Ya lo he leído en varios sitios, y ahora lo repito yo: muchas de las outtakes publicadas en "Tell Tale Signs" me parecen mucho mejores que las que finalmente se publicaron en los álbumes oficiales. Esta corresponde a su último disco de estudio, "Modern Times". Esta canción particularmente me dio muy buenos ratos durante el pasado otoño...
miércoles, 4 de febrero de 2009
martes, 25 de noviembre de 2008
Amigo devuelto a las estrellas
(Bob Dylan, Girl From the North Country)
Si alguna mañana te detuvieras a contemplar un amanecer
de cualquiera de los últimos días de otoño
saluda a alguien que verás allí:
él era un amigo de verdad
Y si no lo ves, búscalo entre las nubes,
entre rayos violetas o tonos anaranjados
seguro que estará sonriendo,
así es como yo lo recuerdo
Cuando le encuentres dile que le echo de menos
que los días sin él han perdido parte de su brillo
que sigue siendo tan difícil soportar su ausencia
que desde que no está el mundo no es tan bello
Cuida de que esté bien abrigado
que no vuelva a coger un resfriado
busca un sitio bien resguardado,
que yo no supe encontrarlo…
Dile simplemente que le quiero y que jamás le olvidaré
por muchos años que pasen,
pregúntale por favor si me ha perdonado
porque al final no pude despedirme de él…
Si alguna mañana te detuvieras a contemplar un amanecer
de cualquiera de los últimos días de otoño
saluda a alguien que verás allí:
él era un amigo de verdad
Y si no lo ves, búscalo entre las nubes,
entre rayos violetas o tonos anaranjados
seguro que estará sonriendo,
así es como yo lo recuerdo
Cuando le encuentres dile que le echo de menos
que los días sin él han perdido parte de su brillo
que sigue siendo tan difícil soportar su ausencia
que desde que no está el mundo no es tan bello
Cuida de que esté bien abrigado
que no vuelva a coger un resfriado
busca un sitio bien resguardado,
que yo no supe encontrarlo…
Dile simplemente que le quiero y que jamás le olvidaré
por muchos años que pasen,
pregúntale por favor si me ha perdonado
porque al final no pude despedirme de él…
En recuerdo de Raúl Veda Aparicio (1972-1996), una constelación de estrellas en el cielo...
Como yo nunca encontré las palabras, tuve que tomarlas prestadas de quien sí sabe manejarlas…
Seguirás en mi corazón, hasta su último latido...
martes, 28 de octubre de 2008
Mississippi (Bootleg Series 8: Tell Tale Signs)
Magnífica versión de esta canción, publicada anteriormente en el álbum "Love and Theft", de 2001. El legado musical de Bob Dylan y el talento de sus composiciones son inabarcables...
jueves, 11 de septiembre de 2008
Dreaming of you (Bootleg series 8: Tell Tale signs)
Canción inédita de Bob Dylan, grabada en para el álbum Time Out of Mind, en el que finalmente no fue incluida. Será una de las que compondrá el doble cd que sale a la venta en octubre, titulado "Tell Tale Signs", con grabaciones inéditas realizadas entre 1989 y 2oo6:
domingo, 7 de septiembre de 2008
El hombre del tambor (Más Birras)
¿Cuántas canciones de Bob Dylan se citan en esta canción de los Más Birras?
Mr Tambourine Man
Gates of Eden
Blowin´in the wind
A hard rain´s gonna fall
With God on our side
Chimes of freedom
Simple twist of fate
Desolation row
I shall be released
¿Se me escapa alguna?
Web oficial de Más Birras
Mr Tambourine Man
Gates of Eden
Blowin´in the wind
A hard rain´s gonna fall
With God on our side
Chimes of freedom
Simple twist of fate
Desolation row
I shall be released
¿Se me escapa alguna?
Web oficial de Más Birras
viernes, 11 de julio de 2008
Workingman´s Blues #2
El día 5 de julio de 2008 tuve la fortuna de ver, por primera vez y probablemente última, al genio Bob Dylan en directo. Un experiencia inolvidable...
There's an evenin' haze settlin' over the town
Starlight by the edge of the creek
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
Money's gettin' shallow and weak
The place I love best is a sweet memory
It's a new path that we trod
They say low wages are a reality
If we want to compete abroad
My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
Come sit down on my knee
You are dearer to me than myself
As you yourself can see
I'm listenin' to the steel rails hum
Got both eyes tight shut
Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from
Creeping it's way into my gut
CHORUS
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Bring me my boots and shoes
You can hang back or fight your best on the front line
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues
Now, I'm sailin' on back, ready for the long haul
Tossed by the winds and the seas
I'll drag ‘em all down to hell and I'll stand ‘em at the wall
I'll sell ‘em to their enemies
I'm tryin' to feed my soul with thought
Gonna sleep off the rest of the day
Sometimes no one wants what we got
Sometimes you can't give it away
Now the place is ringed with countless foes
Some of them may be deaf and dumb
No man, no woman knows
The hour that sorrow will come
In the dark I hear the night birds call
I can hear a lover's breath
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall
Sleep is like a temporary death
(chorus)
Well, they burned my barn, they stole my horse
I can't save a dime
I got to be careful, I don't want to be forced
Into a life of continual crime
I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
How I wish you were here to see
Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking
That you have forgotten me?
Now they worry and they hurry and they fuss and they fret
They waste your nights and days
Them I will forget
But you I'll remember always
Old memories of you to me have clung
You've wounded me with words
Gonna have to straighten out your tongue
It's all true, everything you have heard
(chorus)
In you, my friend, I find no blame
Wanna look in my eyes, please do
No one can ever claim
That I took up arms against you
All across the peaceful sacred fields
They will lay you low
They'll break your horns and slash you with steel
I say it so it must be so
Now I'm down on my luck and I'm black and blue
Gonna give you another chance
I'm all alone and I'm expecting you
To lead me off in a cheerful dance
Got a brand new suit and a brand new wife
I can live on rice and beans
Some people never worked a day in their life
Don't know what work even means
There's an evenin' haze settlin' over the town
Starlight by the edge of the creek
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
Money's gettin' shallow and weak
The place I love best is a sweet memory
It's a new path that we trod
They say low wages are a reality
If we want to compete abroad
My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
Come sit down on my knee
You are dearer to me than myself
As you yourself can see
I'm listenin' to the steel rails hum
Got both eyes tight shut
Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from
Creeping it's way into my gut
CHORUS
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Bring me my boots and shoes
You can hang back or fight your best on the front line
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues
Now, I'm sailin' on back, ready for the long haul
Tossed by the winds and the seas
I'll drag ‘em all down to hell and I'll stand ‘em at the wall
I'll sell ‘em to their enemies
I'm tryin' to feed my soul with thought
Gonna sleep off the rest of the day
Sometimes no one wants what we got
Sometimes you can't give it away
Now the place is ringed with countless foes
Some of them may be deaf and dumb
No man, no woman knows
The hour that sorrow will come
In the dark I hear the night birds call
I can hear a lover's breath
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall
Sleep is like a temporary death
(chorus)
Well, they burned my barn, they stole my horse
I can't save a dime
I got to be careful, I don't want to be forced
Into a life of continual crime
I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
How I wish you were here to see
Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking
That you have forgotten me?
Now they worry and they hurry and they fuss and they fret
They waste your nights and days
Them I will forget
But you I'll remember always
Old memories of you to me have clung
You've wounded me with words
Gonna have to straighten out your tongue
It's all true, everything you have heard
(chorus)
In you, my friend, I find no blame
Wanna look in my eyes, please do
No one can ever claim
That I took up arms against you
All across the peaceful sacred fields
They will lay you low
They'll break your horns and slash you with steel
I say it so it must be so
Now I'm down on my luck and I'm black and blue
Gonna give you another chance
I'm all alone and I'm expecting you
To lead me off in a cheerful dance
Got a brand new suit and a brand new wife
I can live on rice and beans
Some people never worked a day in their life
Don't know what work even means
sábado, 29 de septiembre de 2007
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