Videos Musicales del Ayer

Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler

2007-02-03T19:00:00.000-04:00

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

2007-02-03T18:59:00.000-04:00

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

2007-02-03T18:58:00.000-04:00

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

2007-02-01T19:55:00.000-04:00

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

2007-01-18T13:36:00.000-04:00

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

2007-01-18T13:32:00.000-04:00

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

2007-01-09T10:51:00.000-04:00

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

2007-01-09T10:50:00.000-04:00

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

2007-01-09T10:48:00.000-04:00

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

2007-01-09T10:44:00.000-04:00

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

2007-01-04T14:48:00.000-04:00

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

2007-01-04T14:22:00.000-04:00

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

2007-01-03T19:52:00.000-04:00

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

2007-01-03T19:42:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-01-03T18:18:00.000-04:00

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

2007-01-03T17:54:00.000-04:00

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.

Africa - Toto

2006-12-26T12:01:00.000-04:00

Toto es una banda estadounidense de Blues, y Rock'n Roll, entre otros; que tuvo éxito comercial en la década de 1980.

1982 fue el año clave para la carrera del grupo; se grabó el tercer sencillo, "Africa", una de las mejores canciones de la historia y todo un clásico. Africa entró entre los tres primeros lugares de las listas de éxitos en Norteamérica e Inglaterra. Vendieron 2 millones de copias. En la 25° entrega de los Grammys en febrero de ese año Toto ganó 6 Grammys.

AFRICA

I hear the drums echoin´ tonight
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She´s coming in, twelve thirty flight
Moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salvation

I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say
"Hurry boy, she´s waiting there for you"

It´s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There´s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what´s right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seem to cure what´s deep inside
Frightened of this thing that I´ve become

It´s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There´s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

INSTRUMENTAL

"Hurry boy, she´s waiting there for you"

It´s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There´s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Imagine - John Lennon

2006-12-26T11:40:00.000-04:00

Imagine fue publicado en 1971 y constituye el segundo álbum de John Lennon en solitario (dejando aparte su colaboración con la Plastic Ono Band de su esposa Yoko Ono). Tras la declaración de principios de su primer álbum de 1970 (cuya denominación, "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", no contribuye precisamente a evitar la confusión con el grupo paralelo al que antes me referia), este segundo trabajo refleja una mayor melancolía y calma en las composiciones, aunque sin perder su característica bien ácida e inconformista, con ataques a Paul McCartney incluidos (How do you sleep?).

El tema "Imagine" es una canción que se queja de las guerras ("nothing to kill or die for-'nada por qué morir o matar'-"), de las fronteras ("imagine there's no countries-imagina que no existen los países-"), y concluye que deberíamos compartir el mundo ("imagine all the people sharing all the world-imagina toda la gente compartiendo todo el mundo-") y que aunque parezca que en la canción se pide mucho, no sólo Lennon quiere la paz ("you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one'-podrás decir que soy un soñador, pero no soy el único-'").

IMAGINE

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 may say I´m a dreamer
But I´m not the only one
I hope someday 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 may say I´m a dreamer
But I´m not the only one
I hope someday you´ll join us
And the world will live as one

Wind Of Change - Scorpions

2006-12-26T11:24:00.000-04:00

Scorpions, banda alemana de heavy metal fundada en Hannover en el año 1965. Famosa por canciones como Rock You Like a Hurricane, Still Loving You y Wind of Change.

La banda gozó de un alto grado de éxitos a lo largo de la década de los noventa gracias al álbum Crazy World y el single "Wind of Change." La canción habla de los cambios socio-políticos que entonces estaban ocurriendo en la Europa del Este al final de la Guerra Fría.

WIND OF CHANGE

I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change

The world is closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close, like brothers
The future's in the air
I can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

Walking down the street
Distant memories
Are buried in the past forever
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
in the wind of change

The wind of change
Blows straight into the face of time
Like a stormwind that will ring the freedom bell
For peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve

2006-12-26T11:13:00.000-04:00

The Verve fue una banda británica de Rock Alternativo y Britpop creada en Wigan, Inglaterra en 1989. Formada originalmente por el vocalista Richard Ashcroft, guitarrista Nick McCabe, bajista Simon Jones y batería Peter Salisbury. La banda se disolvió en 1999.

Fueron uno de los grupos británicos más importantes de la década de los 90, resistiendo discusiones, problemas de salud, adicciones a las drogas y diversos pleitos judiciales. En 1997, después de su lanzamiento más exitoso, los problemas creativos entre Ashcroft y McCabe surgieron, los cuales llevaron definitivamente a la banda a separarse en 1999.

Bitter sweet Symphony (en español Sinfonía agridulce) es uno de los singles del albúm Urban Hymns (1997) perteneciente al grupo inglés The Verve. Esta canción fue utilizada en el OST de la película Juegos Sexuales (Cruel Intentions) dirigida por Roger Kumble. Fue alabada por muchos fans del rock por su melodía que combina la estridencia y fuerza característica del dicho género musical con una única partitura de violín riff que perdura desde el inicio al fin de la canción. Algunos pasajes de la canción hablan de la avaricia, de la lujuria y de la necedad de las personas.

BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY

Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
where all the veins meet yeah,

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
I can't change
I can't change

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
Try to find some money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
where all the veins meet yeah

You know I can change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

I can't change my mold
no, no, no, no, no,
I can't change
Can't change my body,
no, no, no

I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
Been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Have you ever been down?
Have you've ever been down?

Thriller - Michael Jackson

2006-12-24T10:40:00.000-04:00

Michael Joseph Jackson cantante, compositor y bailarín estadounidense de música pop. Es Conocido mundialmente como el Rey del Pop.

Fue, sin embargo, en 1982 cuando publica el álbum Thriller con el cual se transforma en una megaestrella del espectáculo y de los más famosos del mundo siendo el primer artista en obtener dos estrellas en el paseo de la fama en Hollywood. El álbum es desde entonces el más vendido de la historia, con más de 60 millones de copias. En dicho albúm Jackson demuestra sus dotes sobresalientes de bailarín y cantante a la vez.

El éxito se debió en buena parte al videoclip, dando forma a la famosa MTV y así revolucionando la cultura del videoclip como promoción musical. Extraído del single Thriller, un cortometraje de John Landis, de más de 13 minutos de duración en el cual Michael Jackson impacta y maravilla al mundo convirtiéndose en hombre lobo y más tarde en zombie, acompañado de una coreografía y música innovadora y revolucionaria.

THRILLER

It's close to midnight
And something evil's lurkin' in the dark
Under the moonlight
You see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream
But terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze
As horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed

'Cause this is thriller
Thriller night
And no one's gonna save you
From the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller
Thriller night
You're fighting for your life
Inside a killer
Thriller tonight, yeah

You hear the door slam
And realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand
And wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes
And hope that this is just imagination
Girl, but all the while
You hear a creature creepin' up behind
You're outta time

'Cause this is thriller
Thriller night
There ain't no second chance
Against the thing with the forty eyes, girl
(Thriller)
(Thriller night)
You're fighting for your life
Inside a killer
Thriller tonight

Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life

They're out to get you
There's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you
Unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time
For you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night
I'll save you from the terror on the screen
I'll make you see

That this is thriller
Thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more
Than any ghost would ever dare try
(Thriller)
(Thriller night)
So let me hold you tight
And share a
(killer, diller, chiller)
(Thriller here tonight)

'Cause this is thriller
Thriller night
Girl, I can thrill you more
Than any ghost would ever dare try
(Thriller)
(Thriller night)
So let me hold you tight
And share a
(killer, thriller)

I'm gonna thrill you tonight

[Rap]
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'awl's neighbourhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell

I'm gonna thrill you tonight
(Thriller, thriller)
I'm gonna thrill you tonight
(Thriller night, thriller))
I'm gonna thrill you tonight
Ooh, babe, I'm gonna thrill you tonight
Thriller night, babe

[Rap]
The foolest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller

Take On Me - A-Ha

2006-12-24T09:45:00.000-04:00

Esta banda noruega de nombre onomatopéyico tuvo su momento de gloria en la primera mitad de los 80's, cuando el éxito de su álbum debut Hunting high and low (1985) y especialmente de su tema “Take on me” los ubicó en los primeros puestos de los charts británicos y estadounidenses. Más allá de su música (un synth pop elaborado y pegadizo), el componente visual estaba de su parte: a partir del histórico clip de “Take on me” (el cual combinaba animación con actores de carne y hueso, todo un elemento vanguardista para la época), el cantante Morten Harket se convirtió en uno de los principales sex symbols de la escena musical.

Aqui les presento el video que los lanzó a la fama!, todo un clásico.

TAKE ON ME

We're talking away
I don't know what
I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, OK?

Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But that's me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry

Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

Oh the things that you say
Is it life or
Just a play my worries away
You're all the things I've got to
remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway

Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

Hotel California - The Eagles

2006-12-24T09:32:00.001-04:00

Eagles son una banda de rock americana que se dio a conocer en Los Angeles, California a principios de los años 70.

En 1976 Eagles publica su mejor álbum y el más vendido. El título era "Hotel California", que terminó de catapultar a los Eagles a la cima de la fama y con el que ganaron un Grammy. En "Hotel California" los Eagles aportan su visión agridulce de la sociedad norteamericana a través de las ventanas de un hotel que representa metafóricamente el mundo de las drogas. "Hotel California" es uno de los discos más vendidos de la historia y su tema estrella y que le da título ha sido reconocida como una de las mejores canciones, y aun hoy en día sigue apareciendo en las listas de las 10 canciones más importantes de la historia de la música. De ese álbum se extrajo una frase que pasó a formar parte del lenguaje popular norteamericano: "vivir en la vía rápida" (Life in the fast lane).

HOTEL CALIFORNIA

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain,
'Please bring me my wine'
He said,'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine'
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax,'said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave

YMCA - Village People

2006-12-24T08:11:00.000-04:00

Village People fue una innovadora agrupación musical (disco) de finales de los años 1970. Fue famoso tanto por sus peculiares disfraces como por sus canciones pegadizas y letras sugerentes. Los miembros del grupo se disfrazaban de:

Policía
Jefe Indio
Albañil
Marinero
Hombre de Cuero (vestimenta usada por motorizados)
Vaquero

Estas personificaciones masculinas no eran sino insinuaciones nada sutiles sobre su presunta homosexualidad acorde con los estereotipos gays de la época.

La YMCA (Young Men's Christian Asociation) como se conoce popularmente es un movimiento social juvenil tradicional extendido por todo el mundo. Por sus actividades se puede identificar como una de las mayores y más antiguas ONG's. El objetivo de la YMCA es el desarrollo integral de los jóvenes desde los ideales cristianos. En los años 70 el grupo musical Village People les dedicó un tema pegadizo con coreografía.

Hoy en día, casi 30 años después del lanzamiento de este hit, se puede ver el característico baile formando las letras una por una con los brazos en bodas, eventos y campamentos escolares. Como anécdota curiosa, en la quinta entrada de todos los partidos de béisbol en el Yankee Stadium, el personal a cargo del campo deja lo que está haciendo y baila mientras suena el "YMCA" mientras el público les anima.

Y.M.C.A

Young man, there's no need to feel down.
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
There's no need to be unhappy.

Young man, there's a place you can go.
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.
You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel ...

Young man, are you listening to me?
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
But you got to know this one thing!

No man does it all by himself.
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
And just go there, to the Y-M-C-A.
I'm sure they can help you today.

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel ...

Young man, I was once in your shoes.
I said, I was down and out with the blues.
I felt no man cared if I were alive.
I felt the whole world was so tight ...

That's when someone came up to me,
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.
There's a place there called the Y-M-C-A.
They can start you back on your way.

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

Y-M-C-A... you'll find it at the Y-M-C-A.

Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down.
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.

Y-M-C-A ... you'll find it at the Y-M-C-A.

Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down.
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.

Y-M-C-A ... just go to the Y-M-C-A.

Young man, young man, are you listening to me?
Young man, young man, what do you wanna be?