esa posición durante varias semanas. El álbum (de ventas multimillonarias) supuso un huracán en el mundo de la música, debutando como número 1 en las listas británicas y se convertiría en un álbum considerado por los melómanos del rock como una obra maestra operística con atronadores cánones Tchaikovskianos. Este álbum consiguió una nominación en 1983 para los Grammy como Mejor Vocalista Femenina de Pop, y la canción "Total Eclipse of the Heart" obtuvo otra nominación para ella como Mejor Vocalista Femenina de Rock. En la gala de los Oscar de 1984, la conmovedora interpretación de "Total Eclipse of the Heart" consiguió echar abajo el edificio en lo que hasta entonces había sido una de las galas de entrega de premios más aburrida de la historia. Ese mismo año volvió a recibir una nominación a los Grammy como Mejor Vocalista Femenina de Rock por la canción "Here She Comes".

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART

Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never
coming round
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to
the sound of my tears
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best
of all the years have gone by
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit terrified and then I see
the look in your eyes
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart

Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit restless and I dream of
something wild
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit helpless and I'm lying
like a child in your arms
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I've
got to get out and cry
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit terrified but then I see
the look in your eyes
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

INSTRUMENTAL

Turnaround bright eyes
Turnaround bright eyes
Turnaround, Every now and then I know you'll never be the boy you always
wanted to be
Turnaround, Every now then I know you'll always be the only boy who
wanted me the way that I am
Turnaround, Every now and then I know there's no one in the universe as
magical and wonderous as you
Turnaround, Every now and then I know there's nothing any better and there's
nothing that I just wouldn't do
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart

Father And Son - Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam, es un artista británico mejor conocido como Cat Stevens. Nació con el nombre Stephen Demetre Georgiou, hijo de madre sueca y de padre griego chipriota. Cuando tenía 8 años, sus padres se separaron pero siguieron conviviendo como familia en la misma casa. Habitaban el piso superior del restaurante de su propiedad, donde todos trabajaban.

Su primer instrumento musical fue el gran piano que había en la casa. No sólo por parte de padre y madre asimiló diferentes culturas en su infancia, sino que su casa estaba además abierta a diferentes amigos y familiares. Musicalmente es el heredero de una formación clásica pero también del amor por lo popular y por las danzas y canciones folklóricas griegas que escuchaba su padre.

A los 15 años descubrió que quería ser un músico y poco después que, además, quería ser una estrella pop.

Con el nombre artístico Cat Stevens, vendió millones de discos especialmente en los años 1960 y 1970.

Después de una experiencia cercana a la muerte decidió convertirse al islam y abandonar la música alrededor de 1978. Es entonces cuando adoptó el nombre Yusuf Islam.

FATHER AND SON

Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
(Son-- Away Away Away, I know I have to
Make this decision alone - no)

Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
(Father-- Stay Stay Stay, Why must you go and
make this decision alone?)

Dust In The Wind - Kansas

Kansas, es una banda americana de rock de los años 70's, especializada en rock progresivo con un sabor distintamente americano. Fue formada en Topeka, Kansas. Entres sus canciones más conocidad tenemos: "Carry on Wayward Son" and "Dust in The Wind".

DUST IN THE WIND

I close my eyes
only for a moment
and the moment's gone
all my dreams
pass before my eyes a curiosity
dust in the wind
all they are is dust in the wind

Same old song
just a drop of water
in the endless sea
all we do
crumbles to the ground
though we refuse to see

dust in the wind
all we are is dust in the wind

Now, don´t hang on
nothing last forever
but the earth and sky
it lips away

And all your money
won`t another minute buy

Dust in the wind
all we are is dust in the wind
dust in the wind
everything is dust in the wind

Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor

Formado en el frío invierno de Chicago de 1977, la formación original de Survivor consistió en Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peterik, Dave Bickler, Dennis Johnson, y Gary Smith.
Es tal vez uno de los temas más reconocibles desde los primeros segundos gracias al poderoso y electrizante riff de guitarra con que comienza Eye of the tiger. Este tema habitualmente no se ha asociado a sus creadores, sino con la película: Rocky III. La tercera entrega cinematográfica del boxeador italoamericano encontró en este tema un nuevo leitmotiv junto a aquel Gonna fly now de Bill Conti. Survivor repetiría la experiencia con Man against the world y Burning heart en la cuarta entrega de la saga pero ya sin repetir el éxito cosechado por aquella “mirada del tigre”.

EYE OF THE TIGER

Risin up
back on the street
did my time took my chances
went the distance now I'm back on my feet
just a man and his will to survive
so many times
it happens too fast
you trade your passion for glory
don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
you must fight just to keep them alive

It's the eye of the tiger
its the cream of the fight
risin up to the challenge of our rivals
and the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
and he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger

Face to face
out in the heat
hanging tough
stayin hungry
the stack the odds still we take to the street
for the kill with the skill to survive...

It's the eye of the tiger
its the cream of the fight
risin up to the challenge of our rivals
and the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
and he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger

Risin up
straight to the top
had the guts got the glory
went the distance now I'm not gonna stop
just a man and his will to survive

It's the eye of the tiger
its the cream of the fight
risin up to the challenge of our rivals
and the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
and he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger

The eye of the tiger......
The eye of the tiger......
The eye of the tiger......
The eye of the tiger......

Mr. Jones - Counting Crows

Counting Crows es una banda de rock estadounidense que se hizo muy popular en 1993 después del debut del álbum August and Everything After, caracterizado por el tema Mr. Jones.

MR. JONES

Sha la la la la la la..... hmm, uh huh...

I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
She dances while his father plays guitar
She's suddenly beautiful
We all want something beautiful
I wish I was beautiful
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Sha la la la la
la la la yeah.. uh huh, yeah...
Cut up, Maria!
Show me some of that Spanish dancing
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Believe in me
Help me believe in anything
'Cause I wanna be someone who believes
Yeah...

Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
And we stare at the beautiful women
"She's looking at you.
Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
Smiling in the bright lights
Coming through in stereo
When everybody
loves you, you can never be lonely

Well, I'm gonna paint my picture
Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Yeah, well, you know gray is my favorite color
I felt so symbolic yesterday
If I knew Picasso
I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

Mr. Jones and me look into the future
Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women
"She's looking at you.
I don't think so. She's looking at me."
Standing in the spotlight
I bought myself a gray guitar
When everybody loves me, I'll never be lonely

I'll never be lonely
Son, I'm never gonna be lonely

I wanna be a lion
E-Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all wanna be big big stars, yeah, but we've got different reasons for that
Believe in me 'cause I don't believe in anything
and I, I wanna be someone to believe, to believe, to believe,yeah

Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
"She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me."
I wanna be Bob Dylan
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
When everybody loves you, oh, son, that's just' bout as funky as you can be

Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
When I look at the television, I wanna see me staring right back at me
We all wanna be big stars, but we don't know why and we don't know how
But when everybody loves me, I'll be just' bout as happy as I could be
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.

I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor es una cantante de música disco y soul estadounidense. Tres de sus canciones más conocidas son: I will survive (1979), Never can say goodbye y Can´t take my eyes off you.

Es considerada una de las divas de la música disco de los 70 y 80. Gloria Gaynor nació el 7 de septiembre de 1949 en Newark, New Jersey. Empiezó su carrera con la banda Soul Satisfiers durante los 60. Su primer sencillo se editó en 1965 bajo el título She'll be sorry/Let me go baby.

Por primera vez la letra de una canción (I will survive) se escribe desde el punto de vista de una mujer, arremetiendo a su ex-amante que ya es libre y puede seguir adelante sin él. La canción se convirtió en un himno de la liberación femenina y hoy en día sigue sonando con fuerza en discotecas y karaokes.

Gloria Gaynor encabezó éxito tras éxito y se conviertió en la reina de las pistas de baile durante 20 años. Hoy en día la popularidad de la Gaynor parece haber disminuido aunque sus canciones siguen sonando con la misma fuerza y varias de ellas forman parte de las 100 más imprescindibles según la revista Rolling Stones.

I WILL SURVIVE

First I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
I grew strong
and I learned how to get along
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me

Go on now go
walk out the door
Just turn around now
'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no, not I
I will survive
For as long as I know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
Hey hey

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
Just trying hard to mend the pieces
of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
And you'll see me
Somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
But now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's lovin' me

Go on now go
walk out the door

Just turn around now

'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no, not I
I will survive
For as long as I know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
Ooooh
Go on now go
walk out the door

Just turn around now

'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Oh no, not I
I will survive
For as long as I know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
I will survive!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

William Martín (Billy) Joel (nacido el 9 de mayo de 1949 en Hicksville, Long Island, Nueva York, Estados Unidos) es un cantante, compositor y pianista estadounidense.

Billy Joel ha grabado muchos éxitos populares desde 1973 (empezando con el sencillo "Piano Man") hasta su retiro para grabar música pop en 1993. El es uno de los pocos artistas de rock y pop que tienen éxitos en el "Top Ten" de los '70s, '80s, y '90s. Un ganador del Premio Grammy en seis ocasiones, ha vendido más de 100 millones de disco en el mundo y es el sexto artista con más ventas en Estados Unidos, de acuerdo con la RIAA. Ha realizado giras artísticas ocasionalmente (algunas veces con Elton John) además de escribir y grabar música clásica. Está reconocido como uno de los más finos pianistas de rock and roll en la historia de la música.

En 1983, Billy Joel lanza su álbum An Innocent Man. Contenía tres sencillos top del Billboard: "Tell Her About It," alcanzó el #1, "Uptown Girl," llegó al #3 y "An Innocent Man", que llegó al #10.

UPTOWN GIRL

Uptown girl
She's been living in her uptown world
I bet she's never had a backstreet guy
I bet her momma never told her why

I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am

And when she knows what
She wants from her time
And when she wakes up
And makes up her mind

She'll see I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love with an uptown girl
You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys
She's got a choice

Uptown girl
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
And then I'll win

And when she's walking
She's looking so fine
And when she's talking
She'll say that she's mine

She'll say I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love
With an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am

Uptown girl
She's my uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl

Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers

The Righteous Brothers fue un maravilloso duo melódico formado en 1963 y que estaba compuesto por Bill Medley y Bobby Hatfield. Ambos dominaban con gran facilidad el tono de voces y arreglos que debian hacer en cada una de sus melodias en el momento oportuno.

En 1960 grabaron uno de sus primeros temas en Lp Ebb Tide, seguido en 1965 de una de las canciones que hoy en día puede oirse en cualquier momento y en cualquier Discoteca como el tema Unchained Melody producida por Phil Spector, una de las mas bellas y extraordinarias melodias de la historia de la música que resulta díficil describirla, hay que escucharla.

En el año 1990, Unchained Melody fue usada como tema musical de la película Ghost (más allá del amor o la sombra de un amor).

UNCHAINED MELODY

Whoa! My love, my darling,
I hunger for your touch,
Alone. Lonely time.
And time goes by, so slowly,
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?
I need your love.
I need your love.
God speed your love to me.

Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea,
To the open arms of the sea.
Lonely rivers sigh, wait for me, wait for me,
I'll be coming home, wait for me.

Whoa! My love, my darling,
I hunger, hunger!, for your love,
For love. Lonely time.
And time goes by, so slowly,
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?
I need your love.
I need your love.
God speed your love to me.

Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets

Bill Haley (William John Clifton Haley) (1925 - 1981) fue un músico estadounidense, uno de los pricipales originadores del movimiento musical denominado rock and roll.

Hay quienes datan el origen del rock and roll en 1954, con el trabajo discográfico de Bill Haley y su grupo "Bill Haley & His Comets", evolucionando desde el country y el rockabilly, así como desde el rithm and blues, especialmente con Crazy Man Crazy (1954) y su gran éxito Rock Around The Clock (1955), una reinterpretación del clásico de Jimmy Myers y Max Freedman, y que ya había sido grabado en 1952 por Sunny Dae & His Nights.

El gran mérito de Bill Haley y sus Cometas es que empezaron a tocar la música de rock como tres años antes que Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Paul Anka, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, B. Didley, los Platters, etc. Resulta difícil determinar quien fue el "PADRE" o fundador del Rock & Roll, lo que si se puede asegurar, es que Bill Haley y su banda son unos de los auténticos fundadores del Rock & Roll. Después de Bill Haley, vinieron muchos reyes, reinas y príncipes y princesas del Rock, a algunos de ellos les quedó muy grande el título.

ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK

One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock
Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock rock

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

Put your glad rags on, join me, Hon
We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight

Gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight

When the clock strikes two, three and four
If the band slows down we'll yell for more
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight
Gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight

When the chimes ring five, six, and seven
We'll be right in seventh heaven
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight
Gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight

When it's eight, nine, ten, eleven too
I'll be goin' strong and so will you
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight
Gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight

When the clock strikes twelve, we'll cool off then
Start a'rockin' round the clock again
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight
Gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight

Mamma Mia - ABBA

En Junio de 1966 se empezó a fraguar lo que después culminaría en la creación de ABBA, ya que fue en esa fecha cuando Björn Ulvaeus y Benny Andersson empezaron a trabajar juntos. Sin embargo, no sería hasta 1969 cuando conocieron a las otras dos componentes y vocalistas, Agnetha Fälkstog que había conocido a Björn en las giras de éste con su anterior grupo, Hootenanny Singers y Anni-Frid Lyngstad, que además se convirtieron en sus respectivas parejas.

Sin duda, una de sus canciones más exitosas y aún conocidas hoy día es Mamma Mia (Que da nombre al musical que está basado en las canciones de este grupo), aparecida poco después, en 1975, que llegó a ser Número 1 en Australia y Reino Unido.

MAMMA MIA

I've been cheated by you since I don't know when
So I made up my mind, it must come to an end
Look at me now, will I ever learn?
I don't know how but I suddenly lose control
There's a fire within my soul
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, now I really know,
My my, I could never let you go.

I've been angry and sad about the things that you do
I can't count all the times that I've told you we're through
And when you go, when you slam the door
I think you know that you won't be away too long
You know that I'm not that strong.
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh

Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, even if I say
Bye bye, leave me now or never
mamma mia, it's a game we play
Bye bye doesn't mean forever

Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go
Mamma mia, now I really know
My my, I could never let you go

Creep - Radiohead

Radiohead es un grupo británico de rock alternativo. Se formó en el año 1989 en Oxford, Inglaterra.

Sus integrantes son:

* Thom Yorke - voz, guitarra rítmica, piano y ordenador portátil.
* Jonny Greenwood - guitarra solista, teclados, circuito análogo, ondas Martenot, piano de juguete, glockenspiel.
* Ed O'Brien - guitarra, percusión, efectos de sonido y voz.
* Colin Greenwood - Bajo, teclados, sintetizador y sampler.
* Phil Selway - batería y percusión.

A menudo clasificados como rock alternativo, han sido influenciados por una gran variedad de géneros musicales. Muchos han nombrado a Radiohead como una de las bandas más creativas de su época, con discos que marcaron los 90's, como OK Computer. Sus complejamente instrumentadas canciones y una evolución radical de álbum a álbum acentúan su lugar de banda de culto, y muchos consideran que han mantenido su espíritu de libertad creativa a pesar de grabar con un sello multinacional como es EMI.

Formada por un grupo de amigos de colegio en 1986, Radiohead no lanzó su primer sencillo hasta 1992, Creep. Creep, de su álbum de debut, Pablo Honey (1993), se conviritió en un éxito a nivel mundial, en la época en que el grunge (con bandas como Nirvana y Pearl Jam) dominaba las radios.

CREEP

When you were here before
couldn't look you in the eye
you're just like an angel
your skin makes me cry
you float like a feather
in a beautiful world
i wish i was special
you're so fuckin' special
but i'm a creep, i'm a weirdo.
what the hell am i doing here?
i don't belong here.
I don't care if it hurts
i want to have control
i want a perfect body
i want a perfect soul
i want you to notice
when i'm not around
you're so fuckin' special
i wish i was special
But i'm a creep, i'm a weirdo.
what the hell am i doing here?
i don't belong here.
She's running out again,
she's running out
she's run run run running out...
Whatever makes you happy
whatever you want
you're so fuckin' special
i wish i was special...
But i'm a creep, i'm a weirdo,
what the hell am i doing here?
i don't belong here.
i don't belong here.

Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys es un grupo musical estadounidense formado en 1961, representante del estilo californiano de vida de los años 60. Formado por tres hermanos Brian (compositor, vocales, bajo, piano), Carl (guitarra, vocales] y Dennis Wilson (batería, vocales), junto con un primo de la familia, Mike Love (vocal) y un vecino, Al Jardine (guitarra, vocales). Sus canciones responden a un movimiento juvenil de California de los 60's, una despreocupada forma de vivir que tenía en las playas, los coches, las chicas y el surf su principales señas de identidad.

A inicios de 1963, Brian, basandose en "Sweet Little Sixteen" de Chuck Berry, crea un auténtico clásico del surf, "Surfin' Usa", una canción que llegaría al número 3 en sencillos y desataría la "surfmania" por todo el pais.

SURFIN' U.S.A.

If everybody had an ocean
Across the u.s.a.
Then everybodyd be surfin
Like californi-a
Youd seem em wearing their baggies
Huarachi sandals too
A bushy bushy blonde hairdo
Surfin u.s.a.

Youd catch em surfin at del mar
Ventura county line
Santa cruz and trestle
Australias narabine
All over manhattan
And down doheny way

Everybodys gone surfin
Surfin u.s.a.

Well all be planning that route
Were gonna take real soon
Were waxing down our surfboards
We cant wait for june
Well all be gone for the summer
Were on surfari to stay
Tell the teacher were surfin
Surfin u.s.a.

Haggerties and swamies
Pacific palisades
San anofree and sunset
Redondo beach l.a.
All over la jolla
At waimia bay

Everybodys gone surfin
Surfin u.s.a.

Everybodys gone surfin
Surfin u.s.a.

Everybodys gone surfin
Surfin u.s.a.

All That She Wants - Ace of Base

Ace of Base es un grupo de pop sueco aparecido en la ciudad de Gotemburgo. Su primer disco Happy Nation vendió solo en Estados Unidos más de nueve millones de copias y alcanzó el número uno con canciones como All that she wants y The sign.

Ace of Base es un grupo formado por 4 integrantes: Jenny Berggren, Malin Berggren, Jonas Berggren (estos 3 primeros hermanos), and Ulf Ekberg. Su historia musical comienza cuando después de presentar el demo "Wheel Of Fortune" a Mega Records Scandanavia, se hizo la grabación con Ace of Base y después se realizo su primer sencillo, Wheel of Fortune, y su album debut, Happy Nation.

All That She Wants fue el sencillo debut del grupo en América, ganando multiplatinos y siendo el hit #1 de numerosas listas de popularidad.

ALL THAT SHE WANTS

She leads a lonely life...
She leads a lonely life...

When she woke up late in the morning
Light and the day had just begun
She opened up her eyes and thought
O' what a morning
It's not a day for work
It's a day for catching tan
Just laying on the beach and having fun
She's going to get you

All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah
All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah

All that she wants...
All that she wants...

So if you are in sight and the day is right
She's a hunter you're the fox
The gentle voice that talks to you
Won't talk forever
It's a night for passion
But the morning means goodbye
Beware of what is flashing in her eyes
She's going to get you

All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah
All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah

Is another baby, yeah

All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah
All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah

All that she wants...
All that she wants...

Big in Japan - Alphaville

Alphaville es un grupo de música alemán de Synth-pop que fue muy popular en los años 80's. En un principio se llamaban Forever Young pero a la hora de sacar el primer disco, decidierón llamarse Alphaville. La composición original del grupo estaba formada por los siguientes artistas: Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd y Frank Mertens. Este último, ante la presión del éxito del primer disco, no aguantó y abandonó el grupo. A partir de 1982 empezaron a publicar sencillos como "Big in Japan" y "Forever Young" pero no sería hasta 1984 y después del rotundo éxito de sus dos sencillos, cuando publicasen su primer álbum. La salida de Mertens en diciembre de 1984, provocó el inminente fichaje de Ricky Echolette y el primer disco con el en el grupo y segundo de Alphaville seria Afternoons In Utopia en junio del 86 precedido del éxito del tema Dance With Me.

BIG IN JAPAN

Winter's cityside
crystal bits of snowflakes
all around my head and in the wind
i had no illusions
that i'd ever find a glimpse
of summer's heatwaves in your eyes
you did what you did to me
now it's history, i see
here's my comeback on the road again
things will happen while they can
i will wait here for my man tonight
it's easy when you're big in japan
Aah when you're big in japan-tonight...
big in japan-be-tight...
big in japan...ooh the eastern sea's so blue
big in japan-alright
pay! - then i'll sleep by your side
things are easy when you're big in japan
oh when you're big in japan
Neon on my naked skin, passing silhouettes
of strange illuminated mannequins
shall i stay here at the zoo
or should i go and change my point of view
for other ugly scenes
you did what you did to me
now it's history i see
here's my comeback on the road again
things will happen while they can
i will wait here for my man tonight
it's easy when you're big in japan
Aah when you're big in japan-tonight...
big in japan-be-tight...
big in japan...ooh the eastern sea's so blue
big in japan-alright, pay!
then i'll sleep by your side
things are easy when you're big in japan

Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.

R.E.M. es una influyente banda estadounidense surgida en 1980 en el Estado de Georgia (EE.UU.), pionera del denominado rock alternativo e inspiración de bandas de desarrollo posterior.

En la década de los 70, plena era punk, un estudiante de arte llamado Michael Stipe conoce a un coleccionista de LP´s de los años 60 llamado Peter Buck. Ambos se unen a dos músicos experimentados, Mike Mills y Bill Berry, y comienzan a tocar en pubs locales en la ciudad de Athens. Pronto se expanden por todo el estado y en 1982 publican un EP, "Chronic Town" con la discográfica IRS. Combinando rock-folk y punk logran que la crítica les defina como auténticos innovadores de la música. Pronto su expansión se traduce a todo el país.

En 1992, R.E.M. lanza su disco más oscuro y con letras más sórdidas, "Automatic for the people", considerado como el mejor disco del grupo hasta el momento. Numerosos sencillos salieron de este disco: "Drive", "Everybody Hurts", "Man on the Moon", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Nighstswimming" y "Find The River".

EVERYBODY HURTS

When the day is long and the night,
the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life,
well hang on
Don't let yourself go,
'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life,
well hang on

'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no.
Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

If you're on your own in this life,
the days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. You are not alone

True - Spandau Ballet

Steve Dagger era hijo de un tendero del mercado de Berwick Street, en pleno soho. Fue uno de los primeros en vestir a la moda "New Romantic" a principios de la década de los 80's. Le gustaba vestir bien, con el pelo bien cortado, con camisas de fantasía... Steve solía ir al club londinense Kilt a tomarse un par de cervezas y fue allí donde decidió hacerse manager de una panda de amigos que tenían las mismas inquietudes que él. Cuatro de esos chicos ensayaban bajo el nombre de "The Makers" (Martin Kemp llegó mas tarde) con el patrocinio de Gary Kemp. Su revolución no era musical, si no mas bien estética, querían huir de la moda del punk, que en aquellos años estaba en auge y ser pioneros como "New Romantics". Acogieron como suyo el Kilt, que al principio fue punto de reunión de algunas comunidades árabes en Londres, también iban a bailar al club St.Moritz, escuchaban canciones de Frank Sinatra o Marlene Dietrich, mezcladas por el DJ Robert Elms. En ese ambiente nació Spandau Ballet.

Los Spandau Ballet hicieron su primera aparición real en noviembre de 1979 ante una audiencia de un grupo de amigos, diseñadores de ropa, discjockeys de vanguardia, músicos post-punk de renovado prestigio. Actuaron en varios locales, en el Scala, el Blitz y en el buque de guerra HMS-Belfast, todavía actualmente ancado en el tamesis.

En el año 1983 lanzan "TRUE", posiblemente el mejor álbum de Spandau Ballet. Con "True" arrasaron, actuando en estadios de fútbol y convirtiéndose en un grupo de masas.

TRUE

Huh huh huh hu-uh huh

So true funny how it seems
always in time, but never in line for dreams.
head over heels when toe to toe.
this is the sound of my soul,
this is the sound.
i bought a ticket to the world,
but now i've come back again.
why do i find it hard to write the next line?
oh i want the truth to be said.

Huh huh huh hu-uh huh
i know this much is true.
huh huh huh hu-uh huh
i know this much is true.

With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue
dissolve the nerves that have just begun.
listening to marvin (all night long.)
this is the sound of my soul,
this is the sound.
always slipping from my hands,
sand's a time of its own.
take your seaside arms and write the next line.
oh i want the truth to be known.

Huh huh huh hu-uh huh
i know this much is true.
huh huh huh hu-uh huh
i know this much is true.
I bought a ticket to the world,
but now i've come back again.
why do i find it hard to write the next line?
oh i want the truth to be said.

Huh huh huh hu-uh huh
i know this much is true.
huh huh huh hu-uh huh
i know this much is true.

This much is true.
I know, i know, i know this much is true.