miércoles, 25 de junio de 2014

Música y videos – Sly (The Cat Empire)

Una banda australiana con espíritu gamberro que mezcla el jazz de sus orígenes con lo que se lo ponga por delante: ska, funk, rap o sones latinos Canciones que a veces recuerdan los mejores momentos de Mano Negra, esos en los que el mestizaje era total y colorista. Y aunque, en otras ocasiones, los ritmos sean más comerciales, por lo menos siempre le ponen un punto personal y trasgresor marca de la casa.

Quizás tengan temas más conocidos (Brighter Than Gold, Still Young o The Car Song), pero esta canción es perfecta para saber de qué estamos hablando cuando escuchamos la música del Imperio del Gato.


If frizzy hair was a metaphor
For festival time,
Then this woman is a goddess
Of that festival shrine, met her
At a jam in that garden of sorts.
I must confess, god bless,
some impure thoughts.

"Show us the money!"
Was the call of the night,
But no money could have bought
Even a piece of the pride, there might
Have been a sea of people;
I don't know, because
All I could see
Was that this woman, she glowed so.

Why, it's a pleasure to meet you;
Ya look like one incredible creature.
Wanna treat you fine,
Lets dance and grind,
Get so funk-inflicted it's a crime.
You're divine, you're sublime,
And, well, you blow my mind!

You're so sly!

She caterpillar, so good
That all the Greeks go "Killa!"
Break and enter, take ya like a glass of milk
Then "spill ya!"
Saw her coming, what a scene;
What I mean is
She got that sex coffee beam,
But she tastes like vanilla.
Well alright, she ignite
When we hit the floor
Like the vroom on a super Commodore.
Now, if it makes a good story,
Well it's just worthwhile;
With her it's like dealing stories
In the sprinkler style.
It's so sly!

Oh...do the Louis!
Do the ch-ch-ch-chili! (Waah!)
Do the boom-shak, hit-the-sack, back-seats feeling alright! (Feeling alright)
Do the monkey shuffle!
Rock it with a fine strut!
Do the late checkout with a do-not-disturb sign outsi-i-ide!
And do the sly...

lunes, 9 de junio de 2014

Versiones - We're Going to Be Friends

Ahora que termina el cole es un buen momento para recordar cómo nos sentíamos el primer día de clase, allá por el otoño. Los cuadernos sin estrenar, la ropa nueva y limpia, los nervios antes de reencontrarnos con los compañeros, el olor de las gomas Milán…

Lo bueno de estas dos versiones de la canción es que son igual de buenas. Primero vamos con la original, la de White Stripes. En este caso, una interpretación sencilla para una canción tan simple como poderosa. En sus directos, a veces Jack modela las palabras y esconde la música de una forma más personal e intimista. Pero en la versión oficial está más contenido.


La que Jack Johnson hizo para la banda sonora de Jorge el curioso no se separa demasiado de la de Jack White, pero con su voz el tema es más luminoso. Es como si viéramos las motas de polvo bailando en los rayos de sol de otoño que entran por las ventanas del colegio.


Fall is here, hear the yell
Back to school, ring the bell
Brand new shoes, walking blues
Climb the fence, books and pens
I can tell that we are gonna be friends
I can tell that we are gonna be friends

Walk with me, Suzy Lee
Through the park and by the tree
We will rest upon the ground
And look at all the bugs we've found
Safely walk to school without a sound
Safely walk to school without a sound

Here we are, no one else
We walk to school all by ourselves
There's dirt on our uniforms
From chasing all the ants and worms
We clean up and now it's time to learn
We clean up and now it's time to learn

Numbers, letters, learn to spell
Nouns and books and show and tell
At playtime we will throw the ball
Back to class, through the hall
Teacher marks our height against the wall
Teacher marks our height against the wall

We don't notice any time pass
We don't notice anything
We sit side-by-side in every class
Teacher thinks that I sound funny
But she likes the way you sing

Tonight I'll dream while I'm in bed
When silly thoughts go through my head
'Bout the bugs and alphabet
And when I wake tomorrow, I'll bet
That you and I will walk together again
I can tell that we are gonna be friends
Yes, I can tell that we are gonna be friends