CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 16. MARILLION - SPLINTERING HEART

There's a hot hard hurt
Burnin' under her skin
And it pricks her like thorns
And it's needles and pins
And it twists in her body
And I know what it is

And I'm paying in pain
But it's the cost of the high
'Till the weight of the secret
And the weight of the lie
Makes my heart want to burst
Feel the ache as time goes by
Getting better and worse
Getting better and worse
And there's a screw that I tighten
As I dream of the kiss
And it twists and it cuts me
And you know what it is?
It's a fragment of love
From a splintering heart
And it tears her apart, yeah
But not as much as this

So you save up your tears
For the moments alone
'Till the splinters you gather
Leave you glass-hard and numb
And the same sun is shining
On the old and the young
On the saints and the sinners
On the weak and the strong

And there's a burning and freezing
And a cross for a kiss
So she learns to stop dreaming
And you know how it is
With these fragments of love
And this splintering heart
With the fragments
And this splintering heart

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 15. B.B. KING & TRACY CHAPMAN - THRILL IS GONE

The thrill is gone,

The thrill is gone away

The thrill is gone, baby

The thrill is gone away

You know you've done me wrong, baby

And you'll be sorry someday

The thrill is gone

It's gone away from me

The thrill is gone, baby

The thrill has gone away from me

Although I'm still livin'

But it's a long way out here

The thrill is gone

Its gone away for good

Oh, the thrill is gone, baby

Its gone away for good

Some day I know I'll be open armed, baby

Just like I know a man should

You know I'm free free now baby,

I'm free from your spell

Well I'm free free free now

I'm free from your spell

And now that it's all over,

All I can do is wish you well

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 14. CRY OF LOVE - PRETTY AS YOU PLEASE

I said "Get it in gear, let me make just one thing clear."
No-one told me, someone sold me.
I said "Colour my mind, 'cause the questions hard to find."
Won't you tell me, don't you sell me.

You got to hold your bullets, baby.
You know I got a right to plead.
You're about a rollin' mover honey,
Living pretty as you please.

Won't you take off that disguise, I can't see it in your eyes.
Where's the shelter, where's the shelter.
Oh! I ain't no disgrace but you can see it in my face,
It's gettin' better, gettin' better now.

You got to hold your bullets, baby.
You know I got a right to plead.
You're about a rollin' mover honey,
Living pretty as you please.

You got to hold your bullets, baby.
You know I got a right to plead.
You're about a rollin' mover honey,
Living pretty as you please.

Yeah-yeah-Hey-Yeah !
I said "Get it in gear." "Get it in gear."
"Get it in gear." "Get it in gear."
You're a rollin' mover honey.
You know I got a right to plead.
Living pretty as you please.
Living pretty as you please, now.
Living pretty as you please.
Living pretty as you please, now.

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 13. CORINNE BAILEY RAE - ENCHANTMENT

I wait for you.

I don't know why.

All I know is I can't hide.

At this temperature you could take over my mind.

Like gossamer

You softly touch.

He draws me in, I'm powerless.

He possesses an enchantment.

Tell me I'm forgiven

He calls

Don't know how I fell under his spell

Lately I've been driven.

He smiles

An enchantment.

I wait for you

I'm mesmerized

This love is like a potion in disguise

I'd tightrope walk with a blindfold on my eyes

I can't escape

Or so it seems

I'd run away

He's in my dreams.

He possesses

An enchantment.

Tell me I'm forgiven

He calls

Don't know how I fell under his spell

Lately I've been driven

He smiles

An enchantment

It's the kind of sleepwalk that never ends.

A type of loan with no dividends.

It's a parlour game where you're given chase.

Guess it could be called an acquired taste.

I know. He knows. He calls. I go.

I know this could be an enchantment.

Why don't you tell me I'm forgiven?

He calls

Don't you know how I fell under his spell.

I'm forgiven

Lately i've been driven.

He smiles and I give in,

An enchantment.

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 12. LIZZ WRIGHT - I'M CONFESSIN'

I'm confessing that I love you

Tell me do you love me too?

I'm confessing that I need you

Honest I do

I need you every moment

In your eyes I read such strange things

But your lips deny they're true

Will your answer really change things

Making me blue

I'm afraid someday you'll leave me

Saying can we still be friends

If you go, you know you'll grieve me

All in life, on you depends

Am I guessing that you love me

Dreamin' dreams of you in vain

I'm confessing that I love you

Over and over again

I'm confessing that I love you

Tell me do you love me too?

I'm confessing that I need you

Honest I do

Oh oh oh

Honest I do

Oh oh oh

I really do

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 11. GARY MOORE - THE SUPERNATURAL

Escuchad cómo suena una guitarra Gibson bien, pero bien....tocada. Se trata de una versión que Gary Moore interpreta en su disco homenaje al mítico Peter Green, Blues For Greeny, y además la toca con la guitarra que el mismo Green utilizaba.

Espero que os guste.

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 10. ALANIS MORISSETTE - YOU OUGHTA KNOW

Maravillosa versión, aunque lamentablemente censurada. La versión original incluía el inolvidable bajo de Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), pero esta versión acústica es genial, a pesar de la maldita y p...y j.... censura...

Que la disfrutéis.

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 9. AIR - ALL I NEED

En días como hoy realmente lo único que necesito es un poco de AIRE...

All I need is a little time, to get behind this sun and cast my weight,

All I need is a peace of this mind, then I can celebrate.

All in all there's something to give, all in all there's something to do,

All in all there's something to live, with you ...

All I need is a little sign, to get behind this sun and cast this weight of mine,

All I need is the place to find, and there I'll celebrate.

All in all there's something to give, all in all there's something to do,

All in all there's something to live, with you ...

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" Never been here - how about you ? ", you smile at my answer,

You've given me the chance, to be held and understood.

You leave me laughing without crying, there's no use denying,

For many times I've tried, love has never felt as good.

Be it downtown or way up in the air, when your heart's pounding,

You know that I'm aware.

You make it easy to watch the world with love,

You make it easy to let the past be done,

You make it easy.

How'd you do it? How'd you find me? How did I find you?

How can this be true? To be held and understood.

Keep it coming - no one's running the lesson I'm learning

'Cause blessings are deserved by the trust that always could

Be it downtown or way up in the air, when your heart's pounding,

You know that I'm aware.

You make it easy to watch the world with love,

You make it easy to let the past be done,

You make it easy.

You make it easy to watch the world with love,

You make it easy to let the past be done,

You make it easy.

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 8. TRIANA - EN EL LAGO

Imaginad por un momento: noche de verano, noche de San Lorenzo, después de cenar, luz tenue, suficiente para apreciar la compañía que tenemos al lado, pero no demasiada luz, no es necesaria, sólo el tacto y el olor bastan, una ligera brisa nos envuelve en la quietud de la noche, interrumpida por los destellos esporádicos de las lágrimas del Santo que surcan el cielo, y muy al fondo, enmascarada por los sonidos nocturnos, se escucha esta canción de Triana...

Ayer tarde al lago fui

con la intención de conocer

algo nuevo.

Nos reunimos allí

y todo comenzó a surgir

como un sueño.

Creo recordar que por la noche

el pájaro blanco echó a volar

en nuestros corazones

en busca de una estrella fugaz.

Vimos juntos el amanecer

y el lago reflejó

nuestros sueños.

En silencio fuimos a caer

junto al gran monte aquel

que nos dio el amor.

No puedo negar que me hizo daño

que mi corazón huye de ti.

Has de ser como la mañana

del día que te conocí.

Creo recordar que por la noche

el pájaro blanco echó a volar

en nuestros corazones

en busca de una estrella fugaz.

Vimos juntos el amanecer

y el lago reflejó nuestros sueños.

En silencio fuimos a caer

junto al gran monte aquel

que nos dio el amor.

No puedo negar que me hizo daño

que mi corazón huye de ti.

Has de ser como la mañana

del día que te conocí...

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 7. AMY WINEHOUSE - VALERIE

Realmente sólo tengo un comentario que añadir viendo esta y otras actuaciones (de las antiguas) de la señorita Winehouse (pocas veces un apellido ha sido tan adecuado a una persona), y es que desperdiciar el talento que uno tiene debería estar prohibido...

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 6. THE GREENHORNES - THERE IS AN END

Words disappear,

Words weren't so clear,

Only echos passing through the night.

The lines on my face,

Your fingers once traced,

Fading reflection of what was.

Thoughts re-arrange,

Familar now strange,

All my skin is drifting on the wind.

Spring brings the rain,

With winter comes pain,

Every season has an end.

I try to see through the disguise,

But the clouds were there,

Blocking out the sun (the sun).

Thoughts re-arrange,

Familar now strange,

All my skin is drifting on the wind.

Spring brings the rain,

With winter comes pain,

Every season has an end.

There's an end,

There's an end,

There's an end,

There's an end,

There's an end...

(OBITUARIO: WILLY DEVILLE)

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 5. ARIEL ROT - HASTA PERDER LA CUENTA

Un poquito de música en español, que estaréis pensando que sólo me gustan las solistas femeninas y la música en "extranjero".

Ariel Rot, la mitad del alma de Los Rodríguez, en una versión en vivo de la canción que fue el primer sencillo de su disco Cenizas En El Aire. Este chico no envejece nunca...

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 4. SARA BAREILLES - LOVE SONG

Uno de los mejores discos del 2008, Little Voice. En él podéis encontrar tambien maravillas como Vegas y Morningside.

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 3. GNARLS BARKLEY - CRAZY

Fenomenal colaboración entre el DJ Danger Mouse y el cantante Cee-Lo, el resultado es Crazy, acompañada de un impresionante vídeo musical. Estuve meses sin poder quitarme la melodía de la cabeza...

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 2. SHARLEEN SPITERI - IT WAS YOU

Qué lejos quedan los años de I Don't Want a Lover, de Say What You Want... y qué gran cantante la irlandesa Sharleen Spiteri, vocalista y líder del grupo Texas. Aquí la tenemos, después de hacer una de las mejores imitaciones de Elvis en el vídeo de Inner Smile, ahora en solitario con su álbum Melody, con algunos kilitos más y con un look irresistible a lo Dusty Springfield (quien cantaba Son of The Preacher Man, inmortalizada en Pulp Fiction). Muy recomendable.

Mañana más...

CANCIONES PARA EL VERANO: 1. BEBEL GILBERTO - AUGUST DAY SONG

Comenzamos un ciclo de sugerencias para que escuchéis en estos días veraniegos, si estáis de vacaciones, o si tenéis la oportunidad de escucharlas en el trabajo. Obviamente este cuaderno está también abierto a vuestras peticiones y deseos, como si se tratara de una antigua gramola, pero os ahorro el tener que introducir una moneda.

Primera propuesta, creo que muy apropiada, August Day Song, una maravillosa canción de la cantante brasileña Bebel Gilberto, ofreciendo una música relajante, dulce, con una voz aterciopelada, sin olvidar las raíces de la música típica de aquellas tierras, que han dado tantos y tantos artistas que nos han hecho bailar y emocionarnos fuera de sus fronteras (Daniela Mercury, Carlinhos Brown, Marisa Monte, Gilberto Gil...):

Espero ir recibiendo peticiones de los "oyentes"...